Alec Baldwin couldn’t draw a big crowd for his long-running sitcom 30 Rock. His brief stint as a liberal anchor on MSNBC last year also attracted a small audience. Yet NBC heavily hyped his guest appearance this week on Law
(Reuters) – Confirmed cases of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus increased by 296 in the week ended March 15, bringing the total number to 4,757, according to data released on Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Animal Health Laboratory
Now this is madness. Four games in the NCAA tournament went to overtime Thursday night to set a record for one day, according to STATS. The last of the day’s 16 games — New Mexico State against San Diego State
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Search planes sent to find objects in the south Indian Ocean that may be from the missing Malaysia Airlines jet began returning without success Friday, and an Australian official said the hunt would be extended
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Search planes flying out of Australia on Friday began a difficult hunt through rough seas in one of the remotest places on Earth for objects that may be from the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. In
HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu police officers have urged lawmakers to keep an exemption in state law that allows undercover officers to have sex with prostitutes during investigations, touching off a heated debate. Authorities say they need the legal protection to
SYDNEY (AP) — After taking its opener to Mexico, Japan and Puerto Rico over the past 15 years, Major League Baseball is expanding to a new territory this weekend: Down Under. When Arizona’s Wade Miley throws the first pitch of
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Siyani Chambers scored 11 points, including five straight in the final two minutes, and 12th-seeded Harvard won its second NCAA tournament game in history, upsetting Cincinnati 61-57 Thursday. Wesley Saunders led the Crimson (27-4) with 12
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Lawrence Alexander hit a 3-pointer with 11 seconds left to force overtime and freshman Carlin Dupree scored four points in the final 75 seconds as No. 12 seed North Dakota State knocked off Oklahoma 80-75 Thursday
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Rob Loe scored 22 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, helping St. Louis wipe out a late 14-point deficit and pull away in overtime to beat North Carolina State 83-80 in the NCAA tournament Thursday night. Jordair
Cincinnati Reds closing relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman will be sidelined from six to eight weeks, doctors said Thursday, after he was struck by a batted ball in a pre-season game. The 26-year-old Cuban left-hander was struck in the head by
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — With Jim Calhoun watching from the stands, Shabazz Napier capped Connecticut coach Kevin Ollie’s first NCAA tournament appearance with a win. Shaking off a 23-foot miss at the second-half buzzer, Napier scored nine of his 24
Russian billionaire Gennady Timchenko sold his stake in Gunvor a day before being named in sanctions announced by the United States over the Ukraine crisis, the Swiss-based commodity trading company said Thursday. Forbes has ranked oil and gas tycoon Timchenko
Hollywood continues to plead with state officials to broaden California’s existing tax incentives. This week, a new, favorable talking point for the industry fell in its lap. The Hollywood Reporter says the state’s current tax breaks added about $4.3 billion
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Amid grappling with crisis in Ukraine, President Barack Obama made a pitch for women’s pocketbook issues Thursday, calling for legislation requiring equal pay for equal work and saying Congress would get more done if it had
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Two days after Illinois Republicans chose a multimillionaire as their candidate for governor, the powerful Chicago Democrat who controls the Illinois House proposed a tax on millionaires Thursday to fund the state’s financially strapped education system.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Dayton is re-configuring the college basketball map in Ohio. It no longer runs through Columbus after Vee Sanford’s layup with 3.8 seconds left secured 11th-seeded Dayton’s 60-59 victory over sixth-seeded Ohio State in the second round
Two people from the Fox television pilot Empire had a good excuse for missing work this morning. They were arrested by Chicago-area police as they entered a local jail where scenes were to be shot. One man, James Suhajda, age
NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks plans to turn more of its cafes into a destination for beer and wine in the evenings. The coffee company says it is looking to expand alcohol sales to “thousands of select stores” over the
A British naval ship has joined the search for the missing Malaysian plane, the MH370, after possible debris was spotted, the Ministry of Defence said on Thursday. The survey ship HMS Echo is in the Indian Ocean, where the Australian
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., the fiery founder of a small Kansas church who led outrageous and hate-filled protests that blamed almost everything, including the deaths of AIDS victims and U.S. soldiers, on America’s tolerance for
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is the top target in the U.S. for international criminal enterprises that operate from safe havens in Eastern Europe, Africa and China, according to a report being released Thursday. Along with trafficking in drugs, guns
Turkey’s combative prime minister warned on Thursday that he would eradicate Twitter after a number of audio recordings anonymously posted on social media purportedly exposed corruption in his inner circle. Early this month, Erdogan warned that his government could ban
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) — Cincinnati Reds closer Aroldis Chapman broke bones above his left eye and nose when he was hit by a line drive Wednesday night, the latest frightening injury to a pitcher struck in the head by a
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected another product with “Redskin” in the name, the latest sign that it might rule against the Washington Redskins in an ongoing trademark case. The agency said Monday that “Washington
