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| U.K.’s shrinking military clout worries U.S. |
| LONDON — With Europe facing its shakiest security environment in a generation, Britain has slipped into a familiar role: Washington’s tough-talking wingman.British leaders have led the rhetorical charge against the twin menaces of Russia and the Islamic State while browbeating reluctant European governments to wake up to the reality of a newly unstable continent. Read full article » |
| Apple CEO Tim Cook offered Steve Jobs a life-saving gift, but he refused |
| In 2009, Steve Jobs was dying. And so the man Jobs had entrusted with everything he had built at Apple offered to save his life.According to a new book about the late Apple CEO, co-written by Fast Company executive editor Rick Tetzeli and veteran reporter Brent Schlender, Tim Cook, the man who would eventually take over the technology empire, learned that he was a match for Jobs’s rare blood type. Read full article » |
| Secret Service agents disrupted bomb investigation at White House |
| Two Secret Service agents suspected of being under the influence while striking a White House security barricade drove through an active bomb investigation and directly beside the suspicious package, according to current and former government officials familiar with the incident. Read full article » |
| Finance Lab: He’s $90,000 in debt and six years from retirement |
| English Brent Taylor is just a few years from retirement, but before he can take it easy, he needs to tackle a burden more seniors are carrying: debt.At 67, Taylor is working to pay off close to $90,000 in debt before he leaves his full-time job with the help desk for James Madison University. He began collecting Social Security retirement benefits last year so that he could accelerate payments on about $15,000 in credit card debt, $27,000 total on three car loans and the $45,000 remaining on his mortgage. His goal: to pay it off within six years, just around the time he hopes to stop working full time. Read full article » |
| Sigma Alpha Epsilon ‘not ruling out a lawsuit’ against Oklahoma University, says lawyer |
| The board representing former members of Oklahoma University’s disbanded Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter has retained high-profile lawyer Stephen Jones “to assist them in evaluating” legal matters, Jones said at a Friday afternoon press conference. Read full article » |
| Ending her ‘Wild’ ride: Cheryl Strayed ponders life after a bestselling memoir |
| They had come to worship at the altar of Cheryl.Cheryl, their mentor, their confidante, their “inspiration,” they kept saying. “Just such an inspiration.”And here she was, on stage at National Geographic’s headquarters in Washington Wednesday night, her name and her book cover projected onto a wall behind her: Cheryl Strayed, “Wild.” Read full article » |
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