A new tool from a Silicon Valley-based athletic technology company will allow sports teams, coaches, and scouts the opportunity to measure statistics never before considered when drafting and conditioning young players, according to a report from the Silicon Valley News.
A special education teacher in Clarksburg, California, has been accused of stealing medication from students at her school, some of whom she may have taught, according to a report from CBS Sacramento. Sheri Haselhuhn, 40, was a 14-year veteran teacher
Total hedge fund assets surged to set a record of $2.7 trillion in the first quarter of 2014, as investors allocated $26.3 billion of new capital to the industry, the most since the second quarter of 2011. If the trend
On April 14, 2014, Boko Haram, (whose name either means “Western education is forbidden” or “a colonialist fraud being perpetrated against us”), captured three hundred Christian and Muslim Nigerian schoolgirls to become their sex and domestic slaves. The Muslim fundamentalists
Mariupol, Ukraine erupted on Victory Day and Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said there are at least 20 dead pro-Russian forces. However, people on the ground in Mariupol report the local government confirmed four dead while other say two or eight.
On May 8 the House Appropriations Committee endorsed a GOP proposal to withhold funding for the Obama administration’s requirement that gun stores in California and other border states file special documentation on multiple long gun sales. The proposal to withhold
(Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday he would not quit if Scotland voted to leave the United Kingdom in a September referendum to become an independent country. Asked if he would resign if he presided over
Six in 10 Europeans are not interested in the European Elections, according to a new poll. The findings come despite a desperate attempt by EU bosses to make the elections seem more “relevant” and “exciting”. The survey, conducted by Ipsos-Mori,
On May 8th South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said three drones captured near the border between North and South Korea were sent by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the official name of the North Korean government. According to Xinhua,
The Cuban government has arrested four Cuban exile Americans in Havana for an alleged plot to commit “terrorist actions” against the Cuban government, mere weeks after the United States renewed Cuban’s designation as a state sponsor of terror. According to
Pro-Russian forces in Donetsk and Luhansk decided to go ahead with the planned referendum for Sunday, May 11 despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s request for the vote to be delayed. From Reuters: Denis Pushilin, a leader of the self-declared separatist
AOL, the company that owns Internet sites Huffington Post and Tech Crunch, has seen stock prices tumble 22 percent due to an unexpected decline in its quarterly profit. On May 7, AOL announced it had missed its estimated profits with its
Beverly Hills has officially become the first municipality in California to prohibit fracking–the controversial technique used to extract natural gas and oil from underground rock deposits–following a unanimous vote by the Beverly Hills city council on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
In accepting the “Ambassador for Humanity” award from Steven Spielberg and the USC Shoah Foundation in Los Angeles Wednesday evening, President Barack Obama recounted his 2009 trip to the concentration camp of Buchenwald–the camp his maternal grandfather helped liberate–with Nobel
The US Congress is examining the process required to cut off aid to the Palestinian Authority following the PA announcement of its intention to form a unity government with Hamas, reports The Jerusalem Post. A subcommittee on the Middle East
Yemen’s Defense Ministry reports that government forces, in conjunction with local militias, have captured the main southern stronghold of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in the town of al-Mahfad. Reportedly dozens of AQAP and other assorted militants were
(Reuters) – A New Hampshire man has the right to drive around the New England state with a license plate reading “COPSLIE,” the state’s top court ruled on Wednesday. The state Supreme Court upheld a challenge to Department of Motor
An exclusive Reuters report uncovers that a community giveaway program under the government of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has left billions of dollars unaccounted for, as community officials keep shoddy records and rely only on townspeople to report if they
A 3,000-strong mob raided a Hindu temple and over two dozen residences after hearing that two local youths allegedly insulted the prophet Muhammad on Facebook. Several inhabitants of the pillaged residences reported their possessions and valuables were stolen. Bangladesh Police
A man was arrested in Colombia for intercepting pivotal correspondence between the terror group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the Colombian government in an alleged attempt to sabotage peace talks and sell information on the black market. According to
Cinco de Seis wasn’t quite as much fun as Cinco de Mayo for many of the revelers who ended up spending it in a drunk tank somewhere in Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles Times, a countywide dragnet
On May 6, Breitbart News reported that two teen burglary suspects had been shot and killed inside a North Sacramento home at approximalely 12:18 a.m. CBS News’ Sacramento affiliate now reports that the deceased burglary suspects were 14-year-old Michael Sambrano and his
Eighty-five percent of companies oppose Scottish independence, according to a survey by the British Chamber of Commerce. Only 11 percent of firms supported independence. Over 2400 companies responded to the poll, which looked at the risks and opportunities to business
The Syrian rebel army opposing current President Bashar al-Assad has fled Homs, once a stronghold for opposition forces. On Wednesday morning, the first of hundreds of opposition fighters left Homs after an agreement was secured between the two warring sides
(Reuters) – British low-cost carrier easyJet said it would be the first airline to use drones to help maintain its fleet to keep a lid on its costs. The airline said drones – aircraft that do not have a pilot
