Australian Open: Roger Federer upset by Andreas Seppi
Seppiwho was 0-10 against Federeradvanced 6-4 7-6 (5) 4-6 7-6 (5) to hand the Swiss his earliest exit at the year’s opening major in 14 years. The result was an…
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Tom Brady Has A Lot To Say About Balls
This could have all been avoided if he just said footballs. On Thursday, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady responded to allegations that his team played with deflated footballs in…
Sheldon Silver, New York Assembly Speaker, Faces Arrest on Corruption Charges
Federal authorities are expected to arrest Sheldon Silver, the powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly, on corruption charges on Thursday, people with knowledge of the matter said. The…
New Report Paints Devastating Picture Of Violence Against Women In Egypt
A leading human rights group said Wednesday that Egypt is failing to protect its women from widespread violence and criticized the country’s authorities for “token” legal reforms that have not…
PM Valls sets out ‘exceptional measures’ to safeguard France from terror
Valls, speaking in Paris, said some 3,000 people in France with jihadist ties needed to be under surveillanceand that the number of people with links to networks in Iraq and…
4 Men In Paris Court Are 1st To Face Terror Attacks Charges
French anti-terror prosecutors sought Tuesday to charge four men in connection with the attacks in Paris that left 20 people dead, which would be the first suspects charged in the…
Jay Leno On Bill Cosby Allegations: ‘I Don’t Know Why It’s So Hard To Believe Women’
During an interview with NATPE/ Content First, Jay Leno was asked about the sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby. “I don’t know why it’s so hard to believe women,” Leno…
Authorities Warn Unvaccinated To Stay Away From Disneyland ‘For The Time Being’
A measles outbreak traced to Disney theme parks in California led to warnings against visiting the happiest place on Earth if tourists or their children have not been vaccinated against…
Rob Portman Gets A Democratic Challenger For 2016
WASHINGTON — Democrats gained their first challenger to Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) Thursday, with 30-year-old P.G. Sittenfeld, a member of the Cincinnati City Council, jumping into the 2016 race and…
Is Sony’s ‘The Interview’ about to break even? It’s made $40 million on-demand and $6 million in theaters
Significant is right. This time last month, both the film and Sony were under attack from cyber-criminals who threatened violence against movie-goers if “The Interview” — a comedy about an…
Israel Strike Underscores Security Concerns In Syria Beyond ISIS, Upping Stakes For U.S.
WASHINGTON — An Israeli-linked airstrike in Syria on Sunday is drawing attention to an element of the messy Syrian civil war that the U.S. has tried to downplay: the Obama…
Clooney, Clinton and useless ‘soft outrage’
And at the Golden Globes recently, Hollywood declared its aversion to attacks on liberty, mocking North Korea’s Kim Jong Un for trying to shut down the movie “The Interview” and…
German Anti-Islam Group PEGIDA Vows That It Won’t Be Silenced
A German group protesting what it calls “the Islamization of the West” vowed Monday that it won’t be silenced after its weekly rally was canceled following an alleged terrorist threat…
Noam Chomsky: ‘Their’ terrorism versus ‘Our’ terrorism
Noam Chomsky is Institute Professor Emeritus in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His most recent book is “Masters of Mankind.” His web site is…
FLSUPERBOWL MATCHUP: Seahawks Face Patriots For NFL Championship
For Russell Wilson’s Seattle Seahawks to become the first team in a decade to win consecutive Super Bowls, they’ll have to beat the most recent group to do it, Tom…
Arsenal sweep Man City aside
Instead, Arsenal put in a supremely disciplined performance against a Manchester City team without their talismanic midfielder Yaya Toure, who is now at the African Cup of Nations, and struggling…
Obama on Romney 2016: ‘I have no comment’
But not President Barack Obama, the man who beat Romney when the two squared off in 2012. – Related: GOP’s top 5 arguments against Romney in 2016
The end of Google Glass, or a new beginning? Twitter has its say
Google has announced it will stop producing Google Glass in its present form. In a statement posted to its Google + account, the company said it would still be working…
Lashings, beheadings: Saudi’s ‘cherished’ justice system
Twenty-five year old Lujain al-Hathloula Saudi holding a valid UAE driver’s licensedrives from Abu Dhabi to Saudi Arabia’s border and attempts to cross on November 30 as a form of…
After four years, American cartoonist Molly Norris still in hiding after drawing Prophet Mohammed
She received her first death threat within days. One was a fatwa that came from radical and influential cleric Anwar al-Awlaki — an American-born imam who lived in Yemen —…
How LBJ wrecked his presidency
We have seen this in recent times, such as with President George W. Bush’s decision to invade Iraq. But the classic example was Lyndon Johnson’s experience with Vietnam. Fifty years…
Kerry defends absence from unity rally, will go to Paris on Thursday
“This is sort of quibbling,” Kerry told reporters when asked about the absences at the anti-terrorism rally Sunday, attended by at least 3.7 million people, including the heads of Great…
Feinstein on Petraeus: ‘It’s done. It’s over.’
Senators say Petraeus investigation ‘grievously mishandled’ Her comments come after news that the Justice Department is recommending charges against Petraeus, first reported by The New York Times. – “I don’t…
Student sues University of Oregon, coach over alleged gang-rape
According to the suit, the woman, a university student, alleges that three Oregon men’s basketball players cornered her in a bathroom in March and gang-raped her multiple times. Prosecutors did…
Rape allegations vex Bill Cosby’s second Canadian show
The comment came during an otherwise lighthearted moment in his standup show Thursday night in London, Ontario, as a woman near the front row got up to go get a…
Video purportedly of Italian captives in Syria: ‘We could be killed’
The two young women are seen in Islamic garb with only their faces showing. They appear to be seated against a wall. One reads a brief statement in English, which…
Oscar Pistorius: Reeva Steenkamp: Model, law graduate
Pistorius has admitted to shooting Steenkamp but says he mistook her for an intruder. The judge ruled that he’ll serve a maximum five-year prison term for the killing, to run…