October 15, 2013 - 3:36am
What is James Franco doing? People started asking this question, in earnest, somewhere around the time he went on General Hospital in 2009. Up until then, he'd been a young actor whose path was relatively normal: he was on Freaks & Geeks , and in Never Been Kissed , and...
October 15, 2013 - 3:14am
Good morning, here are our early stories: -- Welcome To Week Three Of The Shutdown. -- Leaders Express 'Cautious Optimism' Over Iran Nuclear Plan. And here are more early headlines: Alleged Al Qaida Bomber To Appear Today In Federal Court In New York. ( CNN ) Report: NSA Collects Email,...
October 15, 2013 - 3:00am
Iran's proposal for easing the standoff over its nuclear program seems to be getting initial positive reviews at Tuesday's start of multiparty talks in Geneva. A spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said the Iranian delegation had made a PowerPoint presentation outlining their plan at the beginning of...
October 15, 2013 - 3:00am
Sometimes, friends of friends are the best way to discover new music. Or, at the very least, friends of artists you never want to miss live. This was the case with Ryley Walker, a close friend and frequent tour buddy of American Primitive guitarist Daniel Bachman . Walker would accompany...
October 15, 2013 - 2:52am
(Editor's Note: Starting this week, we're introducing a weekday feature of headlines from newspapers around the world.) Britain's Guardian reports on former minister David Maclean, a member of Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party, saying Britain's spy agencies may be operating outside the law in the mass surveillance of the...
October 15, 2013 - 2:10am
The partial government shutdown begins its third week on Tuesday as the debt ceiling deadline looms just two days from now. Congressional leaders seem to be inching toward a deal that could prove acceptable to both sides and the White House. But, we've been here before. USAToday describes the broad...
October 15, 2013 - 2:02am
The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. Novelist Oscar Hijuelos, whose book The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love made him the first Latino author to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, died on Saturday at age 62. NPR's David Greene interviewed Hijuelos' friend Gustavo...
October 14, 2013 - 11:00pm
The U.S. Supreme Court takes up the issue of affirmative action again Tuesday, but this time the question is not whether race may be considered as a factor in college admissions. Instead, this case tests whether voters can ban affirmative-action programs through a referendum. In 2003, the high court upheld...
October 14, 2013 - 11:00pm
For many online and other small businesses, getting a loan or a big cash advance is tough. Banks and other traditional lenders are often leery of those without years of financial statements and solid credit scores. But some lenders and other financial services companies are beginning to assess credit risk...
October 14, 2013 - 11:00pm
JPMorgan Chase says it will cover Social Security and Welfare payments for its customers if the government goes into default or the shutdown continues. If nothing else, it's good public relations for a company which hasn't had much lately. The bank spent nearly 40 percent of the company's revenue over...
