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Sunday, March 31, 2013

From Stunned to Stunning for Louisville

The scene after Louisvilles Kevin Ware sustained an open fracture of his right leg late in the first half was surreal. Four Cardinals woozily held each other up at center court several appearing on the brink of fainting others crying and shaking ...

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Pope Francis makes an Easter plea for peace

VATICAN CITY Pope Francis delivered a plea for peace in his first Easter Sunday message to the world decrying the seemingly endless conflicts in the Middle East and on the Korean peninsula after celebrating Mass along with more than 250 000 faithful.

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Saturday, March 30, 2013

UCLA hires Steve Alford as basketball coach he has big job ahead

Alford was 155 52 at New Mexico though his Lobos teams never made it past the first weekend in three NCAA tournament appearances. He had signed a 10 year contract extension worth more than $20 million earlier this month but opted to take on the ...

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North Korea Threatens to Close Factories It Runs With South

SEOUL South Korea North Korea reiterating that it considered the Korean Peninsula back in a state of war threatened Saturday to shut down a factory complex it jointly operates with South Korea that stands as the last significant symbol of ...

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Friday, March 29, 2013

North Korea says enters state of war against South

SEOUL (Reuters) North Korea said on Saturday it was entering a state of war with South Korea in a continuing escalation of angry rhetoric directed at Seoul and Washington but the South brushed off the statement as little more than tough talk. The ...

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North Korea Steps Up Its Threats After US Bomber Run

SEOUL South Korea North Korean state media said Friday that the countrys leader Kim Jong un had ordered his missile units to be ready to strike the United States and South Korea which South Korean officials said could signal either preparations ...

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

3 killed in Antipolo City La Union on Maundy Thursday NDRRMC

MANILA Philippines Three people were killed and 11 were injured were in separate incidents on Maundy Thursday the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Friday. In Antipolo City the NDRRMC said that one was ...

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Jenna Wolfe Pregnant My Baby Daddy Is Not Matt Lauer or Lester Holt

Jenna Wolfe and girlfriend Stephanie Gosk rock paper scissored who would get pregnant. Credit Heidi Gutman/NBC Virginia Sherwood/NBC. Jenna Wolfe is close with her TODAY colleagues but not that close The correspondent and TODAY Weekend ...

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

NBCs Jenna Wolfe Stephanie Gosk expecting engaged out. Whew

Well heres a bouncing bundle of news NBCs Jenna Wolfe and Stephanie Gosk are expecting a baby girl. By the way theyre also coming out as a couple of three years now and theyre engaged. We hardly know what kind of congratulations to send other ...

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USMNT vs. Mexico World Cup Qualifier Retro Diary

Regardless of the likelihood they will both advance this was still U.S. vs. Mexico. Its the defining soccer rivalry in North America. In this country this is the blockbuster summer movie of soccer. There are people who wouldnt recognize Jose ...

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Whats That Red Equal Sign on Facebook All About

In a Facebook post today the HRC asked gay marriage supporters to paint the town red wearing red in their wardrobe as well on their Facebook pages changing profile photos over to the HRC logo. The idea has even caught the eyes of Congress ...

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Yahoo buys Summly website from 17 year old tech whiz for $30 million

The 17 year old Brit is the founder of Summly a mobile app he developed that searches for snippets of news and makes them better suited for mobile devices which DAloisio sold to Yahoo He will now work for Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and become the ...

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Monday, March 25, 2013

The Voice How Did Usher And Shakira Do

Returning coaches Adam Levine and Blake Shelton were joined by two new mentors RB sensation Usher and new mama Shakira. They filled the chairs of the recently departed Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green. While comparisons to the original panel ...

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What is Florida Gulf Coast University

Its safe to say that a few weeks ago not many people outside South Florida had heard about Florida Gulf Coast University. Now thanks to the schools basketball team and its historic forward march in March Madness its the new it school at least ...

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Phil Spector Is fame a Faustian bargain

Phil Spector starring Al Pacino and Helen Mirren and directed and written by David Mamet is a supremely odd film and not because Pacino dresses up in a wide variety of wigs and rambles sort of in character like a set of Pacino ticks coming ...

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Kyle Busch wins Fontana after wreck

The race ended with Hamlin in the hospital Logano in a shoving match with Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch celebrating a victory that seemed secondary to all the fury at Fontana. Hamlin was airlifted away from the track Sunday after a collision with ...

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Saturday, March 23, 2013

Ten Things You Might Not Know About Florida Gulf Coast University

Florida Gulf Coast stunned Georgetown on Friday in the NCAA tournament becoming just the seventh No. 15 seed to defeat a No. 2 since the field expanded in 1985. Here are 10 things you might not know about the Fort Myers Fla. school.

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Kids Choice Awards 2013 Selena Gomez Kristen Stewart win early awards

Green slime and orange blimps both abounded Saturday at the 26th annual Kids Choice Awards. The awards show hosted by actor Josh Duhamel kicked off with a performance by Christina Aguilera and Pitbull that ended with the latter covered in green goo ...

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At Florida Gulf Coast Party Extends Beyond the Beach

The No.15 seed Florida Gulf Coast University upended second seeded Georgetown 78 68 for its first N.C.A.A. tournament win. Florida Gulf Coast is now the only undefeated mens basketball team in N.C.A.A. tournament history. For the junior psychology ...

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Chinua Achebe literary icon and author of Things Fall Apart dies at 82

(CNN) Nigerian author Chinua Achebe a literary icon whose 1958 novel Things Fall Apart captured the worlds attention has died his publisher said. He was 82. An author of more than 20 books he was celebrated worldwide for telling African ...

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Butler: Olympus Has Fallen is really a tale of redemption

If you head out to see the Gerard Butler action movie Olympus Has Fallen this weekend youre probably going for the pyrotechnics The White House is blown to smithereens the Washington Monument dramatically implodes many bad guys die violently.

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Amanda Bynes On Drake, Man Repeller On A Plane And More Tweets Of The ...

Our favorite tweets this week turned out to be pretty violent. Amanda Bynes asked something pretty explicit of Drake Miley Cyrus solved a wardrobe crisis Karen Elson experienced a case of mistaken identity and our favorite funny fashion editors ...

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