Washington PostLOS ANGELES — Many of the winners who will take home an Oscar on Sunday have long been forecast, their triumph made seemingly self-evident after months of anticipation. That is, except for one little…
ABC NewsIf many of this year’s best picture nominees sound familiar, it could be because they are based on real-life stories. Six of the nine Academy Award nominated films claim to be based in reality,…
Quad City TimesThe depth of the Academy Awards’ Best Picture nominees makes it tough to pick a probable winner from the pool. Remarkably, while three contenders — “Gravity,” “12 Years a Slave” and “American Hustle”…
BBC NewsSeveral people are reported to have been killed by a car bomb near a field hospital in northern Syria, close to the border with Turkey. Activists said the blast happened in the rebel-held town…
Washington PostKIEV, Ukraine — A frenzy of shuttle diplomacy and hard compromises produced what may be a breakthrough in Ukraine’s 3-month-old political standoff, a crisis that this week prompted the deadliest violence in the country’s…
New restrictions on wall signs in Seattle proposedThe Seattle TimesYou’ve seen the giant wall signs around downtown Seattle, the five-story ads for iPads on the back of the Macy’s parking garage, a snowy Montana landscape…
MiamiHerald.comSANTA CLARA, Calif. — In another season of coming oh so close, here is a look at some of the best and worst moments for the San Francisco 49ers during a year that ended with…
Windy City Times—Of note: Handwritten letters between the late Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi and close friend Hermann Kallenbach, a South African bodybuilder, went on display in India’s National Archives. Some people have speculated about the…
USA TODAYLaboratories in the U.S. portion of the International Space Station are running at full power again, officials said Thursday, after a pair of spacewalks to repair a partially failed cooling system. Teams in Houston…
Watch Christmas flash mob surprise Fashion Square Mall-goers in Saginaw …Bay City TimesSAGINAW TOWNSHIP, MI — Those grabbing a bite to eat during the last weekend of Christmas shopping inside Saginaw Township’s Fashion Square Mall…
USA TODAYAMES, Iowa — They came into a sold out Hilton Coliseum as rateds for the first time since 1987 – and only for the second time in the 66-game Iowa-Iowa State men’s basketball rivalry….
