North Korea Supports Scottish Independence
With less than a week to go until Scots decides whether or not it will stay part of the United Kingdom, the "Yes Campaign" for independence can count North Korea among its supporters.Aides to North...
View ArticlePutting Themselves Second: Meet The Guides Racing Alongside Blind Athletes
A lot can happen in 12 seconds. For the blind sprinter Libby Clegg and her guide runner Mikail Huggins, it has to. Take this summer’s final of the 100m race for visually-impaired athletes at the...
View ArticleScottish National Party Grandee Promises 'Day of Reckoning' for Opponents of...
Former Scottish National Party deputy leader Jim Sillars has claimed that there will be a “day of reckoning” for pro-Union Scottish companies, in the event of a successful Yes vote in the...
View ArticleiPhone 6 Pre-Order Day Riddled With Glitches
The course of true iPhone 6 love never did run smooth. First, the phone’s unveiling was marred with live-stream issues. And now customers are reporting the pre-order process is a glitch-fest.Apple fans...
View ArticleToronto Mayor Rob Ford's Brother Takes His Place in Race
TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who gained global notoriety for admitting he smoked crack cocaine, dropped his re-election bid on Friday, citing a health crisis, but his older brother took...
View ArticleParty Turns Bloody When Palins Roll Up in Stretch Hummer
A South Anchorage, Alaska, house party turned into a brawl last Saturday night when the snowy state’s former first family, the Palins, made an appearance. According to reports corroborated by some...
View ArticleU.N. Force Fought Its Way Out of Danger in the Golan Heights
UNITED NATIONS/MANILA (Reuters) - Early on Aug. 28, al Qaeda-linked militants fighting government forces in Syria crossed a ceasefire line in the Golan Heights on Israel's border and seized 45 Fijians...
View Article‘This Is Our Youth’ Broadway Review: Michael Cera, Tavi Gevinson, and Kieran...
To announce that Tavi Gevinson is ready for the adult table would hardly count as a spoiler. The blogging prodigy who beguiled the fashion world six years ago at the age of 12 is making her Broadway...
View ArticleGeorge Zimmerman Involved in Yet Another Police Incident
George Zimmerman cannot seem to stay out of trouble. This time, a driver told police Zimmerman threatened to kill him after a confrontation on the road. Zimmerman pulled up next to the driver, he said,...
View ArticleRussia Promises Swift Retaliation to U.S. Sanctions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday it would respond quickly with retaliatory measures to the latest round of U.S. sanctions that it criticized as another "hostile step", pledging to support...
View ArticleCIA Reports ISIS Has Up to 31,500 Fighters
The number fighting with Islamic State (IS), the group formerly known as ISIS, could be triple the number previously thought.Between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters make up the ranks of the Sunni Muslim...
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'Christianity Under Attack!' Teen Faces Jail for Lewd Pose with Jesus Statue
A Pennsylvania teenager faces up to two years behind bars after posting pictures to Facebook in which he simulates receiving oral sex from a statue of Jesus.via FacebookThe unnamed 14-year-old says he...
View ArticleU.S. Threatened James Foley’s Family Over ISIS Ransom Demand, His Mother Says
Diane Foley, the mother of journalist James Foley, who was beheaded by ISIS on August 19, told ABC News that government officials threatened the Foleys to stop them from paying a ransom to free their...
View ArticleYahoo Fought the NSA's PRISM Program in Court
Yahoo initially fought the NSA’s attempts to obtain customer data from it for its controversial online surveillance program, a declassified court decision reveals.“We refused to comply with what we...
View ArticleNFL Vikings Looking Into Reports Adrian Peterson Indicted for Child Abuse
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) - The Minnesota Vikings said on Friday they were looking at the legal situation of star running back Adrian Peterson after media reports in Texas said he has been indicted in a...
View ArticleThe Maths Behind the Simpsons' Women
When Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman in history to win a Fields Medal last month, the mathematical equivalent of the Nobel Prize, her feat was hailed as a milestone in efforts to undermine the...
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Now for a New Undertaking... Welcome to the Ideal Death Show
A warm September Saturday in Bournville, Birmingham, and at The Beeches it’s business as usual. Once a Cadbury family home, now a residential conference centre, this hideous mish-mash of post-war...
View ArticleFamily of British Hostage Appeal to Islamic State to Make Contact
The family of a British aid worker being held hostage by Islamic State (IS) jihadists have appealed to his captors to respond to their messages.David Haines, a 44-year-old father of two from Perth in...
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Grandmaster Flash Finally Addresses the Grandmas Who Keep Accidentally...
Suppose you're a grandma. Suppose you're an especially web-savvy grandma who uses Facebook to keep in touch with your grandchildren. Now, suppose you want to tag yourself—"Grandma Susan," or...
View ArticleTerror Cell Discovered in Uganda, 'Imminent Attack' planned: U.S. Embassy
Ugandan authorities have uncovered a "terrorist cell" run by the Somali militant Islamist group al Shabaab which they believe was planning for an imminent attack, the U.S. Embassy inUganda said on...
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