Quitting Smoking With Television
Frank and Claire Underwood sit in a windowsill. They share a cigarette as they plan their next move, smoke unfolding amid the chiaroscuro tableau. The Underwoods’ open enjoyment of tobacco on House of...
View ArticleTwo Drug Tunnels, with Rail Systems, Found at U.S.-Mexico Border
(Reuters) - U.S. federal agents have uncovered two drug-smuggling tunnels underneath the U.S.-Mexico border, both surfacing in San Diego-area warehouses and equipped with rail systems for moving...
View ArticleTens of Thousands March for Democratic Reforms in Bahrain
MANAMA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of mainly Shi'ite protesters marched for democratic reforms in Bahrain on Friday, two days before its annual Formula One motor race turns international attention...
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North Korea on Threat of 'New Form' of Nuclear Test: Wait and See
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday that the world would have to "wait and see" when asked for details of "a new form" of nuclear test it threatened to carry out after the United...
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What’s at Stake in Afghanistan’s Election?
Afghans will vote for a new president on Saturday, but don’t expect to find out who’s won for weeks or even months. It will be the first seriously contested presidential election since the Taliban...
View ArticleMedicaid Enrollments Bring Obamacare Enrollment to More Than 10 Million
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three million lower-income Americans have enrolled in the Medicaid program for the poor so far during the rollout of U.S. President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, the...
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Did Kurt Cobain’s Death Lower the Suicide Rate in 1994?
David A. Jobes was sitting in a hotel dining room surrounded by fellow suicide researchers when news of the highest-profile suicide in decades flashed across a screen. It was April 9, 1994. “Literally,...
View ArticleToday in Tabs: Chupatabra
The local pizza/bowling place takes customer submissions for their menu covers. It's all children's drawings except pic.twitter.com/oCPShWb7hY— Christina (@cdive) April 4, 2014Hello. I am Jessie...
View ArticleEmotional Pistorius Takes Stand in Own Defense at Murder Trial
PRETORIA (Reuters) - His voice cracking with emotion, Oscar Pistorius took the witness stand in his own defense on Monday, saying the Valentine's Day shooting of his girlfriend last year had left him...
View ArticleUkraine Braces for Possible Invasion
KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Moscow protesters in eastern Ukraine seized arms in one city and declared a separatist republic in another, in moves Kiev described on Monday as part of a...
View ArticleAustralia Says New 'Pings' Best Lead Yet in Malaysia Jet Search
SYDNEY/PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - An Australian ship searching for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner has picked up signals consistent with the beacons from aircraft black box recorders, in what...
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Fraud Complaints Mar Early Election Count in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) - Preliminary tallies from Afghanistan's presidential election showed former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah leading in parts of Kabul on Monday but, with ballot counting likely to...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: The Real Story Behind 'Hotel Rwanda'
Twenty years ago this week around 1 million people died in the mass killings now known as the Rwandan genocide. At the time, the international community did nothing and the genocide’s memory leaves a...
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Starting Five for Monday
1. UConn-Kentucky Men's NCAA Championship GameSince 1998, the Huskies and Wildcats are a combined 5-0 in this contest, without, of course, having ever played one another. Something's gotta give....
View ArticleU.N. Makes Food Rations Smaller for Syrians
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations has been forced to cut the size of food parcels for those left hungry by Syria's civil war by a fifth because of a shortage of funds from donors, a senior official...
View ArticleWeeping Rwandans Told 'Never Again' 20 Years After Genocide
KIGALI (Reuters) - The United Nations chief told a packed stadium of sombre and weeping Rwandans on Monday the world would "never again" let genocide tear their nation apart, at a ceremony marking 20...
View ArticleWhite House Warns Russia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday warned Russian President Vladimir Putin against moving "overtly or covertly" into eastern Ukraine and said there was strong evidence that pro-Russian...
View ArticleTwitter Employee Claire Diaz-Ortiz Live-Tweets Her Daughter’s Birth @Claire
Among skeptics and non-users, Twitter is frequently criticized for enabling its users to publicize what might otherwise be viewed as a private moment.Twitter employee Claire Diaz-Ortiz’s decision to...
View ArticleKey Part of Obamacare Is Working, Poll Says
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The percentage of Americans without health insurance dipped to its lowest in nearly six years due in part to U.S. President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law, commonly known as...
View ArticleToday in Tabs: Quis Explicatiet Ipsos Explicatores, Redux
Guys, it's just a slideshow plugin. Though it is good one!— David Jacobs (@djacobs) April 7, 2014Ezra Klein's new baby, Vox, launched last night, just one day after Vox Media designer and Today in...
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