Chris Burke: Fantastic finishes in Week 3
The NFL knows drama. All nine of the early games were tight heading into the fourth quarter and most of them went down to the wire or into OT. Chris Burke recaps a wild Week 3.
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Libya orders disbanding of ‘illegitimate’ militias
The president said a joint operations room will coordinate between the brigades and army.
New York Jets outlast Miami Dolphins 23-20 in overtime
By STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer MIAMI – Kicker Nick Folk received a reprieve that gave the New York Jets a wild win.
Spaceport is built, but who will come?
New Mexico Tourism Secretary Monique Jacobson says it will be New Mexico's Sydney Opera House. Virgin Galactic Chairman Richard Branson has hinted it will host the first of his new brand of lifestyle hotels. And the eclectic hot springs town of Truth or Consequences has been anxiously awaiting all the economic development the nearly quarter-of-a-billion-dollar project is supposed to bring to this largely rural part of southern New Mexico.
UK considers tapping pensions to help home buyers
BRIGHTON (Reuters) – Britain will allow parents to use money locked up in pension schemes to help their children obtain mortgages and buy their own home, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said on Sunday. The scheme, still at the planning stage, aims to give a lift to a sluggish economy with a 125 million pound ($ 200 million) boost to the housing and construction market. It comes after Clegg and Prime Minister David Cameron announced 10 billion pounds of government backing for new housing schemes earlier this month. …
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Three films cluster at top of North American movie box office
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Police drama "End of Watch" and horror thriller "House at the End of the Street" tied for the top spot at the North American box office this weekend, with Clint Eastwood's "Trouble With the Curve" close behind. Each of the top films brought in $ 13 million respectively at U.S. and Canadian box offices. The gritty "End of Watch," written and directed by the writer of 2001 crime drama "Training Day," David Ayer, brought in $ 13 million at U.S. and Canadian box offices. …
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong getting treatment for substance abuse
Sunday’s announcement by the band’s rep comes after the rock frontman had a meltdown onstage at the iHeart Radio Music Festival in Las Vegas.
The Digital Smackdown: Obama 2008 vs. Obama 2012
Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign was lauded for its embrace of digital tools, as it accomplished unprecendented levels of community engagement from a national politician. The Obama team was on Twitter, Facebook and MySpace, plus it had its own social network, My.BarackObama.com, to boot.
Chiefs come back for OT win, drop Saints to 0-3
Except for the fact that this was a game between 0-2 teams that featured five instant replay reversals of on-field rulings by replacement officials, it might have qualified as an NFL instant classic.
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Report: Riots at Foxconn factory in China
Reports early Monday from China suggest that a mass disturbance or riots may have broken out at a Foxconn factory in the Chinese city of Taiyuan.
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