As Officer is Accused of Sexual Assault, Pentagon Reports Increase in Attacks
There were 3,192 assaults reported in fiscal year 2011 and 3,374 reported in fiscal year 2012
2013-05-07
Barbara Starr, Greg Seaby and Ashley Fantz CNN
(CNN) -- An Air Force officer who led a sex assault prevention unit is facing sexual battery charges stemming from an incident in Virginia. Read the complete article
Asian Automakers Trouncing Detroit in Key U.S. Market: Hispanics
Toyota holds the top spot with almost 18 percent of the Hispanic car market
2013-05-07
Peter Valdes-Dapena CNN Money
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- For any automaker selling cars in America, Latinos are the future. They're the fastest growing ethnic group and, already, they buy one of every four cars sold here. Read the complete article
What an Internet Sales Tax Will Cost You
In most states you're already supposed to be paying taxes on all online purchases
2013-05-07
Melanie Hicken CNN Money
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The days of shopping at major online retailers like Amazon.com without paying sales tax could soon be history. Read the complete article
Sentiment Shift: Home Prices to Rise
Home sales are up 10 percent from a year ago
2013-05-07
Chris Isidore CNN Money
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The majority of Americans now are forecasting home prices to rise, and only about a third are expecting prices to fall, a reversal in attitudes of a year ago. Read the complete article
International Talks Eye Peaceful Future for Somalia
Somalia’s president wants country to eventually ‘stand strong and tall on its own’
2013-05-07
Laura Smith-Spark CNN
LONDON (CNN) -- Somalia's president appealed for support for his struggling country Tuesday, comparing it to a young sapling that needs help to get started. Read the complete article
Glorious Colors in the Desert: Darfur's Fashionable Women
The Darfur Sartorialist aims to show to the world a different reality of this remote part in Sudan
2013-05-07
Teo Kermeliotis CNN
(CNN) -- When Pedro Matos arrived in conflict-ridden Darfur in 2009 to work as a humanitarian worker, the last thing he expected to encounter was dapper dressing and sartorial splendor. Read the complete article
Death Toll from Bangladesh Building Collapse Climbs Above 700
A fire in November at a garment factory in another suburb of Dhaka killed at least 112 people
2013-05-07
Farid Ahmed CNN
DHAKA, Bangladesh (CNN) -- The death toll from the disastrous building collapse in Bangladesh last month has risen above 700, authorities said Tuesday, as recovery workers continued to pull bodies from the rubble. Read the complete article
The Senate Votes Monday on an Online Sales Tax
The Market Place Fairness Act would still need to pass the House before it could become law
2013-05-06
Heather Kelly CNN
(CNN) -- Internet shoppers could be one step closer to having to pay sales taxes on online purchases. Read the complete article
Benghazi Whistle-Blower: Internal Review 'Let People Off the Hook'
The 'report itself doesn't really ascribe blame to any individual at all'
2013-05-06
Jake Tapper CNN Chief Washington Correspondent
(CNN) -- Greg Hicks, former deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, told congressional investigators that the State Department internal review of the catastrophe at the mission in Benghazi "let people off the hook," CNN has learned. Read the complete article
Clarence Thomas: 'The Elites' had to Approve a Black President
Asked if he had met the 44th president, Thomas said the two have only met in passing
2013-05-06
CNN Political Unit
(CNN) -- Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the high court's only African American jurist, opened up recently about his thoughts on race and the White House. Read the complete article