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New Android apps worth downloading: Glide, SideCar Ride update, Men’s Room Mayhem
Make video chatting a little easier with Glide, an app that lets you to make video calls to other users. If they're not available, you can send video messages rather than texts. Following that is SlideCar Ride, an app that helps you find a nearby car and driver when you need a ride and save on taxi services....
yahoo.com (12 minutes ago)
Iraq Abuse Inquiry: Court Orders New Approach
The High Court rejects claims the investigating team is not independent, but calls for changes to the probe being carried out.
sky.com (17 minutes ago)
Dallas board hires Pike County bus firm
DALLAS TWP. - Dallas School Board approved a new transportation contract Thursday, which didn't go over well with supporters of the company that didn't get it. The five-year contract calls for Pike County-based G. Davis Inc. to supply 22 new propane-powered buses to the district and provide drivers.
citizensvoice.com (35 minutes ago)
Tornado: Calls For Shelters In All Schools
Parents in Moore suggest now is the time to make storm shelters mandatory for all schools at risk from tornadoes.
sky.com (38 minutes ago)
Top female judge calls for end to 'frenetic' working hours for women so they can spend more time...
Lady Justice Hallett said that we need to change the frenetic nature of working life if women are to be able to join the workforce. She added that priorities must change in society.
dailymail.co.uk (1 hour ago)
PAL executive director disavows fundraising calls
NIAGARA FALLS – Niagara Police Athletic League Executive Director Art Eberhardt said Thursday that his organization is not involved in telemarketing.Eberhardt said another organization is using the Niagara PAL’s name in fundraising phone calls. He said PAL is not connected to such efforts and uses direct mail,...
buffalonews.com (1 hour ago)
Utah weather: A memorial forecast for the weekend
Utah’s Memorial Day weekend forecast calls for mostly clear skies, warm temperatures and cooling breezes out of the south. Northern Utah looks for high temperatures in the low-80s Saturday, mid-80s on Sunday and upper-70s on Monday with winds of 10-25 mph throughout the weekend. Monday also could produce some...
sltrib.com (1 hour ago)
Seattle No. 2 for sunscreen use--and No. 1 for wishful thinking
It’s your typical spring morning in Seattle. Skies look gray. Forecast calls for cool temperatures and periods of light rain throughout the day. Throughout the week, in fact. You’re prepared, though. You always dress in layers. Your outerwear has the latest water-
seattletimes.com (1 hour ago)
Compelling reasons for more electronic ‘snooping’, says Boris
Boris Johnson today backed handing intelligence services sweeping powers to monitor emails and phone calls.
standard.co.uk (1 hour ago)
For the record: May 24
Emergency Notes Henderson County fire calls The Henderson County Fire Commission reported the following alarms between noon Wednesday and noon Thursday: ◆ Bat Cave, auto accident, 6:21 p.m. ◆ Blue Ridge, broken bone, 2:06 p.m.; auto accident, 2:50 p.m.; tree down, 5:44 p.m.; victim down, 8:51 p.m.; life line, 11:32...
blueridgenow.com (1 hour ago)
Man accused of beating young son at Batavia Walmart
Thanks to the reach of the Internet, a 28-year-old Warsaw man allegedly attacking his young son during an incident at the Batavia Walmart was arrested Thursday by Batavia-based state troopers.Troopers received a number of calls shortly after they posted a store photo of the suspect on TheBatavian.com news site, and...
buffalonews.com (1 hour ago)
Uefa's Michel Platini renews call for European sports police force
Michel Platini has renewed his call for a European sports police force and new laws to deal with the "scourge" of match-fixing. Opening the European governing body's annual congress in London ahead of Saturday's Champions League final at Wembley, the Uefa president upbraided politicians for not responding to his...
guardian.co.uk (2 hours ago)
Get Paid to Insure Your Portfolio
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Options are generally the province of investment pros. But don't think they can't be used by the rest of us in simple and fundamental ways that can protect your portfolio of generating cash. One strategy to get some cash while protecting yourself from a correction in the market would be to...
thestreet.com (2 hours ago)
Michael Platini warns of match-fixing mafia at Uefa Congress in London
Uefa Congress: Michel Platini warns of mafia involvement in football, but says his calls for a Europe-wide sports police force fell on deaf ears.
telegraph.co.uk (3 hours ago)
How to take a serious bite out of corporate tax avoidance | Prem Sikka
Apple is the latest company under the spotlight for organised tax avoidance. In common with Starbucks, Google, Amazon, eBay, Microsoft and others it routes transactions through low- or no-tax jurisdictions to reduce its tax bill. Indignant ministers gnash their teeth and the corporate merry-go-round continues. It is...
guardian.co.uk (3 hours ago)
RMT’s Bob Crow vows Tube strike ‘of a generation’
Tube union leaders today threatened the “biggest strike in a generation” in protest at calls to cut back pensions and free travel benefits.
standard.co.uk (3 hours ago)
Strong Earthquake Rattles Northern California
GREENVILLE, Calif. — An earthquake in far northeastern California was felt by thousands of people as far away as San Francisco and in two other states, but there have been no reports of injury or serious damage. The magnitude-5.7 quake broke dishes and shook mirrors when it struck at 8:47 p.m. Thursday, officials...
huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
5.7-magnitude quake widely felt across N. Calif.
An earthquake in far northeastern California was felt by thousands of people as far away as San Francisco and in two other states, but there have been no reports of injury or serious damage. The magnitude-5.7 quake broke dishes and shook mirrors when it struck at 8:47 p.m. Thursday, officials said. It was centered...
foxnews.com (4 hours ago)
State wants to raise taxes so someone will answer 911 calls
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber is considering legislation that would declare a public safety emergency in some Oregon counties where residents often have been left to try to fend for themselves.
cnn.com (5 hours ago)
Fortress Pullback Brings Out the Bulls
By David Russell, reporter at OptionMonster NEW YORK -- Fortress Investment pulled back Thursday and the bulls piled in. OptionMonster's trade scanners detected the purchase of 2,200 September 6 calls for $1.25 to $1.40. The volume exceeded the strike's previous open interest of 1,438 contracts, indicating that new...
thestreet.com (5 hours ago)
Dallas School Board hires Pike County bus firm
DALLAS TWP. - Dallas School Board approved a new transportation contract Thursday, which didn't go over well with supporters of the company that didn't get it. The five-year contract calls for Pike County-based G. Davis Inc. to supply 22 new propane-pow
citizensvoice.com (6 hours ago)
Man held hostage for a month in New York
A businessman was snatched from a New York City street in broad daylight, then held captive for more than a month in a warehouse where he was bound and burned with acid while his kidnappers demanded a $3m ransom that his family in Ecuador did not have, police said. Pedro Portugal, 52, was found this week after...
guardian.co.uk (6 hours ago)
Culinary degree was 39 years in the making
Between her Easy-Bake Oven days and earning a culinary-arts degree came what Jackie Hill calls the "horrible" years. Now a 55-year-old grandmother, at 28, she was a single mother of five children, living in public housing and cleaning offices to make ends meet.
philly.com (6 hours ago)
911 Calls -- Published May 24, 2013
The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office did not submit booking figures Thursday.
recordnet.com (6 hours ago)
Drug czar says pot is drug most tied to crime, shrugs off calls to legalize it
WASHINGTON - Marijuana is the drug most often linked to crime in the United States, the U.S. drug czar said Thursday, dismissing calls for legalization as a "bumper-sticker approach" that shou…
azstarnet.com (6 hours ago)
At graduation, Colorado girls' blooming friendship takes center stage
The plan calls for Kati Pietrafeso to take a seat with her Overland High School graduating class in a chair at the end of a row.
denverpost.com (7 hours ago)
Drew Doughty fires back at TJ Galiardi, defends Jonathan Quick
Kings defenseman calls the Sharks' Galiardi 'the biggest diver on their team' and says Quick 'is an honest hockey player … tough as nails.'Kings defenseman Drew Doughty dismissed the notion, put forth by San Jose Sharks forward TJ Galiardi, that goalie Jonathan Quick engages in "a little embellishment."
latimes.com (7 hours ago)
Bonacic calls for 5 casinos - 3 to be built in Catskills
ALBANY - State Sen. John Bonacic introduced a bill on Thursday that calls for five upstate casinos, including three in the Catskills, over the next three to five years.
recordonline.com (7 hours ago)
Rhode Island education board approves arming university cops
Police at the University of Rhode Island could soon be carrying firearms following a vote Thursday by state education officials to end Rhode Island's distinction as the only state to prohibit police on public campuses from carrying guns. The Rhode Island Board of Education voted 8-1 to allow leaders at the state's...
foxnews.com (7 hours ago)
NYPD ups security at British Consulate, Kelly calls for more cameras
[caption id="attachment_3051" align="alignnone" width="614"] The NYPD has increased its presence at other spots in the city as well, including military recruiting stations. Credit: Metro file photo[/caption] The NYPD is beefing up security at the British Consulate in New York City in light of the gory attack on a...
metro.us (8 hours ago)
