(AP) Darvish fans career-top 15 in no-hit try vs AstrosBy KRISTIE RIEKENAP Sports WriterHOUSTONThe Houston Astros and their rookie-laden lineup were once again no match for Yu Darvish. Darvish was nearly perfect against the Astros for a second time, taking
(AP) Man falls from Turner Field stands, hospitalizedATLANTA A man was hospitalized Monday night after falling 30 to 40 feet from an upper deck at Turner Field during a baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies. (Breitbart Sports
On Sunday, Trayvon Martin’s father was named an honorary captain of the Florida A&M football team. Tracy Martin delivered a speech to the team on Sunday, after which coach Earl Holmes said, “I told him I’d love him to talk
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) announced that he does not “classify” illegal immigrants as criminals, although he admits “it’s obvious that they broke the laws and did things that were criminal and they shouldn’t.” This odd distinction came up at an
First Lady Michelle Obama isn’t known for her singing, but her friendship with Beyonce has her traveling in lofty music circles. She’ll use some of that clout when she releases a new album next month tied to her fight against
Director Lee Daniels struggled mightily to get his new film into theaters. Lee Daniels’ The Butler, loosely based on the life of a black man who served for decades in the White House as a servant, required 35 producers to
By RUSS BYNUMAssociated PressSAVANNAH, Ga.A federal judge Monday threw out race discrimination claims by a former Savannah restaurant manager whose lawsuit against Paula Deen has already cost the celebrity cook a valuable chunk of her culinary empire. Lisa Jackson sued
One of the stars of TV’s Duck Dynasty could have a political future–if he wants it. Some key Republican operatives are eager to woo one of the hit show’s stars–Willie Robertson–to run for the seat given up by retiring Republican
(AP) NEW YORK–The return of “Breaking Bad” for the start of its final eight episodes on Sunday reached nearly double the biggest audience the show had ever had for an episode. The Nielsen ratings company said Monday that 5.9 million
Author John Grisham is upset that the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay don’t have access to his popular legal thrillers. Grisham wrote an op-ed for The New York Times to decry the book banning, using it as the start of a
(AP) Calif. governor signs transgender-student billSACRAMENTO, Calif.California has become the first state to enshrine certain rights for transgender K-12 students in state law, requiring public schools to allow those students access to whichever restroom and locker room they want. Democratic
The folks behind Lifetime’s original movie division may not like it, but when a critic compares a feature film to a Lifetime production it typically isn’t a compliment. So when Showbiz 411 summoned the dreaded “Lifetime” movie comparison for the
The Swiss clerk Oprah Winfrey accused of racially profiling the billionaire media mogul says the story Winfrey told the world is simply not true. Winfrey says the clerk refused to show her an expensive item because she assumed a woman
(AP) ‘Whitey’ Bulger guilty of gangland killingsBy JAY LINDSAY and DENISE LAVOIEAssociated PressBOSTONJames “Whitey” Bulger, the feared Boston mob boss who became one of the nation’s most-wanted fugitives, was convicted Monday in a string of 11 killings and other gangland
The jokes must still seem fresh to readers, as the New York Daily News ran a near-full page of “Weiner” double-entendres on Monday in its coverage of Anthony Weiner’s run for mayor of New York City. It featured Weiner in
(AP) Yank condemns defaced Jackie Robinson statueNEW YORK New York Yankees closing pitcher Mariano Rivera has condemned the defacing of a statue of Jackie Robinson outside a minor league baseball stadium in Brooklyn. Rivera is the last baseball player who
(AP) Jadeveon Clowney set for more helmet-popping hitsBy PETE IACOBELLIAP Sports WriterROCK HILL, S.C.Blame the NFL. When Jadeveon Clowney is crunching your favorite team’s quarterback, terrorizing its offensive tackles, knocking the helmets off its ball carriers and single-handedly causing its
On Saturday, The Washington Post ran a lengthy article on Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe’s controversial ties with the failed green car company GreenTech. For the story, the Post interviewed a bevy of individuals associated with GreenTech, including four interviewed in Citizens
Lights! Camera! Weiner? Anthony Weiner, the disgraced Congressman vying to be the next Mayor of New York City, is traveling with a filmmaker on the campaign trail. That could yield plenty of footage for a documentary on the man whose
As a precondition for “peace” talks with the Palestinians that will produce nothing, President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry demanded that Israel’s government release over 100 long-term convicted terrorists and murderers, many imprisoned for vicious crimes committed
(AP) GOP moderates push back on tea party spending cutsBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONMidway between the 2012 and 2014 election campaigns, moderate Republican conservatives are beginning to foment a revolt of their own _ a backlash to anti-spending tea party shrillness
The father of fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has obtained a visa to visit his son in Russia, the family lawyer said Sunday. Attorney Bruce Fein said he and Lon Snowden will both visit Russia very soon, but would not
The leader of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Nasser al-Wuhayshi, vowed Monday that imprisoned members of the terror network would be freed. In a “letter to the captives in the tyrants’ prisons” the head of Al-Qaeda’s Yemeni branch said “the
Zimbabwe’s government on Sunday denied a report in the British newspaper The Times that it had reached a secret uranium export deal with Iran. The Times story published Saturday quoted outgoing deputy minister of mines Gift Chimanikire that Zimbabwe signed
A heatwave stifled Japan Sunday as the temperature topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in two cities, leaving at least four people dead over the weekend, officials and reports said. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the temperature reached 40.6 C
