Top swimmers from around the country, including nine US Olympians, are competing at the 2011 USA Swimming National Championships at Stanford. (Aug. 5)
Continue reading …If you mixed the setup of The Office with the satire of The Colbert Report, and then took it to the hills of Afghanistan, you’d have The Ministry. The Ministry is set in “Hechland” (meaning Nothingland), and the central character is the head of a fictional ministry of garbage. But the show’s themes—corruption, nepotism, ineptitude—come
Continue reading …Gloria Steinem sits down and talks “tramp stamps” with TIME. In this week’s issue of TIME (available here for subscribers), editor-at-large Belinda Luscombe asks the feminist icon about feminism, DSK and tattoos. Check out the video above, or by clicking here. For the full article, go here.
Continue reading …Passengers aboard a US Airways flight that arrived from Scotland were removed from the plane because of an unspecified threat Friday, and the plane was taken to another part of Philadelphia International Airport to be inspected. (Aug. 5)
Continue reading …Tiger Woods talked to reporters Friday after shooting a 1-over 71 in the second round of the Bridgestone Invitational. That left him seven shots off the lead and 35 players in front of him. (Aug. 5)
Continue reading …Celebrities including Cat Deeley, Jenna Elfman and Moon Bloodgood talk about this summer’s hottest trend; maxi dresses. (Aug. 5)
Continue reading …Stocks closed mostly lower after a day of whipsaw trading. The Dow Jones industrial average traded in a huge range of 400 points.(Aug. 5)
Continue reading …NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA head DeMaurce Smith signed the new collective bargaining agreement between the players and owners Friday on the steps of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. (Aug. 5)
Continue reading …The Syrian military continues its siege of Hama. A resident in the city say tanks shelled residential neighborhoods around dawn. The six-day-old assault has killed at least 100 people. Electricity, internet and phone services have been cut. (Aug. 5)
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