Twitter CEO Dick Costolo sought to calm global outrage over the company's new country-by-country censorship policy, complaining in part that the issue is being treated with the same kind of shorthand that has made Twitter popular.
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The Los Angeles Lakers are halfway to another NBA Finals series after a 124-112 victory over the Phoenix Suns Wednesday gave them a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.
Pau Gasol scored 14 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter, and Kobe (...)
The Cleveland Cavaliers showed their Christmas Day win over the Los Angeles Lakers was no gift as they repeated the feat with a 93-87 win over their NBA title rivals Thursday.
LeBron James scored 37 points, including 12 straight in the closing (...)
Jorge Lorenzo will start the Portuguese Grand Prix from pole position after edging Moto GP championship leader Valentino Rossi of Italy in qualifying. The Spaniard set a fastest lap time of 1 minute, 36.214 seconds around the Estoril circuit (...)
The Boston Celtics stormed over the top of the Orlando Magic to win 92-88 on Tuesday and take a 3-2 lead in their NBA Eastern Conference semifinals.
Ray Allen's 3-pointer with 1:20 left gave Boston its first lead since the opening minutes.
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The Steelers get their opening-night showcase as Super Bowl champions. The oldest rivalry in football has a first-week renewal in prime time.
An old AFL-style doubleheader closes out the weekend.
That's how the NFL will begin the 2009 season, (...)
David West scored 30 points with 10 rebounds to lead the New Orleans Hornets to their fifth straight win, 98-91 over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday.
West was chosen the Western Conference player of the week only hours earlier on the strength of (...)
bye and other natural gestures seem to boost a budding vocabulary. Scientists found those tots who could convey more meaning with gestures at age 14 months went on to have a richer vocabulary as they prepared to start kindergarten. And intriguingly, (...)
Thaddeus Young scored 25 points and Marreese Speights had a career-high 24 points to lift the Philadelphia 76ers to their third straight win, 108-91 over the Phoenix Suns on Monday.
Andre Iguodala scored 22 points and Samuel Dalembert grabbed 11 (...)