The eastern New Mexico peanut butter plant shuttered eight months ago after a salmonella outbreak is back in production, and company officials say their coveted natural and organic butters could be back ... More »Shuttered NM plant resumes making peanut butter
Longtime Alabama sports talk show host Paul Finebaum is joining ESPN and the SEC Network. ESPN announced Thursday that Finebaum will host a daily radio show from Charlotte, N.C., starting in August. He ... More »ESPN hires sports radio host Paul Finebaum
Wallabies in captivity carry antibiotic-resistant gut bacteria, which they could potentially transmit to wild populations, a new study finds. More »Captive-Bred Wallabies May Spread Antibiotic Resistance
Hungarian prosecutors have indicted a Singapore businessman and 44 Hungarians suspected of being involved in an international match-fixing conspiracy. Chief Prosecutor Imre Keresztes said in a statement ... More »45 people indicted in Hungary in match-fixing scam
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 ... More »UEFA OKs minimum 10-match ban for racist abuse
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman's defense attorneys on Thursday released photos and text messages from 17-year-old Trayvon Martin's cellphone ahead of a hearing that will determine whether they can be used at Zimmerman's murder trial. More »Defense releases photos, texts of Trayvon Martin
By Fatos Bytyci PRISTINA (Reuters) - European Union police said on Thursday they had arrested five people, including a wartime ally of Kosovo's prime minister, and were investigating the ambassador to Albania on suspicion of war crimes during Kosovo's 1998-99 conflict. The EU police and justice mission in Kosovo, EULEX, did not release the names of the five in detention, but a lawyer for Sami Lushtaku, mayor of the town of Skenderaj, said his client was among them and would appear in court on Friday. ... More »EU probes ally of Kosovo PM, ambassador for war crimes
As American students now cumulatively owe about $1 trillion in student loan debt, Yahoo is publishing first-person accounts from those who are still paying and those who have lessons to share. Here's one story. More »My $10,000 Student Loan Took 23 Years to Pay Off, but My Degree Was Worth It
NEW YORK (AP) — Kerry Kennedy has joined farmworkers protesting outside Wendy's shareholder meeting in New York City. More »Kerry Kennedy, farmworker protest Wendy's in NYC
Ohio kidnap case hero, Big Mac eater Charles Ramsey gets free burgers for life from eateries More »Ohio Kidnap Case Hero Gets Burgers for Life
A New York City businessman was rescued this week after being held for more than a month in an abandoned warehouse, where his alleged abductors tortured him for weeks in a plot to extort his family for millions in ransom, prosecutors said. More »Man Safe After 32 Days of Alleged Torture
NEW YORK, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Music Empowers Foundation is proud to announce a $20,000 grant to the Neighborhood Studios of Fairfield County. Neighborhood Studios is a multi-disciplinary school of the arts in Bridgeport, CT. Founded in 1977, it provides music and arts education to over 1,500 talented but economically disadvantaged and special needs children.(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130523/DC20056)The Music Empowers grant will be used to fund a new program called The Community Music Project. ... More »Connecticut Music & Arts School For Economically Disadvantaged Kids Is The Latest Music Empowers Foundation Beneficiary
Graphic sex in applauded lesbian love story gets Cannes buzzing CANNES (Reuters) - An intimate love story between two young women received rave reviews from critics at the Cannes film festival despite explicit lesbian sex scenes that could limit the film's distribution. "La Vie d'Adele - Chapitre 1 & 2" ("Blue is the Warmest Color") is a poignant tale of love and sexuality centered on 15-year-old Adele, in a breakout performance by Adele Exarchopoulos, and her lover Emma (Lea Seydoux), set to premiere on Thursday evening. ... More »US-FILM Summary
By Brent Lang LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Debauchery paid off in a big way for "The Hangover Part III," as the latest installment in the black-out franchise generated $3.1 million in late night screenings on Wednesday, according to studio estimates. That's a strong number for midnight shows on a hump day, though it can't compete with the $10.4 million "The Hangover Part II" generated in late night screenings when it hit theaters two years ago. That figure stands as a record number for an R-rated release. ... More »Box Office: 'Hangover Part III' Grosses $3.1M at Late Night Showings
'The Voice' stars to appear on 'Oprah's Next Chapter' By Jethro Nededog LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - There was some top secret excitement on-set of NBC's "The Voice" on Tuesday, which TheWrap learned was caused by none other than Oprah Winfrey. 'Modern Family's' Sofia Vergara: 'I don't know why people think stereotypes are so terrible' By Steve Pond LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - It was an adventure that somehow turned into a career. ... More »US-TELEVISION Summary
By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - With the strike by nine writers on E! Entertainment's "Fashion Police" nearly five weeks old, both sides were digging in for the long haul Wednesday. While the writers were preparing to set up an 11 a.m. picket line and rally in front of E! TV's Los Angeles headquarters Thursday morning, the network issued a series of bullet points designed to clarify its position. The writers have been on strike since April 17, after expressing a desire to organize and join the Writers Guild of America West. ... More »'Fashion Police' Strike: Both Sides Dig in on Eve of Rally
The Texas Rangers have placed right-hander Derek Lowe on unconditional release waivers and signed utility man Mark Teahen to a minor league contract.
More »Rangers Release Lowe, Add Teahen As Minor-Leaguer
NEW YORK (AP) — For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong. More »Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive
Clear skies and a passing space station combined for an extraordinary view of Alaska's erupting Pavlof volcano on May 18. More »Amazing Ash Cloud Spied from Space Station
It's likely that the new H7N9 bird flu virus can spread through the air on a limited basis, according to a new study that looked at how the virus spreads in animals. More »H7N9 Flu Study Hints at How It May Spread in People
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is defending the use of drone strikes against American citizens abroad who the administration believes are a national security threat. More »Obama addresses drones, Gitmo in security speech
By Hereward Holland JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir said on Thursday his country would never become a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying it appeared to be preoccupied with prosecuting African leaders. "It seems that this thing has been meant for African leaders, that they have to be humiliated...we never accept it," Kiir told reporters, referring to the Hague-based tribunal. ... More »South Sudan says war crimes court persecutes Africans
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