Countdown to the Vote That Could Break Up the U.K.
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - The formal campaign for a Scottish independence vote that could result in the break-up of the United Kingdom began on Friday, though polls currently show Scots are unlikely to...
View ArticleThe Unlikely Career of Jimmy Iovine, Record Mogul-Turned-Apple Exec
A stark presence and mouthy operator, music industry driver Jimmy Iovine hardly fits the mold of an Apple exec. He doesn’t talk like one, freely sharing his mind to the anguish of PR offices everwhere....
View ArticleIsrael Eavesdropped on President Clinton’s Diplomatic Phone Calls
Israeli intelligence eavesdropped on phone calls between President Bill Clinton and Syria’s late strongman Hafez al-Assad during sensitive Middle East peace negotiations 15 years ago, a forthcoming...
View ArticleEx-Microsoft CEO Ballmer Buys NBA's LA Clippers for $2 Billion
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Microsoft Corp CEO Steve Ballmer has purchased the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers franchise for $2 billion, a record for a professional basketball team, sole trustee Shelly...
View ArticleU.S. Birth Rate Hits Lows for Teens, Rises Among Older Women
(Reuters) - The birth rate among U.S. teens and young women dropped to record lows last year, while the rate among older women hit highs not seen in a half century, according to government statistics...
View ArticleNSA, Snowden Clash Over 2013 Internal Email Release
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An email exchange released on Thursday shows Edward Snowden questioned the U.S. National Security Agency's legal training programs, but provides no evidence the former contractor...
View ArticleAfter Years of Gridlock on Climate Change, Obama is About to Play His Trump Card
Step aside, Keystone XL pipeline. There’s a new, bigger climate battle about to take over Washington.With Congress in gridlock and climate change deniers still dominating the Republican Party,...
View ArticleVeterans Affairs Chief Shinseki Resigns After Waiting List Scandal
Update: 11:20 AM ET: President Obama made the announcement that Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki offered his resignation during a meeting with the president. VA Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson...
View ArticleHusband of Slain Pakistani Woman: 'I Let Her Down'
MOZA SIAL Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani man whose pregnant wife was bludgeoned to death by angry family members who did not approve of the marriage fondly recalled a brief life together with the...
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Starting Five: NY Rangers March On to the Stanley Cup Finals
1. Garden PartyA Madison Square Garden-based franchise will play for a championship for the first time in 20 years, as the New York Rangers advance to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time since...
View ArticleVA Secretary Shinseki Resigns Over Veterans Health Care Scandal
Embattled Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned Friday morning in the wake of a scandal involving fatal delays in health care for veterans. “He does not want to be a...
View ArticleYouTube Celebrates Nine Years of Sucking Away Man-Hours
YouTube turns 9 this week, and so, as is not uncommon in the tech world, the video-sharing site sent out a press release celebrating its birthday with the Internet presses. That press release links to...
View ArticleEarth Heading for Another Mass Extinction, Scientists Warn
Five times in the history of the Earth, mass extinction events have wiped out the vast majority of life. Now it appears to be happening again. A study published Friday in the journal Science found that...
View ArticleBefore Cliven Bundy Stand-Off, a Collision Between Ranchers and Tortoises
(Reuters) - When the U.S. government declared the Mojave desert tortoise an endangered species in 1989, it effectively marked the cattle ranchers of Nevada's Clark County for extinction.Rancher Cliven...
View ArticleThe Man Who Sued Google to Be Forgotten
MADRID (Reuters) - Mario Costeja, the 58-year-old lawyer and calligrapher from northwestern Spain who fought Google in court to have obsolete personal information removed from Internet searches, said...
View ArticleObama Spokesman Jay Carney Steps Down After Three Years
(Reuters) - After more than three years of jousting with the White House press corps, President Barack Obama's chief spokesman, Jay Carney, will step down next month to pursue yet-to-be-named...
View ArticleToday in Tabs: Tab Down For What
@dannosowitz on the subway, dan nosowitz taps a teen on the shoulder. "those apricots are middling you know"— Joel Johnson (@joeljohnson) May 30, 2014Poetry is having an unusually #relevant moment....
View ArticleData Dive Finds 100-Year-Old Teachers and Phantom Schools in Mexico
Teachers over the age of 100? Check. Teachers who earn more than the president? Check. Teachers who teach at phantom schools? Check.A Mexican research organization has developed an algorithm to...
View ArticleThe Endless Return of Spider-Man
The Cannes Film Festival has reached its diamond-wreathed finale. The lucky winner of this year’s Palme d’Or (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director of the Turkish drama Winter Sleep) was one of thousands of...
View ArticleLyme Disease Is Nothing New, Scientists Report
Lyme disease may only have been recognized 40 years ago, but the bacteria that causes it is older than the human race, according to researchers who found the offending bacteria in 15 million- 20...
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