AP - FIFA president Sepp Blatter made his strongest endorsement yet of moving the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to winter, saying Friday that players should be spared from the blistering summer heat in the ...
Blatter criticizes the IOC while defending FIFA
(AP)- 1 hour agoAP - FIFA President Sepp Blatter criticized the IOC while defending his own organization against corruption allegations, saying that the Olympic body handles its finances "like a housewife."
FIFA chief Blatter 'expects' Qatar W.Cup in winter
(AFP)- 2 hours agoAFP - The prospect of the 2022 Qatar World Cup being held in the winter moved a step closer Friday when FIFA president Sepp Blatter said for the first time that this is what he expects will happen.
AP - Mark Twain was the kind of man who might tell an off-color joke, then grievously apologize, who wrote stories and essays he knew would offend and kept others private for the same reason.
Winfrey pleased with OWN network's weekend opening
(AP)- 10 hours agoAP - Oprah Winfrey says she's "grateful that we weren't embarrassed" during the much-anticipated first weekend that her new OWN network was on the air.
All My Children's Rebecca Budig Is Engaged
(omg!)- 38 minutes agoomg! - The year is off to a good start for All My Children star Rebecca Budig: She's engaged to television marketing executive Michael Benson, People reports. "He's an amazing man and we're just reall...
AP - With so many investors becoming fans of the company, Facebook will be legally required to begin sharing more information about its finances and strategy by April 2012, according to documents dist...
Microsoft's answer to the iPad is still in pieces
(AP)- 11 hours agoAP - Instead of unveiling an elegant response to the iPad, Microsoft came to the tech industry's premier gadget show with a collection of exposed computer guts.
Two of California's most treasured natural settings are also among the most imperiled landscapes on Earth, as disruptive changes in climate patterns promise to melt glaciers, dry out rivers and set fo...
Leaderless liberals lose grip on S.F. board- 1 day agoWhen Mayor Gavin Newsom declared in March that he was running for lieutenant governor, San Francisco business groups and moderate voters feared he had just handed the left-leaning Board of Supervisors...
Jerry Brown makes numerous key appointments- 1 day agoGov. Jerry Brown made a host of top appointments for his administration Wednesday, including several people who served with him during his previous time as governor, and Brown revamped the State Board...
Bottled water labels lack key data, group says- 1 day agoThat bottled water you're drinking could have come from a faucet the next town over or from a company with a history of bacterial contamination. But you wouldn't know that from the label, according to...
SF police chief renews call for Tasers- 1 day agoFollowing two police shootings of men with knives in as many weeks, Police Chief George Gascón pledged Wednesday to revive his push for the use of electronic stun guns as a less-lethal method to subdu...
09:15 am : [BRIEFING.COM] S&P; futures vs fair value: +1.80. Nasdaq futures vs fair value: +5.30. A knee-jerk selling response to a smaller-than-expected increase in both nonfarm payrolls and private payrolls for December sent stock futures into the red, but...
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