SAN FRANCISCO, March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Anti-Defamation League today expressed its deep disappointment over the decision of the annual

The Rev. Louis Farrakhan says he is planning "a new beginning" for his Nation of Islam movement with the re-dedication of its Chicago mosque headquarters.

By Don Babwin Associated Press CHICAGO -- He's a white priest at a largely black church. He's held hands with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. He's been arrested dozens of times and battled anyone he thinks has wronged his parish -- from gun dealers to a local Catholic sports league.

From wire reports WASHINGTON The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's longtime pastor, appeared Monday morning at the National Press Club, where he reignited a controversy about race that Obama had only recently extinguished.

WASHINGTON _ Barack Obama's backers say the Rev. Jeremiah Wright has resurfaced at precisely the wrong time _ trumpeting his controversial racial and political views to reporters just as Obama is struggling to win over skeptical white voters.