Kevin Durant scored a career-high 52 points, including the go-ahead basket with 16.5 seconds left in overtime, and the Oklahoma City Thunder held off a Dallas Mavericks rally for a 117-114 victory Friday night. By SCHUYLER DIXONAP Sports WriterDALLAS The
(AP) Transcripts show Fed underestimated crisis in 2007By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics WritersWASHINGTONFederal Reserve officials in 2007 badly underestimated the scope of the approaching financial crisis and how it would tip the U.S. economy into the deepest
Tea Party leader and Sirius XM Patriot Channel host David Webb and Breitbart News Excutive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon will co-host a live three-hour broadcast special from the Breitbart Embassy on Capitol Hill. Guests will include Breitbart News’ Mike Flynn,
By ANIS BELGHOUL and PAUL SCHEMMAssociated PressPARISThe bloody three-day hostage standoff at a natural gas plant in the Sahara took a dramatic turn Friday as Algeria’s state news service reported that nearly 100 of the 132 foreign workers kidnapped by
The battle between Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) for the 2016 Republican nomination is already underway – but for now, it’s a proxy battle about the National Rifle Association. After Christie ripped the NRA for an
Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg put aside ideology to produce “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific,” two HBO projects paying tribute to the heroes who beat back the Axis during World War II. Now, the Oscar winners are re-teaming for
Stephen Colbert’s 2012 SuperPAC got plenty of media attention. So how will the Comedy Central star’s sister fare as she enters the political arena? Elizabeth Colbert-Busch is planning to file paperwork next week in the Congressional race for South Carolina’s
Scientology is taking some body blows in the press of late. The late 2012 release The Master showcased a Scientology-esque religious guru’s rise to fame. The new book Going Clear is hardly a positive account of the religion given its
Poynter: Washington, D.C., publicist Wendy Gordon has filed a lawsuit over a series of unflattering photos that the media-gossip site FishbowlDC ran of her, Zoe Tillman reports. FishbowlDC would post a picture of Gordon, often pulled from Gordon’s Facebook page,
Most comedians would kill to create a character which impacted not just his or her own career but the national conversation. Others, like Tina Fey, would rather not be reminded of their creation – assuming said creation is former Gov.
Catholic News Service: Lewis also gained renown for his Christian apologetics. His “Mere Christianity,” published in 1952, was rated “best religious book of the 20th century” by the U.S. magazine Christianity Today. Until now, Lewis has been largely ignored at
South Korea plans to deploy Israeli-made precision guided missiles near its tense sea border with North Korea next month, including an island shelled by the North in 2010, a report said on Friday. The South will deploy 50 to 60
The Malian army has retaken the central town of Konna which fell to Islamist rebels advancing from the north and sparked French military intervention, the military and a regional security source said Friday. A regional security source and local residents
The Palestinians are bracing for a new right-wing government that Israel’s election is expected to produce, hoping that international and domestic moves will strengthen their position. Hanan Ashrawi, a senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), said: “The absence
(AP) Panetta urges NATO to keep pressure on al-QaidaBy LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressLONDONDefense Secretary Leon Panetta is calling on NATO to be more innovative and flexible so it can keep pressure on al-Qaida and be able to respond to a
(AP) Billy Hunter’s actions deemed wrong, not criminalBy BRIAN MAHONEYAP Basketball WriterNEW YORKA review of the NBA’s players’ association found that executive director Billy Hunter did nothing illegal with union funds, but enough wrong that players should consider whether he
Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is selling the blood-stained sock he wore during the 2004 World Series. (AP) Schilling’s bloody sock going up for auctionPROVIDENCE, R.I. His video game company in bankruptcy, Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt
Carmelo Anthony returned to his Olympic gold medal past and scored 26 points Thursday to lead the New York Knicks to a 102-87 victory over the Detroit Pistons. By CHRIS LEHOURITESAP Sports WriterLONDON Anthony scored 18 in the first half
By P. SOLOMON BANDAAssociated PressAURORA, Colo. The Colorado cinema where 12 people were killed and dozens injured in a shooting rampage nearly six months ago reopens Thursday with a remembrance ceremony and private screening for survivors–but for some Aurora victims,
NOUAKCHOTT, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Thirty-four hostages and 15 of their al Qaeda-linked kidnappers were killed on Thursday in an air strike by the Algerian armed forces, Mauritania’s ANI news agency reported, citing one of the kidnappers holding captives at a desert gas field.
By MICHAEL RUBINKAMAssociated PressDIMOCK, Pa.Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon and Susan Sarandon are touring gas drilling sites in northeastern Pennsylvania. The celebrities boarded a tour bus in New York City on Thursday morning and headed to rural Susquehanna County. They’re looking
(AP) US jobless aid applications fall to 5-year lowBy CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics WriterWASHINGTONThe number of Americans seeking unemployment aid plummeted to a five-year low last week, a hopeful sign the job market may be improving. But much of the
Bette Midler is the latest liberal to follow the wisdom of former Obama administration official Rahm Emmanuel – “you never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” Midler fired off a tweet today that used the country’s current mental
(AP) ‘Dear Abby’ advice columnist dies at age 94By STEVE KARNOWSKIAssociated Press WriterMINNEAPOLISPauline Friedman Phillips, who under the name of Abigail Van Buren, wrote the long-running “Dear Abby” advice column that was followed by millions of newspaper readers throughout the
By NATALIE ROTMANAssociated PressLOS ANGELESArnold Schwarzenegger doesn’t think there’s a parallel between film and real-world gun violence. The 65-year-old former governor of California returns to the big screen Friday as the sheriff of an Arizona border town tasked with stopping
