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MLB: Selig may Announce Regular Season Games in Europe 2015

Aug 13, 2014 03:02 PM EDT

Reports circulating Wednesday say Major League Baseball may play a few regular season games in Europe to kick off the 2015 season

Lauren Bacall accepts her Honorary Oscar during the 2009 Governors Awards at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

Film actress Lauren Bacall dies at age 89

Dan Weisman |

Aug 12, 2014 11:41 PM EDT

An iconic symbol of glamor, and great acting chops, film actress Lauren Bacall died Wednesday at age 89 of a stroke.

As the WWE presented the final episode of RAW before SummerSlam, Hulk Hogan was on hand to celebrate his 61st birthday and several surprises were in store.

Hulk Hogan and WWE Celebrate his 61st Birthday in Style Before SummerSlam

Dan Weisman |

Aug 12, 2014 08:36 PM EDT

Celebrities and athletes are recovering Tuesday from the hardiest of WWE parties that celebrated Hulk Hogan's 61st birthday.

The Obamas take off Aug. 9 on daily vacation to Martha's Vineyard.

Obamas and Clintons Scheduled to Attend Same Party on Wednesday

Dan Weisman |

Aug 12, 2014 03:31 PM EDT

Arguably the two most influential families in Democratic Party circles and American politics today, the rival Obama and Clinton families are scheduled to attend the same party Wednesday at Martha's Vineyard.

A woman rides a tricycle past a giant poster of late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in Beijing.

China CCTV begins airing 48-part series about former leader Deng Xiaoping

Dan Weisman |

Aug 12, 2014 02:56 PM EDT

A super-sized 48-part TV documentary about former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping now is running on China Central Television, CCTV. The series discusses the diminutive leader who began systemic reforms now reverberating across China in great length to say the least.

Former US President Richard Nixon gives his farewell speech at the White House after resigning on 9 August 1974.

Richard Nixon's Resignation Remembered 40 Years After

Dan Weisman |

Aug 09, 2014 06:11 AM EDT

Forty years ago on Aug. 9, 1974, Richard Nixon threw in the towel on a troubled presidency and resigned from office. The only U.S. president to resign, Nixon was brought down by the giant Watergate scandal and other factors related to alleged criminal behavior.

Mars opens first World M&M's theme store in Shanghai

Mars Opens First World M&M's Store in Shanghai

Dan Weisman |

Aug 09, 2014 04:14 AM EDT

Want some M&M's candy in Shanghai? Mars, makers of the delectable chocolate treats that melt in your mouth, not in your hands, is providing that and much more at the Brilliance Shimao International Plaza along Shanghai's bustling East Nanjing Road in the Huangpu Central District.

Reagan press secretary, and gun control advocate, James Brady

Reagan Press Secretary James Brady's Death Ruled as Homicide

Dan Weisman |

Aug 09, 2014 12:37 AM EDT

Reagan press aide and gun control advocate James Brady, who died this week at age 73 may have survived a gunshot wound to the head in 1981 but his death this week was ruled a homicide Friday by the medical examiner, according to police in the District of Columbia.

Rocket Fire Resumes As Gaza Truce Ends

Dan Weisman |

Aug 08, 2014 04:17 AM EDT

Rockets shot out of Gaza just after 8 a.m., Friday, as a 72-hour truce between Hamas and Israel expired with no end to the war in sight.

MLB Challenges DEA to Name Names in Doping Probe

Dan Weisman |

Aug 08, 2014 03:14 AM EDT

Names. That's what Major League Baseball (MLB) wants from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) after antinarcotics officials claimed they knew of five baseball players who used performance enhancing drugs (PED), but were not yet been publicly identified.