The Sports Hangover throbs after watching Cotto-Martinez live from Madison Square Garden, pulling a Rosie Ruiz on a Central Park road race, and a ride home on a Peter Pan bus whose air conditioning unit imitated his machine siblings in
Did we expect any less from the “Comrade-In-Chief?” It is now being reported that suspected U.S. Army deserter, Bowe Bergdahl’s parents were allowed to sit in on up to 20 secure military video conferences every year with intelligence officers and
Lawyers in the Big Apple think illegal aliens should be entitled to attorneys to help them fight deportation. And they think American taxpayers should pay for it. On May 30, the New York City Bar Association endorsed a study supporting
NEW YORK–Madison Square Garden plays host tonight to a pay-per-view middleweight championship bout between titlist Sergio Martinez and challenger Miguel Cotto. More so than the aging boxers, the venerable venue appears less about now than nostalgia. The Garden supplied
Christiano Ronaldo enjoys the highest salary of any soccer player on the planet. But his millions, and the Western medicine that accompanies it, prove no match for the sorcery of a Ghanaian witch doctor. “I know what Cristiano Ronaldo’s injury
We all know how important it is to reform the broken VA system, right? Well, a House bill to do jus that has passed, and now the Senate version is being held up by guess who? Wait for it….Wait for
San Francisco, June 03 (QNA) – Apple unveiled new operating systems for its Mac line of personal computers and its hit mobile devices, the iPad and iPhone. Yet tech watchers hoping for a major new product release at the World
Chicago, IL — Are the problems of the Department of Veterans Affairs an unfortunate scandal? Or are they a matter of deliberate Obama administration policy? The latest news from Washington, including Friday’s resignation of Veterans Secretary Eric Shinseki, is reverberating
Although 20th Century-Fox has been producing and distributing musicals throughout its existence, when I use the label “Fox musical,” when talking about a very specific decade that probably started in 1938 with Alice Faye’s “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” and ended in
Picture a state that rejected the Common Core State Standards, yet strangely, Common Core conferences convene around the calendar with some of the biggest names in progressive education reform. Yes, that state would be Texas. In fact, Common Core kick-offs
According to Coconuts Hong Kong, a Chinese mother was spotted on Thursday apparently punishing her child by throwing him into a garbage can on a public sidewalk on Water Street in Sai Ying Pun. Shopkeepers and witnesses reported seeing the
HOUSTON (AP) — They grow everything bigger in Texas, even the cities. Three of the nation’s five fastest-growing cities — and seven of the top 15 — are located in the Lone Star State, new data from the Census Bureau
An increase in funding for the Pentagon’s “Section 1206” counterterrorism programs, aimed at training and equipping foreign militaries to fight terrorism, suggests a shift in the Obama administration’s strategy, The Hill reports. This shift could mean a decreased reliance on drone strikes against
Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine might get more than a massive monetary windfall should their business deal with Apple go through. The duo, who created the popular Beats brand of headphones and later added a music component to their company,
Two black eyes, a missing tooth, and a bloodied nose and face are what Alfred McOsker, 79, received after his leg accidentally brushed up against a newer Hyundai while he was unloading groceries with his daughter in the parking lots of
Hip-hop veteran Dr. Dre is about to get a big boost to his bank account. The rapper’s Beats Electronic company, known for its trendy headphones and music streaming, is being seriously pursued by Apple. Should the deal happen, it would
The California Senate suddenly reversed itself on Thursday in voting for a bill that would force cell phones to have remote “kill switches” that would let the owners disable them if they are stolen. Late last month, the bill was
The Obama Administration wants to eliminate jobs and make more people dependent on the government. There simply isn’t any other way to put it. They have turned their sites on for-profit, non-traditional colleges, like trade schools and continuing-ed programs for
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has called on the government to do more to develop Britain’s shale gas and oil resources, saying it fully supports the government’s commitment to “go all out for shale”. It adds that fracking
It was only a matter of time before Senator Marco Rubio chimed in on Charlie Crist’s “absurd” statement that the reason why he left the Republican Party was because it veered “hard right” and became racist. Rubio appeared on Fox
Vice President Joe Biden is hosting a Cinco de Mayo party this morning at the Naval Observatory, complete with a five piece mariachi band. Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, National Hispanic Leaders, Hispanic Media, and Administration officials are expected
The day after Mumbai book-makers stopped taking bets on India’s Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi winning that country’s ongoing national elections because his chances are thought so low, elitist and big media opponents of India’s surging conservative Bharatiya Janata Party’s
Second baseman Robinson Cano gave Yankees fans 204 home runs, a .300+ batting average, and a World Series banner during his nine years in New York. For taking the Mariners’ money and running–a rare instance of the Bronx Bombers outbid–Cano
A failed glamour model who threatened to have an abortion to get onto a reality TV show has said the termination is off. Jodie Cunningham claimed to have been “threatened” by people on twitter and said attacks against her threat
A growing number of San Francisco city workers can’t afford to pay their rent. The latest tech boom has caused rents to skyrocket, displacing hundreds of middle class workers. “Maybe you could find somebody who works for Google or YouTube, and they
