14 foods overseas Chinese miss the most
With 56 ethnic groups, eight recognized major cuisines and countless cooking styles, this menu of Chinese favorites could run longer than a finely pulled noodle. But these 14 dishes are…
Jean-Baptiste Grange Surges in Second Run to Win Slalom Title
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — As expected, there was a repeat world champion in the men’s slalom on Sunday. The big surprise was that it was not Marcel Hirscher, the Austrian…
Jack White Writes Open Letter, Says Guacamole Recipe Was An ‘Inside Joke’
Jack White really wants everyone to stop talking about that guacamole incident. The musician made headlines earlier this month when the University of Oklahoma’s school newspaper published his tour rider…
‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Leads Weekend Box Office, Stirring Reflection on Sex Films
LOS ANGELES — Moviegoers turned out en masse to see the sadomasochistic love story “Fifty Shades of Grey” over the Presidents’ Day weekend, delivering a triumph for Universal Pictures and…
‘Game Of Thrones’ Star Lena Headey Is Pregnant
After much speculation, Lena Headey has confirmed that she is indeed pregnant! Read the whole story at Justjared
U.N. Security Council slams Houthi rebel takeover in Yemen
Sunday’s 15-0 vote came several days after U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that Yemen was “collapsing before our eyes.” – CNN’s Greg Botelho and journalist Hakim Almasmari contributed to this…
Poet Laureate Philip Levine Dies At Age 87
Philip Levine, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose intimate portraits of blue-collar life were grounded in personal experience and political conscience, died Saturday. Levine was 87. Levine, the country’s poet laureate…
Watch Furbacca, A Furby Chewbacca, Sing The ‘Star Wars’ Theme
The Hasbro showroom at this year’s Toy Fair includes products tied to “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Ant-Man,” “Spider-Man,” “Jurassic World” and “Transformers,” but it’s the tiny Furbacca that was the…
Small Phone Companies Use Wi-Fi to Punch Above Their Weight
SAN FRANCISCO — It would not be an insult to say Republic Wireless and FreedomPop are obscure little companies. But they dream big. The two companies are at the forefront…
Chapel Hill Shooting Suspect Slammed Religion While Defending Liberty
If his Facebook page is any indication, Craig Hicks doesn’t hate Muslims. An avowed atheist, his online posts instead depict a man who despises religion itself, but nevertheless seems to…
George R.R. Martin Says ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 5 Deaths Will Surprise Book Readers
It’s no news that HBO’s “Game of Thrones” is filled with shocking deaths that cause major freakouts among fans. Those who’ve read George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and…
ISIS releases video claiming beheadings of Egyptian Coptic Christians
The five-minute video, released by the terror group’s propaganda wing al-Hayat Media, includes a masked English-speaking jihadi who says, “The sea you have hidden Sheikh Osama bin Laden’s body in,…
Cartoonist survives Copenhagen attack: ‘They threw me in a storage room’
Lars Vilks is no stranger to threats. The Swedish cartoonist is on an al Qaeda hit list and travels everywhere with bodyguards at his side. He’s survived previous attempts on…
Woman’s murder sparks outrage in Turkey
Three suspects have been arrested in the murder of Ozgecan Aslan, 20, whose body was found Friday in Mersin’s Tarsus district in southern Turkey, according to the country’s semiofficial news…
Meet Oregon’s next governor
READ: ‘Greek tragedy’ leads to governor’s resignation But for Brown, who is married to a man and has served as Oregon’s secretary of state since 2009, it will be the…
Obama Adviser John Podesta’s Biggest Regret Is Not Getting UFO Files Released
just as the Clinton library in Little Rock has been — with Freedom of Information Act requests, such as this one: for ‘e-mails to and from John Podesta, containing the…
Obama’s Trade Agenda May Hinge on Attacking Currency Manipulation
WASHINGTON — A number of countries — China most prominent among them — have long acted to hold down the value of their currencies against the dollar, helping their industries…
Are presidents overrated?
We have an unhealthy obsession with presidents as the sole movers of American politics. For too long, Americans have understood history primarily through the lens of the presidency. School textbooks…
Some Guy Got Drake’s Mixtape Art Tattooed On His Neck Because YOLO
Dedicated Drake fans have probably already memorized all of the songs on Drake’s new mixtape, “If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late.” But one man, Richy Huck, took his fandom…
Hundreds Of Jewish Tombs Damaged In Northern France
Hundreds of graves have been vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France, in what the president called an “odious and barbaric” anti-Semitic act against French values. The vandalism comes…
Islamic State Video Shows Beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians
A video released Sunday by the Islamic State appears to show the mass beheading of a group of 21 Coptic Christians, who are made to kneel beside the sea in…
Stan Wawrinka completes full set of titles with Rotterdam triumph
He has six titles at ATP 250 level, a Masters 1000 crown at Monte Carlo last spring, a grand slam at last year’s Australian Open, plus Olympic gold with Roger…
Temperatures drop, heads turn in South
It takes a fraction of that to get residents in the South into emergency mode. Sometimes, it doesn’t even have to snowjust the possibility of wintry weather is enough for…
New ‘Crimson Peak’ trailer will freak you out
If the first peek of the haunted house horror flick is any indication, director Guillermo del Toro has a lot of frights up his sleeve for the film’s October 16…
The 10 Richest U.S. Presidents
This story was originally published on 24/7 Wall St. The ongoing debate over income inequality has picked up steam, especially as the economic recovery is widely considered to be benefiting…
ISIS Releases Video Purporting To Show Beheading Of 21 Egyptian Christians In Libya
CAIRO, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Islamic State released a video on Sunday purporting to show the militant group beheading 21 Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya. In the video, militants in…
Hundreds Protest Fatal Police Shooting In Washington
A protest held here Saturday over the police killing of a Mexican-born apple picker had the air of a mournful family picnic. About 500 people gathered at a park to…
Kanye West Wants To Fix The World Like He Fixed Kim K’s Pants
Kanye West unveiled his Adidas Yeezy Season 1 collection along with a new song at New York Fashion Week on Thursday. The rapper told Complex the show was “like the…
Denmark Chief Rabbi Mourns Loss Of ‘Irreplaceable’ Jewish Guard Following Attack
Israel’s prime minister on Sunday called for the “massive immigration” of European Jews to Israel following a deadly shooting near Copenhagen’s main synagogue, renewing a blunt message that has upset…
U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker frees boat stranded near Antarctica
‘The situation was dire,” said Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Allyson Conroy. “Had the Polar Star not reached the Chieftain, it would have had to winter in the ice.” –…