Rebirth of the Cool: American Music Makes a Return to Iran
TEHRAN — The audience members in Tehran’s Vahdat concert hall rose from their seats, clapping wildly as the frontman Bob Belden, a fun-loving New Yorker with a predilection for loud…
Month: February 2015
Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein: ‘There’s no place for pure capitalism’
Not every year can be a banner year: China’s economy is clearly going through some growing pains. Last year the country’s economy grew at 7.4%, its slowest pace in 24…
Man granted immunity in Holly Bobo case commits suicide
Austin was granted immunity in the case of Bobo, a 20-year-old Tennessee nursing student who disappeared in 2011. Bobo’s remains were found last September. – Volunteers from at least five…
V.A. Secretary Apologizes for Embellishing Military Record – First Draft. Political News, Now.
Mr. McDonald, a 1975 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, served in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, where he completed jungle, arctic, desert warfare and Ranger…
An Embedded Photographer Empowers the Poor
Credit Shalmon Bernstein Credit Martin Lehmann Credit Sam Phelps Credit “I think we are poor because we were born into a poor family and once again, without education, land, fishing…
How will we remember Bill Cosby?
You remember the other Bill Cosby. For a long time, he was the only Bill Cosby. Bill Cosby’s life in the spotlight He was a groundbreaking comedian, famed for his…
Christina Aguilera’s Britney Spears Impression Will Drive You Crazy
Sing it, Christina, one more time. – “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” airs weeknights at 11: 35 p.m. ET on NBC.
Should you tap your Social Security benefits early and invest the money?
Related: Your 3 biggest Social Security questions answered If you go ahead with your plan to take benefits early, your Social Security payment would be $9,742 at age 66. That’s…
Premarkets: 6 things to know before the open
2. Slippery oil politics: There’s been talk that OPEC could hold an emergency meeting to discuss the recent sharp drop in oil prices. Nigeria’s oil minister, who also acts as…
Tensions set to rise on Korean peninsula as annual war games near
The drills, involving thousands of troops and state of the art military hardware, don’t go down well with North Korea. “Each year, Pyongyang complains and demands a stop to these…
Police Find Credit Union Manager Wearing Suspected Explosive In Connecticut Bomb Scare
MILFORD, Conn., Feb 23 (Reuters) – A Connecticut credit union executive was found in a car outside his office on Monday with a bomb-like device strapped to his body following…
Cody Phillip Gintz Accused Of Robbing Girl Scouts To Feed His Heroin Habit
A man who says he was trying to get cash to pay for drugs allegedly robbed a Girl Scout troop on Sunday as they sold cookies outside a supermarket in…
8 Women Share What It’s Like Switching To An IUD
Intrauterine devices are one of the most effective forms of reversible birth control, but few American women use them. That, however, is starting to change: The percentage of women using…
The IUD Is Getting More Popular In America. Here’s Why
A birth control method that works more than 99 percent of the time is making a comeback after all but disappearing from America in the 1980s and 1990s. The intrauterine…
Here Are 6 Awesome Ways Dairy Foods Can Help Your Health
Just when you thought the news today would be bad, we’re here to save the day. The chocolate milk that you’re craving? The Greek yogurt? The aromatic cheeses? Not only…
Stunning Photos Capture Rare Fox Sighting In San Francisco
A gray fox, once a common sight in San Francisco’s Presidio, was spotted in the city’s national park for the first time in more than a decade last week. The…
Bill O’Reilly and Fox News Redouble Defense of His Falklands Reporting
The Fox News host Bill O’Reilly on Monday stepped up his defense against reports that he embellished stories about his war reporting earlier in his career, while some former colleagues…
How Crazy Am I To Think I Know Where MH370 Is?
In the year since the vanishing of MH370, I appeared on CNN more than 50 times, watched my spouse’s eyes glaze over at dinner, and fell in with a group…
Freed Al Jazeera journalist: I can’t get back my baby’s first 6 months
At Baher Mohamed’s home in Cairo, the Al Jazeera English journalist tries to get closer to his baby Haron, born while he was in prison. “A few days ago I…
Kentucky Senate Committee Passes School Restroom Mandate For Transgender Students
A Kentucky Senate committee on Monday approved a bill that would require transgender students to use restrooms designated for “their biological sex,” days after an identical measure failed. – “Unfortunately,…
US Jury Finds Palestinian Groups Liable For Terror Attacks
The Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority backed a series of terrorist attacks in the early 2000s in Israel that killed or wounded Americans, a U.S. jury found Monday…
Prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah sentenced to 5 years
The case dates back to November 2013 when the controversial protest law was issued by the government. Dozens demonstrated against the military trial of civilians outside the Shoura Council where…
Stock markets all around the world broke records
Investors interpreted her statements at the Senate Banking Committee as a sign that rates won’t go up until June at the earliest. The Dow soared almost 100 points to close…
Vine is “seeking a dog to join our growing team of humans” in its New York office.
Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Disclaimer. Morningstar:…
The next debt ceiling crackup
If you think this week’s fight over Homeland Security funding shows off Washington dysfunction, imagine the possibilities of a potential three-way collision: debt ceiling + October 1 funding deadline +…
The next debt ceiling crackup
If you think this week’s fight over Homeland Security funding shows off Washington dysfunction, imagine the possibilities of a potential three-way collision: debt ceiling + October 1 funding deadline +…
New Zealand confirms Iraq troop deployment
Key said ISISalso known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) posed a threat to stability in regions beyond the Middle East and New Zealand had “an…
French President Pledges To Protect Jewish Community
French president Francois Hollande said that the country must offer its protection and affection to the Jewish community as anti-Semitism is on the rise in France. “Jewish are at home…
Plane veers off runway at icy Dallas airport
All 63 passengers and five crew members who were on board the MD-80 plane are safe, Huguely said. “We have had icy conditions at the airport, but we can’t determine…
Walker: I’ll leave the nonsense to the media
Instead, as his star rises among conservatives and he moves toward a 2016 presidential bid, Walker is insisting those questions are a media-manufactured sideshowand he’ll have nothing to do with…