Ruthless Kerry blitz Kildare
Ruthless Kerry laid down a marker to their rivals for the Sam Maguire Cup as they produced a masterclass to defeat Kildare by 7-16 to 0-10 in their All-Ireland quarter-final at Croke Park.
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Glamorgan pitch deemed unsafe
Glamorgan’s Royal London One-Day Cup game with Hampshire was called off after 6.4 overs of Hampshire’s run-chase as the pitch was deemed unsafe.
Malaysia says Indian Ocean airplane debris is part of a Boeing 777
By Praveen Menon and Marine Pennetier KUALA LUMPUR/PARIS (Reuters) – Malaysia said on Sunday that airplane debris that washed up on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion has been identified as being from a Boeing 777, the same model as a Malaysian Airlines plane which vanished last year. “We know the flaperon has been officially identified as being part of a Boeing 777 aircraft,” Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said
Some Democratic bundlers step up Draft Biden efforts amid signs VP may be edging closer to 2016 run
Greenhouse gas: Obama to order steeper cuts for power plants
NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama will impose even steeper cuts on greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants than previously expected, senior administration officials said Sunday, in what the president called the most significant step the U.S. has ever taken to fight global warming.
U.S., Egypt resume formal security talks with Kerry visit
CAIRO (AP) — Despite persistent human rights concerns, the United States on Sunday resumed formal security talks with Egypt that were last held six years ago and kept on hiatus until now amid the political unrest that swept the country in the wake of the Arab Spring.
Bobbi Kristina Brown funeral draws crowd of onlookers
By Rich McKay ALPHARETTA, Ga., (Reuters) – Dozens of onlookers gathered on Saturday near a Georgia church for the funeral of Bobbi Kristina Brown, the 22-year-old daughter of late singer Whitney Houston, who died this week, months after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub. Brown’s funeral at St. James United Methodist Church in Alpharetta, an Atlanta suburb, was private and closed to the public, but dozens of well-wishers stood
Manhunt underway for killer of Memphis police officer
(Reuters) – A manhunt was underway Sunday in Tennessee for the killer of a Memphis police officer who was fatally shot during a traffic stop on Saturday night, officials said. Sean Bolton, 33, died from multiple gunshot wounds after being discovered critically wounded at about 9:15 p.m. local time Saturday, Memphis police said. A citizen used the officer’s radio to report the shooting, police said. Bolton had worked for the
8 Ways To Vacation Right And Recharge Your Health
By 6 a.m., Sam Clarke is usually already on a call with an Asian tech company halfway around the world. By the afternoon, she switches to calls in the U.S. And until she goes to bed, she keeps an eye on her email. On a bad week, Clarke, a sales manager for a software startup in San Francisco, clocks in about 55 hours. In the tech industry,…
Germany's Merkel has chance of absolute majority, poll shows
Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel’s leadership during the Greece crisis has given her conservatives a chance of winning an absolute majority if an election were held next week, an opinion poll on Sunday showed. The chancellor has ruled Germany since 2005 and now governs in coalition with the Social Democrats (SPD). Not since Konrad Adenauer’s third term as chancellor ended in 1961 has the CDU/CSU ruled with an absolute majority.