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Reports: After Making the NBA Think Globally, Yao Ming to Retire
Yao Ming landed in the U.S. in the summer of 2002, 7-feet, 6-inches worth of fancy footwork, armed with a soft shooting touch. He was the top pick of that draft, selected by the Houston Rockets, whose new arena would soon be sponsored by Toyota. The Japanese carmaker had just opened a new plant in [...]
Picasso Thief Nabbed After Getting Caught on Surveillance Camera
The abstract drawing, worth $275,000, was recovered undamaged after just two days on the lam. And it may have been the description of a man wearing “loafers sans socks” that brought the thief to justice. After 30-year-old Mark Lugo from New Jersey was caught on a restaurant surveillance camera sporting Toms cloth shoes â€" and, [...]
Hugh Grant Is Even More Lovable After Berating News of the World Editor
And here we thought Hugh's best stuff came in confessions of love. The British actor, best known for his affable charm in romantic comedies like Notting Hill and Love, Actually, was one of the targets in the News of the World phone hacking scandal. He appeared on the BBC on Friday to explain how he [...]
Late Night Laughs: The 4 Best Comedy Clips of The Week
While most late shows took the week off, Jay Leno and Craig Ferguson kept the jokes coming.  Jay Leno talked to Lisa Kudrow from Friends and made friends with wild animals. Craig Ferguson poked fun at Harry Potter fans when he dissed the owl post system, and his Thursday guest poked fun at the Kardashians [...]
Fashion Friday: Pens With Nail Polish for Ink and Other Style Scoop
NewsFeed's Feifei Sun rounds up the brilliant and bizarre from this week in fashion. In case regular pen ink is just too lowbrow for your needs. Karl Lagerfeld is designing a set of luxury pens that dispense nail polish. The fashion designer and creative director of Chanel is notorious for using Shu Uemura makeup to [...]
Rangers Fan Tragedy: More Sadness For Josh Hamilton
"Not that long ago, there were nights I went to sleep in strange places praying I wouldn't wake up. After another night of bad decisions, I'd lie down with my heart speeding inside my chest like it was about to burst through my skin. My thinking was clouded, and my talent was one day closer [...]
Reading While Eating For July 8: Blastoff!
In honor of Shuttle Atlantis's final mission, NewsFeed has launched a list of space-related links.  Hold onto your chair so that zero gravity doesn't pull you away from your desk. Blast Off: Go behind the scenes with the crew of Atlantis as it preps for its final mission (TIME), and read about the future of [...]
Kate and William Get Set for Hollywood. But is Hollywood Ready for Them?
It was only a matter of time before the world's most glamorous couple headed to the sunniest city of them all. Hollywood: It's not like Anglesey in North Wales, you know. But NewsFeed has no doubts whatsoever that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, are going to fit in just [...]
National Weather Service: Expect Even More Flooding This Summer
Middle America is still recovering from the damages from spring flooding. But the battle isn't over yet. America, get prepared what may be the worst in decades.The National Weather Service predicts more rain over the next two weeks in the Midwest and northern Plains regions, the areas already damages by the overflow of Mississippi and [...]Middle America is still recovering from the damages from spring flooding. But the battle isn't over yet. America, get prepared what may be the worst in decades.The National Weather Service predicts more rain over the next two weeks in the Midwest and northern Plains regions, the areas already damages by the overflow of Mississippi and [...]
'I Will Not Be Afraid': Jaycee Dugard Speaks Out on Kidnapping to ABC News
Jaycee Dugard has spent 18 of the 31 years of her life held in captivity. Kidnapped while walking to school as an 11 year old and freed two years ago, Dugard is now ready to share her story with the world. Her first televised interview, with ABC News' Diane Sawyer, will air this Sunday night [...]
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