‘Netanyahu Has Caused Israel The Most Strategic Damage On Iran’
Meir Dagan feels a debt of gratitude towards Benjamin Netanyahu. “When I got sick,” Dagan told us on Wednesday, “I needed a liver for a transplant. Netanyahu stepped in to…
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Hawaii Pair Arrested After Allegedly Stealing Donations For Third-Grader On Life Support
A man and woman were arrested by Hawaii police on Wednesday after video surveillance allegedly showed them stealing a jar of donations for a young girl fighting for her life….
Here’s The Minnesota Timberwolves’ ‘Welcome Home’ Video For Kevin Garnett
After stints in Boston and Brooklyn, Kevin Garnett officially rejoined the first NBA team he ever played for on Wednesday. – Oh, and the Timberwolves destroyed the Washington Wizards, 97-77.
At the Very End, a Bad Night Turns Awful for Arsenal
LONDON — What next for England in the Champions League? The Premier League attracts players from all over the world, and the television revenue it receives makes other national leagues…
Death toll at 168 from Afghanistan avalanches
They began Tuesday, continued Wednesday and two more avalanches took place Thursday, said provincial Gov. Abdul Rahman Kabiri. Authorities fear the toll will grow much higher since rescue personnel are…
Doctor Who Survived Ebola Says He Was Unfairly Cast as a Hazard and a Hero
Dr. Craig Spencer, New York’s first and to date only Ebola patient, said in an essay published on Wednesday that he was falsely accused of putting the public at risk…
Madonna falls at Brit Awards; Twitter’s got jokes
And now that it’s happened, you’ll remember it for a much different reason. Madonna was sent tumbling Wednesday night when the show didn’t go as planned and she was yanked…
Morgan Stanley To Pay $2.6 Billion Mortgage Settlement
(Adds details) Feb 25 (Reuters) – Morgan Stanley said it will pay $2.6 billion to the U.S. government to resolve potential claims stemming from the sale of mortgage bonds before…
Former Congresswoman Says Male Senator Asked Her To Fetch Him A Cup Of Tea
Former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that when she served in the House of Representatives in the late 1970s and early ’80s, Congress was a far more hostile place…
HUFFPOST HILL – The Arc Of The Moral Universe Is Long But It Bongs Toward Justice
Vulnerable Republicans are skipping CPAC, though why a Pennsylvania senator would feel hesitant about attending the “There’s No ‘I’ In Teamsters: Obama’s Bow to Big Labor Bosses” breakout session is…
South Braces For Another Winter Storm
From the Deep South to the Mid-Atlantic, another winter storm was expected to bring more snow and ice Wednesday to many areas that were hit hard just last week. Part…
Kim Kardashian Wears Risqué, Holed Jumpsuit To The BRIT Awards
Hole-y Kim Kardashian. The reality star stepped out in a black jumpsuit by Welsh designer Julien Macdonald for the BRIT Awards in London on Wednesday evening. The outfit certainly turned…
Sybrina Fulton Says George Zimmerman Got Away With Murdering Trayvon Martin
The mother of Trayvon Martin says she’s disappointed that federal prosecutors decided not to charge a neighborhood watch volunteer with a hate crime for killing her son three years ago….
Baby’s body found in Northern California, after mother turns up alone
And without her little boy. The infant’s absence spurred an extensive search Tuesday night into Wednesday in Northern California, Yolo County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Dale Johnson told CNN. That search…
Thomas Standley, 28, Accused Of Assaulting Girlfriend, 92
A 28-year-old man is facing assault charges after allegedly hitting Willie Frances Robinson, his 92-year-old girlfriend. Thomas Standley was arrested on Wednesday after an incident on Tuesday night at the…
Top Obama Advisers Sharply Rebuke ‘Destructive’ Netanyahu Speech
The strain between the U.S. and Israel deepened Wednesday, as top advisers to President Barack Obama sharply rebuked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming speech to Congress as “destructive” and challenged…
Santiago Pedroso’s Daughter Testifies Against Him In ’92 Slaying
Rachel Pedroso had not seen her father since a bloody night at a crowded restaurant in 1992 until she swiveled Wednesday in a Philadelphia courtroom and eyed the graying defendant….
Fate Of Christians Abducted By ISIS Unclear
Islamic State militants have moved a large group of Christians they abducted to one of their strongholds as fighting raged on Wednesday between the extremists and Kurdish and Christian militiamen…
Kelly Renee Gissendaner Execution Delayed, Possibly Due Georgia Storm Forecast
The state of Georgia on Wednesday delayed the execution of its only female death row inmate, ahead of a winter storm forecast to hit many areas with several inches of…
How France Plans To Promote Dialogue With Its Growing Muslim Community
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve proposed a plan Wednesday aimed at promoting a better dialogue with France’s Muslim community, that includes training imams at university. – Anti-Muslim acts in France…
Drones Spotted Over Paris Landmarks for 2nd Night
PARIS — For a second straight night, mysterious unidentified flying objects were spotted over some of Paris’s most identifiable landmarks, officials said on Wednesday. Agnès Thibault-Lecuivre, the spokeswoman for the…
Ted Strickland Announces He’s Running For The Senate
Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D) announced Wednesday that he’ll seek the Democratic Senate nomination to challenge first-term Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) in 2016. – Unseating Portman will require some…
Official: At Least 108 People Killed in Afghan Winter Storm
KABUL, Afghanistan — Avalanches caused by a heavy winter snow killed at least 108 people in northeastern Afghanistan, an emergency official said Wednesday, as rescuers clawed through debris with their…
Kremlin Sought Annexation of Crimea Before Ukrainian Government’s Collapse, Russian Paper Says
MOSCOW — The Russian government laid plans to annex Crimea and invade southeastern Ukraine weeks before the government fell in Kiev, a Russian newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing a Kremlin…
Ex-Finance Chief Pleads Not Guilty to Altering List of Greeks With Swiss Accounts
ATHENS — A former Greek finance minister, George Papaconstantinou, who signed the country’s first international bailout in 2010, pleaded not guilty before a special criminal court in Athens on Wednesday…
Ex-Finance Chief Pleads Not Guilty to Altering List of Greeks With Swiss Accounts
ATHENS — A former Greek finance minister, George Papaconstantinou, who signed the country’s first international bailout in 2010, appeared before a special criminal court in Athens on Wednesday over his…
More drones hover over Paris; authorities investigate
The unmanned aerial vehicles were spotted above Rue de Vaugirard, the Assembly, the city’s east train station, Porte de Saint-Ouen and Porte de la Chapelle between 11 p.m. Tuesday and…
Hong Kong Protests Color Budget Plans
HONG KONG — Two months after protesters were cleared from the streets, the Hong Kong government announced on Wednesday an annual budget full of tax breaks and other handouts to…
Groan with the wind: The South gets hit with another winter storm
On Wednesday, another storm system will race across parts of the South. That’s the fourth storm system in the last two weeks, and folks are getting mighty sick of it….
Reddit Bans Nude Photos Posted Without Consent
Reddit officially banned naked photos posted without permission on Wednesday, months after a nude celebrity photo scandal had critics pointing fingers at the site’s privacy policy. Reddit executives issued a…