US News

Murkowski endorses gay marriage

POLITICO - Wed, 06/19/2013 - 11:10am
The Alaska senator says she was influenced by a military family headed by two women.
Categories: US News

Dolce and Gabbana Sentenced to Jail for Tax Evasion

CNBC - Wed, 06/19/2013 - 10:55am
An Italian court on Wednesday sentenced fashion design duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana to one year and eight months in prison.
Categories: US News

Tesla Motors Issues Recall

CNBC - Wed, 06/19/2013 - 10:50am
Electric car maker Tesla Motors said it is recalling 1,228 of its 2013 Model S.
Categories: US News

Gov. Paul LePage's media blackout

POLITICO - Wed, 06/19/2013 - 10:49am
He has cut off three newspapers in Maine for a series about an environmental regulator.
Categories: US News

HBO GO and ESPN App Come to Apple TV

CNBC - Wed, 06/19/2013 - 10:47am
The tech giant announced that the HBO GO and WatchESPN applications are now available on its Apple TV platform.
Categories: US News

BuzzFeed reporter killed in crash

CNN - Wed, 06/19/2013 - 10:42am
Journalist Michael Hastings, known for his 2010 profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal that led to the officer's abrupt retirement, died in a car accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
Categories: US News

IRS bonuses fuel GOP anger

POLITICO - Wed, 06/19/2013 - 10:40am
Sen. Grassley says it violates a White House directive to halt bonuses due to budget constraints.
Categories: US News

Obama calls for nuclear cuts

POLITICO - Wed, 06/19/2013 - 10:16am
Wants to move "beyond Cold War nuclear postures."
Categories: US News

Arrests in suspected slavery case

CNN - Wed, 06/19/2013 - 10:10am
A mentally disabled woman and child were "locked in rooms, forced to work all the time, threatened, beaten and injured, exploited, used as pawns to get drugs," a prosecutor says.
Categories: US News

Celeb video: 'I am Bradley Manning'

POLITICO - Wed, 06/19/2013 - 10:07am
An all-star cast puts together a video in support of the soldier on trial for leaking documents.
Categories: US News

Phys Ed: The 4-Minute Workout

The New York Times - Wed, 06/19/2013 - 10:03am
A single, strenuous four-minute workout can effectively improve health and fitness as much as longer workouts can, researchers found. Download the “Well 4-Minute Workout” playlist for your workout.    
Categories: US News

Cops should back reform

CNN - Wed, 06/19/2013 - 9:54am
George Gascon, a former police chief, says immigrants are less likely to report if they are victims of crimes if they fear police. It's in law enforcement's interest to bring them out of shadows
Categories: US News

Police dog dies in hot patrol car

CNN - Wed, 06/19/2013 - 9:53am
A police dog died of heat stroke after being left in a patrol car in Woodstock, Georgia, authorities said Tuesday.
Categories: US News

Cosmo editor makes political push

POLITICO - Wed, 06/19/2013 - 9:40am
"I really want Cosmo as a magazine to be more involved in political issues," says the editor-in-chief.
Categories: US News

Men's Wearhouse Needs New Chairman

CNBC - Wed, 06/19/2013 - 9:35am
Men's apparel retailer Men's Wearhouse said it fired Executive Chairman George Zimmer, who founded the company more than 40 years ago, sending the company's shares down 7 percent before the bell.
Categories: US News

The long, strange search for Hoffa

CNN - Wed, 06/19/2013 - 9:24am
Like a magician in a blue shirt and white socks, James Riddle Hoffa stood outside the Machus Red Fox in Michigan on July 30, 1975, made a phone call and vanished.
Categories: US News

Ask Bernanke: What Question Would You Pose?

CNBC - Wed, 06/19/2013 - 9:24am
What would you ask Ben Bernanke?
Categories: US News

Was TWA Flight 800 crash accidental?

CNN - Wed, 06/19/2013 - 9:15am
Skeptics who have long theorized that TWA Flight 800 was brought down by sinister forces will get a fresh surge of energy when a new documentary attempts to disprove that the 1996 crash was accidental.
Categories: US News

Action needed to end trafficking

CNN - Wed, 06/19/2013 - 9:14am
Yury Fedotov says progress has been made but not fast enough to help millions of trafficking victims
Categories: US News

CBO: Immigration Plan Would Cut Deficit

CNBC - Wed, 06/19/2013 - 9:12am
The CBO says the Senate's plan would bolster the economy and reduce federal deficits by billions of dollars.
Categories: US News

Recent Comments