An instructor teaching his militant recruits how to make car bombs accidentally set off explosives in his demonstration Monday, killing 21 o...
Sochi 2014: Canada Dominates Freestyle Skiing ( BLOG)
Two Canadian athletes captured the top two spots in the men's mogul freestyle skiing event today at the Winter Olympics . Alex Bilondea...
Smoke Found on PATCO Subway (BLOG)
Passengers are being evacuated after smoke was found on a PATCO subway heading to New Jersey from Philadelphia. The smoke was spotted on the...
World News Briefs -- February 10, 2014 (Evening Edition)
Syrian Peace Talks Resume Acrimoniously As Assad Regime Alleges Massacre In Hama -- Washington Post BEIRUT — A second round of Syrian peace ...
Detroit: What it's like to live in the most famous bankrupt city in America (BLOG)
DETROIT — Ora Williams has lived in her home in the Brightmoor section of Detroit for more than 35 years, and over those decades, she’s seen...
Bringing up baby: A tour of baby panda Bao Bao’s crib at the National Zoo (BLOG)
It’s “panda-monium” at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., where a baby giant panda, Bao Bao, has recently made her debut to...
Amusingly "Cool" Map of the Day
January 30, 2014 Map: 'How Much Snow It Typically Takes to Cancel School in the U.S.' Using data "taken from hundreds of variou...
Allure of Rebel Dirt Bike Pack Explored in ’12 O’Clock Boys’ (BLOG)
In the blighted neighborhoods of inner city Baltimore, lined with abandoned buildings and broken down cars, the loud, rhythmic, menacing cho...
A Great Disturbance in the Civilian Labor Force
Click to enlarge. The blue line (left scale) shows the civilian labor force participation rate of those aged 25 to 54. It peaked in the late...
Leonardo DiCaprio: I've "Never Done" Drugs (BLOG)
Leonardo DiCaprio is not the Wolf of Wall Street . Sure, he may party on yachts occasionally with beautiful women and be worth millions, b...
We Can't Catch A Break!
The alternate title would be, Oh, the humanity! A major fire broke out yesterday at a Winchester Ammunition plant in East Alton IL. Thankful...
How will Marcus Smart's blowup affect his NBA draft stock? (BLOG)
Evaluating Marcus Smart ’s draft stock has NBA executives split in the aftermath of the guard’s actions Saturday. The Oklahoma State star s...
Kanye West’s The College Dropout Turns 10 (BLOG)
“I’m the funny version of Dead Prez .” That’s Kanye West giving an amazingly succinct and accurate summary of his career during an interv...