| USA hockey makes the gold medal game, embarrasses Finland Posted: 26 Feb 2010 03:13 PM PST ![]() VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The whole "it's all about goaltending" thing is a hockey...
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| Lindsey Vonn skies out of slalom, Olympics (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 10:35 AM PST  AP - Lindsey Vonn's Olympics is over after she skied out of the women's slalom, her last event in Vancouver.
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| Gary Coleman suffers seizure on 'The Insider' set (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:35 PM PST  AP - Gary Coleman suffered a seizure on the set of "The Insider" Friday and received immediate treatment from Dr. Drew Pinsky, who happened to be on set as well.
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| Tsunami fears after quake hits Japan Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:13 PM PST ![]() Residents flee flooding waters after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes near Okinawa.
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| Mammoth iceberg 'could alter ocean circulation' Posted: 26 Feb 2010 10:58 AM PST ![]() PARIS (AFP) – An iceberg the size of Luxembourg knocked loose from the Antarctic continent earlier this month could disrupt the ocean currents driving weather patterns around the globe, researchers said.
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| After healthcare summit: Is reconciliation next? Posted: 26 Feb 2010 05:00 AM PST ![]() Washington – So, what's next? After a day-long White House summit on healthcare, Republicans returning to the Senate said that President Obama and the Democrats appear ready to go it alone on this issue.
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| Social Secretary Desiree Rogers Plans to Step Down Posted: 26 Feb 2010 12:52 PM PST ![]() UPDATE: Read the official statement from President Barack Obama on Desiree Rogers' decision to retire from her role as White House Social Secretary. ESSENCE.com's White House correspondent Cynthia Gordy reports that White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers plans to...
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| Team forfeits playoff game due to religion Posted: 26 Feb 2010 01:25 PM PST ![]() A Jewish girls' basketball team asks officials to reschedule a game that falls during a fast.
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| Scientist eyes 39-day voyage to Mars Posted: 26 Feb 2010 09:05 AM PST ![]() WASHINGTON (AFP) – A journey from Earth to Mars could soon take just 39 days -- cutting current travel time nearly six times -- according to a rocket scientist who has the ear of the US space agency.
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| That Sh*t Was Jedi! Stewart Encouraged By Health Care Progress (VIDEO) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 06:43 AM PST  Expecting the health care summit to be a spectacle and political theater, Jon Stewart (who described himself as "bipartisan-curious') was surprised last night to find that the discussion more closely resembled "the most boring seder [he's] ever seen." But that wasn't necessarily a bad thing. After mocking Republicans for showing up for a discussion yet clamoring for scrapping the bill, Stewart began to change his tune when noticing signs of progress. Sending him into a giddy celebration: an agreement between Tom "killing abortion doctors might not be such a terrible idea" Coburn and Charles "
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| Popular Searches: Posted: 26 Feb 2010 12:03 PM PST ![]() Last week, American figure skater Johnny Weir was the subject of controversial statements made by Australian and Canadian television commentators who took a swipe at his manhood as he skated to a sixth-place finish.
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| Gaddafi Calls For Jihad Against Switzerland Posted: 25 Feb 2010 01:43 PM PST  Libya's dispute with Switzerland was intensified Thursday after Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi called for 'jihad' against the European nation "with all means" due to its referendum to ban minarets. "Any Muslim in any part of the world who works with Switzerland is an apostate, is against (the Prophet) Mohammad, God and the Koran," Gaddafi said. "The masses of Muslims must go to all airports in the Islamic world and prevent any Swiss plane landing, to all harbors and prevent any Swiss ships docking, inspect all shops and markets to stop any Swiss goods being sold." Libya's feud with Switzerla
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| Former 'American Idol' Contestant Arrested Posted: 26 Feb 2010 10:55 AM PST  From Our Friends at PopEater Chikezie Eze reached tenth place on the seventh season of American Idol, and now he's making the news for something else entirely-- getting arrested at Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills. It sounds like another Z-list troublemaker's making waves!
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| China still biggest foreign buyer of US securities (AP) Posted: 26 Feb 2010 02:55 PM PST ![]() The government now says that China did not lose its place in December as the largest foreign holder of U.S. Treasury debt.
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| Iran, Syria mock U.S. political efforts to shape region Posted: 25 Feb 2010 06:07 PM PST ![]() JERUSALEM -- The presidents of Iran and Syria on Thursday ridiculed U.S. policy in the region and pledged to create a Middle East "without Zionists," combining a slap at recent U.S. overtures and a threat to Israel with an endorsement of one of the region's defining alliances.
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