National
via BBC News A plan to complete work on a US nuclear reactor at a half-built plant in Alabama has been approved, more than 20 years after construction was halted. The Tennessee Valley Authority approved the $4.9bn (£3bn) plan to restart construction, which stopped in 1988 amid declining power demand estimates. The Bellefonte Nuclear Plant […]
Pryor left Ohio State after his part in a scandal that involved impermissible benefits given to players over a number of years. Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel lost his job, and the program was rocked to its core. Pryor chose to make his way to the NFL instead of serving his suspension. Story […]
Georgetown had to leave the court during the fourth quarter of its exhibition game against the Baiyi Rockets on Thursday night in Beijing after both benches emptied and a wild brawl erupted between the two teams. None of the Hoyas were seriously injured despite trading punches with the opposing players and having to dodge chairs […]
via CNN A lawsuit filed against a Missouri school district alleges that officials failed to protect a female student from repeated sexual assaults from a male student, and at one point expelled her for reporting the alleged attacks. A rape examination proved that the girl was telling the truth, and the male student pleaded guilty […]
I’m not going to lie, either: After seeing this clip, I kind of want one now. If these jackets were actually made by these two guys, they could have quite a fashion hit on their hands.Full Story Story by Big Leauge Stew/Yahoo.com/MLB.com
A tip led police to 17-year-old Jared Cano’s home, Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor said. Investigators found explosive materials there and a manifesto that outlined a minute-by-minute plan and named specific targets He allegedly hoped to kill two assistant principals at the school and about 30 students, aiming to exceed the level of violence associated […]
We want to shout out your Pastor! Show us what your Pastor and ministry has done for you and your community. Submit your Pastor and ministry to be apart of the Pastor’s Ministry of The Month. Starting now you can submit your pastor and minstry. Click Here to enter.
Thome reached the hallowed mark with his second blast of the night, this one coming on a 2-1 breaking ball from left-hander Daniel Schlereth that ended up in the bullpen in left field, making the score 9-5 in favor of the Twins. The three-run shot was Thome’s 11th of the year and gave him his […]
Via New York Times By Warren E. Buffett OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too, were left untouched. While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while […]
The disaster, which killed five people and injured scores more, occurred on Saturday night and the fair had been shut down on Sunday. “There was a hero every 10 feet Saturday night,” Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels said at the service, recalling how concert-goers rushed toward the collapsed stage and scaffolding to free the trapped and […]
The program has featured Kate Gosselin, 36, a single mother of twins and sextuplets, as she negotiates single-parenting, taping a reality show and — two years after her marriage ended — trying to arrange a social life for herself. In an interview last week with CNN sister station HLN, Gosselin volunteered no indication that the […]
Click on image to get a free Smartphone