Reggie Bush shines, Lions beat Patriots 40-9
DETROIT (AP) — Reggie Bush had five catches for 103 yards to help the Detroit Lions rout the New England Patriots 40-9 on Thursday night.
Analysis: Iran's supreme leader does not rule supreme
By Yeganeh Torbati and Jon Hemming DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama has twice written to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei believing that he, not the president, holds ultimate power in the Islamic Republic and the key to unlocking the dispute over Tehran's nuclear program.…
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BEIRUT (AP) — Twin explosions rocked the northern Lebanese northern city of Tripoli Friday, causing deaths and injuries, Lebanese security officials said.
Doctors Investigate Indian Baby for Spontaneous Combustion
A 3-month-old Indian baby is the center of a medical mystery as doctors are trying to determine if the infant suffered from spontaneous human combustion, according to the New York Times. The infant is being treated at the Kilpauk Medical College Hospital in Chennai, India,...
Cronut craze consumes New York: Just two per customer! And no cutting!
Fabiola and Melissa Baptiste schlepped down from Harlem at 5:30 a.m. Thursday morning to stand in line at a swanky Soho bakery run by Chef Dominique Ansel. Their objective: one of his freshly baked Cronuts.
Egypt's bruised Brotherhood seeks to shows street power
By Maggie Fick and Lin Noueihed CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian troops and police stood ready in Cairo to foil Muslim Brotherhood plans for "Friday of Martyrs" protests against the army's bloody crackdown on followers of ousted President Mohamed Mursi. The Brotherhood, hounded by Egypt's new army-backed…
FBI Director: Some U.S. citizens fighting in Syria, could pose future threat
Power Players Robert Mueller had only been at the helm of the FBI for a week when terrorists successfully launched the biggest attack on U.S. soil since Pearl Harbor. Now, after 12 years of evolving threats against the United States, Mueller is preparing to say goodbye to the agency he has led for…
Radioactive groundwater under Fukushima nears sea
TOKYO (AP) — Deep beneath Fukushima's crippled nuclear power station a massive underground reservoir of contaminated water that began spilling from the plant's reactors after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami has been creeping slowly toward the sea.
Scalia: Inventing “new minorities” or protecting constitutional rights?
In this commentary, Katelynn McBride from the Institute for Justice argues that, counter to what Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia stated on Monday, judges who enforce the Constitution’s prohibition on arbitrary discrimination are properly fulfilling their judicial role.
Photos of the day - August 22, 2013 (30 photos)
The best news photos of the day for August 22, 2013.
Ryan Braun finally admits drug use in 2011
Ryan Braun finally said it: He took performance-enhancing drugs.
Celebrity mugshots (36 photos)
Images of the rich and famous not looking their best.
Fierce clashes near Syrian capital
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops and opposition fighters clashed Friday during fierce battles in suburbs of the Syrian capital where the opposition claimed a chemical weapons attack this week killed more than 100 people, activists said. Also Friday, the Lebanese government said its troops captured a…
Bradley Manning wants to live as Chelsea Manning
WASHINGTON (AP) — By asking to be known as a woman named Chelsea, Bradley Manning has created a host of possible challenges for the military as the soldier began serving a 35-year prison sentence for giving secrets to WikiLeaks.
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Anger grows over gang-rape of photographer in Mumbai
Five men gang-raped a woman photographer in India's financial hub Mumbai, police said Friday, fuelling protests and stirring memories of a similar attack last December in New Delhi.
North Nigeria's poor beat path to nascent mining boom
By Tim Cocks BAGEGA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Like almost everything else in Nigeria's economy, mining of metals and other solid minerals fell by the wayside when the West African nation discovered oil. In the two decades to 1954, foreign companies produced around 360,000 ounces of gold in total,…
Stars of reality show 'Pawn Stars' meet Asian fans
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The stars of the cable reality show "Pawn Stars" have left their Las Vegas pawn shop to meet fans in Southeast Asia. And one of them says he never thought they would be so popular.
‘They’re Shooting at Us’: Police Lock Down Christian School Over Report of Gunfight, Surprised to Find Staff Playing With…
"She did the right thing given what she knew.”
Via surrogacy, some men opt to become single dads
Trey Powell's first name has an extra resonance these days. Though still a bachelor, he now presides over a family of three as the dad of twin daughters born six months ago via a surrogate mother.
