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Olympics great Michael Phelps back in U.S. anti-doping program

November 14, 2013, 4:10 pm
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Michael Phelps is back in the US Anti-Doping Agency’s drug test program, a possible sign the Olympic swimming great is eyeing a return for Rio. Phelps retired from swimming after bagging four gold medals and two silvers at the 2012 London Olympics, taking his tally of Olympic medals to a...
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Boeing contemplates leaving Seattle after union rejects contract extension

November 14, 2013, 4:30 pm
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US aerospace giant Boeing said Thursday it was reviewing site options to build its new 777X airplane after a key union rejected a contract extension at its Seattle base. The International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers District 751 voted late Wednesday to turn down...
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Study identifies 78 sites in need of environmental protection

November 14, 2013, 4:50 pm
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A scientific study out Thursday identifies 78 sites worldwide in dire need of environmental protection because they harbor species that could go extinct. Many of the locations are already in protected areas of 34 countries. Together they contain populations of birds, amphibians, and mammals that...
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Ed Schultz demands ‘apologetic’ Obama defend Obamacare: ‘Let them have it!’

November 14, 2013, 4:59 pm
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MSNBC host Ed Schultz called out President Barack Obama on Thursday for seemingly buying into conservatives’ negative outlook surrounding the Affordable Care Act while in Washington and not displaying the campaign-worthy rhetoric he takes on the road to defend the new mandate. “Mr....
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Researchers: People can stroke their way into better chemistry with others

November 14, 2013, 5:22 pm
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Finnish study finds that gentle stroking changes opioid levels, which helps form lasting bonds Researchers have shed light on the chemistry that bonds one person to another by taking brain scans of men being stroked while in their underpants. The Finnish study found that gentle stroking – which was...
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Toronto’s crack-smoking Mayor Ford gets a radio show

November 14, 2013, 5:45 pm
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Toronto’s embattled Mayor Rob Ford, who saw his radio show canceled after confessing to smoking crack, is to host a weekly television program with his brother starting Monday. Ford warned Thursday that he will sue former staffers and others for telling police they witnessed him snorting...
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Singer Stevie Nicks to appear on ‘American Horror Story’

November 14, 2013, 6:05 pm
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Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks is to appear as herself on hit US television series “American Horror Story: Coven,” and the show’s co-creator gave details Thursday about how she was hired. The veteran star will sing at least one song on episode 10 of the TV show, which airs on...
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New Mexico cancer patient barred from daughter’s school

November 14, 2013, 6:15 pm
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A New Mexico woman has been banned from her daughter’s school because the principal is allegedly concerned about her smell, KOB-TV reported on Wednesday. “He just said he knows this is going to hurt my feelings and he understands where I’m coming from,” Kerri Mascareno...
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Britain reports rise in cosmetic genital surgeries

November 14, 2013, 6:25 pm
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British gynaecologists warned on Friday that increasing numbers of teenage girls and women are undergoing genital cosmetic surgery, driven in part by unrealistic images of how they should look based on pornography. The state-funded National Health Service (NHS) performed more than 2,000 labial...
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Chris Hayes clashes with conservative ‘think tank’ member: ‘How many economists do you have on staff?’

November 14, 2013, 7:29 pm
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MSNBC host Chris Hayes pushed back hard on Thursday against a member of a conservative group recently linked to a public relations firm that has consistently opposed raising the minimum wage on behalf of the restaurant industry. “How many economists do you have on staff?” Hayes...
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Jon Stewart: Crack-smoking Toronto mayor is a ‘one-man episode of COPS’

November 14, 2013, 9:26 pm
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Even if the implementation of the Affordable Care Act continues to sputter, Jon Stewart said on The Daily Show Thursday night, it’s not outright careening from crisis to crisis like Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. Stewart did make sure to mock Obama for his latest assurance that healthcare.gov would...
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UN envoy: Iraqi security forces need ‘massive amounts of re-training’ in human rights

November 15, 2013, 3:52 am
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Iraq’s security forces require “massive amounts of re-training” in human rights to better conduct operations and combat the country’s deadliest violence since 2008, the UN’s new envoy to Baghdad said. Nickolay Mladenov, UN chief Ban Ki-moon’s special...
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Most Israeli Jews oppose current deal on Iran’s nuclear program and back possible military action

November 15, 2013, 3:58 am
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Nearly two-thirds of Israeli Jews oppose a deal being reached between world powers and Iran on Tehran’s controversial nuclear program, the results of a survey published on Friday said. When asked “Should Israel support or oppose the nuclear agreement being discussed with Iran?”...
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Obama administration crushes 6 tons of ‘blood ivory’ in largely symbolic move

November 15, 2013, 4:21 am
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Crush of ivory trinkets shows Obama administration’s resolve in ending illegal trade but stops short of a complete ban on domestic ivory sales The Obama administration fed six tons (5.4 tonnes) of ivory trinkets – all made from the tusks of dead elephants – into a giant blue industrial rock...
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Abraham Zapruder: the man behind history’s most infamous home movie

November 15, 2013, 4:33 am
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Andy Warhol loved it – so do conspiracy theorists the world over. But how exactly did Abraham Zapruder’s fuzzy home movie of the Kennedy assassination 50 years ago became one of the great cultural icons of our time? It’s a scene etched into our collective unconscious. The smiling couple...
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The stereotype of the ‘horrible female boss’ is still a problem

November 15, 2013, 4:57 am
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Even in 2013, many people still prefer men in charge. It’s a bias problem that doesn’t have any objective reality Who would you rather work for: a man or a woman? According to a recent Gallup poll, just over half of Americans say they don’t have a preference, but those who do...
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Texas abortion ‘abolitionists’ outrage students and parents with graphic photos of dead fetuses

November 15, 2013, 5:12 am
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A controversial antiabortion leader with a checkered past has sparked outrage by staging demonstrations outside two north Texas high schools while holding signs that include graphic images appearing to show dead fetuses.;  
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Doctors confirm: Use of flesh-eating opioid drug krokodil is spreading in U.S.

November 15, 2013, 5:14 am
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It’s official: Krokodil has reached the United States, and doctors say it’s posing a real threat. The extremely addictive, injectable opioid is made by mixing codeine with some combination of gasoline, paint thinner, iodine, kitchen and bathroom cleaner, hydrochloric acid and red phosphorous from...
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China to ease controversial one-child policy

November 15, 2013, 5:26 am
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China will relax its hugely controversial one-child policy, state media said Friday, in a major policy shift announced days after a meeting of China’s top Communist Party leaders. Couples will be allowed to have two children if one of the parents is an only child, the official news agency...
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Are Obama’s approval ratings sinking past the point of no return?

November 15, 2013, 5:29 am
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Barack Obama’s second term fumbles have pitched him to record low poll ratings and splintered his credibility with the American people. But has his presidency reached the point of no return? History and opinion poll data suggest that when reelected presidents slump in the ratings, it is...
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