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Aaron Hernandez, the star New England Patriots tight end, lost his first endorsement deal Friday as police spent a fourth day investigating a killing near his home.CytoSport, a sports nutrition company whose products include Muscle Milk, said in a statement that it was ending its contract “in light of the investigation involving Aaron Hernandez.”Hernandez also has a two-year endorsement deal with ...
Police made another visit Friday to the home of star New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, about a mile from where a body of a man was found in an industrial park earlier this week.Two state police officers showed up at the home, in North Attleborough, Mass., at midday. They knocked on the door, were inside for about a minute and left. It was not clear whether Hernandez was at the house....
A fire swept through two stables at a Georgia horse farm Thursday night, killing 35 show horses, some valued at as much as $250,000, state officials said Friday.A trainer managed to rescue one horse, they said. No people were hurt in the fire.The horses were uninsured and had a total value of about $6 million, said Ralph Hudgens, the Georgia insurance and fire commissioner. The cause of the fire w...
Police made another visit Friday to the home of star New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, about a mile from where a body of a man was found in an industrial park earlier this week.Two state police officers showed up at the home, in North Attleborough, Mass., at midday. They knocked on the door, were inside for about a minute and left. It was not clear whether Hernandez was at the house....
How do we close the inequality gap and restore a potent middle class? The AFL-CIO’s live online discussion yesterday with Robert Reich, former secretary of labor and the Chancellor’s professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley, went far beyond the idea of raising taxes on the wealthiest 1%. Worker co-ops, co-determination, reducing student debt, shortening the workweek, campaign finance reform and raising the minimum wage were among the excellent suggestions offered in the seventh in a series of online discussions to help us shape the 2013 AFL-CIO Convention and how the labor movement can meet the needs of working people in the future.
A plan for 700 more miles of fencing along the southwest U.S. border — part of a immigration-bill deal forged in the Senate this week — would come with a mammoth and unpredictable price tag, judging by past efforts.The original legislation crafted by the bipartisan Gang of Eight set aside $1.5 billion for fencing — and that was before a deal was struck with Republican senators to add more to the m...
Famed mobster Whitey Bulger was upstaged at his own trial Friday when actor Robert Duvall came to watch.The Oscar winner — who played mob lawyer Tom Hagen in "The Godfather" movies — sat in the back of the Boston courtroom where Bulger is on trial for racketeering and murder.The 82-year-old star did not say if he was there for work or pleasure."Just thought it was interesting that's all," he said,...
An Oklahoma textbook salesman is accused of stealing $2.8 million worth of textbooks, using the money from resale to buy high-end home furnishings and scuba diving equipment, federal authorities said.After a five-year investigation, the FBI arrested Christopher J. Brock in Florida this week, charging him with wire fraud.Brock, 44, of Yukon, Okla., worked as a sales rep and district sales superviso...
