Eight missionaries have been freed after three weeks of detention in Haiti while being investigated for the attempted removal of thirty-three children from the country without proper documentation. Two remain in country as the investigation continues because, quake or no quake, paperwork is a must when trying to remove children from their homeland. he group’s…

Somali Islamists are battling to control a town near the Kenya border. That it and of itself doesn’t particularly interest the State Department until a little al-Qaeda love got into the mix. Resident Dahir Siyad says hundreds of fighters from Hizbul Islam forced militants from al-Shabab out of town after a pre-dawn attack Thursday. The…

Kenya’s president and prime minister are feuding as Kenya’s tenuous peace grows flimsier by the day. Relations between the two leaders – never strong to begin with – broke down this week over the attempted dismissals of two Cabinet ministers accused of corruption. In the streets of Kenya’s capital, dozens of protesters marched in front…

Cue the Reconciliation of Tiger Woods. According to the PGA Tour website, Woods will emerge from exile to make a statement at PGA Tour headquarters. What will he say? Your guess is as good as ours. Email us your predictions to [email protected] or drop a dime on our Twitter feed @TheRoot247.

According to this fancy chart, the President’s stimulus plan and economic recovery are undoing the mess he made while being president the last eight years (wait…). Despite this and other victories large and small, a CNN poll has 52% of Americans saying Obama doesn’t deserve to be re-elected. And they liked Congress even less. Respondents…

Found this article over on Wired. Discussion: how to raise a racist kid Step One: Don’t talk about race. Don’t point out skin color. Be “color blind.” Step Two: Actually, that’s it. There is no Step Two. Congratulations! Your children are well on their way to believing that <insert your ethnicity here> is better than…

So the big spot-blowing expose the New York Times had in store for us regarding David Paterson was nothing worth bating breaths about. The scandal meant to shake the governor’s mansion to its foundation was the revelation that Paterson’s driver and close confidant used to run the streets and hits women. Now, it’s not to…

Got this scoop from @BreakingNews via @AdamSerwer concerning the Christmas Day Bomber. According to Breaking News, ole boy isn’t exactly unbreakable Alleged Christmas Day bomber is cooperating with U.S. interrogators because he has phobia about prison, Bob Woodward tells ‘Morning Joe’. Will this mean a bit less hand-wringing? Probably not.