Janet Yellen Nominated to Succeed ‘Helicopter’ Ben

Janet Yellen Nominated to Succeed ‘Helicopter’ Ben

President Obama’s long and politically combustible search for a successor to Federal Reserve chairman “Helicopter” Ben Bernanke has at long last come to an end and, for the first time ever, we have a lady-in-waiting for the position. Janet Yellen, the Federal...
$100 Million Charity Fraud Case Begins in Ohio

$100 Million Charity Fraud Case Begins in Ohio

Testimony is expected to begin today in the fraud trial of Bobby Thompson, the accused mastermind behind a $100 million multistate defrauding of Navy veterans under the guise of a reputed charity, the United States Navy Veterans Association based in Tampa. A jury has...
Winners Named for Nobel Prize for Medicine

Winners Named for Nobel Prize for Medicine

Nobel Prize committee officials released their choice(s) for winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday. James Rothman, 62, of Yale University, Randy Schekman, 64, of the University of California, Berkeley, and Dr. Thomas Sudhof, 57, of Stanford University, will...
‘Gravity’ Posts Out of This World Numbers

‘Gravity’ Posts Out of This World Numbers

October is not normally a great time for movie studios. It’s the season where movies go to die but not for the recently released space adventure “Gravity,” starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock. The film debuted to the tune of $55.55 million in North American...
Broncos Beat Cowboys 51-48 in a Wild West Shootout

Broncos Beat Cowboys 51-48 in a Wild West Shootout

That’s not a basketball score. The Denver Broncos rode into Dallas Sunday afternoon and shot down the Cowboys 51-48 in the second-highest scoring game since the AFL and NFL merged leagues. The game was a back and forth affair, with Denver quarterback Peyton Manning...