Real Estate in the 21st Century

    Saudi female judo competitor allowed to wear Islamic headscarf in competition The Saudi Olympic Committee, International Olympic Committee and International Judo Federation have agreed that a Saudi Female judo competitor can wear a headscarf in competition at the Olympics. Wojdan Ali Seraj Ab...

Iona signee Michael Haynes shot and killed in Chicago By Jeff Borzello | College Basketball Recruiting Blogger Michael Haynes, a junior college transfer who was getting ready to enroll at Iona in the coming weeks, was shot and killed Thursday night in his native Chicago. Haynes, 22, was shot whi...

Olympics football: Michel Morganella expelled for racist tweet Switzerland's Olympic football team has expelled defender Michel Morganella from the tournament for posting racist comments on Twitter. Switzerland head coach Gian Gilli said Morganella, who plays his club football for Palermo in Ital...

From the BBC: Palestinians attack Mitt Romney for 'racist' comments Mitt Romney has been accused of racism for suggesting to Jewish donors that "culture" might explain Palestinians' income inferiority to Israel. "As you come here and you see the GDP [Gross Domestic Product] per capita, for instan...

By Kristen Welker, NBC News Obama announces new education program focused on African Americans Locked in a tough re-election battle with Mitt Romney, President Barack Obama aimed to energize his core supporters – African American voters – by delivering a rousing speech and unveiling a new executi...

Football is almost here, new faces, great action.  But somethings stay the same:   Dez Bryant's mother told 911 operator that her son 'tried to kill me' When news of Dez Bryant's arrest on a misdemeanor domestic abuse charge broke Monday night, one TV station quoted Bryant as saying, “I'm good, I...

From the BBC: Sicily in danger of default, says Italian PM Italian PM Mario Monti says the region of Sicily is close to defaulting on its debts, and he is seeking confirmation that the governor will resign. In a statement, Mr Monti said there were "grave concerns" that the island would default fo...

From the BBC: Human Rights Watch attacks 'abuse of power' in Venezuela The abuse of power by the Venezuelan government under President Hugo Chavez has increased over the past four years, according to Human Rights Watch. Legislation limiting free speech and the removal of institutional safeguards ...

By NBC News' Pete Williams Federal prosecutors on Monday revealed more charges in the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. The indictment, unsealed Monday in Tuscon, Ariz., charges five men with involvement in Terry's death, which is at the center of a controversy over a Bureau of Alco...

The Massachusetts health care insurance reform law, informally referred to as Romneycare, enacted in 2006, mandates that nearly every resident of Massachusetts obtain a state-government-regulated minimum level of healthcare insurance coverage and provides free health care insurance for residents ...