A new blowout preventer has been placed atop BP’s problem oil well, a move that should allow crews to drill into the well deep underground and kill it for good in about a week.

After being called on a white lie he told during his Restoring Honor rally, Glenn Beck admitted Thursday that he stretched the truth because he “thought it would be a little easier.”

Unbeaten, six-time champion Floyd Mayweather has apologized for his recently made, racially charged video rant aimed at Filipino star and seven-time titlist Manny Pacquiao, using the same Ustream format to do so on Friday, according to a report from Mark Vester at BoxingScene.com.

Yesterday brought speculation that the fiancee of the Queens man shot and killed by police before his wedding might run for the City Council seat left vacant with Councilman Thomas White’s death. At White’s funeral, Nicole Paultre Bell told the Daily News, “One thing that Tom White did tell me sitting in his office is […]

Bob Arum’s son, John Arum, a known environmental lawyer and an expert mountain climber was found dead at the summit of Storm Mountain, about 85 miles northeast of Seattle.

College Football schedule. Saturday Games of Note on College Football Schedule (Ranked Teams) *San Jose State vs. No. 1 Alabama (7 p.m. EST on ESPN3) *Miami (OH) vs. No. 4 Florida (12 p.m. EST on ESPN) *No. 5 Texas vs. Rice (3:30 p.m. EST on ESPN) *No. 24 Oregon State vs. No. 6 TCU (7:45 […]

Now that we are a week removed from the march on Washington organized by the self-named rodeo clown, Glenn Beck, it’s clear that the event was nothing more than an exercise in ego worship. It’s still unclear if the event was about the troops, restoring the honor of America — whatever that is defined as […]