Wayne Rooney showed his determination to fill the void left by Cristiano Ronaldo as Manchester United began their English Premier League title defense with a 1-0 victory at home to promoted Birmingham on Sunday.
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King: Life is bare bones on the Lakota reservation
The tiny one-room house rests on a hill; no electricity and no running water. A creaky metal cot and a rusting wood-burning stove is all the comfort Herbert Hale says he needs. CHERRY CREEK, South Dakota (CNN) — The tiny one-room house rests on a hill; no electricity and no running water
Prison was ‘a turning point,’ quarterback Vick says
The Philadelphia Eagles welcomed Michael Vick back into the National Football League on Friday after the quarterback spent almost two years in federal prison on a felony dogfighting conviction. Vick, formerly with the Atlanta Falcons, has signed a two-year deal with the Eagles. “I think everybody deserves a second chance,” Vick said at a news conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Friday
Agent: Michael Vick signs with Philadelphia Eagles
Michael Vick, recently reinstated to the NFL after being freed from federal prison after a dogfighting-related conviction, has signed a two-year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles, according to his agent, Joel Segal. The former Atlanta Falcons quarterback reports to Philadelphia on Friday, Segal told CNN. Details of the deal were not immediately available Thursday night
Reporter’s notebook: Fertility sensitive topic in China
Although infertility treatment is becoming more and more popular in China, finding a Chinese couple who wanted to talk about it on camera was nearly impossible. We contacted multiple couples through hospitals, doctors, blogs, word-of-mouth and friends — but nobody wanted to talk to us. Even parents with happy, healthy babies politely declined
Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of President John F.
Rejected by Apple, iPhone developers go underground
Apple is the exclusive gatekeeper to its iPhone App Store, able to reject apps at will — as it did July 28 with Google Voice.
Bush fire survivor Sam the Koala dies after surgery
The raging wildfires that killed hundreds of Australians earlier this year could not kill Sam the Koala.
Usher goes from megastar to mentor at camp
Fans of Usher Raymond IV view him as a singing, dancing and acting superstar. But to a special group of young people, he is a mentor and a friend. “He leads by example,” said Arnold “Supa” LaFrance, a “Mogul in Training” at Usher’s Camp New Look
Farmer saves $200,000 with poo power
Four generations of Saylors have worked the family’s dairy farm for nearly a century, but for the past three years, the cows have been doing something besides providing milk: They’ve been helping power the place. Growing up on the sprawling spread 90 minutes from Pittsburgh, 36-year-old farmer Shawn Saylor developed into a self-described science buff