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ESPN: Spurs Sign Tracy McGrady

Source: Chris Broussard / ESPN Tracy McGrady is joining the San Antonio Spurs. “It’s official,” McGrady told ESPN.com in a text message Tuesday afternoon. The 33-year-old McGrady will be eligible to play for the Spurs during the playoffs because he was not on an NBA roster as of March 1. He said he will not play in San Antonio’s [...]

Size 10 Model Dropped By Agency For Being ‘Too Big’ Launches Project To Help ‘Normal’ Sized Women Break Into Thin-Obsessed Fashion Industry

Source: Lucy Waterlow / Daily Mail A model once dropped by an agency for being ‘too big’ now wants to help other ‘normal sized’ women break into the thin-obsessed fashion industry. Saffi Karina, 27, from Wandsworth, began her modelling career when she was a size 10 but as ‘womanhood ensued’, she was told she was ‘too big’ to [...]

Boston Marathon Explosion Witnesses: Smoke, Trampling, ‘Like A War Zone’

Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Source: Susan Donaldson James and Sydney Lupkin / ABC News Eyewitnesses at the Boston Marathon described the ground shaking beneath their feet, smoke and “a lot of chaos” this afternoon when explosions killed two people and injured dozens. Rachel Sibley, 22, was 50 feet from the finish line waiting for a [...]

8-Year-Old Killed In Boston Marathon Bombing

Source: Joe Dwinell / Boston Herald One of the two victims of today’s horrific Marathon double-bombing is an 8-year-old, the Herald has learned. Rescue officials said the young victim was rushed from the scene moments after today’s bombing near the finish line of the Marathon on Boylston Street. Hospital officials also said numerous other children [...]

President Obama Vows To Find Who’s Behind Boston Blasts (VIDEO)

President Barack Obama, responding to the explosions at the Boston Marathon, says the United States does not know “who did this or why” but vowed that whoever is responsible “will feel the full weight of justice.” (April 15)

Explosions Rock Finish Of Boston Marathon; 2 Killed And Scores Injured

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Source: Erin McClam / NBC News With thousands of runners still on the course, two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing two people, injuring at least 100 and turning the city’s most celebrated event into a grisly [...]

Guantanamo Hunger Strike: Gitmo Is Killing Me

Source: Samir Naji al Hasan / The New York Times ONE man here weighs just 77 pounds. Another, 98. Last thing I knew, I weighed 132, but that was a month ago. I’ve been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 pounds. I will not eat until they restore my [...]

New York Police Veteran Kills Toddler Son, Boyfriend And Herself

Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Source: Aaron Katersky /  ABC News An off-duty New York City police officer shot and killed her infant son and her boyfriend before she shot and killed herself, police said. Police said they discovered the woman dead in the apartment with the infant in her arms. The boyfriend was [...]

Comedian Kevin Hart Arrested On Suspicion Of DUI

Source: CBS News Authorities say actor-comedian Kevin Hart has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after his black Mercedes nearly collided with a tanker trunk on a Southern California freeway. California Highway Patrol Officer Ed Jacobs says Hart appeared intoxicated when he was pulled over before dawn Sunday on Highway 101 in Los Angeles. [...]

Abortion Doctor Kermit Gosnell’s Murder Trial Sparks Political Firestorm

Source: CBS News The gruesome trial of an abortion provider resumes in Philadelphia Monday. The doctor, Kermit Gosnell, is charged with killing a female patient and seven babies. Gosnell’s name may not be familiar, and that makes some abortion rights opponents angry. The case has suddenly become a political firestorm. This week, prosecutors will continue [...]