2013 NBA Finals: Miami Heat dominates San Antonio Spurs, 103-84, in Game 2 to even series

    MIAMI — From the time LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh came together in Miami, the Heat has usually found a way to respond to defeat, with adversity and doubt summoning a more ferocious and resounding response — until the next supposed crisis comes along. After losing the first game of the NBA Finals [...]


    A Catholic campaign: ‘The new evangelization’

    John Gallagher felt anxious as he set out on a rainy Sunday afternoon to knock on doors in Georgetown, inviting people to a barbecue and, hopefully, to Jesus Christ. The 25-year-old had been in Catholic schools through college, has a priest brother and a deacon father, and is a member of a parish and a [...]


    Officials from two Koreas hold talks

    South Korean delegates prepare to leave for Panmunjom. 9 June 2013

    8 June 2013 Last updated at 21:03 ET South Korea has sent three delegates to the meeting in Panmunjom Continue reading the main story No talks What is China’s role? Key figures Missile defences Officials from North and South Korea are due to hold their first government-level talks in more than two years. The talks [...]


    45 years after death, recalling Robert Kennedy’s funeral train

    All these years later, John Malone still remembers the last words of Robert F. Kennedy’s last speech: “. . . and now it’s on to Chicago, and let’s win there!” There was hope in that, momentum. John had finished his junior year at Seton Hall and was at his parents’ home, in Elizabeth, N.J., watching coverage of [...]


    Increased rewards for Google’s Web Vulnerability Reward Program

    Posted by Adam Mein and Michal Zalewski, Security Team Our vulnerability reward programs have been very successful in helping us fix more bugs and better protect our users, while also strengthening our relationships with security researchers. Since introducing our reward program for web properties in November 2010, we’ve received over 1,500 qualifying vulnerability reports that [...]


    All in the White House family

    Working in the Obama administration is becoming a family affair. President Obama staged a ceremony in the Rose Garden on Wednesday afternoon to send off national security adviser Tom Donilon and to welcome a successor, but he was by no means parting with the Donilon family. In the front row for the ceremony was Tom’s [...]


    New Image Extensions Enable You to “Show” and “Tell” with Search Ads

    Advertisers understand that sometimes it’s easier to ‘show’ rather than ‘tell’ when promoting a business. As search ads continue to evolve, we want to make it easier for you to do both. Today we’re announcing the beta launch of image extensions, which will allow you to add new visual elements to your search ads.  We’ve [...]


    Abe Describes Strategy to Free Up Japan’s Economy

    TOKYO — In a bid to give second wind to his drive to kick-start Japan’s economy, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid out a wide-ranging growth strategy on Wednesday that he said would beat deflation, increase personal incomes, unlock the long-squandered potential of its tech-savvy work force and reboot an economy written off in recent years [...]


    Academy of Arts and Sciences Defends Its Leader’s Honesty

    The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the prestigious 233-year-old scholarly society in Cambridge, Mass., said on Tuesday that it is standing behind its president, Leslie Cohen Berlowitz, after accusations that she had falsely claimed on at least two grant proposals to have a doctorate. The accusations, reported in The Boston Globe on Tuesday, sent [...]


    Turkey apology to wounded protesters

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    4 June 2013 Last updated at 06:22 ET The original protests over the redevelopment of an Istanbul park were “just and legitimate”, Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc has said. He has apologised to those who were injured in the clashes because of their environmental concerns. The protests have since escalated into five days of [...]