As the ratings and social media sing the praises of New Zealand’s latest entry in the talent show ring, Jessie Matthews not only has her feet firmly on the ground, she’s already looking further into the future. The soulful Hamilton songstress has secured a place in the X-Factor top 24, beating thousands to spend this weekend with mentor Stan Walker at his chosen retreat.
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Krav Maga: The Israeli Self-Defense Technique Goes Global
Getting pummeled by three men with kicks, punches and jabs is not how I typically spend my vacation. Yet there I was on Military Base 8 defending myself from a trio of Israeli attackers
World: KHE SANH: READY TO FIGHT-
TIME Correspondent Don Sider spent several days at Khe Sanh last week ducking incoming shells and observing the unique quality of life in the besieged Marine base. His report: A chill, grey mist hangs over the jungled hills around Khe Sanh and drifts down onto the base's metal run way
Iran: Could the MEK Be Evicted from Camp Ashraf by Iraqi Military?
For years, Iraq’s increasingly pro-Iranian government has threatened to evict the 3,400 Iranian members of the Mujahedin-e Khalq , a fiercely anti-Tehran group, from its sprawling former military base at Camp Ashraf, some 40 miles from Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, and 50 miles from the Iranian border. Despite the heated rhetoric, however, Baghdad has never fully articulated how it will uproot the exiles — who refuse to leave their decades-old enclave — beyond saying it will not forcibly do so
Tae-Bo or Not Tae-Bo?
It’s time for y’all to put some gas in your tanks,” shouts Billy Blanks.
Health Reform: Can Schumer Push a Public Option Through?
It may not officially be part of his job anymore, but Senator Chuck Schumer, 58, is still very much focused on elections.
Air Force Predator Drone Pilots: A New Kind of ‘Top Gun’
As a small boy living near an Air Force base in Florida, Steve Petrizzo would crane his neck as jets roared overhead. “Every day in elementary school I would look up into the sky and see a four-ship formation of F-16s flying over, and I just thought that was the coolest thing,” he recalls
U.S. sailor in custody in Japan
A U.S. sailor sought for information about a taxi driver’s killing near a Navy base has been taken into custody and charged with desertion, according to the U.S.
Nelly Furtado embraces Latin roots with new album
Singer Nelly Furtado is trying to cross over in a direction many artists don’t ordinarily take.
U.S.-Colombia Pact Causes Stir Among Lat-Am Neighbors
If there is, or should be, one rule of U.S.