By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICONAssociated PressMEXICO CITYEnglish speakers need subtitles to understand the movie and probably Google to know where they’ve seen the star, if at all. But a movie featuring a Mexican actor whose shows have been a TV staple
Cricket Australia has agreed to a request by Muslim leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed not to wear the sponsorship logo of beer brand VB because of his faith’s ban on alcohol. Pakistan-born Ahmed, who became an Australian citizen in July after his
Australian Football League side St Kilda were Tuesday investigating claims that one of its players set a dwarf performer on fire at the club’s end-of-season celebrations. Blake Johnston and his colleague Arthur Serevetas were reportedly booked by the Saints to
By JAMES BROOKSAssociated PressLONDONCall them `60s relics or hippy home accessories, lava lamps have been casting their dim but groovy light on interiors for half a century, having hit British shelves 50 years ago on Tuesday. A British company began
(AP) No. 11 Florida State spoils Pitt’s ACC debut 41-13By WILL GRAVESAP Sports WriterPITTSBURGHRedshirt freshman quarterback Jameis Winston passed for 356 yards and four touchdowns in a spectacular debut and No. 11 Florida State dominated Pittsburgh 41-13 on Monday night.
(AP) Kershaw hit hard, Dodgers top Rockies; Puig hurtBy PAT GRAHAMAP Sports WriterDENVERClayton Kershaw surrendered a career-high 11 hits in five shaky innings and got the win and Yasiel Puig scored the go-ahead run before leaving with a strained right
(AP) Federer loses to Robredo in 4th round of US OpenBy HOWARD FENDRICHAP Tennis WriterNEW YORKRight from the start, Roger Federer looked very little like, well, the Roger Federer who routinely reached the final weekend at Grand Slam tournaments. In
The NATO commander in Afghanistan has warned that the current casualty rates suffered by the Afghan army and police force are “unsustainable”, in an interview published in Tuesday’s Guardian. US General Joseph Dunford told the paper that Afghan security forces
(AP) Reds hit Wainwright hard again, beat Cardinals 7-2By JOE KAYAP Baseball WriterCINCINNATI Shin-Soo Choo and Joey Votto homered as Cincinnati roughed up Adam Wainwright for the second start in a row Monday, leading Mat Latos and the Reds to
(AP) Jets sign Brady Quinn to add depth to QB spotBy DENNIS WASZAK Jr.AP Sports WriterFLORHAM PARK, N.J.Brady Quinn is the newest member of the New York Jets’ quarterback carousel. The Jets signed the veteran Monday to give them an
(AP) Athletics pull into tie with Texas atop AL WestBy JANIE McCAULEYAP Baseball WriterOAKLAND, Calif.Unlike early September last year, the Oakland Athletics and Texas Rangers are neck and neck chasing the AL West title. Both clubs are ready for this
(AP) CBS, Time Warner reach TV content agreementNEW YORKTV network CBS and cable provider Time Warner Cable have ended their payment dispute and expect programming to resume in millions of homes Monday night. The agreement ends a monthlong blackout of
(AP) Shanahan says RG3 will start Redskins openerBy JOSEPH WHITEAP Sports WriterASHBURN, Va.So much for those last-minute “concerns.” RG3 is starting Week 1. Washington Redskins coach Mike Shanahan finally confirmed Monday what has appeared inevitable since the start of training
Musician Charlie Daniels is never bashful about his conservative beliefs, but his latest Facebook message pulls nary a punch regarding President Barack Obama’s waffling on Syria. In my soon to be 77 years as a citizen of the United States
Or something. Mild content warning for minor obscene language (which is funny). Oh I assume this is in Australia. I have no idea. I like to just think he lives in a nation called Freedom. via @jonhenke
In Michigan, a local Masonic lodge became a haven for drugs and sex, according to police. Police officers received calls summoning them to the Masonic Lodge in Battle Creek, Michigan, at 2:15 a.m. on Sunday. What they found shocked them:
(AFP) The film version of erotic best-seller “Fifty Shades of Grey” will star British actor Charlie Hunnam as Christian Grey and Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele, the book’s author E L James said on Monday. The casting of the movie,
On Monday, Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) blasted President Obama for dithering on a military strike against Syria. “I love Obama,” he said, continuing that it would be difficult to find “a truer Democrat than me.” But still, he added, “of
In February 2009, then-Senator John Kerry and his wife, Teresa Heinz, had a romantic dinner with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and his wife. The picture of the dinner has now come to light. In it, Kerry leans in to talk
On May 27, 2012, BBC News ran a photograph purportedly showing victims of Syrian violence. There was only one problem: it ran a file photo from Iraq in 2003. The picture actually depicted an Iraqi child among lines of body
Former Obama Syria advisor Frederic Hof has come out foursquare against President Obama’s activities with regard to the Assad regime. “The events of the past ten days suggest that there was no administration forethought to the possibility of a major
By VERENA DOBNIKAssociated PressNEW YORK A dozen years after 9/11, an American musician has turned memories of grief into survivor songs–some of them surprisingly joyous. Composer and pianist Jake Heggie said Sunday that his new album titled “here/after (songs of
According to documents released by NSA leaker Edward Snowden on Monday, about one in every five applicants for a position with the CIA had ties to Hamas, Hezbollah, or al Qaeda. The document showed that the CIA had uncovered literally
Mexican police have detained the alleged leader of the Juarez drug cartel, a 47-year-old man known as “Ugly Betty,” authorities said. Alberto Carrillo Fuentes was arrested by federal police in the western state of Nayarit and he was later questioned
An infamous Papua New Guinea cult leader known as “Black Jesus” was castrated by an angry mob after being hacked to death for killing young girls as sacrifices, reports said on Monday. Steven Tari, a convicted rapist who was suspected
