Spurs Make Becky Hammon the NBA’s First Female Full-Time Coach
Aug 6, 2014 After 16 years playing basketball for the WNBA, San Antonio Stars point guard Becky Hammon is moving on -- to the sidelines. To coach male players for the NBA.
Earth-Like Planet a ‘Stone’s Throw Away’
Jun 30, 2014 Astronomers have discovered a planet that appears to offer some of the most Earth-like conditions found anywhere in the galaxy.
Bank of New York Case Tests IRS Power to Halt Foreign Tax Abuses
Apr 16, 2012 In November 2001, the Bank of New York quietly transferred nearly $8 billion of its assets -- almost 10 percent of its holdings at the time -- to a trust in the small, business-friendly state of Delaware in a critical first step in setting up a tax shelter that has cost the government more than $1 billion in revenue in the past decade.
Astronomers Scope Out ‘Earth 2.0’
Dec 6, 2011 Did you know that astronomers have found a bunch of potential "Earth 2.0" candidate planets scattered around the universe? More than 2,000 in fact, and one in particular, which NASA dubbed Kepler 22-b after the supercharged telescope that spotted it, spins around its own sun just 600 light-years away.
Earth-Like Planet May Exist
Sep 13, 2011 European astronomers said Monday that they may have found a celestial body with the right characteristics to host life: a "Goldilocks" planet circling a star at a distance that is not too hot, not too cold, but just right for liquid water to exist.Black Hole Swallows Up a Star
Aug 25, 2011 Scientists say that, for the first time, they have witnessed a black hole swallowing a distant star.
‘Rogue’ Planets Found Roaming Through Space
May 19, 2011 What happens when planetary bodies go rogue? Well, that's one universal mystery that scientists didn't actually know of until a team of Japanese researchers claimed to have found 10 such free-range roamers -- and what's more, they might be shockingly common in space.
Elizabeth Taylor: 1932-2011
Mar 24, 2011 She was a bona fide movie star by age 12, thanks to a horsey little number called "National Velvet," but it's safe to say that Elizabeth Taylor was able to avoid the curse of the child actor, given the countless memorable screen moments she produced over the next 50 years.
Riding the Milky Way in Tucson
Aug 27, 2010 A couple of days after I arrived in Tucson, there came a party invitation The public was invited to the top of Mount Lemmon for a viewing of the annual Perseid showers, a breathtaking display of shooting stars While I generally brake for sand, I also hit the road for star parties.
McCain Bites Celeb Hands That Feed Him
Sep 18, 2008 John McCain took the opportunity Tuesday to criticize Barack Obama for consorting with celebrities at a Democratic fund drive in Hollywood that night, but McCain had apparently forgotten about his own celeb-attended fundraiser in Beverly Hills last month. McCain supporter Wilford Brimley has yet to comment on this grievous oversight.
