(AP) LeBron leads Heat to second straight titleBy JON KRAWCZYNSKIAP Basketball WriterMIAMILeBron James had 37 points and 12 rebounds and the Miami Heat repeated as champions with a 95-88 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 7 of the
A classic NBA Finals Game 7 was within five points either way for more than 44 of 48 minutes Thursday, but Dwyane Wade and LeBron James knocked down the jumpers the Spurs had given them all series to seal a
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel had previously answered a question on Afghanistan and negotiating with the Taliban when he jokingly asked an Indian college professor questioner at the University of Nebraska Wednesday whether he was a member of the terrorist
In response to What the hell, Chuck Hagel?: “But what happened today was shocking because it showed an astonishing lack of competence. He was wobbly, he was weak, bumbling.” That was Charles Krauthammer on Fox News, January 31, reacting to
Michael Hastings, the 33-year-old journalist who died in a one-person car accident in Los Angeles this week, was probably most famous for his 2010 Rolling Stone feature The Runaway General which resulted in Afghanistan commanding general Stanley McChrystal being fired. According
Courtesy of the Washington Free Beacon, here’s the man who somehow became Secretary of Defense even though everyone knew it was a terrible idea, Chuck Hagel, holding forth at the University of Nebraska when a professor of Indian extraction asked
The Spurs were six seconds from the NBA title until Chris Bosh grabbed an offensive rebound and got the ball to Ray Allen for a three-pointer to force overtime at 95-95. The Heat preserved the win with two unbelievable defensive
Four American troops were killed Tuesday in an insurgent attack on Afghanistan’s Bagram air base, a US defense official said, as Washington announced plans to hold talks with the Taliban. The deaths were caused by insurgent “indirect fire,” either mortars
Summer camp conjures up bucolic images of swimming and other outdoor fun, but thousands of Palestinian children will experience something quite different, as exhibited in a report issued Thursday by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). In addition to learning scouting,
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The director of the National Security Agency said Tuesday that he will provide details of two previously classified cases in which secret surveillance programs thwarted terrorist plots.Gen. Keith Alexander told the House Intelligence Committee that the plots
What I found interesting in this video of “The View’s” Barbara Walters defending Bill Maher, who reportedly calling Trig Palin a “retard,” is that the audience doesn’t buy it for a second. Walters’s absurd defense, where she claims someone as
As early as June 18, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is expected to announce that the Pentagon is opening the Navy SEALs and the U.S. Army Rangers to women. Although the timeline for incorporating women into the teams is still
In a lengthy interview with Charlie Rose Monday evening, Barack Obama did his best to reassure the American people that he is not Dick Cheney. However, Obama’s entire defense of a surveillance program that has only grown under Obama’s watch
From the I’m unsympathetic files. Jesse Jackson, Jr. the disgraced son of race huckster Jesse Jackson, Sr. says he wants to go to jail first. Disgraced former Democrat Congressman Jesse. Jr wants to go to jail first so his convicted former
Barbara Walters grew up with a special needs sister, a family situation the reporter detailed with tenderness in her autobiography, Audition. Walters knows the hurt of hearing a loved one described in unflattering ways, yet she still rushed to Bill
General Carter Ham is scheduled to testify to the House Armed Services Committee on June 26 at a classified briefing about his knowledge of events that took place when the attack on the U.S. Consulate and CIA annex in Benghazi,
Speaking at Stanford University’s commencement on Sunday, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg not only compared the push to legalize same-sex marriage to Martin Luther King’s civil rights movement but said he believed all 50 states will eventually legalize gay marriage.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin slammed “nanny” New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday for suggesting that he ultimately wanted to make food composting programs mandatory in New York. “Do New Yorkers feel like you’re just a bunch of little babies…thank goodness
Even as reports break about the size and scope of the National Security Agency’s vast data storage center in Utah, new details are emerging about a second massive NSA center in San Antonio, Texas. According to the Houston Chronicle, “Satellite
On Sunday, Ranking member of the Armed Services Committee Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) blasted the Defense Department’s plan to “contribute $170 million to a massive federal giveaway to private biofuels companies.” He said the plan is further evidence of the
Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) are introducing two amendments in the full Senate to protect the religious rights of those in the U.S. armed forces. Last week, the two amendments passed in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s
The Miami Heat overcame tough defense at the rim to score 104 points, but continued to have no way to stop Danny Green’s 3-point shooting. NBA teams average 1.2 points when they attempt a 3-pointer, but the Spurs scored 10
Boston Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask kept Boston in Game 2 and enabled them to ultimately even the series in overtime by allowing only one goal after Chicago peppered him with shots all night. It was the Blackhawks who shined in
(AP) Bruins beat Blackhawks 2-1 in OT, even Cup seriesBy JAY COHENAP Sports WriterCHICAGOThese Boston Bruins are one resilient bunch. Daniel Paille scored at 13:48 in overtime and the Bruins shrugged off a sluggish start to beat the Chicago Blackhawks
The National Hockey League awards were announced Friday and Saturday night. Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin took home his third Hart Memorial Trophy for the league’s most valuable player. He beat Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins and John Tavares
