The Heisman Committee has announced its finalists for the 2014 Heisman Trophy, honoring the nation’s most outstanding college football player. The committee invited University of Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota, University of Alabama receiver Amari Cooper, and University of Wisconsin running
St. Louis Rams coach Jeff Fisher taunted the tottering Washington Redskins about the trade that ultimately netted the Rams six players and the Redskins Robert Griffin III, sending those same six players to midfield for the coin toss before Sunday’s
Still reeling from its losses up and down the ballot in November, the Democrat National Committee has appointed a “task force” to rebuild the party. This “audit,” which has become the normal reaction to staggering election losses, includes the normal
Eighty-two-year-old Cardinal Joseph Zen, the former archbishop of Hong Kong, joined the three leaders of the Occupy Central movement in turning themselves in to police on Wednesday. “I’m prepared to be jailed, which is the strongest and most sincere proof
On Thursday, the Huffington Post ran one of its patented subtle headlines regarding the grand jury decision not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner. “HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER,” the website blared, featuring a
SANTA MONICA, California — The Santa Monica City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to consider requiring warning labels on all gas pumps to advise motorists of the risks of climate change. Council member Kevin McKeown proposed to “direct staff to explore
In a lopsided 161-5 vote, the UN General Assembly on Tuesday approved an anti-Israel resolution backed by Arab nations. The resolution calls on Israel to not only subject its nuclear facilities to international oversight, but also to renounce possession of
Two sisters in India are being lauded for hitting and attacking two men on a bus that approached them with lewd comments, while fellow passengers warned the girls not to resist their harassment lest they be attacked with acid. The
This article originally appeared on CNBC: Saudi Arabia, and its fellow members of OPEC, may have just launched an oil war. At the conclusion of its December conference, held in Vienna on Thanksgiving Day, OPEC, led by Saudi Arabia, decided
The NAACP–disappointed Officer Darren Wilson was not indicted for the death of Michael Brown despite the evidence exonerating him–has organized and initiated a seven-day, 120-mile march called the “Journey for Justice” from Ferguson, Missouri to the state capital, Jefferson City. Roughly
Israel announced Thursday that it had discovered and prevented multiple plans by Islamist group Hamas to launch a series of terrorist attacks against Israelis in several locations, including Jerusalem’s largest soccer stadium, the city’s light rail, the West Bank, and
According to the latest annual Forbes report, 29 of the 30 NHL franchises showed a solid increase in value from 2013. The Toronto Maple Leafs top the list of NHL teams valued at $1.3 billion. The Rangers were next with
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on Israel and the Palestinian Authority to resume peace talks, predicting the current pro-Palestinian diplomatic wave will only get stronger. Israel National News reports that Ban predicted that the recent trend of countries
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has accused the Nigerian military of cowardice and of terrorizing the civilian population in the northeast part of the country. Abubakar is Nigeria’s highest ranking Muslim leader, and his stinging words, spoken
LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers said Tuesday that two al-Qaida-inspired extremists who murdered a British soldier in a London street had been under scrutiny by the intelligence services, and one had expressed his intention of killing a soldier in an
A highly sophisticated cyberspying tool has been used since 2008 to steal information from governments, businesses and others, security researchers said Monday. The security firm Symantec said the malware, known as Regin, was seen “in systematic spying campaigns against a
ONE Campaign, an organization that fights poverty and disease in Africa, published a video with celebrities in complete silence to protest the world’s slow response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa. The video, titled “Waiting,” features Morgan Freeman, Ben
Jeff Taylor, the Charlotte Hornets small forward suspended 24 games by NBA commissioner Adam Silver, won’t appeal. Yahoo Sports reports that the Swedish-American player will accept the remaining 13 games of his suspension after sitting for the last 11. The
President Obama has incited tensions with some in the higher levels of Australian government after using his closing remarks at the G20 summit to demand Australia do more to protect the Great Barrier Reef. In response, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has responded to mockery of his claim that Muslim explorers discovered America by accusing Muslims who doubted him of not having “self-confidence” and calling for all schools to teach that Muslims arrived in America in
All 50 U.S. states, including President Barack Obama’s home state of Hawaii, dropped to freezing or below on Tuesday, reports the National Weather Service. Hawaii’s dormant volcano, Mauna Kea, experienced 30 F to 32 F temperatures. In New York, western
Israeli Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch says gun control will be eased following the November 18 terror attack against worshipers at a synagogue in North Jerusalem, according to news reports. He wants to make it easier for Israelis to carry weapons
Give a professional golfer an opportunity to lift, clean, and place his ball in a preferred lie on the fairway and very good things can happen to a scorecard. Just ask John Hahn. He shot 58 in those conditions on
The Dallas Safari Club (DSC) indicates they will cancel the black rhino hunt Corey Knowlton won in a January auction if the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rejects Knowlton’s request to bring the animal back as a trophy. According to
Rep. Jackie Speier has written a letter to NASCAR president Mike Helton and Stewart-Haas Racing owners Tony Stewart and Gene Haas demanding that they suspend Kurt Busch from Sunday’s season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway until he is cleared of domestic-abuse
On Friday, Vice President Joe Biden formally announced a new asylum program that will allow juveniles in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador to apply for refugee status from their home countries. And even some who do not meet the requirements
The seemingly interminable outbreak of Ebola in West Africa has begun to ravage new territory. This week, the nation of Mali recorded its official second death due to the virus and has announced it is closely monitoring up to 200
In a year in which a flood of illegal immigrants from Central American nations have come across the U.S.-Mexico border, America has seen more measles outbreaks than any year since 1994. A Business Insider report says measles is making an “alarming comeback” because
The Egyptian Minister of Education, Mahmoud Abo El-Nasr, visited the city of Minya in Upper Egypt on Tuesday, to personally verify that administrative posts in public education are not occupied by jihadists linked to Islamist groups. This latest purge of
The Ebola crisis may have brought nothing but terror and devastation to the countries it affected, but for the communist hermit island of Cuba, it was an opportunity to gain political leverage with impoverished nations like Sierra Leone. With Cuba
The Lakers announced on Tuesday that Guard Wayne Ellington will be taking an indefinite leave of absence due to the death of his father. The 57-year-old Wayne Ellington Sr. was shot in the head on Sunday night while driving in the
One California prison is utilizing a dog to sniff out cellphones hidden by prisoners. The dog, Drako, working in Vacaville, has a sensational nose for the phones. His officer, Brian Pyle, showed exactly how Drako worked. Pyle told San Francisco’s
A French Socialist Party proposal to recognize Palestine as a state will be voted on in the French National Assembly on November 28, reports AFP. Because France’s president holds the ultimate prerogative to recognize states, the vote would be nonbinding.
California health authorities identified a norovirus outbreak as being the source of a gastrointestinal illness that was responsible for infecting at least 60 people at the Sofitel Hotel in San Francisco between late October and November, and sending at least
It’s been a bad week for music streaming service Spotify. Just days after Taylor Swift’s record label pulled the singer’s entire music catalog off of the streaming service, at least two other artists are following her lead. According to Rolling
In Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal, the indispensable Bret Stephens explained why an Iran deal–which he still regards as unlikely–would be worth less than the paper on which it is printed. Should President Barack Obama emerge, Neville Chamberlain-like, and wave the
Liberia reports a decrease in Ebola cases, but there is one town near the Sierra Leone border that is still fighting the disease. Jene-Wonde is a small town with 300 people, but is the new epicenter of Ebola in the
It’s not too shabby running a 6:28.6 mile for most 44-year-olds. Chris Kimbrough, the mother of six children, did it while drinking four beers in the process, toppling the women’s “beer mile” world by 13 seconds. Yahoo Sports reported that
The Colosseum, Rome’s most iconic monument, already draws hundreds of thousands of tourists each year, but recent proposals for alternative uses for the arena have sparked a debate over the best way to honor Rome’s past while projecting its future.
With a hot stock market driving commercial demand for engineers, and Edward Snowden’s Citizen Four running in theaters, National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers spoke at Silicon Valley’s Stanford University on Monday in an effort to recruit America’s best and
