The National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup championship series is down to a seventh and deciding game, after the host Boston Bruins dominated the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 Monday. For the third time in this series, the Bruins jumped all over Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo, with Brad Marchand, Milan Lucic and Andrew Ference all scoring on the […]
Boston Beats Vancouver to Force 7th Game in NHL Stanley Cup Finals
Posted June 14th, 2011 at 1:45 am (UTC-5)
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House Grants Weiner a Leave of Absence
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 8:55 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a two-week leave of absence for New York Democratic Representative Anthony Weiner, as he seeks professional help following his involvement in an Internet sex scandal. Lawmakers Monday approved the request by Weiner, who has admitted he sent a lewd photograph of himself to a female college student using […]
Carstens Questions European Leading the IMF
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 4:15 pm (UTC-5)
Mexican central bank governor Agustin Carstens says the next leader of the International Monetary Fund should not be a European because those nations are borrowing heavily from the lending institution. Carstens, who is a candidate for the IMF’s top job, made the comment Monday during a speech at a research institution in Washington. Carstens also […]
Chile Volcano Causing Widespread Flight Disruptions
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 2:45 pm (UTC-5)
A cloud of ash from an erupting volcano in southern Chile has disrupted air travel from South America to Australia and New Zealand, causing widespread delays. A flight carrying United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to Buenos Aires, Argentina was diverted to the northern city of Cordoba late Sunday because of the ash, which can damage […]
Pentagon Papers Released 40 Years After Leak
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. National Archives has released the complete “Pentagon Papers,” 40 years after parts of the secret government study first appeared in The New York Times. The then-classified study by the U.S. Defense Department showed the United States was secretly escalating the conflict in Vietnam while misleading Congress, the American public and U.S. allies. The […]
US Jury Convicts 3 in Insider Trading Case
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 12:45 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. federal jury has convicted three Wall Street traders of fraud as part of a government crackdown on insider trading in the hedge fund industry. The jury in New York’s Manhattan district announced the guilty verdicts Monday in the cases of former Galleon trader Zvi Goffer, his brother Emanuel and Michael Kimelman. The three […]
Pentagon Papers Declassified 40 Years after Publication
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 12:45 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. National Archives has released the complete “Pentagon Papers,” 40 years after parts of the secret government study first appeared in The New York Times. The then-classified study by the U.S. Defense Department showed the United States was secretly escalating the conflict in Vietnam while misleading Congress, the American public and U.S. allies. A […]
FIFA Announces 2014 World Cup Qualifying Opener
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 12:15 pm (UTC-5)
Qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup football finals in Brazil officially begins Wednesday in Malabar, Trinidad, with a match between Montserrat and Belize. Preliminary qualification rounds are being held in the North, Central American and Caribbean region and in the Asian Zone this month and next month. Teams are meeting in two-game playoffs to […]
Obama Travels to North Carolina for Jobs Meeting
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 9:55 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama travels to North Carolina Monday to hear private-sector proposals for boosting job creation, as he tries to reassure voters worried about a slow economic recovery. Mr. Obama will meet in the city of Durham with 26 business leaders he appointed in to a Jobs and Competitiveness Council. Council leader Jeffrey Immelt, […]
Republican US Presidential Hopefuls to Debate
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 9:10 am (UTC-5)
Seven Republicans seeking to unseat U.S. President Barack Obama in the 2012 election will meet in their first major debate later Monday. The nationally televised forum on CNN will be held in New Hampshire, where the candidates already are campaigning, months ahead of the first voting contests early next year. According to a CNN/Opinion Research […]
