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Team GB ice skaters get Sochi boost
Great Britain given three figure skating places for the 2014 Winter Olympics by the International Skating Union.
bbci.co.uk (16 minutes ago)
IRS official refuses to testify at House hearing
WASHINGTON -- Summoned by Republicans, a key figure in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups plans to invoke her constitutional right against self-incrimination and decline t
thonline.com (38 minutes ago)
'Great Wetumpkian' Jack DeVenney dies at 88
Jack DeVenney, a well-known figure in Wetumpka, died at his home early Tuesday. He was 88.
montgomeryadvertiser.com (2 hours ago)
Homeserve sets aside £6m to cover fine for mis-selling policies
Group pre-tax profits for the year fell to £67m, but shares soared after Homeserve revealed the £6m figure, which was much lower than the £40m that some analysts had expected.
dailymail.co.uk (2 hours ago)
Last Night on Late Night: Jason Bateman, Goaded into Blaming Will Arnett for Arrested Development...
Last night on the Late Show, David Letterman made it a mission to figure out the cause for the lag in reuniting the Arrested Development cast. "It was, uh, nothing really exciting," Jason Bateman stuttered. "Money, huh?" Letterman interjected. "Um, yes, uhh, no, ahhh." "Who was the holdout?" "Will Arnett." Oh, ...
vulture.com (3 hours ago)
Xbox One: hands-on with the new controller and Kinect
You can't trust the internet. Prior to the Xbox One launch event, there were rumours the controller would be a wildly different beast, perhaps with its own touch pad in response to Sony's refreshed PS4 Dualshock. The truth is simultaneously more mundane and more intriguing. The new pad looks and feels a lot like the...
guardian.co.uk (3 hours ago)
Fletcher Cox and Mychal Kendricks still figure prominently in Eagles plans
At this time last year, Fletcher Cox and Mychal Kendricks were promising rookies brought in to upgrade an underachieving Eagles defense. Second-round pick Kendricks was a starter at outside linebacker from his first practice. First-rounder Cox found a spot in the crowded defensive line rotation.
philly.com (4 hours ago)
IRS official plans to plead the Fifth at House hearing
Summoned by Republicans, 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 Wednesday.
denverpost.com (4 hours ago)
One in five retiring in 2013 'will be below poverty line'
One in five people retiring in Britain in 2013 will fall below the income poverty line according to a study by Prudential, which also found that nearly a quarter of women will enter retirement entirely dependent on the basic state pension. Prudential's Class of 2013 research, based on interviews with 8,676 over...
guardian.co.uk (4 hours ago)
BoJ Ignores Worst April Trade Deficit Ever - Suggests "Economy Has Started Picking Up"
Surging nominal imports and a miss for exports just about sums up perfectly just how the reality of Abenomics is crushing the real economy as the market goes from strength to strength on the hope that recovery is just around the corner. For the 28th month in a row Japan trade deficit has dropped YoY and its 12-month...
zerohedge.com (7 hours ago)
IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing
WASHINGTON -- Summoned by Republicans, 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 today.
goerie.com (7 hours ago)
IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing
WASHINGTON – 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 on Wednesday.
recordonline.com (7 hours ago)
Movie Review: ‘Plimpton!’ Directed by Tom Bean and Luke Poling
“Plimpton!” is a portrait of the writer and editor George Plimpton, a literary figure eclipsed by his signature participatory journalism.
nytimes.com (7 hours ago)
French Far Right Reacts To Essayist's Suicide At Notre Dame
Dominique Venner committed suicide on Tuesday in front of the altar of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The death of the 78-year-old essayist and historian sparked numerous reactions from French nationalists. Several executives and members of the country's far-right National Front party took to Twitter to praise...
huffingtonpost.com (8 hours ago)
IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing
WASHINGTON - 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 on Wednesday. Lois Ler...
yoursun.com (8 hours ago)
IRS official in Tea Party scandal to plead the Fifth
A key figure in the IRS scandal will refuse to answer questions from Congress.
usatoday.com (9 hours ago)
Questions of accountability and fairness remain after charter school's reprieve
Missouri's efforts to shut down Gordon Parks Elementary School shows we still need to figure out a way to fairly hold accountable charter schools, which often set out to serve disadvantaged students.
kansascity.com (9 hours ago)
NASA asks: Could 3-D-printed food fuel a mission to Mars?
NASA can send robots to Mars, no problem. But if it’s ever going to put humans on the red planet it has to figure out how to feed them over the course of a years-long mission. So the space agency has funded research for what could be the ultimate nerd solution: a 3-D printer that creates entrees or desserts at the...
washingtonpost.com (9 hours ago)
'I dieted a lot as a teenager... even doing Atkins': Kimberley Walsh dazzles in panel cut leotard...
She may look picture perfect these days but singer Kimberley Walsh has admitted it wasn't always so easy to accept her curvaceous figure.
dailymail.co.uk (9 hours ago)
IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing
WASHINGTON - 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 te
journalnow.com (9 hours ago)
IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing
WASHINGTON - 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 today.
timesfreepress.com (10 hours ago)
Wagner bicentenary: the music is still what matters most
Forget the cliches about the Nazis and fat women in Norse helmets with spears. Wagner needs no apologies. He was, quite simply, one of the most important composers to have ever lived. He transformed western music, and opera in particular, with lasting consequences to this day. Two hundred years after his birth, he...
guardian.co.uk (10 hours ago)
Background negotiations on gun legislation continue in Oregon Senate
A controversial package of gun bills remains stalled in the Oregon Legislature as backers try to figure out how they can revive them.
oregonlive.com (10 hours ago)
State trying to close projected $30 million budget deficit
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As they put together a budget for the year that begins July 1, state officials will be trying to close a $30-million deficit. The figure is the result of a revenue and caseload estimating conference that wrapped up last week with reduced revenue estimates, both this year and next year. Revenues...
providencejournal.com (11 hours ago)
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 on Wednesday....
ap.org (11 hours ago)
IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing
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…
azstarnet.com (11 hours ago)
Kimberley Walsh finally feels happy with her body after struggling with her body as a teen
The Girls Aloud star feels more comfortable with her figure after exercising on Strictly Come Dancing
mirror.co.uk (12 hours ago)
Criticism flares around new Pa. graduation tests
HARRISBURG - It seemed to hit the Capitol like a brick: a sudden groundswell of criticism over a move by Gov. Tom Corbett and the Pennsylvania State Board of Education to toughen academic achievement standards and tie them to graduation tests for the state's roughly 1.7 million public and charter school students....
pottsmerc.com (12 hours ago)
IRS official to refuse to testify at House hearing
WASHINGTON - Summoned by Republicans, 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 on Wednesday.
lvrj.com (12 hours ago)
Maude Standish: New Tech Makes Our Bad Decisions Disappear
As a Millennial, I've had plenty of opportunities to have my bad decisions haunt me. Every college party I attended was followed by a morning of me clicking "Untag, untag, untag..." on friends' Facebook posts. I've been lucky so far, but I know friends whose bosses have called in them in their office to discuss...
huffingtonpost.com (12 hours ago)
