Super Bowl XLIX Chatter Dominates Twitter
And then there was one… #SB49 pic.twitter.com/zzZLInxOWb — NFL (@nfl) February 2, 2015 – #NEvsSEA #SB49 pic.twitter.com/UBQkQdr0df — Seattle Seahawks (@Seahawks) February 2, 2015
Month: February 2015
Egypt Sentences 183 to Death Over 2013 Killings of Policemen
CAIRO — An Egyptian court has sentenced 183 people to death over the killing of 15 policemen in violence that engulfed the country after the 2013 ouster of Islamist President…
White House budget: Time to lift up the middle class
The White House has touted a growing economy and shrinking deficits as the impetus for proposing a range of measures aimed at helping low- and middle-income families. These would be…
Man arrested Sunday for attempting to climb White House temporary fencing
He has been placed into the custody of DC Police.
New Lands’ End CEO comes from Dolce & Gabbana
Huber led the apparel company through its spinoff last year from another iconic American brand, Sears (SHLD). Sears bought Land’s End in 2002. – Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data…
‘Back to the future’ medicine man turns frustration into big opportunity
The pioneering Kenyan doctor was just nine years old when a girl was rushed across the border from southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya. A few years his senior, she was…
Super Bowl XLIX posts record overnight TV ratings
According to ESPN’s Sports Business Reporter Darren Rovell, 89% of the TVs on in Seattle during the game were tuned into the Super Bowl. – Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market…
Clinton advisers are split on when Hillary Clinton should launch her campaign
“I’m in it to win it,” she said in a YouTube video posted on January 21, 2007. But even though a second Hillary Clinton for president campaign is all but…
Why This 71-Year-Old Woman Is Embarking On A 500-Mile Hike In Spain This Year
This is one story from Huff/Post50’s new series “This Will Be Our Year: 15 Women Over 50 Shaking Things Up In 2015.” We’ll be following 15 remarkable ladies throughout the…
Where we are in the Supreme Court term
By November, the Court accepted yet another challenge to the Affordable Care Act—the signature legislative achievement of the Obama administration. In a matter of weeks, the justices heard arguments concerning…
This Will Be Our Year: 15 Women Over 50 Shaking Things Up In 2015
Huff/Post50 is proud to announce a new series “This Will Be Our Year: 15 Women Over 50 Shaking Things Up In 2015.” Last month, our editor-at-large Rita Wilson issued a…
Trail To The Chief: The ‘Mitt, We Totally Knew Ye’ GOP-Only Edition
The ‘Mitt, We Totally Knew Ye’ GOP-Only Edition – Candidate Photos: Getty, Associated Press
Greece: We’re not looking for a fight over debt
Read more: Greek banks plunge as new government challenges bailout Campaign promises to end austerity don’t mean Greece would not meet its obligations to the ECB or IMF, Tsipras said…
CDC: Flu Striking Older Americans At Highest Pace On Record
A flu outbreak that already has killed at least 61 children is simultaneously slamming older Americans at a record clip, federal officials said Friday. Read the whole story at TODAY.com
‘A beautiful life’: The Australian woman who became a geisha
It could be a scene from a print by 19th century Japanese artist Hokusai, but behind the evocative image is a modern story. Leading the four through the snows of…
#AskFry: Submit your questions for TV legend Stephen Fry
Full coverage: Awards season 2015
GoDaddy’s Super Bowl Ad Do-Over Plays It Straight
After igniting a controversy with the leaked version of its Super Bowl ad spot that appeared to make fun of Internet puppy mills, and eventually pulling the ad, GoDaddy ran…
Hackers Use Old Lure on Web to Help Syrian Government
WASHINGTON — To the young Syrian rebel fighter, the Skype message in early December 2013 appeared to come from a woman in Lebanon, named Iman Almasri, interested in his cause….
Julián Castro: Obama’s housing chief wants to talk about the middle class, not politics
But Castro said he is confident that 2015 can be “a year of housing opportunity.” Falling gas prices, easing home prices and low interest rates mean “more folks will have…
Late Seahawks Drive Ends With a Screeching Halt After a Risky Call
GLENDALE, Ariz. — On the same field where a receiver named David Tyree had improbably caught a desperation throw to propel the Giants to Super Bowl victory over the New…
Jimmy Fallon Has A Lip Sync Battle With Will Ferrell & Kevin Hart
It was the lip sync battle to end all lip sync battles, with “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon going up against Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart. – Ferrell and Hart…
Another new record for Super Bowl streaming
An NBC Sports spokesman said the average streaming viewership number is not yet available. Even with a peak of 1.3 million simultaneous viewers, the online streams account for barely 1/100th…
Law Favoring Cuban Arrivals Is Challenged
MIAMI — In the wake of President Obama’s move to rekindle diplomatic ties with Cuba, Cuban-American legislators in Washington and local officials in Florida are calling for reconsideration of a…
Punxsutawney Phil, Pennsylvania Groundhog, To ‘Forecast’ Winter’s End Or Not
If history is any guide, the handlers of groundhog Punxsutawney Phil likely will forecast six more weeks of winter. – Records going back to 1887 show Phil has predicted more…
Patriots Win Super Bowl XLIX, Defeating Seahawks
Tom Brady throwing during the first half of Super Bowl XLIX at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Brady won his fourth Super Bowl.” GLENDALE, Ariz. — The seconds…
Tale of Comebacks Is Tom Brady’s to Tell
Sports of The Times By MICHAEL POWELL GLENDALE, Ariz. — That was merely insane. This was a Super Bowl in which narrative lines kept colliding with one another. Each team…
2 killed as storm heads Northeast for a second round of pounding in a week
Millions will wake up Monday to sleet and blizzard conditions in the Northeast the second round of winter weather pounding in a week. The storm buried the Midwest in snow…
Super Bowl XLIX: Patriots beat Seahawks for Brady’s fourth title
The 37-year-old, sacked and twice intercepted, refused to give in as the Patriotsat one point down by 10fought their way to a 28-24 victory over the Seattle Seahawks in Glendale,…
The worst call in Super Bowl history and other memorable moments
But Super Bowl XLIX will be remembered for its exciting, crazy ending, the kind of final scene that would have a Hollywood scriptwriter saying, “Nah, nobody would ever believe that.”…
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Former IMF Chief, Goes On Trial For Sex Charges
Dominique Strauss-Kahn is going on trial for sex charges in France — the nation where he once was considered a top presidential contender. The former head of the International Monetary…