A New York City police officer was slashed during Thursday’s “Occupy Wall Street” action and a second officer was taken to a local hospital with an eye injury, after clashes with protesters and activists across lower Manhattan, sources told FoxNews.com.
Both officers are said to be in stable condition, although the incident marked an escalation of tension in the uneasy give-and-take between New York officers charged with maintaining order and protesters determined to be heard.
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Justin Theroux and Jennifer Aniston in New York City.
It is hard to imagine Jennifer Aniston having a sit-down with Angelina Jolie, who Aniston’s then-husband Brad Pitt fell for while they filmed “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” together. But while Aniston may have played a similar role in the breakup of Justin Theroux and his girlfriend of 14 years, Aniston specifically requested a meeting to clear the air with her boyfriend’s ex, a report said.
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Nov. 13, 2011: President Obama speaks during his closing press conference at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit near Honolulu, Hawaii.
It’s hard to mistake that Hawaiian scenery.
But President Obama apparently forgot where he was during his press conference Sunday on the outskirts of Honolulu — despite being born there.
The president mistakenly described his location as “Asia” while answering a question about budget cuts.
“When I Read the rest of this post »
At Google, X really does mark the spot.
Search-engine giant Google has a secret product lab called Google X feverishly developing blue-sky projects such as space elevators, driverless cars and Internet-enabled household devices (coffee pots? clothing?), The New York Times reported Monday.
The labs are reportedly run “as mysteriously as the C.I.A.,” according to unnamed sources familiar with the project, and housed in two facilities — one in California Read the rest of this post »
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October 2: The family of late singer Michael Jackson, including his children Prince Michael Joseph Jackson Jr. (far L) , Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson (2nd L) and Prince Michael Jackson II (L front), attend the premiere of Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour show by Cirque du Soleil in Montreal.
After 866 days of waiting for the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray to come to an end, the family of Michael Jackson finally let out their collective breaths on Monday, Read the rest of this post »
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An artist’s impression of Phobos-Grunt in Mars orbit.
Scientists grew excited last week as Russia’s planned its first interplanetary mission in 15 years. By now, the ambitious mission should be powering through space, toward the Martian moon Phobos.
Instead, Russia’s space agency spent Friday discussing uncontrolled reentry scenarios.
Authorities may be looking for someone to blame after a lengthy string of mission failures. According to an Interfax Read the rest of this post »
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Nov. 10, 2011: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich addresses audience members while campaigning at the Westin Hotel at Detroit Metro Airport in Romulus, Mich.
Newt Gingrich has moved into the top tier of Republican presidential candidates, according to two national polls released Friday.
The rise of the ex-House speaker comes as other candidates in the race encounter hurdles. Businessman Herman Cain spent the last two weeks fending off sexual harassment Read the rest of this post »
Allegations of child sexual abuse by a former assistant football coach at Penn State University have dominated the news this week. On Wednesday legendary football coach Joe Paterno released a statement in which he said, “With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more.” How lame is that, coach?
Would you have accepted that excuse from one of your players? “With the benefit of hindsight, coach, I wish I had run the route we rehearsed a thousand times in practice.” See how stupid that Read the rest of this post »
AP
The White House has decided to sideline a proposed fee on Christmas trees, after the fee was ridiculed by critics as a tax on Christmas.
The 15-cent tax on Christmas trees was announced Tuesday in the Federal Register and was meant to pay for a new board tasked with promoting the Christmas tree industry. It was supported by Christmas tree growers, who wanted a stable source of revenue to fund a new marketing campaign.
But the change quickly drew complaints Read the rest of this post »
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Sky Metalwala, 2, was reported missing Sunday morning after his mother discovered him missing from her car in Bellevue, Wash.
BELLEVUE, Wash. – Police in Washington state said Tuesday they suspect a crime in the disappearance of a 2-year-old boy whose mother claimed he disappeared when she left him alone in a car for an hour last weekend.
“Given the limited amount of information we have, the fact that there’s really no solid leads to follow Read the rest of this post »
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