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Colonial: Exploration, colonization, trade and the acquisition of prestige
Wanted to get this in before the experience had totally faded from memory. Working without a net here, so to speak. Played Colonial a little less than a week...
examiner.com (3 hours ago)
Donations accepted for tornado victims
The American Red Cross is accepting donations to assist those impacted by severe weather this week. Donations are being accepted for the American Red Cross Disaster Relief. You can donate by visiting www.redcross.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS or texting the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation. The Red...
ohio.com (3 hours ago)
Closing Arguments Under Way In Trump Condo Trial
CHICAGO — The attorney for an 87-year-old woman who accuses Donald Trump of cheating her in a skyscraper condo deal told Chicago jurors on Wednesday that the "Apprentice" star lied on the witness stand – then added he was personal repulsed by him. The comments came during a sarcasm-filled closing argument at a trial...
huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
'If Imam Khomeini were alive and he registered [for president], he would be disqualified'
An Iranian legislator named Ali Motahari wrote an open letter this week to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei protesting the decision to bar former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from running in the upcoming election. The letter, published on several Iranian outlets before being noted and translated by Al Monitor's...
washingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington: Good Willow Hunting
The sheer array of mediums and techniques used by Street Artists today distinguishes the current scene from the primarily aerosol-based graffiti scene of decades past. In pluralistic New York, a city that appears to reinvent itself almost monthly, we continue to see young artists from out of town who arrive with a...
huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
Scott Stringer: The Promise of the Torch: Pass the NY State DREAM Act
Co-authored by Francisco Moya "Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand a mighty woman with a torch, whose flame is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand glows world-wide welcome." Those words, written by Emma Lazarus in 1883 and seared in bronze at the base of the...
huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
Waiting for IRS official te testify before Congress? Don't count on it
For the third time in less than a week, a congressional committee on Wednesday will seek answers from the Internal Revenue Service about the targeting of conservative groups detailed by the agency watchdog.
cnn.com (3 hours ago)
El Salvador president meets pope amid Romero hopes
El Salvador's president meets with Pope Francis on Thursday amid mounting indications that the stars have finally aligned to move slain Archbishop Oscar Romero onto the first key stage on the path toward possible sainthood. The Central American country now has a government made up of former guerilla fighters who...
foxnews.com (3 hours ago)
Please Watch New 'Arrested Development' In Order & Not At Once
Originally, the new episodes of "Arrested Development" were conceived as something of a "Choose Your Own Adventure" series for fans: Creator Mitch Hurwitz said we’d be able to watch the new episodes on Netflix any which way we pleased and in any order. Then, last week, after he wrapped the final mix on all fifteen...
huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
Wanted: Post 50 Arts Judges For Huff/Post Board
Last month, Rita Wilson, Huff/Post50's editor at large, launched a new Featured Fifty Fiction initiative aimed at discovering the hidden writing talent among our audience. The result? An avalanche of impressive short-story submissions. In fact, that effort was so successful that we soon plan to expand the...
huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
UT Vice Chancellor Tim Rogers to retire, provost will take over
KNOXVILLE - The University of Tennessee will announce the retirement of its vice chancellor for student life this afternoon, a week after the News Sentinel reported that Tim Rogers had informed his staff that he would step down, according to UT officials.
knoxnews.com (3 hours ago)
Student taken to hospital after alcohol found at Powell Middle
KNOXVILLE - At least one student was taken to the hospital last week after Powell Middle School officials discovered alcohol among a group of students shortly before school began, school officials said today.
knoxnews.com (3 hours ago)
Will Controversy Brew Over SARS-Related Virus's Official Name?
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - For a pathogen with such a short history, the mysterious new virus killing people in the Middle East and Europe has already had an amazing array of names. It first surfaced last year as "human betacoronavirus 2c EMC", but the suffixes "2c...
huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
Opposition in Burkina Faso vow to fight Senate law
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) - Opposition parties walked out of a meeting in parliament this week in protest over the creation of a Senate. The opposition claims the Senate is a backhanded way for the ruling party to stay in power in the event of the death in office of President Blaise Compaore.
boston.com (3 hours ago)
Main Bahrain opposition group temporarily boycotts talks
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain's main opposition group suspended its participation in reconciliation talks with the government for two weeks on Wednesday, blaming the slow pace of talks and the raid last week on a top Shi'ite Muslim cleric's home.
reuters.com (3 hours ago)
Jay Carney flatters the press: ‘You are good at your jobs and you are smart’
Charlie Spiering After a week of coming under fire from the White House Press Corps, Press Secretary Jay Carney turned to flattery at the beginning of his daily press briefing. Carney explained that in spite of all his preparation for the press briefing each day, he would not be able to answer every question from...
washingtonexaminer.com (3 hours ago)
Trial rescheduled for landlord accused of spying on showering tenants
Elwyn G. Miller, 63, was scheduled to go to trial this week for 11 counts of invasion of privacy, but his trial has been moved to July 30.
press-citizen.com (3 hours ago)
Hibbing kicks off annual Dylan Days this week
Bemidji PioneerHIBBING, Minn. (AP) - The northeastern Minnesota city of Hibbing kicks off its annual celebration of native son Bob Dylan this week. Dylan Days 2013 features music, poetry and a...
bemidjipioneer.com (3 hours ago)
French Universities May Allow Teaching In English
PARIS -- In France, there's a brewing debate over whether to speak anglais in universite. The National Assembly on Wednesday was taking up an education reform bill that would allow public universities to hold some courses – like science or economics classes – in English, a plan that has alarmed language purists and...
huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
Opposition in Burkina Faso vow to fight Senate law
Opposition parties walked out of a meeting in parliament this week in protest over the creation of a Senate. The opposition claims the Senate is a backhanded way for the ruling party to stay in power in the event of the death in office of President Blaise Compaore.
miamiherald.com (3 hours ago)
Official: 6 unaccounted for after Oklahoma tornado
MOORE, Okla. (AP) - An Oklahoma emergency management official says authorities still are working to find six adults who haven't been accounted for since the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City area earlier this week.
yahoo.com (3 hours ago)
Defense: Murder confession of woman charged with killing mother doesn't fit the facts
Defense attorney Albert Kapin delivered his closing argument in the three-week murder trial for Lunney who is charged with killing her 81-year-old mother Marie Zoppi in the Fairfield home the two shared with Lunney's husband and two children in July 2009.
nj.com (3 hours ago)
Ocean City Is Ready For Business
After $1.1 million in Superstorm Sandy clean-up work, Ocean City is ready for Memorial Day weekend and beyond, said Mayor Richard Meehan. Even the damaged century-old Ocean City Inlet Fishing Pier, which was featured prominently in national TV storm coverage, will be opening Friday. Meehan will mark the occasion by...
huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
Main Bahrain opposition group temporarily boycotts talks
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain's main opposition group suspended its participation in reconciliation talks with the government for two weeks on Wednesday, blaming the slow pace of talks and the raid last week on a top Shi'ite Muslim cleric's home. Little progress has been achieved in the talks that began in February as...
yahoo.com (3 hours ago)
Gareth Johnson: I Blame My Personal Trainer
I've had a bit of a fitness disaster recently. My personal trainer dumped me. It might sound a bit melodramatic, but I've been training with him twice a week for about nine years. He's left London and moved to the US for a job offer that was too good to refuse, so it wasn't personal, but it's like losing one of...
huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
Obama to travel to Oklahoma on Sunday
President Obama will travel to Oklahoma on Sunday to visit with victims and survivors of this week's deadly storm.
usatoday.com (3 hours ago)
CBS kicks off 2013 SEC coverage with Alabama-Texas A&M, keeps Ark.-LSU on Friday
CBS is entering its 13th season broadcasting SEC football and this one is going to start with what could be the game of the year. The CBS SEC Game of the Week coverage begins Saturday, September 14 with the much...
examiner.com (3 hours ago)
Brunswick board to ‘reboot’ school upgrade discussions after seeing $38.3 million price tag
BRUNSWICK, Maine - The $38.3 million plan to renovate two public schools will come under “significant evaluation” beginning next week, a School Board member said this week. The board will hold a special facilities meeting at 6 p.m. May 29, at 16 Station Ave. - its first since March 6, ...
bangordailynews.com (3 hours ago)
Mob matriarch Victoria Gotti hospitalized after suffering third stroke since 2006
Gotti, 70, was stricken last week and her four children - Angel, Victoria, John Jr. and Peter - are requesting privacy about her medical condition, a source told The Daily News.
nydailynews.com (3 hours ago)
Taxes, schmaxes: Congress wants you to know it loves Apple
You could be forgiven for thinking that the big hearing before the U.S. Senate ’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations this week was a chance for lawmakers to grill Apple about some of its controversial tax practices. And yes, there was some of that.
latimes.com (3 hours ago)
