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Lebron James has decided to part ways from his long time agent Leon Rose to join a new agency started by his friend Rich Paul. Sources report that the departure between James and Rose is not based on hard feelings. Representatives for the NBA star said the shift is simply a matter of creating a […]
There are some unwritten general rules in the course of U.S. presidential politics when it comes to criticizing a sitting leader. First among them is that when the country or its representatives in a foreign nation comes under attack, the opposition does not attack the incumbent. The Romney campaign, however, violated the rule. According […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The search for those behind the provocative, anti-Muslim film implicated in violent protests in Egypt and Libya led Wednesday to a California Coptic Christian convicted of financial crimes who acknowledged his role in managing and providing logistics for the production. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, told The Associated Press in an interview […]
(AP) NEW YORK – Authorities say workers at New York's Kennedy International Airport stole 100,000 mini liquor bottles, as well as duty-free items such as larger bottles of liquor, perfume and cigarettes. Eighteen employees were arrested Wednesday on charges including larceny and possession of stolen property. Fifteen of the defendants are current or former truck […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Paul Ryan on Thursday went along with a stopgap spending bill that avoids a government shutdown but carries a price tag $19 billion higher than the budget he wrote. The Wisconsin legislator, who is the Republicans' vice presidential nominee and top budget writer in the House, planned to vote for a […]
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Nearly three months after Penn State said it wanted to settle "privately, expeditiously and fairly" with the boys Jerry Sandusky sexually abused, lawyers for the victims from his criminal case and other potential claimants say the school has not followed up with concrete action. The attorneys told The Associated Press […]
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Facing criticism, Republican White House nominee Mitt Romney on Thursday muted his barbed attacks against President Barack Obama's handling of a diplomatic crisis and tried to refocus the campaign on the economy. The GOP challenger delivered a spirited speech and television ad accusing the president of failing American workers. But he […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — With a beloved ambassador dead and anti-American turmoil in Arab nations spreading, the presidential candidates are challenging each other on their foreign policy credentials and on who would provide the steadiest hand in a crisis. At a rally Thursday in northern Virginia, Romney was expected to argue that the upheaval abroad showed […]
NEW YORK (AP) — In case you haven't heard by now, Apple is unveiled a new iPhone. That leaves the question: What should you do with your old one? The new phones will join some 244 million iPhones sold since the first one launched in 2007. Some have been lost or stolen. Some of us […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Census Bureau says the number of Americans in poverty stood at 15 percent in 2011 as the number of poor remained at record highs. About 46.2 million people, or nearly 1 in 6, were in poverty. The figures were better than the expectations of analysts who had predicted an increase due […]
A New Jersey football player quit his team because the coach banned him from wearing pink gloves during a game. Julian Connerson decided to no longer play for the Egg Harbor City Crusaders, a youth league since he could not wear pink gloves commemorating his mom’s battle with breast cancer. On Saturday, his coach Paul […]
Few Republican lawmakers sided with GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney Wednesday as he blamed President Barack Obama for the embassy attack in Libya that left the U.S. ambassador to the country dead – except for Rep. Allen West of Florida. Referring to the Arab Spring protests that toppled oppressive regimes in Libya, Egypt Tunisia and […]
