(AP) Dodgers beat Padres 2-1 to end 2-game skidBy BETH HARRISAP Sports WriterLOS ANGELESAdrian Gonzalez and Scott Van Slyke homered, Yasiel Puig had a successful major league debut and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 2-1 on
(AP) Brown goes deep again, Phillies beat Marlins 7-2By ROB MAADDIAP Sports WriterPHILADELPHIADomonic Brown took a hop and skip out of the batter’s box, made an exaggerated bat flip, stutter-stepped around first base like Rickey Henderson, and exchanged a choreographed
By SANDY COHENAP Entertainment WriterLOS ANGELESIt used to be that if a summer flick starred Will Smith, it was a guaranteed moneymaker: First place at the box office, maybe a franchise in the making. But the 44-year-old actor’s latest film
I suppose we already knew this, by implication — after all, no one had reported who had ordered the targeting, so it’s safe to assume that no one would say. But the IG has made this explicit. The IRS is
In response to The Keyword is ‘Relatively’: I see what you’re trying to say but I still think it’s wrong. An “organic” beginning of the scandal would be a… well it would be a “spontaneous demonstration” that then spiraled out
Glenn Close’s buttoned-down turn in 1982’s The World According to Garp helped her transition from television to film work. Her performance as the scorned lover in 1987’s Fatal Attraction made her a star. Yet Close, who visited the White House Monday to discuss
Shakira is a quick study when it comes to breast feeding her new son. The pop star and reality show judge says breast feeding her new child, Milan, is helping her return to her pre-baby weight. It’s also allowing her
A representative for actor Michael Douglas says the Oscar-winner didn’t blame his throat cancer on performing oral sex as many media outlets have reported. Douglas spoke to The Guardian recently, and the Oscar winner indicated oral sex was to blame
(AP) – The Israeli military said Sunday that it has disciplined a group of female soldiers who posed for photos in underwear and combat gear and posted the images on Facebook. The incident was the latest in a string of
Christopher Nolan, the pop culture auteur who brought Batman roaring back to life with the Dark Knight trilogy, is turning his attention to the cosmos. The director’s next film, Interstellar, has both a cast and a release date–Nov. 7 2014.
Saying he knew nothing about his chief of staff’s voting scandal, Congressman Joe Garcia (D-FL) said he demanded that his chief of staff Jeffrey Garcia resign. “I cannot stress how angry I am,” Garcia said. “Yesterday I spoke with the
If traffic has ever gotten you down, just be grateful you weren’t at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport on Monday morning between 6 and 7 a.m. The traffic was so heavy that pedestrians actually exited their vehicles from the I-190 and walked
Cody Tubman is the happy prom queen of Middleboro High in Boston, Massachusetts. There’s only one catch: Cody is a guy, at least biologically. Cody was born male, but began wearing women’s clothing at the beginning of high school. Cody
It doesn’t take much to win an award from the Environmental Protection Agency. In fact, you don’t even have to exist. Take, for example, Richard Windsor, the email alias of former EPA head Lisa Jackson. According to Eliana Johnson of
(AP) For the Finals: Pacers, Heat to meet in Game 7By TIM REYNOLDSAP Basketball WriterMIAMIAs the final horn in a Game 6 loss to the Indiana Pacers was sounding, LeBron James walked toward several of his Miami Heat teammates to
North Jersey.com is reporting that sitting Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) died Monday morning at the age of 89. The oldest member of the Senate, Lautenberg had struggled with health problems since late last year, when he missed several weeks of
A union leader was shot dead at a Lonmin platinum mine in South Africa on Monday, the union said, amid heightened tensions after deadly strikes at the mine last year. The local shaft leader “was killed in front of the
(AP) Violence flares on 4th day of Turkish protestsISTANBULViolence has flared in Istanbul between a group of demonstrators and police on the fourth day of protests set off by a brutal police crackdown of a peaceful environmental protest. The private
Three years after his arrest in Iraq for allegedly causing America’s worst ever national security breach, US Army private Bradley Manning finally goes on trial Monday over his disclosures to WikiLeaks. Manning, who faces a possible 154-year jail sentence, has
More than a million people took to Sao Paulo’s streets for a massive Gay Pride parade, aiming to end discrimination and support same-sex marriage rights in Brazil. Under rainy skies and cold that did not dampen many spirits, marchers waved
A suicide bomb attack aimed at US and Afghan forces killed nine children outside a school in Afghanistan on Monday, officials said.
(AP) Building of new US-Mexico border crossing stallsBy JUAN CARLOS LLORCAAssociated PressTORNILLO, TexasJesse Grado walks cautiously past a welder whose work throws off a spray of brilliant sparks as construction crews lay slabs of concrete for a bridge over the
(AP) US beats 2nd-string Germany 4-3 in exhibitionWASHINGTONClint Dempsey scored twice in a five-minute span of the second half and moved into second place on the U.S. career scoring list, helping the Americans edge a second-string Germany team 4-3 in
Sunday marks the 15th anniversary of Matt Drudge’s speech to the National Press Club. At that speech, Drudge – at that point most famous for breaking the Lewinsky scandal under the nose of Newsweek – told the media, “The internet
(AP) Nationals fall below .500 with 6-3 loss to Braves By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA A woeful showing at the plate while losing two of three games to the Braves has left the Washington Nationals below .500 and
