(AP) Record-tying 4 women in the field for Indy 500By DAVE SKRETTAAP Sports WriterINDIANAPOLISKatherine Legge didn’t know she’d have a shot at the Indianapolis 500 until it was time to qualify, when Schmidt Peterson Motorsports decided to put her in
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old suspected Boston Marathon bomber who was captured alive last Friday, reportedly dealt drugs on the side for spending money while in college. Students at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and three people who bought marijuana
Pete Williams of NBC News revealed that the network has been emailing a man who claims the Boston Marathon Bombers carjacked his SUV but spared his life because he “wasn’t American.” The victim called the alleged bombers, “brutal but cautious.”
(AP) McIlroy texts with Tiger after losing top rankingBy CHRIS DUNCANAP Sports WriterHUMBLE, Texas Rory McIlroy sent a text message to Tiger Woods on Tuesday, congratulating him on winning at Bay Hill and taking over the No. 1 world ranking
(AP) Woods stretches his lead on Blue MonsterBy DOUG FERGUSONAP Golf WriterDORAL, Fla.Tiger Woods hit a tee shot that got stuck in a palm tree. That’s about the only thing that didn’t fall his way Saturday in the Cadillac Championship.
Susie Meyers, the golf coach of Honda Open winner Michael Thompson, said Tiger Woods “lost his soul” to be the game’s most dominant golfer by focusing obsessively on consistency in his swing. Woods has dramatically altered his swing at least
(AP) Thompson wins Honda for 1st tour titleBy DOUG FERGUSONAP Golf WriterPALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. Michael Thompson’s dream of winning his first PGA Tour event was walking up the final fairway with a big lead and very little stress. The
The Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department’s Twitter feed has become known as a relatively scary place on the web to watch on a nightlly basis. During day-light hours, MPD tweets about car accidents or disabled automobiles often. However, as nighttime
Time to take down those election year yard signs and peel your political bumper stickers off the Honda. President Barack Obama is on his way to winning a second term, according to actor/director/prognosticator Ben Affleck. The “Jersey Girl” star says
After House Republicans introduced the “No More Solyndras Act,” which is scheduled for a Friday vote, Democrats, like Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA), have argued federal loan guarantee programs that funded Solyndra should not be ended. The “No More Solyndras Act”
General Motors Co sold a record number of Chevrolet Volt sedans in August — but that probably isn’t a good thing for the automaker’s bottom line. Nearly two years after the introduction of the path-breaking plug-in hybrid, GM is still
(AFP) Teen heartthrob singer Justin Bieber was pulled over and cited for speeding “like a maniac” to shake off paparazzi Friday near Los Angeles, police and a lawmaker who witnessed the incident said. A California Highway Patrol (CHP) spokesman said
Asian markets mostly fell on deepening European debt concerns on Tuesday after 28 Spanish banks were hit with a downgrade as traders remained downbeat ahead of a European Union summit. Adding to the gloomy sentiment, Cyprus became the fifth eurozone
The stereotype has been confirmed: Democrats buy fuel-efficient, oddly-named cars – mainly foreign – and Republicans tend to buy American-made gas-guzzling muscle cars, heavy SUVs, and trucks. Strategic Vision released a study yesterday showing the top five cars by political
‘THE HELP’ WINS THREE SAG AWARDS, STREEP AND CLOONEY LOSE This is a good sign for “The Help,” which is a superb film. SAG is one of the most reliable Oscar bellwethers because so much of the Oscar voting pool
This week on HomeVideodrome, Hunter reviews Haywire, Shame, and Warrior, Jim has cedar fever, and we plow through a cornucopia of new releases. Head on over to The Film Thugs to check it out. Okay, so I was a little
So here we are into the first year of the Chevy Volt, and President Obama’s prediction of selling 15,000 vehicles by the end of the year, is still about 12,000 short. It’s not a good start for the Administration who
In the wake of the debt ceiling negotiations that paralyzed Washington for weeks and the ensuing last-minute deal that has been criticized by many on the right for failing to change the way Washington spends money, it looks like Republicans
Okay, maybe not the best year ever, but easily my favorite of the years I’ve covered so far. They should change the award to: The Academy’s Favorite Movie of the Year. Either that, or they could give out the award
So, when it came time for our little girl to watch her first grown-up movie, I was torn between Saving Private Ryan and a film I have loved since I was a kid, Godzilla, King of the Monsters. Now, Private
FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 718 (Democrats in roman; Republicans in italic; Independents underlined) H R 3221 RECORDED VOTE 17-Sep-2009 2:06 PM QUESTION: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions BILL TITLE: Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009
I heard today that the eighteen million jobs that are supposed to be created by the Obama Over-Stimulating Bill are to be paid at union wage. It is a small detail. Apparently it was in the fine print that nobody
BBC: Honda’s dancing Asimo was there, along with machines that could be used to carry people, and tiny robots that could be used to help with disaster relief.
Reuters: Japan’s No.2 automaker is looking to win points with canine fans using a website that offers information on dog-friendly cafes and hotels, dimensions for its cars’ cargo space for stashing cages, a rating system that ranks seat fabric for