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Weber State’s Amber Henry to run at USA Championships
Weber State All-American Amber Henry will compete in the women’s 3,000 meter steeplechase at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa in an attempt to qualify for the World Championships. The USA Championships include the top professional and collegiate athletes in the nation....
sltrib.com (19 hours ago)
US collegians to host Cuba in July in baseball series
Des Moines, Iowa - The U.S. collegiate national baseball team will host its Cuban counterpart next month in a five-game international “friendship” series. The Triple-A Iowa Cubs said Tuesday the series will start in Des Moines on July 18. The Americans and Cubans will then play two games each in Omaha, Neb., and...
sltrib.com (19 hours ago)
Analysis: Saudi role in Syria driven by fear of Shi'ite 'full moon'
By Angus McDowall RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's former intelligence chief, Prince Muqrin, once told American diplomats the Middle East's so-called Shi'ite Crescent where the Muslim sect holds sway was "becoming a full moon" as Iranian influence spread. For the kingdom's Sunni ruling princes, that fear, revealed...
yahoo.com (19 hours ago)
As NATO Hands Over Control, Afghan Forces Get Ready for the Real Test
At 18, Habibi is the youngest and loudest of the new female recruits to the Afghan military’s special forces unit. She wears a black baseball cap instead of a head scarf, a pair of permanent wraparound shades, and carries her sub-five-foot frame with a practiced swagger. During her first few months on the job,...
yahoo.com (19 hours ago)
Kanye West's American Psycho Parody Featuring Scott Disick—Watch the Yeezus Promo!
Now here's an unusual way to hype your new album. Kanye West has posted a short film on his official website re-imagining a classic sequence from the grisly 2000 thriller, American...
eonline.com (19 hours ago)
Italy top court faults Amanda Knox acquittal
Italy's high court on Tuesday faulted the appeals court that acquitted American student Amanda Knox of murdering her roommate, saying its ruling was full of "deficiencies, contradictions and illogical" conclusions and ordering the new appeals court to look at all the evidence to determine whether Knox helped kill...
seattletimes.com (19 hours ago)
China supercomputer outpaces US
THE machine has twice the speed of its American rival.
news.com.au (19 hours ago)
SEE IT: Scott Disick stars in 'American Psycho' themed Kanye West ‘Yeezus’ promo
Scott Disick channels Christian Bale. The boyfriend of Kourtney Kardashian helps out fellow Kardashian beau Kanye West by staring in a short film to promote his new album "Yeezus," which dropped Tuesday.
nydailynews.com (19 hours ago)
Scott Disick “Murders” Kim Kardashian’s Best Friend For Yeezus Promo
Scott Disick plays a great murderer! The reality star performed a pretend murder on Jonathan Cheban in his pal Kanye West’s promo video for his new album “Yeezus.” Disick recreated the famous scene in American Psycho where Christian Bale takes an axe to his business partner in his New York... Read More
rumorfix.com (19 hours ago)
Watch Kanye's Version Of 'American Psycho'
Kanye West's version of "American Psycho" has already made its way around the web in the form of distorted, fan-shot YouTube videos, but West plopped a crystal clear version of the clip on his Website late Monday. In the mini-movie, Scott Disick plays Patrick Bateman, the title serial killer in 2000 film....
huffingtonpost.com (19 hours ago)
NSA Director: FISA Courts Work With Us To Approve Surveillance Requests, But Not A ‘Rubber Stamp’
During Tuesday’s House Intelligence Committee hearing, NSA Director Keith Alexander was asked to explain the process that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act courts go through before approving a request to access the content of those communications. Alexander said that the courts work with the NSA to make sure...
mediaite.com (20 hours ago)
Italian court says Knox murder acquittal had inconsistencies
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's top court said on Tuesday it had ordered a re-run of the Meredith Kercher murder trial because the acquittal of American Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend contained "shortcomings, contradictions and inconsistencies".
reuters.com (20 hours ago)
Barack Obama follows in footsteps of JFK with speech in Berlin
It is one of the most endearing gaffes made by a world leader speaking a foreign language. "Ich bin ein Berliner," John F Kennedy intoned in a seminal speech in June 1963, apparently unaware of double entendre: some took it to mean he was declaring himself a citizen of the capital; to others it sounded as if he had...
guardian.co.uk (20 hours ago)
Italian court says Knox murder acquittal had inconsistencies
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's top court said on Tuesday it had ordered a re-run of the Meredith Kercher murder trial because the acquittal of American Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend contained "shortcomings, contradictions and inconsistencies". Knox and Italian Raffaele Sollecito were initially found guilty of killing...
yahoo.com (20 hours ago)
Lolo Jones: Video rant about her $741 paycheck backfires
On Monday, American track and field runner turned bobsledder Lolo Jones tweeted a Vine video that mocked her paltry bobsledding paycheck: $741.84, for seven months of training. It was a move intended to advocate for higher earnings for bobsledders, who are underpaid relative to track and field athletes, she says.
yahoo.com (20 hours ago)
Layton Kor memorial celebration and fundraiser this weekend
Layton Kor, an iconic figure in American climbing, will be celebrated this weekend through the American Alpine Club as they host a memorial service and fundraiser to honor his life and his climbs. The event will be held at the...
examiner.com (20 hours ago)
Iran and South Korea qualify for 2014 World Cup as Uzbekistan miss out
Iran and South Korea both qualified for the 2014 World Cup finals after a 1-0 victory for the Iranian visitors in Ulsan on Tuesday. Reza Ghoochannejhad scored the winner in the 60th minute and a resolute defensive display ensured Iran topped Asia's qualifying Group A and took one of the two places on offer. South...
guardian.co.uk (20 hours ago)
Italy top court faults Amanda Knox acquittal
Italy's high court has explained why it reversed the acquittal of American student Amanda Knox, saying the decision acquitting her of murder was full of contradictions.
azstarnet.com (20 hours ago)
US to begin meetings with Taliban
American officials say U.S. representatives will begin formal meetings with the Taliban in a few days at the group's new office opening in Qatar.
azstarnet.com (20 hours ago)
MacKay gives honourary degree to John McCain in Washington
Defence Minister Peter MacKay is in the U.S. capital today meeting with his American counterpart, Chuck Hagel, and bestowing an honorary doctorate upon U.S. Senator John McCain.
cbc.ca (20 hours ago)
Can Natural Gas Really Deliver American Energy Independence?
A bipartisan mix of lawmakers is pushing for increased use and manufacture of natural gas in the U.S., but their paths for reaching that goal are different.
yahoo.com (20 hours ago)
Leo Hindery, Jr.: Apple to American Workers: 'Scr__ You!'
Never has there been a bigger "Scr__ You" to American workers and manufacturing than tax-avoider Apple's tag line on all of its national advertising: "Designed by Apple in California" In his brilliant and brilliantly titled 2006 polemic Take This Job And Ship It, now-retired U.S. Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) called...
huffingtonpost.com (20 hours ago)
Health Care Costs, Not Income, a Retirement Crisis
Employee Benefit Research Institute CEO Dallas Salisbury says health care costs - not income - is the ticking time bomb for American retirees, saying "the long term care private insurance market is essentially collapsing.
palmbeachpost.com (20 hours ago)
Yergin on United States' 'Extraordinary' Oil Production
IHS Inc. Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin says the discovery of shale reserves in the U.S. has helped build oil production by 46% over the past five years, changing the world's outlook on American energy production.
palmbeachpost.com (20 hours ago)
Rev. Al Sharpton: Justice Has Prevailed
Voting is a right, not a privilege. Apparently some folks need a reminder every now and then. When the Voting Rights Act of 1965 became law, it solidified every American citizen's right to vote and participate in the electoral process. There were some that came up with creative schemes to block the votes of...
huffingtonpost.com (20 hours ago)
NSA, FBI Detail How Snooping Programs Prevented ‘Over 50 Potential Terrorist Events’
On Tuesday, during a House Intelligence Committee hearing into the revelations surrounding the National Security Agency’s monitoring of American communications, members of the intelligence community testified about the success of these programs in thwarting potential terror events. Those officials detailed the plots...
mediaite.com (20 hours ago)
Leave Miss Utah alone | Tauriq Moosa
Consider this individual: she has appeared on ABC's "What Would you Do?" and is the ambassador for "Healing Hands for Haiti," which aims to bring rehabilitation medicine to the country. She has attended Westminster College and Brigham Young University. Her profile explains that she wants to be an advocate for...
guardian.co.uk (20 hours ago)
Edward Snowden is a traitor to the United States: he must be brought to justice
The former CIA spy has put at risk both American and British national security. Our laws must change to reflect the seriousness of these crimes, writes Mark Pritchard MP.
telegraph.co.uk (20 hours ago)
iZettle breaks out of Europe, bringing its mobile payments service to Mexico
Sweden's iZettle is now at Square's doorstep thanks to help from Banco Santander. The company has updated its credit card reader for the North American market. Could a push into the U.S. be far behind?
gigaom.com (20 hours ago)
U.S. and Taliban to start talks in Qatar office
KABUL, Afghanistan - In a major breakthrough, the Taliban and the U.S. announced Tuesday that they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan as the Islamic militant movement opened an office in Qatar. American officials with the Obama administration said the...
sltrib.com (20 hours ago)
