NEW YORK — Microsoft rolled back a much-criticized requirement that its upcoming Xbox One gaming console be regularly connected to the Internet and made clear that there will be no limitations on sharing games. Microsoft Corp. has been criticized for vague statements about whether it will allow Xbox One buyers to play second-hand software. Gamers [...]
When Yemen’s streets erupted in protest in 2011 , Alaa Jarban quickly became a familiar face. Young, educated, handsome and articulate, he was a favourite among English-language media as he helped smash the stereotype that Yemen was nothing more than Al Qaeda country. On Twitter, he describes himself as an “awesome youth activist.” Jarban is [...]
Consider this: you attend the wedding of a casual acquaintance. You opt for your go-to gift — a basket filled with fancy salsas, oil, biscuits, marshmallow spread and more. You sign the card, “Life is delicious — enjoy!” Later, you get a text from the bride — “I want to thank you for coming to [...]
Serena Williams is apologizing for a Rolling Stone article that quoted her blaming the 16-year-old rape victim in a high-profile case in Steubenville, Ohio. “She shouldn’t have put herself in that position,” she is quoted in the profile, in an upcoming edition of Rolling Stone. She made the comments to the reporter after seeing coverage [...]
Passengers from a United Airlines 787 Dreamliner that made an unscheduled landing in Seattle were expected to resume their journey to Japan on Wednesday morning. CNN.com – Travel Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post
The parents of a 16-year-old Woodstock, Ont., hockey player, repeatedly punched in the head by an opponent, are demanding that criminal charges be laid against the aggressor. “I felt, right from seeing it happen, my son has been assaulted,” Julie Major told the CBC. Nick Major plays major midget ‘A’ hockey. In January, his team [...]
LONDON— Prominent British art collector Charles Saatchi has admitted assault and accepted a police caution after published photos showed him grasping the throat of his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson. Charles Saatchi cautioned Tabloid newspapers this week published photos of the incident, which happened June 9 in a posh London restaurant. Saatchi, 70, earlier had [...]
BlackBerry defended the security of its smartphones after The Guardian reported a British agency penetrated the devices at Group of 20 meetings in 2009 to monitor phone calls and e-mail traffic. Evidence of the monitoring came from top-secret documents American Edward Snowden showed the Guardian. Documents the London-based newspaper said belong to the intelligence arm [...]
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA—The foreign ministers of Egypt and Ethiopia met in Addis Ababa on Monday in hopes of defusing tensions over a huge dam Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile River. Egypt and Ethiopia began a sharp exchange of words after Ethiopia last month started to divert Nile waters as part of the construction [...]
SAN ANTONIO—It’s a series that’s been compelling, confusing and confounding, two great teams taking turns drilling each other and if anyone says they can make sense of it, they are either guessing or fibbing. The San Antonio Spurs, older and perhaps wiser and unwilling to concede an inch, are a game away from the fifth [...]
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