Sep 26 Former Liberian President Charles Taylor's 50-year sentence upheld A UN-backed special court in The Hague upheld former Liberian President Charles Taylor's conviction and 50-year sentence today. Taylor is the first former head of state convicted of war crimes since the Nuremberg trials after World War II. Continue reading
Sep 26 Famous keyboard shortcut was a mistake, says Bill Gates Photo by Flickr user Johan Larsson So you're browsing NewsHour's Rundown Blog and all of a sudden everything freezes. Your computer doesn't want to respond. Your fingers snap to reboot action, hitting Ctrl + Alt +… Continue reading
Sep 26 Barilla pasta boycotted for chairman's offensive remarks Flickr user kugel Chairman for Barilla pasta manufacturer Guido Barilla told Italy's Radio 24 Wednesday that his company would never feature gay people in its advertising. Continue reading
Sep 26 Discovery of fish fossil could transform understanding of evolution Courtesy of Nature A 419-million-year-old fossil of a fish was unearthed Wednesday in China, revealing the oldest known "face" of a creature. Continue reading
Sep 26 MLB Commissioner Selig announces retirement after 2014 season Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announced Thursday that he will retire after the 2014 season. Selig has held the position for two decades. Continue reading
Sep 26 As Kenya mourns Westgate victims, al-Shabab promises more bloodshed Griving relatives attend the funeral for Kenyan journalist Ruhila Adatia-Sood in Nairobi. Photo by Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images In Kenya, more funerals were held Thursday for the 76 victims of Saturday's four-day assault on a Nairobi mall, as… Continue reading
Sep 26 #TXGov TXGov #Breaking: Wendy Davis has begun informing influential Democrats that she intends to run for governor in 2014. http://t.co/5X6GMYqbaF— POLITICO (@politico) September 26, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 26 New NASA sensor could help in disaster recovery .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } A new device released… Continue reading
Sep 26 Join Hari Sreenivasan for #AnchorHours Join us Friday at 1 p.m. ET on the NewsHour facebook page for this week's Anchor Hours with NewsHour Weekend host, Hari Sreenivasan. This week, Hari will be joined by correspondent Rick Karr, whose piece for Sunday's program… Continue reading
Sep 26 Artist fills Boston streets with pianos .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Boston sidewalks are littered with… Continue reading