YAHOO! NEWS 1 Hour Ago Stephen King gives to Maine gun control coalition PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Stephen King and his wife have made a donation to a Maine group advocating for stricter gun control laws. King says the gift was "five figures" but doesn't want to say more about it because "charity's supposed to be a private thing." The Coalition for a Safer Maine says King is a gun owner and a defender of the Second Amendment who supports expanded background checks on gun sales and a ban on the sale of high-capacity ammunition magazines. It says the "substantial contribution" from the "Salem's Lot" author and fellow author Tabitha King will help fund its advocacy efforts. The Maine Legislature this week is considering several gun control bills. After the deadly Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting in December, Stephen King wrote a best-selling e-book called "Guns," discussing his thoughts on gun control and gun ...

Tuesday, April 23rd  Internet Sales Tax is Far From Fair! Washington is after your money again! It seems some in Congress are looking to enact an internet sales tax, even though President Obama said he’d never do it. I guess Congress is after your pocket again! Obama clearly said that he wouldn’t raise taxes on anyone but the 1%? This proposal would, however, tax everyone who shops online! Washington is trying to rummage through your pocket and take any change they can out of it and they call it the Marketplace Fairness Act! If you really want fairness, why not eliminate all sales taxes? Oh, t...

 THEBLAZE.COM 2 Hours Ago New 'Frightening' Details in Thwarted Al-Qaeda-Linked Canadian Terror Plot by  Jason Howerton Charles C. Johnson contributed to this report. – TORONTO, CANADA – APRIL 22: A VIA Rail train leaves Union Station, the heart of VIA Rail travel, bound for Windsor on April 22, 2013 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) report they have arrested two people connected to an alleged Al Qaeda plot to detonate a bomb on a VIA Rail train in Canada. Credit: Getty Images TORONTO (TheBlaze/AP) — A suspect accused of plotting with al-Qaeda in Iran to derail a train in Canada said Tuesday authorities were basing their conclusions on mere appearances. Iran, meanwhile, denied any involvement. "I can just tell you that you are probably safer in New York City than you are in any other big city" Canadian investigators say Raed Jaser, 35, and his suspected accomplice Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, received "directions and guidance" f...