Two Phil Spector Mugshots Surface, Nightmares Imminent
Yesterday two chilling prison photos of a haggard-looking Phil Spector surfaced on The Smoking Gun. It appears that the former music producer wasn't allowed to take his collection of bizarre wigs to...
View ArticleIslamic State Intensifies Its Fight In Response to U.S. Attacks
DAMASCUS/MURSITPINAR Turkey (Reuters) - U.S. planes pounded Islamic State positions in Syria for a second day on Wednesday, but the strikes did not halt the fighters' advance in a Kurdish area where...
View ArticleBlackberry's Big, Strange, Square New Phone
TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd's unconventional square-screened smartphone, the Passport, earned mixed reviews at its launch on Wednesday as the company's turnaround push moved into a critical...
View ArticleSteakhouse Waitress Gave Rush Limbaugh’s Sizable Tips to Abortion Fund
A few years ago, an abortion fund received a generous donation from conservative talk show bigwig Rush Limbaugh, but not exactly by his own volition. When novelist and former Texas Equal Access Fund...
View ArticleWater Found in Atmosphere of Neptune-Sized Planet, Trillions of Miles Away
By peering throughout the universe with various telescopes, astronomers have found water in many places, such as large gaseous planets the size of Jupiter. But, up until now, they haven’t found water...
View ArticleAt the U.N. General Assembly, Obama Zaps Russia’s Sneak Invasion of Ukraine
Even after President Barack Obama launched an extraordinary verbal attack on Russia at the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, Moscow voted for a U.S.-proposed Security Council resolution to fight...
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Controversial Anti-Muslim Ads Coming to New York City Transit
A controversial new ad campaign featuring an image from James Foley's execution video and describing the presence of a "jihadi threat" in America will join some New Yorkers on their public...
View ArticleApple’s iOS Update 8.0.1 Renders iPhones Useless
Apple giveth and Apple taketh away.One week after Apple rolled out iOS 8 (its newest operating system), it released iOS 8.0.1—an update with some bug fixes. But as soon as the update was introduced...
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Mass Shootings on the Rise, New FBI Study Shows
A new study released Wednesday by the FBI shows that mass shootings, or "active shooter incidents," as the bureau calls them, are increasing in frequency.The study tracked 160 shootings between 2000...
View ArticleJeter, A-Rod and a Not So Fond Farewell to Farewell Tours
So…about that Alex Rodriguez farewell tour…As illustrated by a plethora of splenetic essays—both written and spoken word—directed at New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter recently, farewell tours...
View ArticleU.S. Airstrikes Target Islamic State Oil Assets, Refineries
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its Arab partners are now carrying out strikes that take aim at the Islamic State's oil infrastructure inside Syria, two U.S. officials told Reuters on...
View ArticleISIS Paranoia Reaches America
For now, the Islamic State poses no specific, credible threat to the United States, according to the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and multipleintelligencesources.But that hasn’t stopped...
View ArticlePalestinian Bodyguards, U.N. Security Tussle on First Day of General Assembly
Bodyguards for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas briefly butted heads with United Nations security guards on Wednesday, the opening day of the General Assembly.The U.N. guards prevented...
View ArticleBritain Arrests Nine in Operation Against Islamist Terrorism
LONDON (Reuters) - British police arrested nine men as part of an operation into Islamist-related militancy on Thursday, with media reporting the country's most high-profile radical Muslim preacher was...
View ArticleKurdish Forces Push Back Islamic State in Northern Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Kurdish forces in northern Syria pushed back an advance by Islamic State fighters towards the border town of Kobani in overnight clashes, two Kurdish officials said on...
View ArticleUkraine Leader Sees Country Applying for EU Membership 'in 6 Years Time'
President Petro Poroshenko announces plans for reforms which would allow the former Soviet republic to apply for EU membership in six yearsIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko said he...
View ArticleU.S. and France Warn Their Citizens in Turkey of Possible Terror Attacks
ISTANBUL/PARIS (Reuters) - The United States and France warned their citizens in Turkey to be extra vigilant over the risk of attacks by foreign or domestic militants after the air strikes against...
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Why Working-Class White Men Make Democrats Nervous
It was a memorable, violent day in lower Manhattan. No, not that day—but another.In early May 1970, America was bitterly divided about everything from hot pants to Ho Chi Minh, but especially the Nixon...
View ArticleGoogling Her Father’s Killer
Jose Martinez had a good life in the Dominican Republic. He taught children to swim at the Embajador, a Santo Domingo hotel popular among diplomats, and enjoyed the benefits of working for the rich and...
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The Duchess of Cambridge: How Britain Stopped Believing in the Royal Fairytale
A survey, commissioned by Newsweek Europe and published by YouGov, contains some startling results that make clear what has been the major change in the British public’s attitude toward the monarchy....
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