Business
LeBron James Makes The Easiest Buzzer Beater You’ll Ever See To Beat The Pacers In OT [Video]
The Miami Heat beat the Indiana Pacers in overtime 103-102 after a LeBron James buzzer beater. Down 102-101 with 2.2 seconds left, LeBron caught the ball, drove past a lunging Paul George, and made a lay-up as time expired. Easiest buzzer beater … [Read More...]
Pacers Player Makes A Miracle 29-Foot Shot To Force Overtime Against The Heat
Indiana Pacers forward Paul George hit a ridiculous three point shot to send Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat to overtime. The Heat went on to win in overtime 103-102 on a LeBron James buzzer beater. Down 92-89 with … [Read More...]
The 40 Sexiest Tech Executives Alive
Whoever thinks that brains and beauty don't mix clearly hasn't heard about these 30 executives in the tech industry. They're intelligent, successful, and not bad to look at. … [Read More...]
We’re Seeing Wild Swings In The Nikkei
The Nikkei hit a fresh 5.5-year high after soaring 1.9% to 15,942.60 on Thursday. But it then went red falling as much as 0.5%, only to climb back up 0.3%. The recent rally in Japanese stocks has been attributed to 'Abenomics' — Japan's … [Read More...]
US Politics
Supreme Court to hear frequent-flier case – USA Today – USA TODAY
Supreme Court to hear frequent-flier case - USA TodayUSA TODAYNow Northwest is asking the Supreme Court to explain how much freedom airlines have to set their own policies under the Airline Deregulation Act. The trade group Airlines for America … [Read More...]
Obama to give counterterrorism speech Thursday – USA Today – USA TODAY
Wall Street Journal (blog)Obama to give counterterrorism speech Thursday - USA TodayUSA TODAYPresident Obama delivers a counterterrorism speech Thursday that may also be a defense of two much criticized programs: Drone strikes and the terrorism … [Read More...]
Second immigration officer union comes out against Senate immigration bill – Fox News
PoliticoSecond immigration officer union comes out against Senate immigration billFox NewsMarco Rubio seemed to show signs of strain within the group after senators rejected a Republican proposal to require a biometric entry and exit system at … [Read More...]
Justice
White People Stopped By New York Police Are More Likely To Have Guns Or Drugs Than Minorities
(Credit: AP)During the just-concluded trial on the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program, the city argued that officers’ disproportionate targeting of black and Latino New Yorkers was not due to racial profiling but … [Read More...]
Woman Raped By Ex-Boyfriend Because Police Didn’t Have Enough Funding To Send Help
Last August, a woman in Josephine County called 911 and pleaded with dispatchers to send police — “my ex-boyfriend is trying to break into my house. I’m not letting him in but he’s like, tried to break down the door and he’s … [Read More...]
The Inside Story Of The Harvard Dissertation That Became Too Racist For Heritage
The idea that some racial groups are, on average, smarter than others is without a doubt among the most discussed (and debunked) “taboos” in American intellectual history. It is an argument that has been advanced since the days of slavery, … [Read More...]
Elections 2012
Is Washington too ‘broken’ to handle big problems such as immigration reform?
Many Americans worry that their political system cannot handle big problems such as immigration reform and the national debt. Young people are unsure about the democratic institutions they will inherit. Some pundits blame the Constitution and … [Read More...]
Star witness to stay mum for House hearing on IRS
A House committee taking Congress' latest look at the Internal Revenue Service's mistreatment of tea party groups will apparently have to do so without input from the star witness. IRS official Lois Lerner ... … [Read More...]
IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Summoned by Congress, a key figure in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups plans to invoke her constitutional right against self-incrimination and decline to testify at a congressional hearing … [Read More...]
World News
Latest – London ‘machete’ attack – BBC News
AFPLatest - London 'machete' attackBBC NewsWhitehall sources say it is "a fair supposition" that the Woolwich incident is a terrorist incident, reports BBC political correspondent Norman Smith. 1758: Met Police Commander Simon Letchford … [Read More...]
Stockholm Riots Continue for Third Night – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalStockholm Riots Continue for Third NightWall Street JournalRiots gripped Stockholm's suburbs for a third night after the fatal shooting of a 69-year-old man by police last week. Much of the tension has been attributed to … [Read More...]
Captain of shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship to face trial – Los Angeles Times
BloombergCaptain of shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship to face trialLos Angeles TimesROME -- The captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which crashed on rocks off the Italian coast last year, was ordered by a judge Wednesday to stand … [Read More...]
Politics & Media
Pressed By GOP Senator, Former IRS Commissioner Refuses To Apologize For Targeting Conservatives
On Tuesday, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) grilled former Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman over allegations that he presided over … [Read More...]
Rand Paul Lays Into Colleagues For ‘Bullying,’ ‘Berating’ Apple Over Taxes: ‘Congress Should Be On Trial’
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) chastised his colleagues on Tuesday, during in opening remarks at Senate hearing examining tech giant Apple’s … [Read More...]
Miraculous: Elderly Woman Reunites With Her Dog In Oklahoma Tornado Rubble During Live Interview
There isn’t much good news coming out of the Oklahoma City area today after yesterday’s devastating tornado. But for one woman in … [Read More...]
Your Move, Media: The Obama Administration Dares The Press To Respond To Intimidation Tactics
These are historic and troubling times. The unprecedented and brazen efforts by high-ranking elements within the Obama administration to silence … [Read More...]
Economy
Minnesota To Grant Care Workers The Right To Join A Union
On Monday, a bill squeaked through the Minnesota House of Representatives that would allow in-home child care and personal care workers in the … [Read More...]
How To Close The Loopholes That Made Apple’s Tax-Dodging Completely Legal
Apple CEO Tim Cook testified Tuesday before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, following that panel’s report that Apple … [Read More...]
Congressman Who Gets Millions In Farm Subsidies Denounces Food Stamps As Stealing ‘Other People’s Money’
(Credit: Nashville Public Radio) Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN) agitated against food aid for poor Americans included in the Farm Bill during last … [Read More...]
Workers Explain How Unions Changed Their Lives
Unionization levels have been falling for decades and last year hit a low not seen in a century, with just 11.3 percent of workers represented. … [Read More...]
