King Juan Carlos I Fast Facts
Personal:Birth date: January 5, 1938 Birth place: Rome, Italy Birth name: Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor Maria de Borbon y Borbon Father: Don Juan de Borbon y Battenburg, Count of Barcelona,…
Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities Fast Facts
Timeline:1957 – The United States signs a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Iran. 1958 – Iran joins the International Atomic Energy Agency. 1967 – The Tehran Nuclear Research Center, which…
5 wacky things from Glee’s Naya Rivera
Regardless of how much you shower, Naya Rivera is the gift that keeps giving to celebrity watchers like ourselves. In light of her latest comments, we thought it high time…
Michele Bachmann Fast Facts
Birth place: Waterloo, Iowa Birth name: Michele Marie Amble Father: David Amble, an engineer Mother: Arlene Jean (Johnson) Amble – January 4, 2012 – Suspends her presidential campaign after her…
AirAsia Flight QZ8501 disaster: What happens next?
Authorities don’t yet know why the plane crashed into the sea December 28 while en route to Singapore from the Indonesian city of Surabaya. Roughly 35 minutes into the flight,…
Democrats hit Rand Paul for disability comments
Speaking at a New Hampshire diner about government waste, the Kentucky Republican said “there’s always somebody who’s deserving” of entitlement programs, “But everybody in this room knows somebody who’s gaming…
Bars long a big part of the Boehner lore
It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but it’s deadly serious. Michael Hoyt, a 44-year-old man who has been treated for mental illness in the past, was indicted…
NASCAR driver Kurt Busch testifies ex-girlfriend is an assassin
In his testimony, Busch said that once when he and Driscoll were in El Paso, Texas, Driscoll went out in camouflage gear, only to return later wearing an evening gown…
Ultra-Orthodox newspaper erases female leaders in pic
Ultra-Orthodox Jews traditionally don’t prefer to show images of women because it’s not considered modest. As Israeli newspaper Haaretz noted, political parties that represent the ultra-Orthodox sector ban women from…
Yaya Toure: Respect needed from media in dealing with religion
Manchester City and Ivory Coast football star Yaya Toure has called on the media to be more respectful in its attitude towards religion after the Charlie Hebdo attack. Twelve people…
Former Spanish King faces paternity suit
The court accepted the case for study, two court spokeswomen told CNN. The royal household affirmed its “respect” for judicial decisions but declined further comment. – The plaintiff has asked…
10 dead after prison bus collides with train
The accident occurred when the bus “left the roadway” and collided with a train The bus was traveling from a prison facility in Abilene to one in El Paso, the…
Who’s going to get those Oscar nominations?
It’s a strange year for the Academy Awards, where the divide between blockbusters and critic-friendly movies continues to grow. Of all the likely major-category nominees, only “Gone Girl” and “Into…
Nadine Angerer: The ‘nobody’ who became belle of the Ballon d’Or
Thrust into the spotlight at the 2007 Women’s World Cup, the perennial reserve goalkeeper put in a virtuoso performance, going unbeaten for a world record 540 minutes during Germany’s victorious…
New Obama rules aim to slash methane emissions
The rule will call for between 40% and 45% reduction of methane emissions from the oil and gas industry by 2025. Methane accounts for 10% of the United States’ total…
After ISIS Twitter threat, military families rethink online lives
As the spouse of a Special Forces soldier, she’s always tried to be conscious of how much she advertises that she and her three young children are a military family….
‘The Carrot Man’: How one man won’t let his horse veg out
Italian Luca Moneta is one of the world’s leading show jumpers but has been labeled by his peers “The Carrot Man” for his novel approach to training horses. Last year…
Racing legend Kauto Star steps out in new sport
The 14-year-old racehorse, one of the greatest steeplechasers of all time and a two-time Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, made his dressage debut at London’s Olympia Horse Show on Tuesday. Dressage,…
Highlights From Obama’s 2015 State Of The Union Address
President Barack Obama gave his State of the Union address on Tuesday. In case you missed it, we mashed up all the best parts of Obama’s speech into one handy…
Analysis: Attack claim shows al Qaeda desperate not to be eclipsed by ISIS
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commander Nasr Ibn Ali al-Ansi’s 12-minute message declares brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi to bein the group’s eyes”heroes” who “were assigned and accepted and…
Host of first Jeb Bush 2016 fundraiser tied to Florida pay-to-play lawsuit
Charles Davis was the vice chairman of Marsh and McLennan Companies during much of the time that Florida officials accused the company of taking kickbacks and rigging bids. Now the…
Amid busy January, Albuquerque police kill man allegedly wearing body armor
Police responded to a suspicious criminal activity call shortly before 5 p.m. and encountered two men, according to a statement from Albuquerque Police Department spokesman Tanner Tixier. One of the…
Should jury take a field trip in Aaron Hernandez trial?
Jurors will get to see Aaron Hernandez’s trophy case when they visit his home during the former New England Patriots star’s murder trial, a judge ruled last week. The Assistant…
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Tom Cotton on terror threat: ‘We have to win on offense’
Cotton, an Army combat veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, called for the deployment of additional special operations forces and an increase in bombing missions to fight the…
Bring on the dancing horses: Equestrian artist creates stunning horse show
With flowing dresses and dazzling routines, the former stunt artist is helping breathe new life into the ancient art of horse training. Today, dressage is familiar to most as an…
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Murder and mayhem not what Islam is about
“We try to live lives of peace and harmony within ourselves and with our neighbors.” Abdul-Jabbar — also a best-selling author who was in London promoting a pair of new…
Judge: No delay in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s trial
A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request to push back the trial of alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who’d requested a delay after last week’s terrorist attacks in…
In full 2016 mode, Rand Paul starts New Hampshire blitz
It’s his first time to the Granite State since he made a two-day swing in October to campaign for Scott Brown, and his fifth visit to the state in the…
Turkey bans Charlie Hebdo cover online
The move came as Deputy Prime Minister Yalcin Akdogan wrote on Twitter, “Those who are publishing figures referring to our supreme Prophet are those who disregard the sacred.” Such a…