(AP) Dotcom ‘in tears’ after Megaupload files deletedWELLINGTON, New ZealandMegaupload founder Kim Dotcom said Thursday he was “in tears” after a European company deleted all the data it was hosting from his shuttered file-sharing site. Netherlands-based LeaseWeb announced it had
Brazil’s two biggest cities rolled back transit fare hikes that had triggered massive protests as demonstrators clashed with police outside a Confederations Cup match. The move Wednesday by authorities in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro marked a major victory
The United States and the Philippines are to hold joint naval manoeuvres in the South China Sea next week between the main island of Luzon and a reef claimed by both China and Manila, the Filipino navy said on Thursday.
London shares fell sharply in opening deals on Thursday, in line with a global retreat after the US Federal Reserve signalled it would wind down its massive quantitative easing stimulus programme later this year. In initial trading, the benchmark FTSE
Barack Obama repeatedly called Chancellor George Osborne “Jeffrey” as he was briefing G8 leaders on his plans for a crackdown on tax avoidance, media reported on Thursday. The US president three times said he agreed fully with “Jeffrey” during his
(AP) AP EXCLUSIVE: Taliban offer to free US soldierBy KATHY GANNONAssociated PressISLAMABAD, PakistanThe Afghan Taliban are ready to free a U.S. army soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their senior operatives imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay as
(AP) Social network gaffes plague Japanese politiciansBy MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated PressTOKYOOn the Internet, no one can save you from yourself. That is a lesson many Japanese politicians have learned recently in painful, awkward and at times costly fashion. In the latest
(AP) CLEVELANDA cat caring for four newborn kittens is nursing an orphaned week-old pit bull puppy in Cleveland. Sharon Harvey of the Cleveland Animal Protective League said Wednesday that Lurlene the cat welcomed Noland the puppy to her “unusual little family.”
(AP) IRS draws new criticism over $70M employee bonusesBy STEPHEN OHLEMACHERAssociated PressWASHINGTONAlready reeling from a pair of scandals, the Internal Revenue Service is drawing new criticism over plans to hand out millions of dollars in employee bonuses. The Obama administration
(AP) Police at Patriots tight end’s home for 2nd dayBy ERIKA NIEDOWSKIAssociated PressNORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass.State police returned to the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez on Wednesday, two days after a body was found about a mile
(AP) Red Wings plan new home in Detroit sports district By JEFF KAROUB Associated Press DETROIT The Detroit Red Wings and city officials on Wednesday announced a $650 million plan for a new arena development for the NHL team in
(AP) Board backs turning Astrodome into convention hall By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON The Houston Astrodome, an iconic stadium that’s fallen into disrepair since it was shuttered four years ago, could see new life as a giant convention
By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe House voted on Wednesday to cut food stamps by $2 billion a year as part of a wide-ranging farm bill. The chamber rejected 234-188 a Democratic amendment to the five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm legislation that would
(AP) – He was drying off his freshly washed car. That’s what the Canadian man told the Mounties when they stopped him doing 180 kilometers per hour (112 mph) south on Highway 22 south of Black Diamond, Alberta in Western
On Wednesday, FBI Director Robert Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the agency was already using drones to monitor specific targets inside the United States. “Our footprint is very small,” Mueller said. “We have very few and have limited
A shocking new study from the Mayo Clinic suggests that seven in ten Americans are taking at least one prescription drug, and more than one in two takes multiple drugs. Those most common prescription drugs are antibiotics, antidepressants, and painkillers.
Liberal lawmakers in Ireland have blasted the government for its fawning treatment of President Obama. Parliamentarian Clare Daly said that the government of Ireland had portrayed Ireland as “a nation of pimps, prostituting ourselves in return for a pat on
(AP) Serena Williams sorry after rape case commentsBy The Associated PressSerena Williams says she’s reaching out to the family of the victim in the Steubenville rape case after the tennis star was quoted in a Rolling Stone article saying “she
(AP) Bruins’ run excites city wounded by marathon bombsBy JIMMY GOLENAP Sports WriterBOSTONThe Bruins were the first Boston team to play at home after the bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon, and they were happy to give the city something
(AP) Woods to rest elbow, skip AT&T NationalBy DOUG FERGUSONAP Golf WriterTiger Woods’ sore left elbow will keep him out of competition until the British Open. Woods said Wednesday on his website that doctors found a strain in his left
(AP) – A newspaper in Virginia is removing the word “Democrat” from its name because of the nation’s increasingly divisive politics. In an editorial (http://bit.ly/102C4gg) published Wednesday, The Fauquier (faw-KEER’) Times-Democrat announced it would now be known as the Fauquier
Kanye West may have to interrupt his duties as a new father to calm a controversy over his latest album. Yeezus, the much-hyped disc which dropped June 18, features a song with a line that one group found insulting to those
By TERRY SPENCERAssociated PressMIAMICountry singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy “Mars Attacks!,” died Wednesday at a
In response to NPR’s Grade Inflation for Obama’s Berlin Address: Because that’s what I’m all about, Obama’s favoring of “a balanced approach” to everything, from deficit reduction to breaching the Fourth Amendment to drone strikes on American citizens to, apparently,
