BRISTOL, Conn. (New York Times) — Jason Whitlock stood before a group of ESPN employees last week, not in his customary role as a sports columnist, but as...
(Coloures) – Cosmopolitan.com came under fire yesterday for publishing a listicle of beauty trends that need to die back in January. Somehow no one on staff caught that...
(Salon) – Catching a breath from all that mom dancing, Michelle Obama sat down with Jimmy Fallon Thursday night to give him some sage parenting advice. Starting...
(Bloomberg) – Next week, Crystal Stovall will choose between two black candidates running to represent her City Council ward in Ferguson, Missouri. The election is...
JONATHAN DREW, Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — The swift discovery of the person who hung a noose at Duke University leaves questions ranging from the...
The Associated Press Recent racially tinged incidents on college campuses: —Duke University officials say a student hung a noose in a plaza of the North Carolina...
(CBS News) – Disturbing photos of a teen beaten at a Georgia prison — apparently captured on an inmate’s cellphone — made it onto Facebook before...
ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press TOM DAVIES, Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Lawmakers in Arkansas and Indiana passed legislation Thursday that they hoped would quiet...
(Politico) – Four years ago today, President Barack Obama was gearing up to announce his reelection campaign, Mitt Romney was leading Newt Gingrich in the...
(Computer World) – I never thought I’d say this, but here we go: Samsung is about to release a beautifully designed phone. It’s true: The...
KIMBERLY HEFLING, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Tech-savvy students and others are using smartphone apps, social media and Internet phone services to make anonymous reports...
(PC World) – A Chinese Internet administrator blasted Google on Thursday, after the U.S. search giant decided to stop recognizing digital certificates issued by the...
MARY ESCH, Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Fourteen attorneys general asked Congress to launch an investigation of the herbal supplements industry and to consider giving...
CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY, Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone found 10 new Ebola cases during a three-day countrywide shutdown, an official said Wednesday, declaring...
(The American Register) – The largest study till date on the rising suicide rate among military personnel is published on Wednesday in The Journal of the...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Billion dollar lawsuit. Hundreds of people, part of a horrific STD study, sue Johns Hopkins University. Nearly 800 former research subjects infected...
(Digital Trends) – When RadioShack filed for bankruptcy earlier this year, it looked to some like it was well and truly over for the 94-year-old consumer electronics retail business....
ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart is asking suppliers to cut back on advertising spending in its stores as it seeks lower...
MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An unorthodox stock split designed to ensure Google CEO Larry Page and fellow co-founder Sergey Brin retain...
CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — It began with a container of excrement. On March 9, a South African student protester tossed...
JOCELYN GECKER, Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The big topic of conversation in Thailand is martial law. Technically it’s gone, but in reality it’s still there....
STEVEN WINE, AP Sports Writer KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Serena Williams abused her racket, scolded herself and even made angry faces at the sun. In...
FRED GOODALL, AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Four No. 1 seeds are in the Final Four of the women’s NCAA Tournament for only the...
AARON BEARD, AP Basketball Writer DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — There was a time when Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski led Final Four teams built around players who stayed...
