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Some Hunter Army Airfield soldiers to return early
As the United States continues to draw down the size of its military footprint in Afghanistan, some troops will return earlier than expected from their current combat rotations. The Army on Wednesday announced elements of the 3rd Infantry Division’s Combat Aviation Brigade will be among those soldiers coming home...
savannahnow.com (12 seconds ago)
Hays explores U.S. House run
Amarillo financial services provider Elaine Hays has formed an exploratory committee to consider running against incumbent U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Clarendon. She filed notice of the committee with Federal Election Commission earlier this month. “This is strictly a committee formed for the purpose of ‘testing the...
amarillo.com (22 seconds ago)
Father/son veterans will get rehabbed home for Memorial Day
[caption id="attachment_148697" align="alignnone" width="567"] Prince Harry of Great Britain, visits Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, where veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried, on May 10, 2013 in Virginia. Credit: Getty Images[/caption] Memorial Day is a day to remember those military...
metro.us (29 minutes ago)
The Game Before the Super Bowl
SECAUCUS, N.J.-The NY/NJ Super Bowl will be played next February in New Jersey. But the game to profit from it is already under way, with two states competing for their share of the riches.
wsj.com (30 minutes ago)
Hands-on review: Xbox One Gamepad
Following a full day of presentations, interviews, tours, tech demos, and teases of the Xbox One's game-changing potential, the powers that be at Microsoft finally let us get our mitts on the new hardware's controller. While our time behind the gamepad doesn't allow us to tear up the blacktop in Forza 5 or command...
techradar.com (30 minutes ago)
Malkin Explodes On Hannity Over UK Terrorist Attack: Political Correctness On Islam Leads To Dead...
Sean Hannity tonight led a heated panel discussion on the horrifying terrorist attack in London today. He and Michelle Malkin credited Prime Minister David Cameron with immediately labeling it a terrorist act, saying that liberal political correctness would have prevented that if such an attack occurred in the...
mediaite.com (34 minutes ago)
The Lutheran Church Charities arrives in Moore, Oklahoma with undivided love (Video)
As the citizens of the United States have been informed, the tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma was one of the biggest in recorded history. It only took the Lutheran Church Charities and the Northern Illinois District and Beyond to...
examiner.com (51 minutes ago)
An Iraq veteran gets a mortgage-free home: An act of kindness in Stow
STOW: A wounded Cincinnati-area veteran received a free home Wednesday in an act of kindness that a Stow woman and her company helped initiate. “It is beyond words,” said Ohio Army National Guard veteran Dan Hof, 34, of Norwood, of the gift. Hof was wounded in Iraq in 2005 from an improvised explosive device and...
ohio.com (52 minutes ago)
Long Wait for a Green Card Could Be Ending
Born overseas and educated in the United States, workers in the heart of the tech industry are in a kind of suspension as the Senate considers the immigration bill.
nytimes.com (58 minutes ago)
We're the Millers Trailer: Jennifer Aniston Wears a Thong, Shows Off Stripper Skills
How to go about smuggling "a smidge of pot" from Mexico into the United States? Well, first get a stripper to play your wife-and make sure the conveniently hot...
eonline.com (59 minutes ago)
Push to overturn ‘Monsanto Protection Act’
The so-called “Monsanto Protection Act” finds itself under attack in the United States Senate.
nydailynews.com (1 hour ago)
Memorial Day round up
Brainerd’s Memorial Day ceremonies will begin at 8:30 a.m. Monday at the Laurel Street bridge. A wreath will be tossed into the Mississippi River in remembrance of those veterans lost at sea. A prayer will be given by Pastor Caroline Avelsgaard followed by a rifle volley and taps. Following will be a ceremony at the...
brainerddispatch.com (1 hour ago)
‘Touched by An Angel’ is a jarring piece of theater
“Touched by an Angel,” a jarring piece of theater in the Tyler Perry mode by local playwrights Phil Davis and Taura “Chyna” Stephens, swivels around a seemingly impossible conundrum.Young Angel, a 19-year-old college student, is nursing a deepening anger for her overworked mother Cheryl (Daysha Witt). Cheryl, torn...
buffalonews.com (1 hour ago)
Brunswick grads told to travel, give back
Nicholas Kristof, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the New York Times, worked in France, backpacked around Africa and Asia, lived on four continents, traveled to more than 150 countries and visited all 50 states. Though his experiences weren't all positive and included malaria, mobs and a plane crash, Kristof...
newstimes.com (1 hour ago)
Two States Seek Help to Start Health Exchanges
Two states that had planned to run health-insurance exchanges this fall are asking the federal government for help, a sign of the obstacles states face in carrying out a centerpiece of the health-care overhaul.
wsj.com (1 hour ago)
B'More Green: Alarming declines seen in frogs, salamanders
Study finds amphibians in trouble even in protected areasSome of springtime's more notable heralds appear to be fading away, as a new study finds frogs, toads and salamanders disappearing at an alarming rate across the United States.
baltimoresun.com (1 hour ago)
Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard to leave Chelsea US tour early for England duty
England players will leave the post-season United States tour following the first of two friendlies with Manchester City, defender Gary Cahill has confirmed.
dailymail.co.uk (1 hour ago)
Yemen a Major Part of Any Effort to Close Guantanamo
In a speech on Thursday, President Obama is set to renew his efforts to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A key element of that effort will require the transfer of detainees to Yemen, something that has been impossible since the President imposed a moratorium on their transfer. In fact 56 of...
forbes.com (1 hour ago)
Beware the "irrational" hacker
While the prospect of an all-out cyber war between nations is unlikely, it's the nebulous collective of hacktivists, extremists and rogue states that has the White House worried.
businessspectator.com.au (2 hours ago)
Publishers agree to refund consumers for e-book price fixing
Kansas consumers who have purchased e-books may be entitled to credits or refunds from two publishers following the partial resolution of a multistate antitrust investigation, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said Wednesday. Kansas, along with 32 other states, territories and class action counsel, has reached...
cjonline.com (2 hours ago)
New veterans IDs to provide convenient proof of service
William Kelley sat in a blue chair, asked if his hair looked OK and smiled at the camera. It took about 45 seconds to make the veteran identification card that the 59-year-old Vietnam veteran can now show at any business that offers military discounts. The Kern County Veterans Service Department is now providing...
bakersfieldcalifornian.com (2 hours ago)
GM recalls more than 27,000 Cadillac crossovers with wheel issue
(Reuters) - General Motors Co is recalling worldwide more than 27,000 Cadillac crossover vehicles whose wheels could fall off due to potentially loose wheel nuts. GM said on Wednesday it knows of no crashes or injuries due to the issue and that no wheels have separated from the sport utility vehicles built on...
yahoo.com (2 hours ago)
Push on corporate tax rules goes global
A global effort to tighten corporate tax rules is gaining momentum as politicians in Europe and the United States take aim at American tech giants whose savvy use of international tax laws has provoked a public backlash.
washingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
SidneyAnne Stone: The Afghan-China Connection
On April 15, 2013, the New York Times reported that opium cultivation was continuing to rise in Afghanistan. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium. The UNODC also recognizes the impact of the Afghan opium trade as well as its expansion into...
huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
Ocean Robbins: It's Time for a Better Farm Bill. Now.
Have you noticed that when it comes to food policy, the U.S. Congress isn't always an unflinching champion of the public interest? Today, you have an opportunity to do something about that. Sen. Barbara Boxer has introduced an amendment to the 2013 farm bill that would, for the first time ever, demonstrate Senate...
huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
World tour returns beach volleyball to Long Beach, U.S.
The initial response to this week's news that Long Beach will host the first international beach volleyball event in the United States in a decade is a hearty "Welcome back.
presstelegram.com (3 hours ago)
Drone strikes killed four US citizens
The United States admitted for the first time last night that it had killed four of its own citizens using...
thetimes.co.uk (3 hours ago)
2morrowknight: Jenni Hogan: Social Media Influencer-turned Social TV Visionary
This post was also co-written by Ryan Hodgson. When Jenni Hogan was a little girl growing up in Australia, her family taught her to dream bigger than the boundaries of any continent, and to have a healthy respect for cultural traditions around the world. This would serve her well in the Great Northwest of the United...
huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
Utah in Chamber of Commerce top 10
OGDEN - Utah is in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s top 10 list of states leading in entrepreneurship and innovation. read more
standard.net (3 hours ago)
Cannes: Foursome Team Up for Chicago Crime Boss Film 'Hubris'
Charles Gillibert, Scott Stuber, Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert are joining forces for the thriller, which will mark French director Olivier Assayas' first film shot in the United States.
hollywoodreporter.com (3 hours ago)
