Adrian Peterson Indicted For Child Abuse, Will Not Play Sunday  —  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - A warrant was issued Friday for the arrest of Vikings running back Adrian Peterson after a grand jury in Texas indicted him for reckless or negligent injury to a child.  —  Peterson will not play …

Eyewitness comes forward on ‘Palin brawl’  —  Eric Thompson was having fun with friends and his wife at a party in South Anchorage on Saturday night.  Thompson, who is 56 years old, was the designated driver for the evening, so he wasn't drinking.  But that was okay with him.  He was among friends.

I apologize for the length of this post, but given the gravity of the issue at hand when I sat down to write late last night a long list of things came to my mind.  —  More than anything, I am struck by two truths.  One, it seems that history well documents that those who work to avoid conflict …

‘So Little Compassion’: Foley Parents on Gov't ‘Threats’ … The mother of slain American journalist James Foley said she wasn't necessarily surprised that the U.S. government threatened her family with prosecution should they raise money to pay her son's ransom, but she was astounded by how such a devastating message was delivered.

Women Could Finally Make Up 20% of Congress This Year  —  Despite fewer women running for office in 2014  —  With women sitting atop half the Senate committees, it may feel like there are plenty of women in Congress, but the sad reality is only 18.9% of Congress is female.

Anti-war crowd stunningly silent on ISIS plan  —  I could have sworn we were going to war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).  —  But the president, a well-known theologian, has informed us that despite what the Muslims of ISIS say, the Islamic State “is not Islamic.”

Cops: Zimmerman threatened man  —  Lake Mary police say driver did not want to press charges  —  Author: Daniel Dahm, Managing Editor of ClickOrlando.com, ddahm@clickorlando.com  —  LAKE MARY, Fla. -  —  George Zimmerman threatened to kill a driver during a road rage incident in Lake Mary …

Israeli intelligence veterans refuse to spy on Palestinians  —  Dozens of veterans of an elite Israeli military signals intelligence unit have said they will no longer serve in operations against Palestinians.  —  Forty-three past and present reservists signed a letter about Unit 8200, which carries out electronic surveillance.

Why Travis McIntosh and Matt McCormick's wedding angers gay groups  —  TRAVIS McIntosh and Matt McCormick will get married tomorrow yet the matrimonial union has horrified gay rights groups.  —  Heterosexual best mates McIntosh and McCormick, who have known each other since the age of six …

New sparks fly between CIA, Senate Intelligence Committee  —  WASHINGTON — Tensions between the CIA and its congressional overseers erupted anew this week when CIA Director John Brennan refused to tell lawmakers who authorized intrusions into computers used by the Senate Intelligence Committee …

Software patents are crumbling, thanks to the Supreme Court  —  The Supreme Court's June ruling on the patentability of software — its first in 33 years — raised as many questions as it answered.  One specific software patent went down in flames in the case of Alice v. CLS Bank …

Rob Ford drops out of mayoral race, Doug Ford running in his place  —  Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has withdrawn from the mayoral race, with brother Doug Ford registering to run in his place.  —  The mayor's campaign spokesman Jeff Silverstein appeared at City Hall's election services office Friday afternoon …

Sessions v. Zuckerberg, a Knockout  —  A year or two ago, most observers thought that immigration “reform” was a foregone conclusion.  The entire Democratic Party wanted it, including union leaders who were happy to sacrifice their members' interests; the Chamber of Commerce wanted it …

Statement by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the U.S. Department of Justice on the Declassification of Documents Related to the Protect America Act Litigation  —  September 11, 2014  —  On January 15, 2009, the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review …