Anja Niedringhaus/AP American Serena Williams lies on the court during the women’s final against Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland at Wimbledon, England, on Saturday. She beat Radwanska 6-1, 5-7, 6-2. Serena Williams is back, and she looks almost as good as ever. The 30-year-old American won her fifth Wimbledon title Saturday on Centre Court, beating Agnieszka […]
Enlarge Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Obama steps onstage before a campaign event in Poland, Ohio. He recently underlined the importance of campaign finances to supporters in an email that began, “I will be outspent.” Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Obama steps onstage before a campaign event in Poland, Ohio. He recently underlined the importance of campaign
Enlarge Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images British banking giant Barclays is at the center of an interbank loan rate scandal that caused several high-ranking executives to resign and forced the company to pay $455 million in fines. Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images British banking giant Barclays is at the center of an interbank loan rate scandal that caused several
Enlarge David Goldman/AP People gather outside the Supreme Court on June 28, the morning the health care ruling was announced. Lawyers say they’re still teasing out the consequences for other key areas of the law — including civil rights. David Goldman/AP People gather outside the Supreme Court on June 28, the morning the health care
Yahoo and Facebook have agreed to re-sheath their patent swords and play nice — at least for now. The two companies have struck a broad advertising partnership as part of a deal to end a patent dispute, Kara Swisher reports on the technology blog All Things Digital, quoting “sources close to the situation.” According to
Enlarge Joe Burbank/AP George Zimmerman during a court hearing on June 29. Joe Burbank/AP George Zimmerman during a court hearing on June 29. One day after a Florida judge set his new bail at $1 million, accused killer George Zimmerman is out of jail after posting a bond. Zimmerman is the neighborhood watch volunteer who
Source: Oxford American Magazine Credit: Dave Anderson In the 1960s, Al Black could be found cruising up and down Route 1 in his blue-and-white Ford Galaxy — with a trunk full of wet landscape paintings. At the time, he was a salesman who could snatch your breath away and sell it back to you. As
Enlarge John Flesher/AP Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed voter ID legislation on Tuesday. John Flesher/AP Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed voter ID legislation on Tuesday. At first blush, it seems like a man-bites-dog story: a Republican governor vetoing voter ID legislation decried as voter suppression by Democratic critics of the bills. But when you consider
Enlarge Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Revelations that Barclays traders were involved in efforts to manipulate a key interest rate claimed the job of Barclays Chief Executive Bob Diamond. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Revelations that Barclays traders were involved in efforts to manipulate a key interest rate claimed the job of Barclays Chief Executive Bob Diamond. There’s a
Enlarge Chris Szagola/AP Joe Paterno walks the sidelines during warm-ups before a game between his Penn State Nittany Lions and the Temple Owls in Philadelphia last September. Paterno, who died in January, was fired on Nov. 9, four days after Jerry Sandusky was initially arrested on charges of sexually abusing 10 boys. Chris Szagola/AP Joe
AFP/Getty Images A handout image released by the Syrian opposition’s Shaam News Network on Monday shows a girl flashing the sign for victory in a destroyed street flooded with water in the restive central city of Homs. Turkey’s state TV is reporting that a Syrian general and 85 soldiers have defected and are seeking refuge
When Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Matthew A. Sciarrino Jr. ruled that Twitter owns tweets made by OWS protester Malcolm Harris, and, furthermore, that these tweets would not be considered private in the eyes of the law, his opinion invoked the following metaphor: “If you post a tweet, just like if you scream it out the