Bruce Lee items to be sold at Hong Kong auction (AFP)

Bruce Lee items to be sold at Hong Kong auction (AFP)

Bruce Lee items to be sold at Hong Kong auction (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 10:47 PM PDT

A tourist is seen taking a picture of his son in front a placard depicting Hong Kong movie and Kung Fu star Bruce Lee, in Hong Kong. Thirteen items belonging to the late kung fu legend, including a 1966 letter he wrote and a fur-lined coat will go under the hammer in a Hong Kong auction next week, according to a report.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Thirteen items belonging to the late kung fu legend Bruce Lee, including a 1966 letter he wrote and a fur-lined coat will go under the hammer in a Hong Kong auction next week, according to a report.

Will.i.am, musicians to perform in Beijing

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 10:10 PM PDT

Will.i.am, the rapper behind "Yes We Can," a music video inspired by Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, will direct a concert in Beijing later this year to benefit cultural and educational ties between the United States and China.

New York Post told to 'preserve' info

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 08:16 PM PDT

News Corp. has ordered New York Post employees to "preserve and maintain" documents related to possible phone hacking or bribery of public officials, according to two documents circulated to the newspaper's staff.

Prince William 'confronted' Murdoch execs on hacking (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 10:29 PM PDT

Britain's Prince William looks at a clay turtle shell during a visit to a ceramics class at the Inner-City Arts campus in Los Angeles 10 July. Prince William expressed disappointment to two of Rupert Murdoch's top executives that no one from the media tycoon's empire apologised for hacking his aides' phones, a report said Saturday(AFP/Pool/File/Mike Nelson)AFP - Prince William expressed disappointment to two of Rupert Murdoch's top executives that no one from the media tycoon's empire apologised for hacking his aides' phones, a report said Saturday.

China's Sun Yang puts heat on 1500m freestyle record (AFP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 10:10 PM PDT

In this picture, taken with an underwater camera, China's Sun Yang is seen competing in the heats of the men's 1500m freestyle event during the FINA World Championships at the indoor stadium of the Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, on July 30. 19-year-old Sun clocked 14min 48.13sec to top the timings in the heats.(AFP/Francois Xavier Marit)AFP - Chinese teen sensation Sun Yang cruised through to the final of the world championships 1500m freestyle as he eyes an assault on Australian Grant Hackett's 10-year-old record.

VIDEO: Watch a Volkswagen Car Drive Itself

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 10:07 PM PDT

The team behind Volkswagen's automated car program have released a video showing the system in actio


NBC Reports on Police 'Scuffle' Possibly Related to Death of Homeless Man

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 10:02 PM PDT

I stumbled on this NBC article when researching the death of Kelly Thomas. At first it caught my eye


Protests, Investigation Follow Police Beating of Kelly Thomas

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 09:46 PM PDT

Following the tragic death of Kelly Thomas, protestors in Fullerton, CA gathered outside of the Full


Charitable Acknowledgment Requirement is Absolute

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 08:37 PM PDT

In compliance matters, there are some things that you cannot emphasize enough.?? One of them is that


Gunmen kill 11 in Pakistan suspected sectarian attack (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 09:45 PM PDT

Wali-ur-Rehman (C), deputy Pakistani Taliban leader, who is flanked by militants speaks to a group of reporters in Shawal town, that lies between North and South Waziristan region in the northwest bordering Afghanistan July 28, 2011. REUTERS/Saud MehsudReuters - Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province on Saturday, killing 11 Shi'ite Muslims and wounding three in a suspected sectarian attack, police said.

Honduras recovers 7.3 tons more cocaine from sub (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 09:36 PM PDT

AP - Honduras authorities say they have recovered 7.3 tons (6.6 metric tons) of cocaine from a semi-submersible craft seized off the country's Caribbean coast.


New Soccer Scandal: Will Zurich Give FIFA the Boot? (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 05:40 PM PDT

Time.com - A pair of city councilors is urging the Swiss city to cut its decades-old ties with FIFA, soccer's worldwide governing association. Not only do they say scandals have made FIFA bad for the city's image, it's also a waste of money


Gunmen kill 11 Shiite Muslims in SW Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 09:48 PM PDT

People mourn the death of a family member in Quetta, Pakistan on Friday, July 29, 2011. Unidentified gunmen have killed seven passengers at a bus terminal in southwest Pakistan, police said, and another 12 were injured. Baluchistan is home to a small separatist movement that often targets Pakistanis from other parts of the country living there. Many non-Baluch have left as a result. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)AP - Gunmen opened fire on a minibus carrying minority Shiite Muslims in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing 11 of them in a sectarian attack, police said.

McDonald's Next French Foray: The McBaguette (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 05:40 PM PDT

Time.com - In the American fast food chain's latest attempt to adapt to local tastes, McDonald's plans to add French bread rolls to its breakfast menu in September -- and next year, a baguette sandwich


Gunmen kill 11 in Pakistan suspected sectarian attack

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 09:45 PM PDT

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province on Saturday, killing 11 Shi'ite Muslims and wounding three in a suspected sectarian attack, police said.

Naveen Jain - Creating Sustainable Philanthropy Requires Thinking Like an Entrepreneur

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 09:20 PM PDT

There are as many ways to help another human being as there are people in need of help. For some, th


A week later, Norway mourns 77 victims of massacre (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 09:01 PM PDT

Young mourners stand in the open air, during the the funeral of Bano Abobakar Rashid, 18, the first victim of the shooting rampage at Utoeya to be buried, at a church in Nesodden, near Oslo, Norway, Friday July 29, 2011. She and her family fled from Iran to Norway in 1996.(AP Photo/Thomas Winje Oeijord, Scanpix Norway) NORWAY OUT:AP - Norway began burying the dead on Friday, a week after an anti-Muslim extremist killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage. Mourners of all ages vowed they would not let the massacre threaten their nation's openness and democracy.

US review finds Iraq deadlier now than a year ago (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 10:51 PM PDT

An Iraqi man inspects a destroyed liquor store after a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Frequent bombings, assassinations and a resurgence in violence by Shiite militias have made Iraq more dangerous now than it was just a year ago, a U.S. government watchdog concludes in a report released Saturday.

Somali man recalls horrors of fleeing famine (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 09:12 PM PDT

This July 28, 2011 photo shows Somali refugee Ahmedhashim Mawlid Abdi with his family in Dagahaley camp in Dadaab, Kenya. Famine and violence in Somalia pushed Abdi, a 40-year-old father of seven, to flee his country. On his way to the world's largest refugee camp in Kenya, his pregnant wife was raped in his presence and he lost a 7-year-old son to hunger, disease and exhaustion. (AP Photo/Malkhadir Muhumed)AP - When al-Qaida-linked militants learned that Ahmedhashim Mawlid Abdi and his family were planning to flee Somalia's famine, they threw the 40-year-old father of seven in jail for two days.

Parts of North Korean land mines wash up in South (AP)

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 08:59 PM PDT

A bird sits on the top of the flooded bridge caused by heavy rains at an ecology park in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 29, 2011. Torrential downfalls since Tuesday have severely disrupted life in Seoul and its surrounding areas, submerging streets filled with idled cars, flooding subway stations and forcing businesses to shut. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)AP - Parts of North Korean land mines washed down a swollen river into South Korea, and troops searched for other mines that may have been dislodged by deadly landslides and flooding that has stricken the peninsula.
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