Ebola Spread 'Exponential' in Liberia, WHO Warns
GENEVA (Reuters) - The Ebola virus is spreading fast in Liberia, where many thousands of new cases are expected over the coming three weeks, the World Health Organization said on Monday."Transmission...
View ArticleControlled Explosion After London Luton Airport Evacuated in Bomb Scare
A bomb disposal team was sent to Luton Airport after a “suspicious item” was found in the departure lounge earlier this afternoon. A controlled explosion was carried out, but police said the item did...
View ArticleAfrican Migrants Desperate to Escape Calais as Neo-Nazis Rally in Town
African migrants waiting at Calais have resorted to desperate tactics in order to cross into Britain, as a 300-strong far right rally descended on the French port town yesterday protesting for the...
View ArticleBooming Art Market Puts Smiles on Faces of Delhi’s Elite
It hasn’t taken much to lift the gloom of Delhi’s elite. Three good months of economic growth plus a booming stock market were capped last week when India’s modern art market came alive with sales...
View ArticleCan Congress Avoid Another Shutdown?
The August recess is over, and Congress is back at work in Washington, D.C., Monday. But if you blink, you could miss it.With the November 4 midterm elections just around the corner, the House of...
View ArticleIs Senator Barbara Boxer About to Throw in the Towel?
The midterms are still two months away, but it’s never too early to speculate about 2016. In California, the big question is whether Senator Barbara Boxer, a Democrat, will run for re-election.Boxer,...
View ArticleHow Long Before Hamas Realizes It Lost the War?
Israelis have entered the second full week of what everyone hopes will be a permanent ceasefire. Very rapidly, Tel Aviv has seemingly returned to normal. However, my fragile calm was ruptured one...
View ArticleBaltimore Ravens, NFL Sack Ray Rice After Video Is Released
The National Football League has indefinitely suspended former Baltimore Raven Ray Rice this afternoon after TMZ released security camera footage of Rice punching his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, and...
View ArticleCould Gold Medal Gymnast McKayla Maroney Face Child Pornography Charges?
A new “We the People” petition is asking that the Obama administration charge gold-medal gymnast McKayla Maroney with production or possession of child pornography because the recently leaked nude...
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Ebola Frontline: Will a Quarantine Save Sierra Leone, or Push It to the Brink?
This past Saturday, the government of Sierra Leone declared a mandatory quarantine for the entire country starting on September 18. For three days, everyone must stay home to give authorities a chance...
View ArticleRare Virus Sickens Thousands of Kids in Midwest
A respiratory virus has sickened thousands of kids in the Midwest and Southeast. The culprit is thought to be Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), which was first identified in 1962 but has remained rare since...
View ArticleInvestors Think Reddit is Worth $500 Million
Reddit, the content-sharing site responsible for bombarding the internet with stolen photos of nude celebrities recently, is one of the most highly-trafficked sites on the internet. And big-name...
View ArticleCanada Adds Drones to Its Fight With Russia for the North Pole
Send in the drones!The cold war between Russia and Canada for acquisition of the North Pole just heated up. Between August 18 and 26, Canada sent a team from the Department of National Defence on a...
View ArticleBuy, Buy Birdie: Twitter Is Rolling Out an In-App Button to Purchase Music...
Twitter and the music industry: They’re both struggling to figure out how to make (or maintain) a steady profit, but now they’re teaming up in the process. The popular microblogging service is...
View ArticleMatthew Todd Miller, Facing Trial in North Korea, Says the U.S. Isn’t Helping
An American young man detained in North Korea since April, who will be put on trial this Sunday, September 14, claims that his repeated pleas for help to the State Department have gone unanswered."I...
View ArticleWhy Do We Care So Damn Much About the iWatch?
The likely unveiling of a new Apple smart device is less than 24 hours away. The event has generated worldwide excitement about new features and functions. In recent years, such hysteria has become...
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America's Top Schools 2014
Newsweek’s 2014 Rankings highlights schools that do the absolute best job of preparing students for college. This year, our methodology is more stringent than ever with new measures of quality and a...
View ArticleU.N. Security Council Plans to Suppress Foreign Extremist Fighters
The U.N. Security Council plans to demand countries "prevent and suppress" the recruitment and travel of foreign fighters to join extremist militant groups like Islamic State by ensuring it is...
View ArticleIraq's Shi'ite Militia and Kurds Use U.S. Air Strikes to Further Own Agendas
A small group of people pick through putrefying human remains laid out on plastic sheets by the side of a road in northern Iraq, searching for any trace of missing friends and relatives.Some had...
View ArticleRussia Denies Military Planes Approached Canadian Warship
A Russian Defense Ministry official dismissed on Tuesday a complaint by Ottawa that Russian military aircraft had acted provocatively by flying near a Canadian warship sailing in the Black Sea.Canadian...
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