(AFP) – Egyptian police said Saturday they have arrested four students who filmed themselves publicly dancing in their underwear, as more people around the world emulate a viral dance craze called the “Harlem Shake.” The four pharmaceutical students shocked residents
Cher leaned heavily on her Twitter page in the waning months of the 2012 presidential race to blast anything associated with Mitt Romney. Now, she’s focusing her GOP hate on the party’s rising star, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Cruz, whose
(AFP) Multiple Oscar-winning Hollywood legends Jack Nicholson and Dustin Hoffman were added Friday to the presenting line-up at this weekend’s 85th Academy Awards. The pair will join a star-studded cast on stage Sunday including Michael Douglas, John Travolta, Ben Affleck,
Defence experts who say many lives could have been saved during Arab uprisings if states used proper crowd control measures sought to tap into a growing market at an Abu Dhabi arms fair. Anti-riot vehicles with sophisticated acoustic repellents have
By PAUL HAVENAssociated PressHAVANACuban President Raul Castro has unexpectedly raised the possibility of leaving his post, saying Friday that he is old and has a right to retire. But he did not say when he might do so or if
By SHAWN POGATCHNIKAssociated PressDUBLINAn Irish slaughterhouse has been caught labeling horse meat as beef and shipping it to a company in the Czech Republic, Ireland’s government said Friday, in the latest crackdown on alleged fraud in Europe’s month-old scandal. No
By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe U.S. and its NATO allies revealed Friday they may keep as many as 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after the combat mission ends next year, largely American forces tasked with hunting down remnants
Roman Catholic priests should be able to marry and have children, Britain’s most senior cardinal said on Friday. Cardinal Keith O’Brien, who will be part of the conclave tasked with chosing a new pope to replace Benedict XVI, said the
In California, the solution to all ills is further taxation. Even though gas prices skyrocketed a full 12 cents over the last week, Sen. Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) wants to tax oil. “California is the only oil-producing state in the
Nothing says public sector union worker like drinking on the job, and LA County Fire Assistant Chief Vic Mesrobian is a case in point. According to David Goldstein of CBS Los Angeles, Mesrobian began swigging beer during lunch. He swigged
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner broke three world records when he jumped from the edge of space in October, the World Air Sports Federation confirmed on Friday. The Swiss-based federation, also known as the FAI, said Baumgartner notched up the world’s
Union members in Chicago are now intent on carrying guns aboard their buses if members of the civilian public are allowed to do so. And naturally, they want more taxpayer money for their trouble. The NRA has insisted on concealed-carry
By SANDY COHENAP Entertainment WriterBEVERLY HILLS, Calif.Nine-year-old Oscar nominee Quvenzhane Wallis toted a plush, dog-shaped purse with jeweled handles as she rubbed shoulders with Oprah Winfrey and Alfre Woodard. The star of best-picture contender “Beasts of the Southern Wild” was
In response to The wheel of history turns: Sorry, John, most of this is just general and not reallydirected to you. You just stepped on my Bugaboo. Well, you didn’t stepon it. You sort of looked like you might step
In response to The “Downton Abbey” phenomenon: I don’t watch Downton Abbey so I am really out of my depth here, but I imagine conservatives watch it for almost the same reasons liberals watch it: It’s an interesting situation and
(AP) Rivera throws BP for first time since knee injury TAMPA, Fla. Yankees closer Mariano Rivera has thrown batting practice for the first time since knee surgery last year. The 43-year old Rivera threw 25 pitches Friday and said he
In response to Reason #4,284,546 We Need Better Storytelling: We keep saying “We have better arguments.” That’s fine and all, but we also have to one day realize that people are not moved primarily by argument. Argument is a rational
Even Hollywood legends aren’t immune to the modern scourge known as “swatting.” TMZ reports L.A. police rushed to the home of acting icon Clint Eastwood yesterday as part of the latest celebrity swatting incident. The site says a report indicating
(AFP) – Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Port Said on Friday to demand justice for protesters killed by Egyptian police, as a strike in the Suez Canal city entered its sixth day. Protesters chanted against Islamist President
(AFP) – Thousands of Syrian protesters took to the streets on Friday with chants, banners and cartoons of President Bashar al-Assad to vent their anger at Lebanon’s Shiite movement Hezbollah and the international community. In the Turkish border town of
(AFP) – The United Arab Emirates on Friday dismissed charges that Dubai police had tortured three young Britons arrested more than seven months ago on drugs charges, a day after a court denied them bail. “The UAE is aware of
(AP) Gov’t downsizes amid GOP demands for more cutsBy TOM RAUMAssociated PressWASHINGTONRepublicans and other fiscal conservatives keep insisting on more federal austerity and a smaller government. Without much fanfare or acknowledgement, they’ve already gotten much of both. Spending by federal,
Bangladesh police fired tear gas and rubber bullets Friday in fierce clashes with Islamists demanding the execution of bloggers they accused of blasphemy, killing one person and injuring around 100. Parts of central Dhaka turned into a battlefield as protesters
Russia and China said on Friday they saw eye-to-eye on all the world’s problems including the Syria conflict, as the Chinese foreign minister was in Moscow to prepare a visit by new leader Xi Jinping later this year. Chinese Foreign
Thousands of pages of information gathered over the BBC’s decision to discontinue its investigation into alleged abuse by Jimmy Savile are set to be made public on Friday. The decision to publish the evidence was taken after a review called
