Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman Dead of Apparent Drug Overdose
(Reuters) - Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won an Academy Award for the film "Capote," was found dead in his New York City apartment on Sunday in what a police source described as an apparent drug...
View ArticleSeattle Blows Out Denver to Win Super Bowl
(Reuters) - The Seattle Seahawks' ferocious defense shut down the Denver Broncos and record-setting quarterback Peyton Manning in a 43-8 rout on Sunday to claim their first Super Bowl title.Seattle,...
View ArticleOrange Crushed: Seattle Seahawks Pulp Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII
Give the Denver Broncos credit: In the first 12 seconds of Super Bowl XLVIII, they reminded every viewer what the term “harbinger” means. On the game’s first play from scrimmage, the Broncos offense, a...
View ArticleThe Other Sunday Match-Up: O'Reilly Hits Obama on Healthcare, Benghazi, the...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama accused Fox News on Sunday of keeping alive controversies the White House believes have been settled in a testy interview that aired before the NFL's Super...
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The Beatles Suck. Yeah, We Said That
“Their lyrics—punctuated by nutty shouts of ‘yeah, yeah, yeah’—are a catastrophe, a preposterous farrago of Valentine-card romantic sentiments. The odds are they will fade away, as most adults...
View ArticleNew York City Tries to Block Street Artists’ Petition to Supreme Court
New York City is trying to stop the U.S. Supreme Court from hearing a case that could determine how tightly municipalities can regulate street artists.In December, the artist-activists who have fought...
View ArticleWall Street Slumps to Hit Lowest Level Since October
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks slumped on Monday, with the S&P 500 hitting its lowest level since October after weaker-than-expected data on the factory sector in the world's largest economy...
View ArticlePhilip Seymour Hoffman Let His Characters Speak
There’s a scene in the overlooked 2003 film Owning Mahowny that tragically portends the final scene in the life of Philip Seymour Hoffman, who played the movie’s titular character. A compulsive...
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Today in Tabs: Hoaxes and Portents
The Wall St. Journal broke the news yesterday that Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in Greenwich Village of an apparent drug overdose. This is a terrible tragedy for his family, friends, and fans....
View ArticleTech Companies Offer a Peek at NSA Data Requests
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo and Google on Monday began publishing details about the number of secret government requests for data they receive, hoping to show limited...
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Street Sellers of Nairobi
Selling on the street, going from door to door, is one of the most common trades in the African world, in both the rural areas and the slums of the big cities. The slums are not only places of extreme...
View ArticleJoan Mondale, Wife of Former U.S. Vice President, Dies at 83
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Joan Mondale, the wife of former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale and a champion of the arts, died on Monday, her family said in a statement. She was 83.Mondale died with the...
View ArticleWhat Happens When a Town Runs Out of Water?
Lompico, California, is running out of water. The idyllic community of around 1,200 is tucked into a canyon in the Santa Cruz mountains, where majestic redwoods are common features of people’s...
View ArticleEl Salvador Fisherman Washes Up in Marshall Islands After Year Adrift
(Reuters) - A fisherman thought to be from El Salvador who washed ashore on the Marshall Islands said he survived more than a year adrift in the Pacific Ocean, drinking turtle blood and catching fish...
View ArticleKeystone Pipeline Would Save 6 Lives a Year, Report Says
(Reuters) - Replacing the Keystone XL pipeline with oil-laden freight trains from Canada may result in an average of six additional rail-related deaths per year, according to a U.S. State Department...
View ArticleAfghanistan's Karzai In Secret Talks With Taliban
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been holding secret talks with Taliban officials in the hope of persuading them to make peace with his government, his spokesman told Reuters on...
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Race for the Finish: Will Sochi Be Ready?
Will Sochi be ready for the Winter Olympics by the time of the opening ceremony on Friday?According to a New York Times reporter newly arrived in Sochi, the Olympic landmarks are still under...
View ArticleQuora Question: How Does It feel to Be Targeted by a Sniper?
Quora Questions are part of a partnership between Newsweek and Quora, through which we'll be posting relevant and interesting answers from Quora contributors throughout the week. Read more about the...
View ArticleIs Flappy Bird Cooking its iTunes Rank?
Flappy Bird, the notoriously frustrating app from .GEARS Studios, has become a surprise hit in the iTunes Store, occupying the number one download spot for more than two weeks. But is the climb...
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Today in Tabs: Tabs and Misdemeanors
I don't usually do this, but here's the most comprehensive roundup I could manage on the ongoing Woody Allen / Dylan Farrow situation, which is largely, at this point, taking place in the world of...
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