Joe Paterno, the Penn State football coach who preached success with honor for half a century but whose legend was shattered by a child sex abuse scandal, said Wednesday he will retire at the end of this season. He said he hoped the team could finish its season with “dignity and determination.” The trustees could […]
A conservative-leaning appeals court panel on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health care law, as the Supreme Court prepares to consider this week whether to resolve conflicting rulings over the law’s requirement that all Americans buy health care insurance. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia […]
FORMER European Central Bank vice-president Lucas Papademos is to be Greece’s new prime minister. The former European Central Bank vice-president Mr Papademos set a series of demands that prevented agreement between the two main parties on Monday. State television channel NET said Papademos wanted to extend the new government’s term to beyond February 19, a date […]
Joe Frazier, a tough, underrated heavyweight boxer from Philadelphia and one of the sport’s fiercest competitors who spent a lifetime playing second fiddle to his nemesis, Muhammad Ali, died Monday night from liver cancer. He was 67. Frazier’s death was announced in a statement by his family, who asked to be able to grieve privately. “Smokin’ Joe” Frazier […]
An unprecedented increase in the deportation of undocumented immigrants has left an estimated 5,100 children languishing in U.S. foster homes — a troubling figure that could triple in the coming years, Huffington Post reports. According to the “Shattered Families” report from the Applied Research Center, The Obama administration deported 46,000 parents of children who are U.S. citizens in the […]
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon says Palestinian efforts to join other United Nations agencies beyond its cultural arm is “not beneficial for Palestine and not beneficial for anybody.” Ban said “millions and millions” of people could be affected if U.N. agencies see their funding cut as a result of the Palestinian bids. The United States and Canada […]
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou is expected to offer his resignation within the next half-hour, sources in Athens have told the BBC. He is expected to offer a coalition government, with former Greek central banker Lucas Papademos at the helm. Mr Papandreou himself would stand down, the BBC understands. READ MORE: BBC
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72 days after their lavish wedding ceremony, which cost an estimated $10 million, Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries are getting divorce. Kardashian, 31, announced she had filed for divorce. “After careful consideration, I have decided to end my marriage,” she said in a statement. “I hope everyone understands this was not an easy decision. I had hoped this marriage was […]