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Srikanth Srinivasan first Indian-American judge of top American court
NRI News: With Senate confirmation, 46-year-old Srikanth Srinivasan has become the first Indian-American to be appointed to the top American ...
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Clinton leads Iowa -- but not by a whole lot
The poll, from Quinnipiac University, shows Democrat Hillary Clinton beating two leading GOP senators, Marco Rubio of Florida and Rand Paul of Kentucky.But considering Clinton’s name ID, her lead is hardly overwhelming.She tops Rubio in Iowa by 48-37 percent and Paul by 46-42 percent.Paul leads among that crucial bloc of independents by 44-38 percent. The gender gap is in full display, ...
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Chicago man charged in Wisconsin elder abuse case
Wisconsin State Journal reports. The 35-year-old Chicago man was arrested by Milton police Thursday on a tentative charge of abuse of an individual at risk and one of the allegations is that he left the elderly man in a soiled diaper for more than one day. Module type name is JSO Mod-Script ...
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Taiwans Blockbuster Documentary to Screen in Washington DC
WASHINGTON, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- D.C. Asian Pacific American Film, in collaboration with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative's Office (TECRO), is proud to present Taiwan's highest-grossing documentary, Go Grandriders, at Landmark's E Street Cinema (555 11th St. NW) on Wednesday, May 29, at 7 p.m. This is a FREE screening that you don't want to ...
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Holder Probes Holder Review Sought Over Records Grab AG Likely OKd
The review ordered by President Obama into the Justice Department's policies on pursuing reporters' records could have Attorney General Eric Holder effectively reviewing his own actions. Under Justice Department guidelines, the attorney general would most likely have had to sign off on the controversial search warrant that allowed federal authorities to seize the private emails ...
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Worst Tech Flops of All Time
There are gadgets that change everything (the iPhone, Bose's noise-canceling headphones), and then there are devices that are so spectacularly bad that they should be immortalized in their own way. To make our list of all-time gadget flops, the product had to do more than fail to execute. It had to have serious hype behind it--enough to help make that crash and burn all the more ...
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Exclusive New York Sandy ‘Climate Resilience’ Plan Won’t Address Climate Pollution
$300 million climate-resiliency initiative established by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg using Sandy relief funds will not address climate pollution, according to a city official. The New York City Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency (SIRR), formed in November 2012, will release a report this month indicating how $294 million in federal funding from the Superstorm Sandy ...
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First Take Googles potential tussle with feds has a familiar feel
SAN FRANCISCO -- The possibility of another Google dustup with federal regulators has the makings of a revised movie title: Play it again, Uncle Sam.Should the Federal Trade Commission expand a preliminary probe and decide to launch a full-fledged investigation over how Google sells online display ads, it will be dj vu all over again for the search-engine behemoth.In January, the FTC closed a ...
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Obama addresses sex assault in Naval Academy speech
In his commencement address at the United States Naval Academy, President Obama touched upon the growing military sexual assault cases, telling graduates, "We have to be determined to stop these crimes. They've got no place in the greatest military on ...
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Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter lands in NYC
A life-sized Lego model of a Star Wars X-Wing Starfighter arrives in New York City before heading to California's Legoland. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown ...
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Jury hung in Arias case new sentencing trial set
The penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial ended in a hung jury Thursday when jury members could not unanimously decide whether she deserves the death penalty. Another trial is set for July and a new jury will be chosen. NBC's Diana Alvear ...
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IHT Rendezvous America’s Profligate Ways With Water
the hammered High Plains Aquifer . The scale and circumstances are vastly different, but nothing focuses the mind on water like the fear of it running out. Nomadic peoples figured this out long ago. But in much of the world, industrial excess, lax control and blind greed foreshadow serial calamity ahead. As water grows scarce, special interests hurry to get it while they can. Anyone who ...
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Jennifer Hudson American Idol Judge Singer In Negotiations Close To Deal
Mariah Carey and Keith Urban are leaving the panel as well . If Hudson -- who was a contestant on Season 3 of "Idol" -- does take Fox up on their reported offer, her choice will be an interesting one. In ...
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California earthquake rattles thousands in area near San Francisco
An earthquake in far north-eastern 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 8.47pm Thursday, officials said.It was centered near Greenville, about 25 miles south-west of Susanville in far north-eastern California, said ...
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Pregnant woman dies gives birth comes back to life
When a pregnant teacher in Texas collapsed, her coworkers rushed to help. The woman technically died, gave birth and then was brought back to life. Erica Nigrelli, an English teacher at Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas, collapsed in a co-worker's classroom when she was 36 weeks pregnant. "Apparently I told her, 'I feel very faint,' and I put my head down and I ...
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American killed in 2011 drone strike was jailed by Pakistan
PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN - An American citizen killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2011 was arrested by Pakistani authorities three years earlier but escaped after being released on bail, officials said Thursday. The Obama administration revealed Wednesday that Jude Kenan Mohammad died in a drone strike in Pakistan’s tribal region, making him the fourth American citizen killed by ...
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Video TGI Fridays accused of tampering with premium alcohol
Investigators in New Jersey accuse some TGI Friday restaurants of cheating people who thought they were buying premium alcohol. Instead, customers were getting cheap whiskey, rubbing alcohol or water. Charlie Rose ...
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Video Flavored water Healthy or not
Dr. Lisa Young, a nutritionist and professor at New York University, and Stuart Elliot, an advertising columnist for The New York Times, talk to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about the nutrition of flavored water and how they're being ...
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Watch Trayvon Martin Texts Reveal Fighting Drug Use
The defense says this kittles an Arizona -- trade on Martin bought at this 7-Eleven -- night he was killed. Might have been more than an innocent snack the defense says this photo of red liquid on ...
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Randy Jackson Why Hes Leaving American Idol
After 12 years of countless auditions, performances and lots of drama involving the judges themselves, ';American Idol'; judge Randy Jackson is leaving the show, saying his long stint had run its course. When the longest-tenured judge announced his departure from America’s stage earlier this month, rumors rapidly ran wild. But Jackson confirms to ABC News’ Bianna Golodryga ...
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PAPER TRAIL IRS Official On Leave Signed Tea Party Letters
The IRS official who refused to testify this week -- while claiming she had done nothing wrong -- signed letters to Tea Party groups a year ago that asked them to turn over everything from printouts of their Facebook pages to the credentials of speakers who participated in their events. A group representing more than a dozen Tea Party groups now suing the IRS released a sample of one of ...
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Air Force One Percent Has Landed - Americas Top Private Jet Hotspots
Flightaware , an online tool for tracking flights shows a list of arrivals at the airport and a map of planes as they make their approach. Julia Roche ...
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Clarification Fossil Fuels-Divestment story
SWARTHMORE, Pa. - In a story May 22, The Associated Press reported 72 percent of Harvard University's student body voted in favor of the school's endowment divesting from fossil fuel companies. The story should have made clear that the vote was held only among undergraduates and that of the ballots cast, 72 percent were in favor of ...
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Lois Lerner and the problems with not acting swiftly
IRS official Lois Lerner has been placed on administrative leave following reports she refused to resign as director of Exempt Organizations. But should Lerner be penalized for pleading the Fifth? And what has the public and administration learned from this controversy? The Morning Joe panel ...
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Multiple aftershocks follow 5.7 quake in N. Calif.
GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) -- At least 22 aftershocks have struck following an earthquake in far northeastern California that was felt as far away as San Francisco and in two other ...
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