Sep 20 People wait to get their hands on the new iPhones Apple stores attracted long lines of shoppers Friday morning for the global debut of the latest iPhones. Our chopper shot of the massive line outside an Apple store in NYC for the new iPhone 5C, 5S. Continue reading
Sep 20 What we're watching Friday Photo by Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Stories we're keeping an eye on today: New environmental rules for coal-fired plants are due to come out today from the EPA, creating stringent new limits on greenhouse-gas emissions… Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch Pope: Church's Moral Edifice Will Fall 'Like a House of Cards' Without Balance Pope: Church's Moral Edifice Will Fall 'Like a House of Cards' Without Balance… Continue watching
Sep 19 Nebraskans brace for floodwaters from Colorado downpours By News Desk Photo by Nebraska State Patrol Nebraskans have been stacking sandbags and preparing for the Platte River to flood as water from the torrential Colorado downpours swells rivers downstream. NET News reports that… Continue reading
Sep 19 Contractor who vetted Snowden also vetted Navy Yard shooter, Bloomberg reports "The U.S. government contractor that vetted Edward Snowden, who leaked information about national surveillance programs, said it also performed a background check on the Washington Navy Yard shooter [in 2007]."-Danielle Ivory for Bloomberg… Continue reading
Sep 19 Lucie Brock-Broido Reads 'Of Tookie Williams' Lucie Brock-Broido is the author of four collections of poetry, including her latest "Stay, Illusion." She is the Director of Poetry in the School of the Arts at Columbia University in New York. Her poem "Of Tookie Williams" is about… Continue reading
Sep 19 #WELLSFARGO Wells Fargo to lay off 1800 workers from mortgage department, which was already cut by 2300 jobs in Aug.: http://t.co/epeFQqM1OH -SS— The Associated Press (@AP) September 19, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 19 Local panel in Florida convenes to discuss "Stand Your Ground" law George Zimmerman's trial brought "Stand Your Ground" laws to the forefront of national talking points. Still from PBS NewsHour The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches decided to stir up a controversial issue on Thursday by convening… Continue reading
Sep 19 Remembering Hiroshi Yamauchi, who took Nintendo from playing cards, to love hotels, to electronics giant Hiroshi Yamauchi, who transformed his great-grandfather's company Nintendo into a video game giant, died Thursday at age 85. Hiroshi Yamauchi, the man who transformed video game giant Nintendo into what it is today from its root as a… Continue reading
Sep 19 POW! Superhero novel scores distinguished literary prize By News Desk Photo credit: Flickr via user upton On this day in 2000, Michael Chabon's Pulitzer-Prize winning book "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay" debuted. The novel chronicles the story of two young comic book artists in 1940s New York… Continue reading