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Jeff Shulman's run at the World Series of Poker main event is over after he lost a classic race against French poker professional Antoine Saout. Shulman gambled his tournament life early Sunday with pocket sevens against... [read full story]
LONDON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Scottish-born actor Alan Cumming was made an Officer of the British Empire at Buckingham Palace in London Tuesday. Cumming, 44, starred in the Broadway production of "Cabaret," as well as "Circle of...
Former Geneva mayor and head of culture in the Geneva municipality Patrice Mugny said during a meeting in Gaza yesterday with Hamas government culture minister Osama Al-'Isawi that Geneva canton intends to fund the construction...
Today is Wednesday, December 2, the 336th day of 2009. Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself emperor of France in Paris, taking the crown from attending Pope Pius VII. Austria's Emperor Ferdinand I abdicates in favor of Franz...
By Peter Wooding Special to ASSIST News Service MOSCOW, RUSSIA (ANS) -- Russian Ministries is appealing for help to reach their ambitious goal of distributing 50,000 gifts of hope to needy children across Russia this Christmas....
