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Protester scales Statue of Liberty's base, forces evacuation
by Jake Pearson - July 5, 2018 - 8:18am
A woman protesting US immigration policy climbed the Statue of Liberty's base and forced the monument's evacuation on the Fourth of July hours after several other demonstrators had hung a banner on the statue's pedestal...
Trump's insult act comes from pro wrestling hype
by Jake Pearson - July 4, 2017 - 2:40am
Wrestling aficionados say the president, who has a long history with the game, has borrowed the time-tested tactics of the squared circle to cultivate the ultimate antihero character, a figure who wins at all costs,...
Smackdown! Trump's insult act comes from pro wrestling hype
by Jake Pearson - July 3, 2017 - 2:00pm
"In our terminology, he's playing it to the hilt," said former World Wrestling Entertainment writer Dan Madigan.
Jury deliberating in trial of Atlanta Hawks' Thabo Sefolosha
by Jake Pearson - October 8, 2015 - 9:20pm
 A jury began deliberating in the criminal case against NBA player Thabo Sefolosha on Thursday (Friday in Manila), six months after he was arrested outside a trendy nightclub following a confrontation with...
Lawyer: Cop targeted Hawks' Sefolosha over race
by Jake Pearson - October 6, 2015 - 7:41pm
A white police officer singled out black NBA player Thabo Sefolosha as he filed out of a nightclub this year, sparking a confrontation that resulted in the Swiss player's arrest and a season-ending...
US: Man arrested for hoax bomb threat at Statue of Liberty
by Jake Pearson - August 19, 2015 - 6:00pm
A man who used the name of a 1993 World Trade Center bombing conspirator and threatened to "blow up" the Statue of Liberty in April, forcing the evacuation of Liberty Island, has been arrested, federal authorities...
Officials: Joan Rivers rushed to hospital
by Jake Pearson - August 29, 2014 - 9:36am
Joan Rivers is in a New York City hospital Thursday after she was rushed from a doctor's office when she went into cardiac arrest, police and hospital officials said.
Bill Gates says poor countries not doomed to stay poor
by Jake Pearson - January 22, 2014 - 9:11am
Philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates pitched an optimistic future for the world's poor and sick in their annual letter Tuesday, arguing passionately against three myths they say hurt efforts to bring people out...
Colbert pokes at pope, others at NY charity dinner
by Jake Pearson - October 19, 2013 - 2:41am
Not even the pope was immune Thursday night as Stephen Colbert cracked one-liners and took digs at luminaries from politics, finance and the media at a Roman Catholic charity dinner in New York City that's perennially...
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