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Drone Photography Contest Awes From Above
A new photography contest showcased some impressive drone photography from around the world.National Geographic France and Dronestagram have announced the winners of their first competition featuring...
View ArticleWhat If Boehner Wins His Lawsuit Against Obama?
With the November midterm elections around the corner, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has opted to sue President Barack Obama. Charging that Obama is failing to fulfill his constitutional...
View ArticleFear of an Ebola Spread Causes Ivory Coast to Stop Refugees Returning
Hundreds of refugees from the Ivory Coast have been blocked from returning to the country after fears they may have contracted Ebola whilst living in exile in Liberia, as the virus continues to spread...
View ArticleBaseball’s Battered Bastards Made the Game Fun… and Occasionally Dangerous
After the hit TV show Bonanza ended in 1973, actor Bing Russell, who played Deputy Clem Foster for 13 years, moved to Portland, Oregon, and started an independent baseball club. The team, which he...
View ArticleChristie and Zuckerberg Ditch Media Bigwigs for Private Confab
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg took some time off from rubbing elbows with media industry movers and shakers to spend some private time together. They...
View ArticleA Conversation with ‘Weird Al' Yankovic, Who Says ‘Mandatory Fun’ Might Be...
When Weird Al lays low, he lays very low, but when he returns from hibernation, it’s like a wild, blustery flash flood of Al-ness, with the 54-year-old parodist’s curly mane plastered on every corner...
View ArticleBook Review: Boris Fishman’s 'A Replacement Life' Is Both Tender and Powerful
Call your grandparents. Or better yet, visit them. And listen to what they have to say—really listen. Then say you love them. After all, they have sacrificed greatly for your well-being.This is how I...
View ArticleGaza: Why Hamas Rejected the Cease-fire
The day started with an air of optimism, and there was a sense, at last, that this war was over. Maybe the problems had not been solved, but at least the missiles would end and we would not have lost...
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The Fortnight in Tabs: Porcine Epidemic Logorrhea
☆。 ★。 ☆ ★。☆ 。☆。☆★。＼｜／。★ Hire someone to curate your L I F E★。／｜＼。★。 ☆。☆。☆☆。 ★。 ☆ ★— Caroline Moss (@socarolinesays) July 7, 2014Yes, Tabs are still vacation, but that doesn't seem to have made any...
View ArticleIsrael Reports First Death in Latest Conflict With Hamas
Authorities have reported the first Israeli death in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas after a man died from shrapnel injuries, Haaretz reports.The unnamed 37-year-old man, a civilian, was...
View ArticleChurch of England Votes to Allow Women Bishops
In a historic vote that took place Monday at the University of York, the highest governing body of the Church of England voted overwhelmingly in favor of admitting female bishops into its ranks.The...
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Billionaire Proposes Splitting California Into Six States
Venture capitalist Tim Draper wants to dismantle California and is proposing a ballot measure that would split the state into six pieces, Reuters reports. The resulting six states would be called North...
View ArticlePakistan Military Captures Taliban Commander
DERA ISMAIL KHAN Pakistan (Reuters) - The Pakistani military has captured a Taliban commander who once tried to blow up former president Pervez Musharraf, security officials said on Tuesday.Adnan...
View ArticleU.S. Says Return of Honduran Women, Children Sends Message in Border Crisis
WASHINGTON/TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The U.S. government's deportation on Monday of a group of Honduran women and children should be seen by Central America as a message that President Barack Obama is...
View ArticleBRICS Conference Plots a Challenge to Western Economic Domination
A new monetary organization that aims to be a rival to the World Bank and the IMF was launched today by leaders of the BRICS group at their annual summit. Leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and...
View ArticleAussie Truffles Knock the French Varieties Off the Top Spot
Where do the world’s best truffles come from? For the past century or more, the stock response has been Périgord (France) for black ones and Piedmont (Italy) for the rarer white variety. It wasn’t...
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Putin Annexed Crimea, but He's About to Pay the Price
According to a recent poll nearly nine out of 10 Russians, 2014 has been a great year for their country. In the wake of the annexation of the Crimea in March, Russians have been riding a wave of...
View ArticleSyria's Assad Sworn in, Gives Defiant Speech
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Bashar al-Assad was sworn in on Wednesday as Syria's president for a new term, after an election his opponents dismiss as a sham but his supporters say proves that a rebellion to...
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Camp Lejeune and the U.S. Military's Polluted Legacy
The old railroad track, now a bike and jogging path, winds through the forest that separates Camp Lejeune from Highway 24, which caters to the thousands of Marines stationed here with cheap barbershops...
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Formerly Homeless Unpaid Intern Leading a Lawsuit Against Warner Music
Kyle Grant was still living in a Bronx homeless shelter when he started interning at Warner Music Group (WMG) in August 2012. The gig was unpaid, and he couldn’t afford an apartment of his own after...
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