White House Summit on Violent Extremism Opens With Muslim Prayer - No Other Faiths Represented  —  (CNSNews.com) - A Muslim prayer was recited at the start of the second day of the White House summit on “Countering Violent Extremism,” but no other religious text was presented during the portion of the event that was open to the press.

Rudy Giuliani: President Obama doesn't love America  —  The former New York mayor makes his remarks at a Scott Walker event.  —  NEW YORK - Rudy Giuliani went straight for the jugular Wednesday night during a private group dinner here featuring Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker …

Wal-Mart, under pressure, boosts minimum U.S. wage to $9 an hour  —  (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) said it would raise entry-level wages to $9 an hour, a 24 percent increase from the U.S. minimum wage that some employees now earn, succumbing to longstanding pressure to pay its workforce more.

Doctor refuses treatment of same-sex couple's baby  —  Bay Windsor Contreras is 4 months old and she's the apple of her mothers' eye.  —  Both of her mothers, Krista and Jami Contreras were married in Vermont in 2012.  —  In October 2014 they welcomed a beautiful baby bay into the world …

Oliver Sacks on Learning He Has Terminal Cancer  —  A MONTH ago, I felt that I was in good health, even robust health.  At 81, I still swim a mile a day.  But my luck has run out — a few weeks ago I learned that I have multiple metastases in the liver.  Nine years ago it was discovered …

Obama picks State Department spokeswoman to head White House communications - but her ‘jobs for jihadis’ deputy will NOT be promoted, insider says  — White House will move State Dept. spokeswoman Jen Psaki in when its communications director joins Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign

A Supreme Court decision against Obamacare could cost states billions and billions of dollars  —  If you want a sense of just how far-reaching the impact of a Supreme Court decision gutting Obamacare subsidies could prove, new data on health care signups released this week provide a fresh way to game out such a ruling's consequences.

How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption Castle  —  AMERICAN AND BRITISH spies hacked into the internal computer network of the largest manufacturer of SIM cards in the world, stealing encryption keys used to protect the privacy of cellphone communications across the globe …

A Stupid and Sleazy Clinton Decision  —  If Hillary Clinton wants to be president, the Clinton Foundation should stop accepting money from foreign countries.  —  This is sleazy and stupid.  Just as Hillary Clinton is getting ready to run for president again, her family's charitable foundation …

Do Americans want to send ground troops to fight ISIS?  —  Shares -  —  Amid more executions by the militant group ISIS, Americans increasingly see the group as a threat to the U.S. Now, 65 percent of Americans view ISIS as a major threat - up from 58 percent in October - while another 18 percent view it as a minor threat.

Dems gloat over ObamaCare numbers  —  Democrats are touting the latest ObamaCare enrollment numbers as proof that the law is working.  —  The administration announced on Tuesday that 11.4 million people had signed up ahead of Sunday's deadline, a figure that puts the administration on track to beat its goal of 9.1 million enrollees.

Tucker Carlson Blames ‘Hungover’ Editor For ‘Kill All The Jews’ Headline  —  Tucker Carlson, the editor-in-chief of the conservative news site The Daily Caller, told TPM on Thursday that a “hungover” editor was to blame for a headline on the site's “Guns and Gear” section that included the phrase “Kill All The Jews.”

Fox Host: 'There Really Shouldn't Be Public Schools' Anymore  —  Fox host Lisa “Kennedy” Montgomery suggested getting rid of the nation's public schools during a discussion on Thursday's “Outnumbered.”  —  Kennedy's comments came during a segment about an Oklahoma bill, approved by a House committee …

Submission: USAC members should apologize for discriminatory act  —  Last week, I attended a council meeting to support my roommate, sorority sister and best friend, Rachel Beyda, as she went through the last step of being confirmed by the council as an appointed justice to the Judicial Board …

Southern Tier towns looking to cut NY ties  —  Conklin, NY (WBNG Binghamton) The local economy is pushing one organization in Upstate New York to pose a question: Is it possible to secede to Pennsylvania?  —  The Upstate New York Towns Association is researching this very topic.

Revelations about National Guard mission in Ferguson anger local businesses, leaders  —  Since the night last November when rioting re-erupted in and around Ferguson, local leaders and business owners have complained that the Missouri National Guard and other police entities did nothing to stop the looting and burning that ensued.