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R.A. Dickey Blue Jays look to avoid sweep in New York
Yankee Stadium continues to be a source of disappointment for the Toronto Blue Jays. The New York Yankees can claim their second home sweep of Toronto this season Sunday when CC Sabathia squares off against R.A. Dickey. The Blue Jays came into the series winners of four in a row and seven of 10 after starting 10-21. But the Yankees have outscored Toronto 12-2 in winning the first two games of ...
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American imprisoned in North Korea spared death gulags say experts
It's bad for Kenneth Bae, the Washington man arrested in North Korea last year and sentenced to 15 years in prison, but it could be worse, according to people familiar with the workings of one of the world's most secretive and repressive regimes. Bae began serving a 15-year, hard labor sentence on Tuesday for what Pyongyang has described as hostile acts against the state. But word ...
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Ghosts of incinerator bond deal haunt Harrisburg election
City of Harrisburg Mayor Linda Thompson speaks about her city's bankruptcy filing at a news conference at Harrisburg City Hall in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, October 12, ...
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Greg Cote Knicks would have been spicier matchup for Miami Heat
Miami Heat players have been steadfastly neutral in claiming no preference as they waited for Indiana and New York to figure out which would play the underdog in the NBA’s upcoming Eastern Conference finals. Confident champions do not deign to worry about who’s next; they leave the worrying to opponents. The lion who runs the jungle does not much care if he is feasting on zebra or ...
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The newest thing in architecture Something old
(CBS News) Anyone who has seen a great old building being torn down knows that they don't make 'em like they used to. But one New York design team is trying. Tracy Smith reports our Cover Story: It was built to stand for centuries, but by 1969, New York's Grand Central Terminal was in trouble. Kent Barwick led an effort to save the old building from developers. "At ...
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This Week Transcript White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer
A rush transcript of "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" airing on Sunday morning, May 19, 2013 on ABC News is below. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. STEPHANOPOULOS: Hello again. The Washington scandal factory kicking into high gear this week with jobs lost, lawyers hired, witnesses grilled, and outrage all around. As investigations intensify into IRS ...
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Health Insurance in America Legalized Extortion
Included in yesterday's mail were two ominous envelopes, one addressed to me, the other to my wife. They were from our health insurance company. Being that this is mid-May, I knew what the contents of the envelopes would be: one-page letters informing us what our insurance premiums are going to run in the coming year. With sweaty palms and racing heart, I began operating on the ...
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Giant Renaissance Food People Descend Upon New York
this video . "It's very clear that's how they were meant to be seen," Brown says. "They were a source of amusement or entertainment, because there was this element of surprise." That they also often feature an element of fruits, berries or other foods is partly a reflection of the Renaissance blossoming of natural sciences, like botany. "At a distance, they ...
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Neighbors complain of smell San Francisco bacon restaurant shut down
A San Francisco restaurant owner says he's out of business after complaints about the smell of bacon led to a discovery the eatery lacked proper health permits. Jim Angelus, the owner of Bacon Bacon, said the restaurant will shut down at the close of business Friday. Neighbors complained last summer about the smell and alleged Bacon Bacon did not properly dispose of grease. The San ...
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Best Places To See Jacarandas In Bloom In Los Angeles
, or blue jacarandas in full flower. Other cities have them, too: Bangalore, Adelaide, Mexico City, Zimbabwe, Buenos Aires. But only in California do jacarandas bloom twice and with such intoxicating luminescence. The California poppy had a terrible year this year. The state flower barely made an appearance in the deserts outside L.A. The week of the California Poppy Festival in Lancaster last ...
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Dressing down a culture for refusing to dress up
(CBS News) Dressing elegantly for the most routine matters is a tradition from a distant past -- and our Nancy Giles thinks that's a shame. (Don't miss taking our poll below!) There was a time when a woman really made an entrance! Remember? Skirts swished, heads turned . . . and it wasn't for a red carpet event, either. It was for dinner, or going shopping. What happened? ...
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Lottery officials confirm lone winning record Powerball ticket
DES MOINES, Iowa It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said Sunday. The single winner was sold at a supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla., according to Florida Lottery executive Cindy O'Connell. She told The Associated ...
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Long Island police defend Hofstra student killing
MINEOLA, N.Y. In what police are describing as a crime of opportunity, a wanted man with a criminal history dating nearly 15 years entered a front door that had been left open at a New York home near Hofstra University. A short time later, the intruder, Dalton Smith, and a 21-year-old college junior, Andrea Rebello, were both dead. The two were killed early Friday by a Nassau County police ...
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United States Institute of Peace Holds Inaugural H.H. Sheikha Fatima Lectureship
WAM ABU DHABI, 19 May 2013 (WAM)-- The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) recently launched Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Lectureship with an inaugural event on Thursday, May 9th. H.H. Sheikha Fatima Lectureship was established by USIP to recognize the role of women as peacebuilders, and will include one lecture per year for the next five years in order to foster a better ...
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Colossal Head Sculptures Grace New York Botanical Garden In Bronx
Four colossal fiberglass sculptures of human heads dominate the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory Courtyard. Their features are made of faux vegetation including fruit, bark, flowers and twigs. Each head depicts one of the four seasons. For example, the mosaic-like features of the Autumn work are a composite of nuts, gourds, figs and grapes. The 15-foot-high busts are the creation of contemporary ...
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Top 5 best and worst things about my time studying abroad in America | Richard Morris
A Brit studying abroad across the pond might not sound that adventurous, but it's been an eye-opening year for me at the University of West Georgia in the much stereotyped US south. Here's the best and worst of what I learned about ...
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Stories Of Hope Amid Americas Unwinding
. It's filled with vignettes and profiles of famous and ordinary American lives. He joins NPR's Rachel Martin to discuss the book's characters and how he first became aware of the unwinding ...
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Paul Klein Chicago Art Migration Transformation Absence Presence a Damn Good List
There are perks to having a press pass; like getting to preview exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art with a small group, several curators, and the ...
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Ax hovers over food stamp program as costs grow
A heated battle is brewing on Capitol Hill over cuts to the food stamp program, with lawmakers quoting Bible verses at each other and benefits for millions of people hanging in the balance.Nearly 47 million people – one in seven Americans – rely on food stamps for some of all of their daily ...
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FBI searches Spokane Wash. apartment in ricin letters case
SPOKANE, Wash. — Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ...
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Medical emergency eyed in crash at Virginia parade
May 18, 2013: Emergency personnel respond to one of the people hit by a car, at right, during the beginning of the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in Damascus, ...
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Eyes in the Sky Lawmakers Look To Restrict Use of Domestic Drones
Amid growing concern over the use of drones by police and government officials for surveillance, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to limit the use of unmanned surveillance "eyes in the sky" aircraft. Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., along with Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, is sponsoring legislation that would codify due process protections for ...
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TRAGIC TWISTHofstra Student Was Killed By Police During Break-In
MINEOLA, N.Y. – A Hofstra University student being held in a headlock at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to the home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday. Junior public relations major Andrea Rebello was shot once in the head early Friday morning by an officer who opened fire after the masked intruder pointed a ...
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Meet the IMDb Guy
CANNES, France – Just like it has newspapers, magazines, and television, digital technology is poised to change the way people consume movies. The Netflix-ization of your favorite films means that more and more, you can stream what movies you want, when you want, straight to whatever device you want. The principals of several digital companies working to do this with independent and ...
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Winning ticket for $590.5 million Powerball lottery sold in Florida
(Reuters) - A single winning ticket for a record U.S. Powerball lottery jackpot worth $590.5 million was sold in Florida, organizers said late on Saturday, but there was no immediate word about who won or where in the state the ticket was ...
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