Manchester City manager Mark Hughes has confirmed the English Premier League club will contest the improper conduct charge handed out to striker Emmanuel Adebayor by the Football Association. The Togo international was charged following his goal celebration in City’s 4-2 victory over his former club Arsenal at Eastlands last weekend
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Treasure hunters dig for Hitler’s gold
Digging has resumed at a site in the southeastern German town of Deutschneudorf, where treasure hunters believe there are almost 2 tons of Nazi gold and possibly clues to the whereabouts of the legendary Amber Room, a prize taken from a Russian castle during World War II. They and thousands of prospective parents, eager to adopt children from abroad, have found themselves in an emotional legal limbo since two of the most popular countries for international adoptions — Guatemala and Vietnam — recently halted their programs.
India athlete makes plea for Semenya
She lost her career, was ostracized and driven to a suicide attempt. Having lost her 2006 Asian Games silver for failing a gender test, India’s Santhi Soundarajan has made an emotional appeal that Caster Semenya should not be subject to the trauma she went through
Susan Boyle tops Amazon.com chart with debut album
At last Susan Boyle has achieved her own personal dream. The Scottish star’s debut album, “I Dreamed A Dream,” has sensationally topped the online-retail charts, quite a feat considering her record is not even being released until November 24
Cops called to Jon and Kate Gosselin’s home
When Kate Gosselin appeared on Monday’s "Today" show, she told host Meredith Vieira that she still loves her soon-to-be ex, "the Jon I knew." However, the stars of TLC’s "Jon & Kate Plus 8" seem to have lost that loving feeling. Around 6 p.m.
Why Is Six Flags Using a Creepy Old Guy to Attract Kids?
The fortunes of Six Flags, the country’s largest regional theme-park operator, have fallen more steeply than its roller coasters.
Wish Fulfillment? No. But Dreams (and Sleep) Have Meaning
Dreams may not be the secret window into the frustrated desires of the unconscious that Sigmund Freud first posited in 1899, but growing evidence suggests that dreams — and, more so, sleep — are powerfully connected to the processing of human emotion. According to new research presented last week at the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies in Seattle, adequate sleep may underpin our ability to understand complex emotions properly in waking life. “Sleep essentially is resetting the magnetic north of your emotional compass,” says Matthew Walker, director of the Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab at the University of California, Berkeley.
Son of flu victim pitches no-hitter day after funeral
The son of a New York City assistant principal who died after being hospitalized with the H1N1 flu virus is a baseball hero. Jordan Wiener, 18, of Robert F. Kennedy High School pitched a no-hitter on Thursday, leading his high school team to a 10-0 victory the day after his father’s funeral