Last night, the Boston Celtics took the win over the Atlanta Hawks 87-80 in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinal, but that's not the top story on sports blogs, websites and newspapers today; All were shocked in attendance at the game at Philips Area and those watching from home when Paul Pierce was seen dropping to one knee in prayer in a gesture that can only be labeled as Tebowing. But why did he do it?
Nadine DeNinno
May 02, 2012
Alsop?s columns appeared in 300 newspapers and were read widely by D.C. elites
Palash Ghosh
May 02, 2012
Le Pen?s refusal to support Sarkozy may lead many of her supporters to similarly boycott the election, which would likely hand a victory over to Hollande.
Palash Ghosh
May 02, 2012
Octomom Nadya Suleman must have never thought while going for her seventh pregnancy that one day her decision would land her in a state that she would have to agree to get into pornography to be able to pay her bills. But that's what just happened.
Drishya Nair
May 02, 2012
Can the Denver Nuggets overcome the size of the Los Angeles Lakers and win Game 2 of their NBA playoffs first-round matchup on Tuesday with the purple and gold?
Jason Van Hoven
May 01, 2012
A coalition of interest groups encompassing immigration advocates, organized labor groups and members of Occupy Wall Street gathered in Union Square on Tuesday afternoon for a May Day rally.
Jeremy White
May 01, 2012
A slim majority Americans still have a favorable opinion of the Supreme Court, but support has declined over the last three years.
Dan Rivoli
May 01, 2012
The two industries spent a combined $112.9 million on lobbying fees during the first three months of 2012.
Ashley Portero
May 01, 2012
Houston-based oil ang gas giant ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) has been fined $257 million to settle charges brought by the Chinese government following a massive oil spill. The company's Chinese venture partner, CNOOC Ltd., was also fined, to the tune of $76 million.
Eleazar David Meléndez
May 01, 2012
Charles Taylor's conviction at the Hague was important for Sierra Leone, but it represents only a single step in the country's long journey toward lasting peace.
Jacey Fortin
May 01, 2012
On the same day a federal judge blocked Texas from removing Planned Parenthood from a state program for advocating abortion services, an appeals judge allowed the state to move forward.
Dan Rivoli
May 01, 2012
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney ignored a heckler shouting Mitt Romney you're a racist! while he and New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani criticized Barack Obama for politicizing the killing of Osama bin Laden.
Sara Dover
May 01, 2012
The Denver Nuggets will look to even their first-round NBA playoffs series against the Los Angeles Lakers 1-1 after allowing Lakers center Andrew Bynum to dominate Game 1.
Jason Van Hoven
May 01, 2012
The United States condemned the alleged mistreatment of jailed politician Yulia Tymoshenko in Ukraine on Tuesday and called for her release.
Daniel Tovrov
May 01, 2012
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former International Monetary Fund chief who faced sexual assault charges, failed to convince a New York judge that he has immunity from the civil suit against him from his accuser, Nafissatou Diallo.
Dan Rivoli
May 01, 2012
Nina Rhodes-Hughes, a key witness to the RFK assassination, has come out and said she believes that convicted RFK murderer Sirhan Sirhan did not act alone in the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. Rhodes, a long overlooked witness to the murder, tells CNN in an exclusive interview that she heard two guns firing during the 1968 shooting and that authorities altered her account of the crime.
Carey Vanderborg
May 01, 2012
U.S. authorities arrested five self-described anarchists in the Cleveland area for allegedly plotting to blow up a four-lane highway bridge over a national park, but had no ties to foreign terrorism, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.
Joseph Lazzaro
May 01, 2012
Los Angeles Lakers forward Jordan Hill faces a third-degree felony assault charge for choking his girlfriend, who is revealed to be 28-year-old Darlene Luna, at his Houston apartment in late February.
Jason Van Hoven
May 01, 2012
The Knicks have been more productive this season with Amare Stoudemire on the bench
Anthony Riccobono
May 01, 2012
Five suspects were brought into custody by the FBI for conspiring to blow up the Brecksville-Northfield High Level Bridge in Cleveland after months-long sting operation.
Michael Billera
May 01, 2012
Jennifer Lynn Mothershead, the 29-year-old Washington state mother of a 15-month-old girl was charged with first degree child abuse on Monday. Doctors at Seattle Children's Hospital were shocked to discover that Mothershead had been administering bleach into her young daughter's eyes.
Amanda Remling
May 01, 2012
The Atlanta Hawks look to capitalize on the suspension of Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo when they play Game 2 of their first-round matchup in the 2012 NBA playoffs on Tuesday.
Jason Van Hoven
May 01, 2012