Floyd Mayweather: ‘I’m a winner and I know how to win’

Floyd Mayweather: ‘I’m a winner and I know how to win’
Matt Bai: Chris Christie bets on bold
Reserve deputy turns himself in to face manslaughter charge
'Slicing and dicing': How some U.S. firms could win big in 2016 elections
Deputy in fatal shooting in Oklahoma released on bond
Former Atlanta educators sentenced to up to seven years in prison
How Marco Rubio’s Cuban roots explain his campaign
Ex-guards get lengthy prison sentences for Iraq shootings
Marco Rubio's presidential announcement
'What’s that noise?' Plane takes off with worker in cargo hold
Oklahoma deputy charged in suspect's shooting death

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 04:54 AM PDT

The world's highest-paid athlete talks to Katie Couric about the 'Fight of the Century.'

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hristie's gambit on entitlements is about more than the policy. It's also about reintroducing him to primary voters as the only guy out there who is willing to tell you, in blunt terms, what you need to hear about the realities of government.

Reserve deputy turns himself in to face manslaughter charge

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 10:23 AM PDT

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A 73-year-old Oklahoma volunteer sheriff's deputy who authorities said fatally shot a suspect after confusing his stun gun and handgun was booked into the county jail Tuesday on a manslaughter charge.

'Slicing and dicing': How some U.S. firms could win big in 2016 elections

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 07:27 AM PDT

By Robin Respaut and Lucas Iberico Lozada NEW YORK (Reuters) - By one estimate U.S. online political advertising could quadruple to nearly $1 billion in the 2016 election, creating huge opportunities for digital strategy firms eager to capitalize on a shift from traditional mediums like television. These firms - mostly small, partisan and based in Washington and surrounding suburbs - have grown in sophistication since the last presidential election in 2012. A niche sector in a multi-billion election industry, they are poised to play a much bigger role in 2016 as digital ads assume more importance and change the way political money is spent on advertising. A candidate's ability to micro-target likely voters with adverts on issues they care about is crucial in a modern American political campaign.

Deputy in fatal shooting in Oklahoma released on bond

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 09:37 AM PDT

By Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A white sheriff's reserve deputy charged in the fatal shooting in Oklahoma of a black suspect in a police sting operation has been released on bond after turning himself in to authorities, one of his lawyers said on Tuesday. The volunteer deputy, Robert Bates, thought he was using a Taser instead of his gun, the Tulsa Sheriff's office has said of the incident seen in a video released over the weekend. Oklahoma prosecutors on Monday charged Bates, 73, with second-degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Eric Harris, 44, on April 2. Bates turned himself in after an arrest warrant was filed, and plans to plead not guilty at his preliminary hearing, his lawyer Corbin Brewster said.

Former Atlanta educators sentenced to up to seven years in prison

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 11:12 AM PDT

By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - Eight former Atlanta public school educators were ordered to serve between one and seven years in prison on Tuesday for their convictions on racketeering charges in one of the nation's largest test-cheating scandals. The lengthy prison sentences, unusual for educators, came in stark contrast to the treatment of two defendants also found guilty by a jury this month. Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter gave three of the 11 educators convicted in the scandal 20-year sentences, ordering that seven years must be served in prison and the rest on probation. "There were thousands of children that were harmed in this thing," Baxter said during the hearing, when he got into heated exchanges with attorneys for the defendants.

How Marco Rubio’s Cuban roots explain his campaign

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Rubio's views on both foreign and domestic policy—hawkish in the former instance and gentler in the latter—have been defined by his family's roots in Cuba and his experiences coming of age in Miami's exile community.

Ex-guards get lengthy prison sentences for Iraq shootings

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 03:14 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rejecting pleas for mercy, a federal judge on Monday sentenced former Blackwater security guard Nicholas Slatten to life in prison and three others to 30-year terms for their roles in a 2007 shooting that killed 14 Iraqi civilians and wounded 17 others.

Marco Rubio's presidential announcement

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The 43-year-old GOP senator presents himself as a youthful, next-generation candidate.

'What’s that noise?' Plane takes off with worker in cargo hold

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 06:20 PM PDT

An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing because a worker got trapped inside the cargo hold. How did it happen?

Oklahoma deputy charged in suspect's shooting death

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 03:43 PM PDT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Prosecutors charged a reserve sheriff's deputy with manslaughter Monday in the death of a man who was fatally shot as he lay on the ground at the officer's feet — a shooting that was certain to raise questions about the use of volunteer officers to supplement full-time police.