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Susan G. Komen for the Cure has a new CEO.The breast cancer charity announced the appointment of Judith A. Salerno on Monday.Salerno replaces Nancy Brinker, the charity's founder, who announced last summer she would step down following an onslaught of criticism over its decision to stop giving grants to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings. That decision was quickly reversed.Salerno is executive director and chief operating officer of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, a prestigious group that advises the government about health and science.Brinker founded the Dallas-based charity in honor of her sister, who died of breast cancer in 1980. It grew into a fundraising powerhouse, and its signature color of pink has become synonymous with breast cancer awareness....
Bill to replace Wright brothers as first in flight
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A recent survey -- taken prior to revelations about IRS misconduct and commissioned by the American Conservative Union -- showed that a majority of Americans have be...
President Obama's communications czar, Dan Pfeiffer, usually chooses his words carefully. So it's no accident when he says, "The law is irrelevant" even as he conced...
The U.N. Population Fund says it wants to help an estimated 22 million women gain access to family planning services in territories emerging from conflicts and natur...
Former Bush adviser on Fox, other outlets rejecting attorney general's invitation for an off-the-record meeting on DOJ's surveillance of reporters and the latest revelations in the IRS scandal
Kevin Kookogey, founder of Linchpins of Liberty, talks about his lawsuit against the IRS.
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins on the IRS targeting scandal.
Michele Bachmann's decision last week to leave Congress at the end of this term silences the Republican's best-known female voice on the national political stage.It'...
Heated debate over scandal
How some groups are calling for big changes
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NFL star makes a political statement
The state Assembly has approved a Republican bill that would require women seeking an abortion to get an ultrasound of the fetus.The measure would require the ultras...
A dear friend of mine recently confessed to me that he was the father of one living daughter and four deceased children. The four were aborted, three with his conse...
The Obama administration announced Monday it will end age restrictions on emergency contraception, allowing girls and women of all ages to purchase the morning-after...
An anti-abortion activist from Wisconsin reportedly saw his social media campaign turned into a "mocking joke" in part by Planned Parenthood supporters who sought to...
Breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which suffered a publicity backlash last year after it sought to cut funding to Planned Parenthood, said on Tuesda...
Is agency scandal widening?