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TODAY wine columnist Edward Deitch highlights some wines from South America that you don't hear about every day: the red bonarda from Argentina, and the white Pedro Ximenez. Now does that refer to a man named Pedro or a grape?
T-Mobile USA, the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the country, says it added a net 325,000 subscribers in the second quarter, with most of them choosing to prepay rather than sign two-year contracts.
David Lee's unresolved contract situation will keep him on the sideline next week when USA Basketball holds its minicamp in Las Vegas.
Michael Phelps and Dara Torres are among more than 25 members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic team expected to compete next week in the U.S. national championships at the IUPUI Natatorium.
Kevin Durant, rookie of the year Derrick Rose and college player of the year Blake Griffin are among the 25 players who have accepted invitations to participate in the USA Basketball national team minicamp.
Mike Krzyzewski still hasn't decided if he will return as U.S. basketball coach. He'll need to make up his mind soon.
For a moment, the U.S. rugby team had all it could ask for against England — the lead.
Mike Krzyzewski's decision on his future as U.S. national team coach is expected to come next month.
LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and the core of the Olympic basketball champions could be back in USA uniforms next summer for the world championships.
On the morning after Donald Trump declared she could keep her crown as Miss California USA, Carrie Prejean admitted that there may be more revealing photos of her than just the two sets that almost cost her her job.
Miss USA pageant co-owner Donald Trump announced that despite the controversy over her stand on gay marriage and racy pre-pageant photos that have surfaced, Carrie Prejean will retain the title of Miss California USA. Trump also commended Prejean for speaking her mind about same-sex marriage during the Miss USA Pageant.
The woman who would become Miss California if the current holder of that title is brought down by topless photos said there are no racy pictures in her closet.
Officials of the Miss California USA pageant have strongly criticized titleholder Carrie Prejean but say it's not their decision whether she should be stripped of her crown.
The tiara on top of Miss USA runner-up Carrie Prejean’s head is starting to feel a lot like a millstone around pageant officials’ necks.
With partially nude photos of her popping up on Web sites questioning her Christian credentials, Miss California USA Carrie Prejean has fired back, claiming the racy pictures are just modeling shots and vowing to continue her battle against same-sex marriage.
As beauty pageant officials and gay-rights advocates increase the pressure on Miss California USA to back off her controversial comments opposing same-sex marriage, Carrie Prejean is not retracting them. Instead, she’s digging in her spike heels and fighting back.
Showing off the deft footwork that carried her to the title of Miss USA 2009, Kristen Dalton lightly tiptoed through the minefield of a question about same-sex marriage that many believe scuttled another contestant’s chances of winning the coveted crown.
Being a straight shooter likely shot down any chance Carrie Prejean had of being crowned Miss USA Sunday night. But the Miss California told TODAY Tuesday she’s proud she offered her honest opinion on gay marriage, even as her questioner says she should have kept her politics to herself.
Miss North Carolina USA Kristen Dalton was crowned Miss USA 2009 on Sunday, beating out 50 other beauty queens in the live pageant televised from Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
These may not be the best of times for the United States, but they're great for USA.
Ron Wilson was chosen Monday to lead the U.S. men's hockey team at the 2010 Vancouver Games, the second time the Toronto Maple Leafs coach has been given the Olympic job.
LOS ANGELES - Sixteen giant national flags spread across the green expanse of the Dodger Stadium outfield.
When the nation's in pain, Washington often gains.
T-Mobile USA, the fourth-largest cellular carrier in country, said Thursday that most of the customers it added in the third quarter were on prepaid plans, a unique situation for a major U.S. carrier.
For most people, going on an international tour with hours of rehearsals, a cast of more than 100, and 20 tons of props and sets may not seem like the best way for a family to bond.
Afghanistan CIA killings a major blow to US and JordanThe revelation that the man who blew up himself, four CIA officers, three security guards and a Jordanian intelligence officer in Khost, Afghanistan, was a double agent is embarrassing for both the US and Jordan.
US Nobel Laureate Krugman: US dices with economic death by withdrawing stimulus early 2008 Economics Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman (Princeton University) warning of Roosevelt in 1937: "Will the Fed realise, before it's too late, that the job of fighting the slump is not finished? Will Congress do the same?"
Prisons and Budgets - The Toughest DecisionThe United States, which has less than 5 percent of the world's population, has about one-quarter of its prisoners. But the relentless rise in the nation's prison population has suddenly slowed as many states discover that it is simply too expensive to overincarcerate.
Whom Are We Hiring?Welcome to 2010! A new year of politics, with the bonus of midterm elections. Just what you were hoping Santa would tuck into your stocking this Christmas, wasn't it? All over the nation, political campaigns are underway. But why do we call them campaigns?
Pat-Downs on All Flights to U.S. From 14 NationsISLAMABAD — Beginning Monday, air travelers flying into the United States from Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Yemen and other "countries of interest" will be subjected to enhanced screening techniques, such as body scans, pat-downs and a thorough search of carry-on luggage.
Cities, Counties Take Back Corporate Tax BreaksAs the economy sputters along, municipalities struggling to fix roads, fund schools and pay bills increasingly are rescinding tax abatements to companies that don't hire enough workers, that lay them off or that close up shop.
Gaza Freedom Marchers issue Cairo Declaration demanding End Blockade & OccupationGaza Freedom marchers, blocked from entering Gaza by Egyptian authorities have called for international endorsement of a Cairo Declaration demanding the End of the Israeli Gaza Blockade and Occupation
Protesters Outnumbering Iran Security ForcesDaily Dish: "A reader passes along amazing footage of protestors surrounding and swallowing up security forces" Direct Link to Video:
US Palestinian Dr Elias Akleh on Israeli Gaza Massacre and 62 year Palestinian GenocideDr Elias Akleh: "A fully pre-meditated international crime of genocide has been taking place during the last 62 years in the heart of the Arab World. The victims are the Palestinian people especially those in the Gaza Strip"
How To Help The Iranian Freedom Movement - The Daily BeastThe notion of "Western influence" has carried stigma in Iran since 1953, when the U.S. helped overthrow the democratically elected prime minister.
Twenty years after the "triumph" of CapitalismTwenty years ago one of the most important events of the second half of the twentieth century occurred: the collapse of the imperialist bloc of the East and of the European Stalinist regimes, including the principal one: the USSR.
DFW Security Checkpoint Left Unattended for 90 MinutesThe Transportation Security Administration has launched an internal investigation after a security checkpoint at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport was left unattended and unsecured for 90 minutes earlier this month.
Pope urges lifestyle changes to save environmentReuters: " Pope Benedict used his traditional New Year address on Friday to call on people to change their lifestyles to save the planet, saying environmental responsibility was essential for global peace." =====================
Obama political allies want new tax protecting Afghan opium fields, bribing Taliban Watson: "close allies of Barack Obama have proposed a new war surtax that will force Americans to foot the bill for the cost of protecting opium fields in Afghanistan, paying off drug lords, and bribing the Taliban."
Mayo Clinic in Arizona to Stop Treating Some Medicare PatientsThe Mayo Clinic, praised by President Barack Obama as a national model for efficient health care, will stop accepting Medicare patients as of tomorrow at one of its primary-care clinics in Arizona, saying the US government pays too little.
Slaughter on the volleyball field as Taleban wreak revenge on villagers - Times Online"It's just a disaster. I can see flesh, bodies and wounded all around," Fazl-e-Akbar, a witness, said. "It's dark.
As we enter the 2010s the deaths from the Afghanistan War include 4.5 million violent and non-violent excess deaths of Indigenous Afghans since 2001, 1,550 US Alliance deaths and 0.7 million global opiate deaths.
Rush Limbaugh. Do I need to repeat myself? I am quite sane, thank you, and although I may tick a few people off with this accusation, I'm sure a lot of people agree here.
Our nation can release a collective sigh of relief. Our own annus horribilus has come to a close. The recession did not turn into a depression (though some might disagree with that official consensus).
I wanted to wish everyone, and I mean everyone, a Happy New Year. I hope that no matter your politics are like or your religion that we can all be happy and respectful of all our fellow human beings.
Since 9/11, We've Embraced Our Inner Coward(excerpts) Once we Americas did brave things: We sat on boats, crossing the English Channel, knowing that most of us would die on the beach in Normandy. We sat at the lunch counter in the Deep South, waiting for white goons to beat us up.
Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: officialMOSCOW — Russian scientists will soon meet in secret to work on a plan for saving Earth from a possible catastrophic collision with a giant asteroid in 26 years, the head of Russia's space agency said Wednesday.
Islamophobia and the American PresidencyThe 2008 American presidential election brought into lucid focus longstanding discourses of racial belonging in the United States that have amplified Islamophobia and continue both subtly and explicitly nearly a year into Barack Obama's presidency.
GMAC to Approach Government for Third Billion Dollar Aid PackageGMAC Inc., the home and auto lender that counts the US government as the largest stakeholder, is discussing with the Obama administration a third bailout of $3 billion to $4 billion, said a person familiar with the matter.
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