The first of what could be several NCAA shoes dropped on Miami’s football program Tuesday. The first thing most people thought is “poor Al Golden.” But after some quick math, what poor Al Golden probably thought was this: “Eight players in all, six starters, suspended for a total of 19 games. Five return after the ...
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – A sports bar is packed with Hurricanes boosters, most of whom are wearing their team’s orange and green colors. They spontaneously break into chanting their unofficial anthem, “It’s great … to be … a Mi-a-mi Hurr-i-cane!” As they sing, the sight of Nevin Shapiro running into an Orange Bowl end zone ...
While most of the time we try and stay positive here on World of Psychology, every now and again reality sucker-punches us back to our senses (although not personally affecting me). The fact remains that despite our wise advice over the years, we haven’t budged the divorce rate in the U.S. (not that we thought ...
WASHINGTON – Declaring “11th hour” urgency to raise the government’s borrowing limit, President Barack Obama on Tuesday hailed a plan by “Gang of Six” senators from both parties to reduce federal deficits as the kind of balanced approach that could break the economy-threatening deadlock. He said it was time for Congress to rally around such ...
PELLA, Iowa – The presidential candidates aren’t the only Republicans divided about letting the government borrow even more money to pay its bills. So, too, are the voters they’re courting. Fiscal hard-liners in early voting states say the issue is a major test for any would-be challenger to President Barack Obama, a Democrat. They’re refusing ...
Twelve-year-old Chen Le is a typical Chinese kid. He loves flying paper airplanes, plays Ping-Pong and dreams of becoming a scientist. And he aims one day to join the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) so, as Chen puts it, “I can puff out my chest and say I am a party member.” The public school that ...
WASHINGTON – Failure to raise the U.S. debt limit would probably ensure President Barack Obama’s re-election in 2012, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell warned fellow conservatives on Wednesday, fresh evidence of deep GOP political divisions on an issue of paramount importance to the nation and its economy. McConnell spoke as Obama and congressional leaders met ...
WASHINGTON – After Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden, the White House released a photo of President Barack Obama and his Cabinet inside the Situation Room, watching the daring raid unfold. Hidden from view, standing just outside the frame of that now-famous photograph was a career CIA analyst. In the hunt for the world’s most-wanted ...
WASHINGTON – Heart disease can sneak up on women in ways that standard cardiac tests can miss. It’s part of a puzzling gender gap: Women tend to have different heart attack symptoms than men. They’re more likely to die in the year after a first heart attack. In fact, more than 40 percent of women ...
The following story headlined “In Damascus, calm at the eye of the storm” was filed by a writer who has spent several weeks reporting in the Syrian capital during a period in which foreign journalists have been barred from entering the country. The byline has been withheld to protect the writer and those interviewed for ...