While no one yet knows what ignited Major Nidal Malik Hasan’s murderous rage Thursday afternoon, Nov. 5, at Fort Hood, the kindling was hiding in plain sight
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Barclays agree new Premier League deal
Barclays have agreed a new three-year title sponsorship deal with the English Premier League which will be worth around $135million to top-flight clubs. The bank has sponsored the Premier League since 2004 and their current three-year contract, which expires next year, was worth $108m.
Mississippi teacher gets life for killing lover’s pregnant fiancee
A Mississippi schoolteacher was sentenced to life without parole Wednesday for shooting and stabbing to death her lover’s pregnant fiancee in 2006.
Will airports screen for body signals? Researchers hope so
The days of being able to walk through airport security checkpoints while wearing shoes and a jacket could return if an experimental program proves successful, some Department of Homeland Security officials say. The Homeland Security-funded project is Future Attribute Screening Technology, or FAST
Tyler Perry graphically recounts childhood abuse on Web site
Tyler Perry has, for the first time, revealed graphic details about the sexual, physical and emotional abuse he says he suffered as a child. Perry recounts in a message posted on his Web site that screening the film “Precious” dislodged “some raw emotions and brought me to some things and places in my life that I needed to deal with but had long forgotten
Elizabeth Taylor says she will have heart procedure
Elizabeth Taylor is having a “procedure on her heart,” she announced on her Twitter page Tuesday. “It’s very new and involves repairing my leaky valve using a clip device, without open heart surgery, so that my heart will function better,” the famed actress wrote.
Whip It: Drew Barrymore, Director and Roller Derby Girl
It’s been well established that Drew Barrymore is both adorable and a free spirit. Who else could show up to the Toronto premiere of her first directorial effort, the roller derby-themed film Whip It, with a hair-do that looked like something put together by a bored Jolie-Pitt child during an unsupervised hour at the chateau?
Michelle Obama steals the show in Copenhagen
After flying through the night for seven hours aboard Air Force One, nobody would blame President Obama for being at least slightly groggy when he arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark, for a quick four hours to make the final pitch for Chicago to host the 2016 Olympics.
The color and complexity of Cuba’s cigars
Synonymous with Cuba, just like Castro and Che Guevara, cigars are revered by connoisseurs and part of the country’s political landscape. Neighbors know what I do, and it seems to draw the men to me — and they open up about certain things that the guys who actually come to see me with their wives just don’t
Bali quake injures seven
A powerful earthquake registering magnitude 6.4 struck the Indonesian island resort of Bali, leaving seven people hospitalized early Saturday, the head of the Health Ministry’s crisis center said.