Anti-Islam Ads Going Up in NYC Subways
Ads that equate foes of Israel with “savages” will appear in 10 New York City subway stations next week after a federal judge ordered the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to put them up. (Sept. 20)
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A new study has determined for the first time just how quickly frogs and other amphibians are disappearing around the United States, and the news is not good. The U.S. Geological Survey said Thursday that populations of frogs, salamanders and toads have been vanishing from places where they live at a rate of 3.7 percent a year. That puts them on a path to disappearing [...]
Read more →BLAST FROM PAST: International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde faced questions at a special Paris court Thursday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) pay-off to a businessman when she was France's finance minister. THE BACKGROUND: The payment was made to entrepreneur Bernard Tapie as part of a private arbitration process to settle a dispute with state-owned bank Credit [...]
Read more →ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — There comes a time in Central Florida — usually around mid-August, when you step outside and it feels like you're wearing a wet blanket inside an oven nestled in a sauna — that you start to dream of cold places and cold weather. Antarctica, snow, penguins: any chilly visualization to relieve the oppressive humidity and heat. Now there's real-life summer heat relief in [...]
Read more →LONDON (AP) — The UEFA executive committee on Thursday ratified a 10-match minimum ban for racist abuse by players or officials. The changes were first announced last month by UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino and will now be included in the disciplinary regulations. While UEFA can only enforce the punishments in its competitions, its 53 members will be asked to adopt the same measures [...]
Read more →CANNES, France (AP) — Shooting the Midwest in monochrome came naturally for Alexander Payne in his father-son road trip "Nebraska." Payne premiered his black-and-white follow-up to "The Descendants" on Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival, where the gentle tale drew largely enthusiastic reviews for both its warmth and its colorless cinematography. "It just seemed like the right thing to do for [...]
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