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  • NFL looking into players' casino investment

    The NFL is investigating the reported investment by at least 25 NFL players in an Alabama casino that has been shut down, a business venture that might have run afoul of league rules.


  • Jon Huntsman Jr. sits on a Harley-Davidson at a dealership during a May visit to Manchester, N.H. The GOP presidential candidate is back in New Hampshire, traversing the campaign trail on a Harley Road King. (Associated Press)

    Inside the Beltway

    The former ambassador rides. We're talking a Harley-Davidson Road King here. Who knew? Presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman Jr. hones his he-man image in deep New Hampshire territory in the next 24 hours. He'll appear at local meet-and-greets, then board his Harley in Manchester, bound for Laconia and Weirs Beach on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee to the north.


  • Warriors hire analyst Mark Jackson as head coach

    Mark Jackson's leadership skills as a player more than outweighed his lack of coaching experience when it came time for the Golden State Warriors to hire their coach.


  • Illustration: Big Brother's online snooping by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

    TITCH: Block Big Brother's Internet snoops

    Americans are moving more and more of our personal data onto the Internet. We send and save emails through Hotmail and Gmail. We share photos with Flickr and post videos on YouTube. We set up everything from our calendars to video rentals so they can be managed remotely from our cellphones and multiple computers.


  • Embassy Row

    The press minister at the Bangladesh Embassy is in Washington, not Scotland. He has not lost his passport or credit cards, and he does not need your money.


  • Microsoft's Bing leans more heavily on Facebook

    Microsoft Corp.'s Bing search engine is increasing its emphasis on the recommendations shared within Facebook's online social network to give people something they can't find on Google's dominant search engine.


  • A trader laughs as he works May 12 with colleagues on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. A loss of momentum on Wall Street, dropping commodity prices and worries over Europe's debt problems caused world stock markets to sag Monday. (Associated Press)

    Debt concerns weigh on stocks

    A bounce back in materials and financial companies erased early losses in the stock market Monday.


  • On Sept. 11, 2001, the twin towers of the World Trade Center burn and later collapse after hijacked planes deliberately crashed into them in New York City. A multimillion-dollar reward was offered for now-dead terrorist Osama bin Laden after the attacks.

    Schools struggle to teach 9/11 to students too young to remember

    The death of Osama bin Laden was the ultimate teachable moment, but it has left teachers, parents and educators scrambling to tell the story of Sept. 11 and the career of the world's most wanted terrorist to a new generation of schoolchildren — many of whom were not even born when the planes crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.


  • Live streamed Royal wedding reigns on the Web

    Prince William and Kate Middleton may have had a traditional wedding, but the Internet traffic that accompanied the ceremony was something very new for the royal family.


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