HANOI, Vietnam, Feb. 9 (UPI) — A Vietnamese video-game developer refused to comment on his decision to pull his popular “Flappy Bird” application from the Internet. Dong Nguyen repeated to Britain’s the Guardian this weekend that he was uncomfortable with
GALVESTON, Texas, Feb. 8 (UPI) — A Texas actor whose big role was McGruff, the crime-fighting dog, was sentenced to 16 years in prison this week for drug and gun crimes. John Morales, 41, pleaded guilty in federal court Monday
SOCHI, Russia, Feb. 8 (UPI) — American Sage Kotsenburg pulled off an instant Winter Olympics upset Saturday with a win in the debut of snowboarding slopestyle. It was not only the first time the event had ever been staged at
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (UPI) — The White House in Washington was placed on lockdown Friday after a man tried to jump over a fence onto the grounds, the Secret Service said. The Secret Service said police apprehended the man before
SOCHI, Russia, Feb. 7 (UPI) —Very real sports broadcaster Bob Costas says an eye infection has caused him to wear very cartoonish glasses. Costas began his anchorman duties for the opening of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, wearing spectacles
NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (UPI) —A shipment of Chobani remained in storage as the United States and Russia argue whether to allow the yogurt to be shipped to U.S. Olympians at the Sochi games. Russian officials said they haven’t received
NEW YORK, Feb. 7 (UPI)–Rosie O’Donnell said on Friday’s edition of “The View” in New York she “totally believes” Dylan Farrow’s sex-abuse allegations against Woody Allen. Farrow, 28, posted a letter on the New York Times website last weekend, disclosing
PENTICTON, British Columbia, Feb. 6 (UPI) —Officials in a Canadian city likely didn’t endear themselves with everyone over their deer population control effort, having received a statue covered in scat. City officials say someone last month left a statue of
CONCORD, Calif., Feb. 6 (UPI) —A school in Northern California apologized for a Black History Month school lunch menu that featured fried chicken, cornbread and watermelon, students said. Parents and students at Carondelet High School for Girls in Concord, Calif.,
NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (UPI)–Media mogul Oprah Winfrey is in talks to make her Broadway debut opposite Audra McDonald in a revival of “‘Night, Mother,” the New York Times reported. George C. Wolfe would direct the production of Marsha Norman’s
LINCOLN, England, Feb. 6 (UPI) — British scientists say “friendly” robots are helping them to understand how more realistic relationships might be developed between humans and androids. A robot dubbed ERWIN (Emotional Robot with Intelligent Network) developed by computer scientists
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (UPI) —A decision on whether to seek the Democratic presidential nomination will come next summer, Vice President Joe Biden told CNN Friday. A decision would be made “realistically, a year this summer,” Biden said. Biden, 71, sought
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (UPI) —South and North Korea agreed Wednesday to allow family reunions this month — the first in nearly four years. The agreement could help ease tensions between the two countries since a cease-fire agreement in 1953 ended
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 4 (UPI) —A space telescope has discovered a planet that spins wildly on its axis, resulting in rapid and erratic changes in seasons, NASA scientists say. The planet spotted by the Kepler telescope — designated Kepler-413b —
NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (UPI) — A major winter storm advancing across the U.S. midsection Wednesday brought heavy snow, heavy ice accumulation and heavy rainfall to two-thirds of the country. At least 115 million people in more than a dozen
PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 4 (UPI) —A space telescope has discovered a planet that spins wildly on its axis, resulting in rapid and erratic changes in seasons, NASA scientists say. The planet spotted by the Kepler telescope — designated Kepler-413b —
THOMPSON’S STATION, Tenn., Feb. 4 (UPI) — Conservative activist and former “Saturday Night Live” star Victoria Jackson says she is is running for political office in Tennessee to “save America.” Jackson, 54, who moved to Thompson’s Station, Tenn., last year,
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 3 (UPI) — Several severed cattle heads propped up behind barbed wire along an Oregon road spooked some neighbors, but the owner said they were just being dried for sale. The Portland Tribune reported Monday the heads
NEW YORK, Feb. 3 (UPI)–The New York medical examiner’s office told CNN it plans to conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death. The Oscar winner’s body was found on the bathroom floor of his
BURBANK, Calif., Feb. 1 (UPI) —Late-night comic Jay Leno said he’s “kind of sad” to see “The Tonight Show” leaving its longtime home in Burbank, Calif., for new digs in New York. Leno, who is leaving “Tonight” this month for
LONDON, Feb. 2 (UPI)–British author J.K. Rowling says she regrets pairing Ron and Hermione together in her acclaimed “Harry Potter” series. Rowling’s comments came during an interview conducted by Emma Watson, who played Hermione in the film adaptations of the
Sydney, February 01 (QNA) – Thousands of people protested around Australia Saturday against an ongoing shark cull off western beaches near Perth. A 19-year-old woman chained herself to a government fisheries boat and had to be cut free before it
Baghdad, February 01 (QNA) – Iraqi Defense Ministry announced today the death of 15 terrorists of Daash and the destruction of three vehicles used by them in Fallujah. According to a statement by the ministry today, ” Army Aviation in
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (UPI) —A South Korean woman said she makes more than $9,000 per month by eating in front of a webcam and allowing thousands to watch her. Park Seo-Yeon, 33, who goes by online handle “the Diva,” said
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 31 (UPI) — Attackers now own an undisclosed number of Yahoo! Mail usernames and passwords, stolen from a third-party site, the Sunnyvale, Calif., Internet giant said. As a result, Yahoo! will now require affected users to change
