Russia’s Top Diplomat Snubs Ukrainian Peer, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday resisted Western pressure to meet his Ukrainian counterpart but said talks with the United States and others would continue in coming days. At the end of a day of intense diplomatic negotiations in Paris, Lavrov left the French foreign ministry without having […]

Pistorius Pleads Not Guilty at Start Of Trial, A massive winter storm system packing cold air, snow and freezing rain was pummeling the central United States on Sunday and headed for the East Coast, sending temperatures plummeting and causing major delays for weekend travelers. Rainfall and snow associated with the system will stretch over 1,500 […]

Jay-Z’s App A Game Changer, It’s a whole new game for music and technology, starting on July 4. Jay-Z’s “Magna Carta Holy Grail” comes out that day, but only to the one million Samsung/Sprint users who downloaded his official app. Ever since the demise of the traditional music industry, artists have been looking for ways […]

Team Cancels Gun Giveaway, Via the Associated Press, Huntsville Stars spokeswoman Nicole Colonis said the club has decided to cancel the raffle, which was set to give three guns away because, “Minor League Baseball officials said the promotion was likely not in the franchise’s best interest.” Whatever your political stance on the Second Amendment (remember […]

Edward Snowden’s Escape Routes Dwindle, NSA leaker Edward Snowden’s options dwindled Tuesday as several countries he’d sought refuge in revealed he was not eligible for asylum. Anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks said late Monday the former CIA contractor had sought asylum in at least 21 countries, including China, Russia, Venezuela and Iceland. The requests, which “outline the […]

Actor Jim Kelly, Jim Kelly, who parlayed his martial arts skills into a successful but brief career in action movies, has died. He was 67. Kelly’s former wife Marilyn Dishman told CNN that the actor died Saturday of cancer, but did not elaborate. Kelly worked as a martial arts instructor in Los Angeles when he […]

Vatican Scandal, The director of the embattled Vatican bank and his deputy resigned Monday, the latest heads to roll in a broadening finance scandal that has already landed one Vatican monsignor in prison and added urgency to Pope Francis’ reform efforts. The Vatican said in a statement that Paolo Cipriani and his deputy, Massimo Tulli, […]

Chris Kelly Kriss Kross, Chris Kelly of the `90s rap duo Kris Kross died of a drug overdose, a medical office investigator said Monday. A toxicology screening revealed that Kelly, 34, had a mixture of drugs in his system when he was pronounced dead on May 1, said Betty Honey of the Fulton County Medical […]