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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was leaving a news conference one afternoon when a tall man with a coppery complexion stepped out of the crowd and blocked his path. Malcolm X, the African-American Muslim leader who once called King…

SECAUCUS, N.J. – With his championship ring on her hand and her late husband’s dreams of another on her mind, Irene Pollin stood in shock as the Washington Wizards won the draft lottery. Towering over her to the side, Mikhail…

ORLANDO, Fla. – Too slow? Too old? Try two wins from the NBA finals. Indeed, the Boston Celtics look like they saved their best this season for when it mattered most. “I know,” Boston’s Paul Pierce said. “It’s starting to…

 Voters rejected one of President Barack Obama’s hand-picked candidates and forced another into a runoff, the latest sign that his political capital is slipping beneath a wave of anti-establishment anger. Sen. Arlen Specter became the fourth Democrat in seven months…

Featuring a 10-megapixel CMOS sensor, a 28-106mm equivalent f/2.0-5.3 lens with image stabilisation, semi-manual exposure modes and 720p HD movie recording, the Canon IXUS 300HS White Edition is available only from UK photography retailer Jessops for £379.

Nike continues the hybrid tip as we see a new colorway in its Air Max 24-7 model. The kicks take on a familiar neon colorway with black and grey hue uppers. An Air Max 95 and 97 design makes up…

NFL legend Lawrence Taylor is no stranger to legal problems, but this is far worse than his usual alcohol or drug woes. He’s been arrested on suspicion of rape. Shattering Joe Theisman’s leg may no longer be the most gruesome…

A suspect charged in the failed Times Square car bombing is a Pakistani who became a naturalized U.S. citizen in April 2009 and used to work as a financial analyst in Connecticut. Faisal Shahzad, 30, most recently of Bridgeport, Connecticut,…

Guys, if you want to stunt like the ladies, shoemaker Christian Louboutin has got you covered with his multicolored, studded collection of sneakers for Spring 2010: In typical Louboutin fashion, the shoes range in price from $785-$1500–definitely a splurge, but…

Heismans and hoopla accompanied Sam Bradford and Tim Tebow during their college careers. Now, the quarterbacks share something else heading into the NFL: first-round status in the draft. For Bradford, it was a matter of whether he would go at…