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Penn State To Face 'Punitive Measures': NCAA

The NCAA said Sunday it will hold a news conference Monday morning to announce what were described as “corrective and punitive measures” against Penn State.

Mexico's Drug War: A New President Outlines A New Strategy Likely To Produce Old Results

In the old days of Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the party of President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto, a systemic culture of government corruption ensured that the drug cartels would be more or less left alone in exchange for hefty bribes at multiple levels, and as the drugs flowed north into the U.S. there was relatively little violence.

Syria Civil War: Largest City, Aleppo, Sees Clashes For First Time

Machine guns rattled overnight in Syria's largest city, Aleppo, 220 miles north of Damascus, which itself is seeing an escalation of fighting.

Windows Phone 8 Release Date Revealed? Late 2012 Says Source, Who Lists Other Microsoft Launches To Expect

Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows 8, will launch in the fall, and it looks like the company is rolling out a brand new smartphone to go with it. Windows Phone 8 is rumored for a November 2012 release date, along with various other launches from the company.

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Report: Assad Has Fled To His Alawite Homeland

In an echo from the final weeks of Saddam Hussein's reign in Iraq in 2003, Syrian President Bashar al Assad has reportedly retreated to his tribal homeland as rebels advance on Damascus.

Israel Accuses Iran Of Bus Bombing In Bulgaria

Israel accused Iran of carrying out a bomb attack that killed six people on a bus carrying Israeli tourists at a Bulgarian airport Wednesday, and vowed a stern response to Iranian terror.

Malcolm Glazer Owns a Controlling Interest in Manchester United Football Club

Manchester United IPO, MANU, To Launch In New York Next Week

The dominant European soccer franchise is coming to the U.S. market for help paying off a huge debt that has yet to hurt the team's success on the field.

Greeks Say They Have Identified Huge Cutbacks (Details To Follow)

Pressed by foreign creditors to produce 11.5 billion euros in spending cuts in 2013 and 2014, Greek leaders said Wednesday they had identified areas that could be trimmed.

Is The NYC Thunderstorm Photo Taken From A Plane Real And Un-Doctored?

A dramatic photo of the thunderstorm that descended on New York City Wednesday was allegedly taken by a passenger on a flight over Queens. Is it real?

Consumers Remain Cautious despite Hefty RBA Cuts in May

TiVo Wants To Know Where You Shop, Nielsen Wants To Stay Relevant

The company that developed the first commercially available DVR announced on Tuesday that it is purchasing TRA, Inc., a marketing and analytics company whose products help advertisers know which TV commercials are the most effective based on consumers' shopping habits.

Syria: The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?

The deaths of major Syrian military leaders in a spectacular strike on the capital are tipping the playing field, but don't expect the conflict to end anytime soon.

Are US Home Equity Loans Another Ticking Time Bomb?

The nascent U.S. housing recovery could be concealing another financial time bomb: home equity loans.

Children in Al-Mazrak IDP camp in Haradh, northern Yemen.

Only Afghanistan Is Worse: Crisis Looming In Yemen As Malnutrition Rises

Yemen is going through a difficult political transition after the ouster of president Ali Abdallah Saleh, but that isn't as bad as its humanitarian crisis

Knicks Let Lin Go To Houston

The Knicks will not match the Rockets' offer and Jeremy Lin will go to Houston.

Boy Scouts Stand By Anti-Gay Ban

The Boy Scouts of America reaffirmed Tuesday its policy to exclude gays from joining or being leaders.

Gumby the Movie? DreamWorks Eyes Catalog Of Retro Characters

For fans of the DreamWorks Animation brand, there is a certain somber irony in its bid to acquire a catalog of pop-culture relics. The company, founded in 1994 out of a merger between DreamWorks SKG and Pacific Data Images, built its name on inventive storytelling and original offerings such as Antz, Shark Tale and Kung Fu Panda.

Does ‘American Gypsies’ Reinforce The Same Stereotypes It Aims To Dismantle?

On Tuesday, The National Geographic Channel will premiere American Gypsies, which purportedly aims to refute common myths about gypsies.

Head Faking The 2012 Farm Bill

With last week's hubbub over Condoleezza Rice as possible veep, you may have missed how a House Republican group took legislative action to increase government subsidies to the one percent.

File photo of Syrian President al-Assad in Damascus.

Assad May Use Chemical Weapons If Cornered, Says Defector After Reports That Syria Started Moving WMD

Closely following earlier reports that Syria had started moving some parts of its huge stockpile of chemical weapons out of storage, the most senior Syrian official to defect to the opposition has said that the Syrian regime will not hesitate to use chemical weapons in a last-ditch effort at survival.

A child receives polio drops during the polio eradication programme in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh.

Taliban Blocks Polio Vaccines In Remote Pakistan: Distrust Of West Puts Children's Health In Jeopardy

Taliban militants have threatened aid workers trying to administer the polio vaccine in Pakistan, putting the lives of 250,000 children in the remote regions of South and North Waziristan at immediate risk.

Margaret Sullivan, New York Times' New Public Editor, Is 'Extremely Experienced': Deputy

Margaret Sullivan, outgoing editor of the Warren Buffett-owned Buffalo News, brings 32 years of journalism experience to her new role as public editor of the New York Times (NYSE: NYT), as the Sulzberger family-controlled paper faces unprecedented financial challenges.

Tom Hanks Takes ‘Electric City’ Series Straight To The Web

With more TV audiences viewing shows online, it makes sense creators are bypassing the traditional distribution medium and developing content expressly for the Web. Yet some might be surprised to find that film icon and veteran A-lister Tom Hanks is jumping on the bandwagon.

'We're Not The Only Ones': Barclays Chief Exec Warns Of Libor Scandal Storm

The internal memo, written by outgoing Executive Chairman Marcus Agius, added that customers, clients, shareholders and regulators all have a right to feel let down.

MSNBC.com To Become NBCNews.com In $300 Million Web Divorce Between Microsoft and NBC

NBC News announced Sunday night that it had officially severed its online relationship with the Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) with respect to their joint news site MSNBC.com. NBC has acquired the MSNBC domain, paying Microsoft about $300 million for its stake in the site.

Apple iPhone 5: New Metal Mockup Matches Previously Rumored Features, Specs And Schematics [PICTURES]

Apple IPhone 5 And IPad Mini Reportedly In Production; Release Date May Be As Soon As August

While plenty of lesser-known tech blogs have been reporting on the recent developments in the Apple world, major publications have been less enthusiastic about the news. On Sunday, however, the New York Times threw its weight behind rumors of a coming iPad with a 7.85-inch screen.

Racially Charged Casting Controversy Rocks Historic Theater

La Jolla Playhouse on Thursday set off a social-media firestorm over the casting of its upcoming production of The Nightingale. Although the Hans Christian Andersen tale is set in Feudal China, the cast contains few Asian actors.

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