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Baseball Tests Out Its Expanded Replay System
Monday, March 03, 2014
Major League Baseball debuted its expanded replay system on Monday and all three calls challenged ended up being upheld by another umpire looking at a screen in a satellite truck.
"The first test came at 3:06 p.m. EST in Fort Myers, Fla., after first base ...
Government Shutdown Cost National Parks $414 Million
Monday, March 03, 2014
Months after the 16-day partial shutdown of the federal government, the U.S. Department of Interior has tallied the numbers and come up with a cost: National parks saw 7.88 million fewer visitors in October 2013, and that translates to a loss of $414 million.
Interior calculated the numbers by ...
WATCH: Plow Vs. TV Reporter (You'll Be Surprised Who Wins)
Monday, March 03, 2014
Local TV reporters tend to get themselves into hairy situations when it comes to weather stories.
This morning, a reporter for Fox 29 in Philadelphia was covering the snowfall. He was in the middle of a stand-up on a rural road in Woodstown, N.J., when all of a sudden a ...
Supreme Court Refuses To Revisit Case On Anti-Immigrant Laws
Monday, March 03, 2014
A long-running case with great symbolism for the immigration debate in the country has likely come to an end today: The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from a Dallas suburb over its stringent laws against illegal immigrants.
As we've reported, taking Arizona's lead back in 2006, ...
U.S., EU Threaten Russia With Sanctions Over Ukraine
Monday, March 03, 2014
(We updated this post at 8:28 p.m. ET.)
The United States and the European Union are threatening Moscow with sanctions over Russia's move to dispatch troops into Ukrainian territory.
During short remarks at the Oval Office, President Obama said the U.S. was examining a wide array of steps that ...
Miss. Man Thought Dead, Comes Back To Life On Embalming Table
Friday, February 28, 2014
A man in Mississippi whom the coroner had declared dead on Wednesday came back to life once he was put on an embalming table.
Nope. We're not kidding, and the county coroner and local sheriff have verified the story for news outlets. Here's how The Los Angeles Times tells ...
Doodles: The Lighter Side Of Presidential History
Friday, February 28, 2014
We've covered the serious news about the thousands of documents released by the Clinton Library Friday morning.
On the lighter side, one thing that struck us — and others — is that Jeff Shesol, a speechwriter for President Bill Clinton, spent some of his time at meetings doodling.
...New Documents Shed Light On Inner Workings Of Clinton White House
Friday, February 28, 2014
The Clinton Presidential Library released about 5,000 pages of previously withheld documents on Friday.
The documents date back to the administration of former President Bill Clinton and include communications about a wide array of issues including the administration response to Rwanda and its health care overhaul initiative, as well as ...
5 San Francisco Police Officers Charged With Stealing From Suspects
Thursday, February 27, 2014
A federal grand jury has indicted five San Francisco police officers on charges ranging from extortion to dealing drugs to illegally intimidating suspects.
The AP reports that the cases stem from the release of surveillance videos in 2011. They showed officers walking through "low-income" hotel rooms, illegally searching them ...
Christie Aide Joked About Targeting Rabbi With Traffic Woes
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Newly uncensored text messages show that the former deputy chief of staff for Gov. Chris Christie joked with a Christie ally about causing traffic troubles in front of the home of a local rabbi.
"'We cannot cause traffic problems in front ...
Federal Judge Rules Kentucky Must Recognize Gay Marriages
Thursday, February 27, 2014
U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn ruled on Thursday that Kentucky must recognize same-sex marriages performed in states where they are legal.
The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that Heyburn's decision strikes "down portions of a 1998 state law and a 2004 state constitutional amendment defining marriage in Kentucky as between ...
Attorney General Holder Released From Hospital
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Update at 2:04 p.m. ET. Released From Hospital:
Attorney General Eric Holder was released from a Washington, D.C. hospital Thursday afternoon.
Holder was taken to Washington Hospital Center after complaining of shortness of breath and faintness. Holder was released shortly thereafter and is now resting at home, a spokeswoman ...
Report Criticizes Border Patrol's Use Of Deadly Force
Thursday, February 27, 2014
An independent review of 67 cases in which Border Patrol agents used deadly force found that in some of them "agents have deliberately stepped in the path of cars apparently to justify shooting at the drivers and have fired in frustration at people throwing rocks from the Mexican side of ...
That Wolf Roaming Halls Of Olympian's Dorm, Yeah That Was A Prank
Friday, February 21, 2014
If you've been paying any attention to Olympic coverage you may have heard about the wolf that was seen roaming the halls of a dorm in Sochi's Olympic village.
U.S. luger Kate Hansen posted video of it on YouTube with the hashtag #SochiFail, a reference to the problems that ...
PHOTO: On A Miami Highway, Strangers Help Save A Baby
Friday, February 21, 2014
"All my nightmares happen on 836."
That's what Miami Herald photographer Al Diaz told us during a short phone interview this afternoon. He was referring to the Dolphin Expressway, a major east-west freeway that's notorious for unrelenting traffic jams that try even the kindest soul.
But Thursday afternoon, something deeply ...
Detroit Bankruptcy Plan Proposes 34 Percent Cut To Pensions
Friday, February 21, 2014
The city of Detroit filed a so-called exit plan with a federal bankruptcy court on Friday. The plan, intended to resolve the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, would free up cash and allow the city to resume providing some basic services to citizens of Detroit.
Protests In Venezuela Intensify, As Government Deploys Military
Friday, February 21, 2014
Thousands of protesters are out on the streets across Venezuela again today. This time, the Venezuelan military is also out on the streets trying quash more than two weeks of protests.
How tense is the situation? A human rights activist and opponent of the current government tells Venezuela's El ...
Author Of Snowden Book: 'Secret Reader' Deleted Paragraphs
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Ukrainian Skiier Leaves Olympics To Join Protesters At Home
Thursday, February 20, 2014
A Ukrainian skier has withdrawn from the slalom event on Friday in order to join anti-government protests back home.
As we've reported, Thursday marked one of the bloodiest days in Kiev, where protesters clashed with police, leaving dozens dead.
NPR's Corey Flintoff tells our Newscast unit that the head ...
Oregon Won't Defend State's Ban On Gay Marriage
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Saying the state's ban on gay marriage could not withstand a federal constitutional challenge, Oregon's attorney general said they will no longer defend the ban in court.
The Oregonian reports that Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum made the announcement in a brief filed in U.S. District Court in Eugene, where ...