VIDEO: The fans who hate their own player

VIDEO: The fans who hate their own player


VIDEO: The fans who hate their own player

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 02:58 AM PST

Football authorities and senior political figures in Israel have condemned recent racist incidents, relating to one of the country's largest football clubs.

VIDEO: Disabled piglet gets tiny wheelchair

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 11:23 PM PST

A month-old piglet from Florida, born without the use of his back legs, is now sporting a custom-built wheelchair to get around.

Possible meteor shower reported in eastern Russia

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 11:21 PM PST

CHELYABINSK, Russia (Reuters) - A powerful blast rocked the Russian region of the Urals early on Friday with bright objects, identified as possible meteorites, falling from the sky, emergency officials said.

Protest, voter anger put political risk in Singapore's future

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 10:37 PM PST

Supporter of public protest informs public of event during lunch hour in SingaporeSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Gilbert Goh is an unlikely radical. But as anger swells over living costs and immigration in Singapore, one of Asia's richest and most expensive countries, the bespectacled 51-year-old unemployment counsellor is moving beyond the fringe of political activism to the center of a rancorous debate over the nation's future. In a country where nearly all media are state-linked and open dissent can easily fall foul of the long-ruling government, Goh's call for a public protest on Saturday is striking a nerve. ...


100 injured by meteorite falls in Russian Urals

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 11:02 PM PST

MOSCOW (AP) — A meteor streaked across the sky over Russia's Ural Mountains on Friday morning, causing sharp explosions and reportedly injuring around 100 people.

VIDEO: Dorner 'said he would not kill us'

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 12:02 AM PST

A couple taken hostage by former Los Angeles policeman Christopher Dorner who is accused of murder, have spoken out about what happened.

VIDEO: Taiwanese urged to improve fitness

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 06:59 PM PST

A healthy living campaign aimed at tackling Taiwan's growing weight problem has been launched.

Pakistani tribesmen pushing Taliban to talk peace

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 10:27 PM PST

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Five years after setting up an umbrella organization to unite violent militant groups in the nation's tribal regions, the Pakistani Taliban is fractured, strapped for cash and losing support of local tribesmen frustrated by a protracted war that has forced thousands from their homes, analysts and residents of the area said.

Protest, voter anger put political risk in Singapore's future

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 10:37 PM PST

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Gilbert Goh is an unlikely radical.

South African Paralympian Pistorius faces murder charges in shooting of girlfriend

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 06:15 PM PST

Oscar Pistorius was 1 when his deformed legs were amputated, 6 when his parents divorced, 15 when his mother died. Life trained him to overcome adversity. And when he set world records running on artificial legs and competed in the London Olympics against able-bodied athletes, his story inspired the world.

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US and Switzerland Sign New FATCA Agreement

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 07:29 PM PST

Kenya's Kenyatta wants ICC trial delayed

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 10:14 PM PST

Latest evidence relating to poll violence allows little time to prepare response, presidential candidate's lawyers say.

Meteorite falls in Russian Urals

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 10:07 PM PST

MOSCOW (AP) — Fragments of at least one meteorite fell in the Chelyabinsk region some 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) east of Moscow, causing flashes in the morning sky and sharp explosions, Russian officials said Friday.

Into The Million-Mile Frequent Flier Doughnut Hole I Fall

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 09:17 PM PST

A combination of a year when I didn't need to travel, and a bout of the flu late in the year that caused me to cancel a long flight, and I just missed Platinum status in the American Airlines AAdvantage program. I had nearly 47,000 miles but needed 50,000.

On, Wisconsin: Scott Walker's Rejection of Obamacare's Medicaid Expansion is a Model for the Nation

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 09:01 PM PST

All over the country, state governors and legislatures have been wrestling with the decision of whether or not to sign up for Obamacare's significant expansion of Medicaid, America's government-run health insurance program for the poor. Prominent Republican governors, like John Kasich in Ohio, have said yes to Medicaid, reasoning that if Ohio doesn't grab the federal money, other states will. But, as Wisconsin governor Scott Walker now shows, there is a far better path forward, one that reduces the footprint of Medicaid while providing coverage to the uninsured.

VIDEO: Crippled cruise ship reaches land

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 08:18 PM PST

A crippled cruise ship with more than 4,000 people aboard has reached land, four days after an engine fire knocked out the vessel's power.

VIDEO: Crippled cruise ship reaches land

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 08:18 PM PST

A crippled cruise ship with more than 4,000 people aboard has reached land, four days after an engine fire knocked out the vessel's power.

'War Z' Producer Sergey Titov On Losing Steam, 'Day Z' Comparisons

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 08:06 PM PST

The War Z has been a controversial zombie game since its inception. The game's producer talks about the latest controversy and comparisons to the popular Day Z mod.

Can Both Tesla And The New York Times Be Right? Maybe.

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 07:47 PM PST

New York Times reporter John Broder this evening filed a detailed response to the assertions made by Tesla Motors Chief Executive Elon Musk that the writer had purposely sabotaged a recent test drive of the Model S in pursuit of a juicy story condemning electric vehicles.

Gunmen's "royal army" ID adds twist to Malaysia border standoff

Posted: 14 Feb 2013 07:37 PM PST

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - About 100 armed men holed up in a village in the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah identified themselves as the "royal army" of the Sultanate of Sulu in the southern Philippines, adding more mystery to a bizarre border standoff. Malaysian officials said on Thursday they suspected the intruders were a faction of a Philippine Muslim rebel group, while Philippine officials said they were unarmed Filipinos who had been promised land. ...

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