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| The Multi-Million Dollar Product That Got Away From 'Shark Tank' Monday, Apr 28, 2014 01:05 PM PDT  Sharks Explain Why They Didn't Bite at Copa Di Vino Product Pitch Full Story | Top |
| FBI Arrests and Rips Rep. Michael Grimm, an Ex-FBI Agent Monday, Apr 28, 2014 12:30 PM PDT Rep. Grimm Once Threatened to Throw Reporter Off Capitol Balcony Full Story | Top |
| Putin Divulged His Plot to Reunify the USSR Years Ago Monday, Apr 28, 2014 03:15 AM PDT Russian President Vladimir Putin has never hidden his nostalgia for the days of the Soviet Union. He worked as a spy at the KGB, lamented the end of communism, restored lyrics chosen by former Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin to the Russian national anthem, and marshaled Soviet-style military parades in Moscow. The program, which began in the 1930s, would "pay homage to our national historical traditions," Putin said in March. His most direct praise of the old Soviet Union came in 2005, when he shocked the west in a speech to the Russian people. Full Story | Top |
| George Clooney, UK human rights lawyer are engaged - law firm Monday, Apr 28, 2014 05:03 AM PDT  A London law firm confirmed the worst-kept secret in show business on Monday by sending congratulations to one of its lawyers and Hollywood leading man George Clooney on their engagement. Media speculation that Clooney had gone back on his vow never to remarry grew at the weekend after his girlfriend, human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin, was spotted wearing a large ring on her wedding finger at a Los Angeles restaurant. The couple have said nothing and Clooney's representative declined to comment on the actor's personal life, but on Monday Alamuddin's law firm released a statement. "The barristers and staff of Doughty Street Chambers offer their best wishes and congratulations to Ms Amal Alamuddin, a member of Chambers, and Mr George Clooney on their engagement to be married," the firm said. Full Story | Top |
| Paul Simon, Edie Brickell arrested in Connecticut Monday, Apr 28, 2014 12:12 PM PDT  NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Paul Simon and his wife, Edie Brickell, were arrested on disorderly conduct charges by officers investigating a family dispute, but the couple held hands in court Monday and said they did not feel threatened by the other. Full Story | Top |
| North Korea ups rhetoric after Obama visits South Monday, Apr 28, 2014 07:12 AM PDT SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea expressed outrage Monday over a rhetorical attack on President Park Geun-hye by the North Korean government that likened her to a prostitute in a tirade far exceeding even the North's often strident standards. Full Story | Top |
| Singer Paul Simon and wife arrested after domestic dispute Monday, Apr 28, 2014 09:53 AM PDT  Grammy Award-winning singer Paul Simon and his wife, singer-songwriter Edie Brickell, have been arrested in Connecticut on domestic violence charges, local police said on Monday. New Canaan police officers responded to a family dispute around 8:20 p.m. on Saturday, and both Simon and his wife were charged with disorderly conduct, the police department said in a news release. The two were released on a promise to appear in Norwalk Superior Court on Monday. New Canaan Chief of Police Leon Krolikowski told reporters that the incident resulted in some minor injuries, but both Simon and Brickell were cooperative when police arrived. Full Story | Top |
| 'X Factor' musical booted off stage at London's West End Monday, Apr 28, 2014 03:14 AM PDT  By Michael Roddy LONDON (Reuters) - "X Factor" guru Simon Cowell has become the latest big name in showbusiness to suffer an expensive pratfall in London's West End with the announcement on Monday that the musical "I Can't Sing!" which he co-produced will close after a six-week run. The demise of the musical parody of the TV talent contest, which reportedly cost 6 million pounds ($10 million) to produce, comes hard on the heels of the closures of musicals by long-time West End and Broadway hotshots Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. "Stage Entertainment and Syco Entertainment, the producers of 'I Can't Sing!' at the London Palladium, have announced the closure of the production on Saturday 10th May 2014," the statement on the website said. "The show received a series of rave reviews and standing ovations from thousands of theatre-goers following its opening earlier this year." Despite reviews praising the show's irreverence, it struggled to fill one of the West End's largest theaters, and on some nights a hoarding outside advertised the availability of choice seats for only 20 pounds just before curtain time. Full Story | Top |
| It's all Greek, and then some: $1K offered to decipher strange notes in Homer's 'Odyssey' Monday, Apr 28, 2014 10:35 AM PDT Once upon a time, somebody read this 1504 edition of Homer's Odyssey and was apparently so taken by the book, that he or she wrote in the margins of Book 11 (the journey to the underworld of Hades). Full Story | Top |
| U.S. sanctions Putin allies as Ukraine violence goes on Monday, Apr 28, 2014 04:49 PM PDT  By Maria Tsvetkova and Thomas Grove DONETSK/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - The United States imposed new sanctions on allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, prompting Moscow to denounce "Cold War" tactics amid more violence in eastern Ukraine. The move to ban visas and freeze assets of the likes of Putin's friend Igor Sechin, head of oil giant Rosneft, also drew fire from President Barack Obama's domestic critics, who called it a "slap on the wrist." EU states added 15 more Russians and Ukrainians to their blacklist and will reveal them on Tuesday. The new round of U.S. sanctions, following those imposed last month when Russia annexed Crimea, barely registered in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Moscow rebels were holding a group of German and other OSCE military observers for a fourth day. Full Story | Top |
| Two U.S. soldiers lose bid to dress according to religious custom Monday, Apr 28, 2014 03:44 PM PDT  By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army has denied requests by two soldiers to dress and groom themselves according to their religious beliefs under a revised Pentagon policy, a spokesman said on Monday. It also could affect Wiccans and others who obtain tattoos for religious reasons. But the policy has been criticized by lawmakers and members of the affected religious groups, who say the Defense Department is still setting a hurdle essentially prohibiting some people from joining the service. Lieutenant Colonel Justin Platt, an Army spokesman, said only two soldiers had requested a waiver to the uniform policy for religious purposes since the new policy went into effect. Full Story | Top |
| Young Jews in Auschwitz memorial march Monday, Apr 28, 2014 09:14 AM PDT  OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Some 10,000 young Jews from Israel and around the world marched on Monday between the two parts of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi German death camp in Poland in memory of Holocaust victims, notably some 430,000 Hungarian Jews who perished there. Full Story | Top |
| Search for missing Malaysia plane enters new phase Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 11:39 PM PDT  By Matt Siegel SYDNEY (Reuters) - The chance of finding floating debris from a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner has become highly unlikely, and a new phase of the search will focus on a far larger area of the Indian Ocean floor, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Monday. The search effort for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which vanished while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8 with 239 people on board, has so far failed to turn up any trace of wreckage from the plane. Malaysia, China, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Britain and the United States are assisting Australia in conducting the most expensive search in aviation history. Malaysia is under pressure to bring closure to the grieving families by finding wreckage to determine definitively what happened to the aircraft. Full Story | Top |
| German neo-Nazis hold concerts, Hitler birthday bash in France Sunday, Apr 27, 2014 11:30 PM PDT  Metz (France) (AFP) - German neo-Nazis, hamstrung by tough laws back home, are increasingly organising bashes across the French border, including a recent commemoration of Adolf Hitler's 125th birth anniversary. Facing intense media scrutiny in Germany and a slew of tough legislation, many neo-Nazis have turned to surrounding countries to stage concerts and other events, including France's northeastern border regions of Alsace and Lorraine. The area, which was under German control for about 40 years and only reverted back to France after World War I, was the venue of a recent ceremony to mark Hitler's birthday. Some 200 people crossed over the border for the party, held on the Saturday before Easter, in a communal hall in the Alsace town of Oltingue, which is near the border with Germany and Switzerland. Full Story | Top |
| In NYC, a $185M tunnel that leads nowhere, for now Monday, Apr 28, 2014 03:01 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — Taking shape on Manhattan's West Side is a $185 million, federally funded tunnel that leads to nowhere, for now. Full Story | Top |
| New US sanctions on Russian officials, companies Monday, Apr 28, 2014 12:18 PM PDT MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States imposed new sanctions Monday on seven Russian government officials, as well as 17 companies with links to Vladimir Putin's close associates, as the Obama administration sought to pressure the Russian leader to de-escalate the crisis in Ukraine. Full Story | Top |
| Russia condemns new U.S. sanctions, says U.S. back in Cold War Monday, Apr 28, 2014 10:10 AM PDT A senior Russian diplomat sharply criticized a new round of U.S. sanctions on Monday, saying the measures were illegitimate and uncivilized and that restrictions on high-tech exports from the United States marked a return to Cold War practices. "We decisively condemn the series of measures that has been announced in an attempt to put sanctions pressure on Moscow," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in comments posted on the ministry's website. He said the U.S. decision to impose sanctions was based on an "absolutely distorted" view of events occurring in Ukraine and "will not improve the chances for a constructive solution to the problems that have arisen." In addition to slapping visa bans and asset freezes on seven Russian officials and imposing sanctions on 17 companies with links to President Vladimir Putin, the United states said will deny export license applications for any high-technology items that could contribute to Russian military capabilities. Full Story | Top |
| Factbox: Russian companies on latest U.S. sanctions list Monday, Apr 28, 2014 09:49 AM PDT (Reuters) - The following are brief descriptions of the 17 Russian companies against which the United States imposed sanctions on Monday over Russia's role in the Ukraine crisis. * Aquanika - A producer of bottled water and 100 percent subsidiary of Volga Group (see below), which is controlled by Gennady Timchenko, a long-standing ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. * Avia Group - The company, founded in 2006, develops infrastructure and provides services for aircraft maintenance at Moscow's Sheremetyevo international airport. Volga Group has a 74 percent stake. Full Story | Top |
| Hunt on to find Cervantes _ Spain's great writer Monday, Apr 28, 2014 06:09 AM PDT  MADRID (AP) — Miguel de Cervantes, Spain's greatest writer, was a soldier of little fortune. He died broke in Madrid, his body riddled with bullets. His burial place was a tiny convent church no larger than the entrance hall of an average house. Full Story | Top |
| WHO holds emergency meeting on cross-border spread of polio Monday, Apr 28, 2014 07:02 AM PDT  By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) began an emergency meeting with experts on Monday on how to halt the spread of the crippling polio virus across international borders in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. "Wild polio virus continues to spread internationally from both endemic and re-infected countries," the United Nations health agency said in a statement, adding that the meeting in Geneva would last several days. Health experts from North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East will be asked "to advise on whether the current developments on the spread of polio virus constitute a public health emergency of international concern", it said. The WHO has repeatedly warned that as long as any single child remains infected with polio, children everywhere are at risk. Full Story | Top |
| Ohio to increase lethal injection drug dosage Monday, Apr 28, 2014 02:09 PM PDT  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio said Monday it's boosting the dosages of its lethal injection drugs even as it stands by the January execution of an inmate who made unusual snorting and gasping sounds that led to a civil rights lawsuit by his family and calls for a moratorium. Full Story | Top |
| Barcelona defender Alves bites back at banana racism Monday, Apr 28, 2014 03:12 AM PDT  Barcelona fullback Dani Alves produced the perfect riposte to a racist taunt when taking a corner kick during his team's 3-2 win at Villareal on Sunday. Alves has previously taken a stand against racism at stadia in Spain. The 30-year-old complained of racial abuse last year after being taunted by monkey chants from sections of the crowd during a King's Cup semi-final at Real Madrid and labelled Spain's efforts to tackle the problem a "lost war". Full Story | Top |
| Obama: US to levy new Russia sanctions Monday Monday, Apr 28, 2014 04:16 AM PDT MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Seeking to ratchet up pressure on Vladimir Putin, President Barack Obama said the United States will levy new sanctions Monday on Russian individuals and companies in retaliation for Moscow's alleged provocations in Ukraine. Full Story | Top |
| 5 gorgeous iPhone apps you need to check out right now (April 2014) Monday, Apr 28, 2014 07:40 AM PDT  Welcome to the third edition of our ongoing series covering gorgeous iPhone apps. With well over 1 million apps in Apple's App Store, it's becoming more and more difficult each day to sift though the junk and find apps that are really a cut above the rest. But don't worry, that's why we're here. In earlier installments in this series, we covered some truly terrific apps that are as beautiful as they are functional. Some favorites include Gist, Radium and Harmony from our first post, and Crossfader from our second. Now, it's time for another five gorgeous iPhone apps. We've got some great picks for you this time around, but of course there are plenty more to cover. Do you know Full Story | Top |
| Congress returns to work to do the bare minimum Monday, Apr 28, 2014 12:53 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress gets back to work Monday after a two-week vacation, and it's looking like lawmakers will do what they do best: the bare minimum. Full Story | Top |
| Assad seeks re-election as Syrian civil war rages Monday, Apr 28, 2014 09:39 AM PDT  By Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared on Monday he would seek re-election in June, defying calls from his opponents to step aside and allow a political solution to the country's devastating civil war. Assad formally submitted his nomination to Syria's constitutional court to stand in an election which his Western and Arab foes have dismissed as a parody of democracy. He is the seventh person to put himself forward for Syria's first multi-candidate presidential vote in decades, but none of his rivals are expected to mount a serious challenge to 44 years of Assad family rule. "I ... Dr Bashar Hafez al Assad ... wish to nominate myself for the post of president of the republic, hoping that parliament will endorse it," it said. Full Story | Top |
| Republican Representative Grimm of NY indicted on fraud charges Monday, Apr 28, 2014 04:47 PM PDT  By Bernard Vaughan and Aruna Viswanatha NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Representative Michael Grimm from New York was indicted on fraud charges in connection with a Manhattan fast-food restaurant he partly owned, according to court documents unsealed on Monday. The charges follow a federal probe of Grimm's fundraising that has been going on for more than two years, and Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch told reporters a "larger investigation" was ongoing. Grimm is a former Marine who subsequently worked as an FBI agent. In January, he generated headlines when he threatened to throw a television reporter off a balcony after an interview in the U.S. Capitol on the night of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. Full Story | Top |
| Supreme Court takes on privacy in digital age Monday, Apr 28, 2014 01:18 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Supreme Court cases about police searches of cellphones without warrants present vastly different views of the ubiquitous device. Full Story | Top |
| 'Looped' playwright sues Valerie Harper for $2M Monday, Apr 28, 2014 06:15 AM PDT  NEW YORK (AP) — The playwright of Valerie Harper's Broadway show "Looped" is suing the actress for $2 million, claiming she didn't disclose she had cancer until after she signed on to star in the play. Full Story | Top |
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