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NCAA to pay for family travel under pilot program Grants waiver to College Football Playoff for national championship NCAA January 6, 2015 The NCAA will help cover expenses for players’ families to travel to the Men’s and Women’s Final Fours this spring, under a new pilot program announced today. A waiver granted today by the […]

NFL: St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke plans to build a football stadium in Inglewood, California CBS Los Angeles The NFL could be returning to Los Angeles thanks to a new partnership that will build a stadium and massive entertainment complex in Inglewood. Stan Kroenke, who bought a 60-acre lot between The Forum and Hollywood […]

Extraordinary milestone: London’s population surpassing previous 1939 peak London’s population peaked in 1939 at around 8.6 million, and immediately began a rapid fall as World War II began. Johnathan Prynn Standard (UK) London’s exploding population is on the brink of hitting an all-time high, more than three quarters of a century after it peaked on […]

U.S. Senator Edward W. Brooke III dies at 95 October 26, 1919 – January 3, 2015 The first African American elected to the U.S. Senate post reconstruction By Sylvia Wingfield and Mark Pratt Associated Press BOSTON— Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who became the first black in U.S. history to win […]

A journey from New York City to San Francisco by bike- view his journey On May 17, 2014, Dwayne Burgess, photographer and cyclist, set out a trip across the United States by bicycle. He rode a total of 3000 miles completed in 75 days. Along the way he documented the contours of the country using […]

Ethiopia: Addis Ababa metro rail system construction to be completed in 2015 See update September 23, 2015: Addis Ababa beats Lagos to rapid rail transit as construction delays mount Addis Ababa beats Lagos to rapid rail transit as construction delays mount By Aaron Maasho Reuters ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia expects to complete the Chinese-backed construction […]

NBA: Warriors unveil updated design of their future San Francisco arena SAN FRANCISCO- Renderings were released in December 2014 showing the Golden State Warriors’ new San Fracisco arena to be located in the Mission Bay area. The Warriors have been playing in Oakland’s Oracle Arena since 1971. The franchise was known as the San Francisco […]

India becoming third largest world economy India largest in Commonwealth by 2018, 3rd in world by 2024 The 2014 ranking puts the US first, followed by China, Japan, Germany, the UK, France, Brazil, Italy, India and Russia, in that order. Joe Fernandez Free Malaysia Today KUALA LUMPUR- The latest edition of Cebr Global’s World Economic […]

Florida passes New York and North Carolina passes Michigan in population Release Date: DECEMBER 23, 2014 U.S. Census Bureau By adding an average of 803 new residents each day between July 1, 2013 and July 1, 2014, Florida passed New York to become the nation’s third most populous state, according to U.S. Census Bureau state […]

U.S. President Barack Obama’s approval rating President Barack Obama’s job approval rating has settled down into a significantly smaller range in 2014 than it has in any of his five previous years in office. This year, through the week that ended Dec. 14, Obama’s weekly approval averages have ranged between a high of 45% and […]