LOS ANGELES – The framing of Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook as the young star with suspect basketball temperament and judgment has been replaced with that of a shrewd, assured star missing a far different denominator: fashion sense. Out of the winning locker room this genius talent bounded late ...
VeriFone’s SAIL credit card swiper might be a little too close to Square’s mobile technology, Bloomberg Businessweek reported. While VeriFone’s SAIL looks physically different, the agreement and usage terms are remarkably similar, such that Square might believe VeriFone copied their merchant ...
Mick Jagger drew big laughs as host during Saturday night's season finale of Saturday Night Live. The Rolling Stones frontman performed four times, mocked Steven Tyler and delivered an opening monologue that included answers to the questions he's most often asked (biggest regret? Passing down the ...
Millions and millions and millions of dollars are flowing into campaigns at the state and national levels as the U.S. election sweepstakes rolls toward November. Individuals and corporations are donating to entities vast sums one observer said could be considered "decimal dust" in their circles but ...
The United States and NATO leaders are insisting the Afghanistan fighting coalition will remain whole despite France's plans to yank combat troops out early. "There will be no rush for the exits," NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Sunday. "Our goal, our strategy, our timetable remain ...
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan on Sunday blocked access to Twitter in response to "blasphemous" material posted by users on the microblogging and social networking website, a senior government official said. "This has been done under the directions of the Ministry of Information Technology. It's ...
CANNES, France (AP) — Thomas Vinterberg is aware his new movie, "The Hunt," may touch a raw nerve. Several, in fact. The Danish director's Cannes Film Festival contender, the story of a small-town witch hunt triggered by a child's allegation of abuse, takes in sensitive subjects including ...
In one week, Ina Drew has found herself in a position no investment banker wants to be in. Out of a job. In the public eye. Facing the prospect of losing millions of dollars in bonuses and stock awards under JPMorgan Chase’s new claw-back policy. And perhaps worst of all, being the ammunition ...
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) – Police say five people were killed when a small sports plane crashed in Bosnia's northwest. Mirna Soja, a spokesperson for Banja Luka police, told the AP on Sunday that the Cesna plane burst into flames on landing, killing the two pilots and three skydivers ...
(Reuters) - A Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating bacterial infection was in critical condition at Augusta Hospital on Saturday, a hospital spokeswoman said. The spokeswoman said she could not comment on whether Aimee Copeland had undergone surgery to remove her hands and right foot, amputations ...