U.S.
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
DALLAS — Gay couples legally married in other states cannot get a divorce in Texas, where same-sex marriage is banned, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday. The 5th Texas Court of Appeals ruled that a Dallas district court judge didn’t have the authority to hear a divorce case involving two Dallas men who married in [...]
Entertainment
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
LONDON – It’s a political memoir with celebrity trappings — secrecy, security, a multimillion-dollar deal and, crucially, controversy. Tony Blair’s “A Journey” was stirring political passions even before it hits bookstores Wednesday, with excerpts revealing that the former British prime minister has cried for soldiers and civilians killed in Iraq, but still thinks it was [...]
Entertainment
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Actor John Cusack went on a caustic Twitter rampage Sunday evening, attacking former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Fox News. “I AM FOR A SATANIC DEATH CULT CENTER AT FOX NEWS HQ AND OUTSIDE THE OFFICES ORDICK ARMEYAND NEWT GINGRICH-and all the GOP WELFARE FREAKS,” Cusack tweeted. Cusack has [...]
U.S.
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is declaring an end to the U.S. combat role in Iraq after more than seven years of war, saying the country’s future now is up to its own people. The president, who opposed the war as a senator, says: “It is time to turn the page.” Comments of the president [...]
Entertainment
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
LOS ANGELES – The judge in the Anna Nicole Smith drug trial is questioning whether the prosecution can prove two key conspiracy charges against the model’s two doctors and lawyer-boyfriend. The Los Angeles judge told lawyers outside the jury’s presence that he also has concerns about the propriety of at least eight overt acts listed [...]
Sci & Tech
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Data collected by NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander before it went silent for good on the Red Planet is providing valuable insight for a new study on the interactions between the Martian dirt and atmosphere. NASA’s Phoenix lander has been sitting idle in the Martian arctic since November 2008, when engineers lost the ability to contact [...]
Sports
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
BALTIMORE – Having lost his spot in the Boston bullpen, Manny Delcarmen was traded with cash from the Red Sox to the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday for minor league pitcher Chris Balcom-Miller. The Red Sox have faded in the AL playoff race while the Rockies are trying to stay close in the NL wild-card chase. [...]
Canada
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Michael Ignatieff’s Liberals are ready to take on Stephen Harper in a federal campaign as internal polling shows them up three percentage points from the last election and just six points behind the governing Conservatives. The new data was presented to the Liberal caucus Tuesday afternoon by Michael Marzolini. The party pollster did not discuss [...]