- NFL confirms new deal between league, officials is done @ Yahoo! Sports - 8 hrs ago
As it turned out, the NFL's nightmare scenario -- a team losing a game it should have won -- was all it took for the league and the NFL Referees' Association to get back to the bargaining table and wrap up a new deal. More »NFL confirms new deal between league, officials is done
- Hillary Clinton drops hint that Al Qaeda was behind Libya attack Christian Science Monitor - 2 hrs 7 mins ago
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday suggested a link between Al Qaeda and the Sept. 11 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, going further than other Obama administration officials have previously … More »Hillary Clinton drops hint that Al Qaeda was behind Libya attack
- Rowling's first novel for adults goes on sale AP - 2 hrs 33 mins ago
British bookshops opened their doors early Thursday and some grown-up Harry Potter fans lined up overnight as J.K. Rowling launched her long-anticipated first book for adults, "The Casual Vacancy." More »Rowling's first novel for adults goes on sale
- Student debt stretches to record 1 in 5 households AP - 4 mins 47 secs ago
With college enrollment growing, student debt has stretched to a record number of U.S. households — nearly 1 in 5 — with the biggest burdens falling on the young and poor. More »Student debt stretches to record 1 in 5 households
- Obama ahead of Romney in Iowa polls as vote starts AP - 5 hrs ago
Republican Mitt Romney is struggling in swing-state Iowa at a perilous point: just as voters here start casting early ballots in the presidential race. More »Obama ahead of Romney in Iowa polls as vote starts
- Romney: ‘I’m going to win Ohio’ The Ticket - 14 hrs ago
- Army general charged with sex crimes during tour in Afghanistan ABC OTUS News - 14 hrs ago
- Chinese court upholds fine against dissident Ai Weiwei Reuters - 5 hrs ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court upheld a $2.4 million tax evasion fine against China's most famous dissident Ai Weiwei on Thursday, ending his long legal battle with the authorities but paving the way for him to be jailed if he does not pay. The loss of Ai's second appeal in a higher court means that the world-renowned …
- Ex-QB Jim McMahon talks of early-stage dementia AP - 11 hrs ago
Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon, who is suffering from early-stage dementia, has told a Chicago television station that while he appreciates what football has done for him, if he could do it over, he would play baseball.
- Police checking out Jimmy Hoffa tip in Detroit suburb AP - 13 hrs ago
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - New Zealand will field their preferred halfback pairing of Dan Carter and Aaron Smith against Argentina in the Rugby Championship on Saturday. Coach Steve Hansen brought the duo … More »All Blacks field Carter, Smith against Argentina
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - New Zealand will field their preferred halfback pairing of Dan Carter and Aaron Smith against Argentina in the Rugby Championship on Saturday. Coach Steve Hansen brought the duo back into the side he named on Thursday for the match in La Plata after they missed the last test at home to South Africa. …