Facebook is becoming a key source of news for users of the huge social network, even if people discover articles mostly by happenstance, a study showed Thursday. The study by the Pew Research Center, in collaboration with the Knight Foundation,
On Wednesday, Vice President Joe Biden called an Iowa State Representative-elect during Game 1 of the Word Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox, stoking speculation about his 2016 presidential ambitions. State Rep.-elect Brian Meyer (D-Des
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the target of US snooping on her mobile phone, said Thursday that such conduct between friends was unacceptable.
(AP) Obama admin. was responsible for testingWASHINGTONThe contractors responsible for building the troubled Healthcare.gov website say it was the government’s responsibility _ not theirs _ to test it and make sure it worked. Lead contractor CGI Federal tells Congress the
(AP) Marchers protest Calif. deputy’s shooting of boySANTA ROSA, Calif.Friends and neighbors of a 13-year-old boy who was shot and killed by a Northern California sheriff’s deputy while carrying a pellet gun that looked like an assault rifle have marched
(AP) Czech Communists eye share of power in next voteBy KAREL JANICEKAssociated PressPRAGUEUpcoming parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic could see a result some consider a threat to democracy: a government backed by the hardline Communist Party. The early elections
Nothing is sacred it appears in the high-flying world of pigeon racing in Belgium, where six birds were found to have been doped with drugs such as cocaine and painkillers, Belgian media reported Thursday. Cycling-mad Belgium is used to hearing
(AP) Germany summons US envoy over alleged NSA spyingBy GEIR MOULSONAssociated PressBERLINGermany’s Foreign Ministry summoned the U.S. ambassador Thursday following allegations that American intelligence may have targeted Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone.Lawmakers, meanwhile, made clear they weren’t satisfied with a U.S.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A former University of California policeman who stirred public outrage by pepper-spraying peaceful student protesters has been awarded $38,000 in worker’s compensation for psychiatric damage he claimed to have suffered from the 2011 incident, the university
(AP) 2nd shopper accuses Barneys of racial profilingNEW YORKAnother shopper is accusing Barneys New York of racial profiling. Kayla Phillips, who is black, says police questioned her after she purchased a $2,500 designer handbag at the high-end department store in
French footballers will go out on strike for the first time in more than 40 years next month in protest at a government plans to tax top earners 75 percent, the clubs announced on Thursday. The first lockdown in the
(AP) Obama pressing Congress to move on immigrationWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama is using the bully pulpit to insist that Congress pass legislation overhauling the nation’s immigration system. Obama will issue that call to Congress when he speaks Thursday in the East
(AP) Despite billions in aid, Afghans can’t find workBy KATHY GANNONAssociated PressKABUL, AfghanistanHundreds of men, some on crutches, all wearing tattered clothing, gather shortly before dawn at major intersections throughout Kabul and other Afghan cities. Displaying primitive tools such as
(AP) Things went wrong, quickly, for St Louis in Game 1By JIMMY GOLENAP Sports WriterBOSTONCarlos Beltran reached over the bullpen wall to deprive David Ortiz of a second-inning grand slam, then rubbed his right side in pain. He soon left
(AP) Lester, Red Sox rout sloppy Cards in Series openerBy BEN WALKERAP Baseball WriterBOSTONGiven a bit of help by the umpires and a lot more by the Cardinals, the Boston Red Sox turned this World Series opener into a laugher.
(AP) NEW YORK–Tom Hardy will play Elton John in a biopic titled “Rocketman.” Focus Features announced Hardy’s casting as the iconic piano man on Wednesday. The film is planned to begin shooting late next year. The 36-year-old British actor is
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday held out the possibility that he might bring U.S. immigration legislation to the floor by the end of the year. Asked at a question-and-answer session with reporters if he
(AP) Mexico clowns distance selves from costumed killerBy MARK STEVENSONAssociated Press WriterMEXICO CITYLeaders of clowns gathered for a convention in Mexico City said Wednesday they are saddened that a killer disguised himself as a clown to kill a drug lord
(AP) 700 IRS contract workers owe $5.4M in back taxesBy STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated PressWASHINGTONNearly 700 employees of Internal Revenue Service contractors owe $5.4 million in back taxes, said a report Wednesday by the agency’s inspector general.More than half of those workers
Comedian Colin Quinn is getting to know the Constitution one show at a time. The gruff stand-up, a former Saturday Night Live player, is the driving force behind the one-man show Unconstitutional. He spoke with The Roanoke Times about his
The new owner of an apartment near Paris made a shocking discovery last week when he took possession: the mummified body of the previous owner which had been hanging for eight years. The body was found in the apartment in
On Wednesday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) revealed that he was working on a bill to delay the Obamacare individual mandate. He said in late September that he would support efforts to delay the individual mandate, but this is the first
(AP) NBA Finals format changed to 2-2-1-1-1By BRIAN MAHONEYAP Basketball WriterNEW YORKNBA owners unanimously voted Wednesday to change the NBA Finals format from 2-3-2 to 2-2-1-1-1. The change will take effect with this season’s finals after it was approved during
The German government has received information that US intelligence is spying on the mobile phone communications of Chancellor Angela Merkel, her spokesman said Wednesday.
In an interview with the Associated Press, new MSNBC host and 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin bashed the movie industry that made him famous, suggesting, “All the fun of it is gone….You see in the business this fetid septic tank
