Death of Osama bin Laden: Phone call pointed U.S. to compound — and to ‘the pacer’  —  It seemed an innocuous, catch-up phone call.  Last year Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, the pseudonym for a Pakistani known to U.S. intelligence as the main courier for Osama bin Laden, took a call from an old friend.

Face That Screamed War's Pain Looks Back, 6 Hard Years Later  —  MOSUL, Iraq — Until the past week, Samar Hassan had never glimpsed the photograph of her that millions had seen, never knew it had become one of the most famous images of the Iraq war.  —  “My brother was sick …

U.S. Demands More From Pakistan in Bin Laden Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — Pakistani officials say the Obama administration has demanded the identities of some of their top intelligence operatives as the United States tries to determine whether any of them had contact with Osama bin Laden …

Afghanistan: Fierce fighting follows Kandahar attack  —  Heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades have reportedly been used by both sides  —  Intense fighting is taking place in Afghanistan's second city of Kandahar amid co-ordinated militant attacks, including at least six suicide bombs.

Weekly Address: Clean Energy Will Help Us Out-Compete and Out-Innovate the Rest of the World  —  WASHINGTON - Speaking to the American people from Indianapolis, Indiana, President Obama said that clean energy companies like Allison Transmissions will keep the economy growing, create new jobs …

Santorum: Obama doesn't understand America  —  Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) - Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum had a ballroom packed with South Carolina Republican insiders all to himself on Friday night when he addressed the state party's annual fundraising banquet in Columbia.

Muslim group: two imams pulled from plane bound for North Carolina  —  (CNN) — An airline is investigating the removal of two imams from a flight headed to North Carolina, ostensibly because passengers felt uncomfortable with their presence of the pair — both clad in Islamic attire.

You Call That Tough?  —  The only thing missing from Preet Bharara's press conference was the blaring of trumpets.  —  It was Tuesday, and the U.S. attorney in Manhattan was proudly unveiling a lawsuit against Deutsche Bank that his office had filed that morning.

Kloppenburg Laying Foundation To Delegitimize Inevitable Prosser Win  —  The recount in Wisconsin is moving along pretty much as expected given the history of recounts in Wisconsin: There hasn't been much change in the vote count.  —  As of the end of the day yesterday, with 82% of the voting units in …

Huntsman calls for ‘new thinking’ in first post-administration speech  —  Former Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, a likely candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, sought to explain his time working in the Obama administration in his first major speech since resigning last weekend.

Police: IED Found Near Chester Train Tracks  —  CHESTER, Pa. (CBS) - Chester police are urging vigilance after they found an improvised explosive device, this afternoon, near Amtrak and Septa railroad tracks and the Commodore Barry Bridge.  —  Police say the device consisted of two bottles with a yellow liquid inside.

The rise and rise of a pity-for-Osama lobby  —  The chattering classes' ‘uncomfortable feeling’ with the killing of bin Laden is underpinned more by moral cowardice than political principle.  —  How did 'I hate bin Laden and I'm glad he's dead' become the most shocking thing one can say in polite society?

Power Struggle in Iran Enters the Mosque  —  The unprecedented power struggle between the two most powerful leaders in Iran deepened Friday, spilling out into Tehran's public prayers where the mullah leading the service indirectly criticized President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while the crowd chanted …

U.S. Tried but Failed to Kill Yemeni Cleric  —  A U.S. drone strike in Yemen Thursday was aimed at killing Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born radical cleric suspected of orchestrating terrorist attacks in the U.S, but the missile missed its target, according to Yemeni and U.S. officials.