Yippies, junkies and AIDS activists have been touting ibogaine for years (Hunter Thompson joked that the drug might account for Edmund Muskie’s disastrous performance in the 1972 Democratic primaries). But only recently have scientists shown any interest. Howard Lotsof, the New York entrepreneur who hopes to market, the compound under the brand name Endabuse, stumbled onto it in 1962, when he was addicted to heroin and taking hallucinogens for fun....
To justify its crackdown, which according to Tibetan rights groups has claimed some 140 lives altogether, China has portrayed the turmoil as a plot led by the exiled Dalai Lama to foment racist attacks against Han Chinese. This portrayal has triggered anti-Tibetan invective, as well as abusive phone calls and death threats, on the mainland and abroad. For days, Matt Whitticase of the London-based Free Tibet Campaign received offensive calls between 4 and 6 a....
First hip-hop DJ: Kool Herc Location of Kool Herc’s first party: 1520 Sedgewick Avenue, Bronx, N.Y., 1973 First rap artist signed to a major label: Kurtis Blow (Mercury) First rap album on CD: “King of Rock” by Run-D.M.C. (Profile, 1984) First major network news program to document hip-hop: ABC’s “20/20,” July 1981
That Karat—the feisty, British-educated 59-year-old general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI-M—has come to dominate New Delhi’s agenda is remarkable, given that he has little national following, has never held elected public office and holds ideas that were already out of date 15 years ago, when most communist systems came crashing down. India’s leftists, moreover, are widely reviled for their obstructionism on the national level and their violent misrule in West Bengal, the CPI-M’s power base....
For the 28 franchises we have two federations Get’s make a clean break of it and get rid of leagues). In the Atlantic Federation, all 14 teams are in the Eastern time zone, divided into two neodivisions we call unions. In the National Pastime Union there are these seven teams: the two from New York, the three others on the Eastern Seaboard (Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore), plus Pittsburgh and Cleveland, two close geographical rivals, which have, cleverly, never been allowed to meet each other on a baseball diamond in the 20th century....
Former Yankees catcher Jorge Posada admitted to peeing in his hands to make them smoother but claims that was only in spring training. “You don’t want to shake my hand in spring training before the game,” Posada told Newark Star-Ledger. “After the game, it’s OK.” MORE: A-Rod admits to PED use | Adam LaRoche killed an elk | Most infamous baseball moments Moises Alou, also famous for not wearing batting gloves, said he did the same thing....
Yankees manager Joe Girardi will play the infielder at first base in Sunday’s exhibition game against the Astros in Kissimmee, Fla., the New York Daily News reported. MORE: A-Rod’s cousin pleads guilty | Mariners reliever suspended for PED use | Verlander leaves start “He’s done some extra work,” Girardi said, per the Daily News. “We did cutoff relays with the shift the other day and we had him at first doing it....
Oakland won its 10th consecutive game after topping Los Angeles, 8-5. They ended the game in dominant fashion by striking out Mike Trout, who was 0 for 4 at the plate. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN Matt Chapman hit a home run and finished 2 for 4 for Oakland. Chris Bassitt was given the win to move to 3-1 on the season. He pitched five innings, allowing six hits and five earned runs while striking out three....
The score came from the 3-yard line. Purdy took a shotgun snap and faked a handoff to Christian McCaffrey. Fullback Kyle Juzszcyk broke open on a flat route while that was happening, and Purdy quickly fired it to him. Juzszcyk took it from there, running it in for the score. Indeed, the touchdown wasn’t much to marvel at, but it was more than just the first highlight on Purdy’s career reel....
During her White House years, Chelsea Clinton has quietly blossomed into a confident and articulate young woman–rather an extraordinary achievement given the unhappy controversies dogging her parents. One reason may be the support she has inside the White House and the life she has carved for herself outside it. An only child, Chelsea has been virtually adopted as a younger sister by a handful of Hillary’s thirtysomething staffers. While Amy Carter had to run a press gauntlet to get to grade school, Chelsea is driven in an unmarked car to Washington’s exclusive Sidwell Friends, where teachers and classmates have fiercely guarded her privacy....
But last week Tenet abruptly discovered the limits of his political skills, and of his friendship with Bush. After weeks of ducking uncomfortable questions about the administration’s mishandling of intelligence during the run-up to the Iraq war–did the president and his advisers hype the danger and mislead the country? Bush issued a terse response: it was the CIA’s fault. In the State of the Union address last January, Bush said that Iraq was seeking to buy large quantities of uranium from Africa, an assertion based on what turned out to be crudely forged documents from Niger that had been questioned by the CIA months before....
It was a deft move, directed less against Diller than the man allegedly behind him. John Malone, head of mighty Tele-Communications, Inc., the nation’s biggest cable company, controls a big chunk of Diller’s QVC Home Shopping Network and is partly bankrolling his bid for Paramount. As the struggle for the studio intensified last week, Malone’s top aides huddled with Diller in the background, scripting key plays. Though not as rich as Redstone, Malone has grown almost invisibly to become one of the most powerful and hated men in American business....
Alas, I doubt the George W. Bush appointee is up to the task. Roberts fancies himself the second coming of the great Chief Justice John Marshall. Not even close. Instead, now he more closely resembles one of his lesser-known predecessors, Chief Justice Warren Burger. In 1979, Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong published the groundbreaking book, The Brethren. The reporters interviewed several of the justices and hundreds of Court staff to peel back the curtain....
His name is Rocky. He’s Bridget Romey’s horse. He stands about 5 feet tall from the ground to the shoulder and he weighs nearly 1,200 pounds. He’s a 15-year-old barrel racing champion. But there he was on an autumn Saturday in 2016. Standing in a pool of his own blood, quietly dying. “My best friend found him,” says Bridget, 16. “Thank goodness—if it had been anyone else, they might not have gone back to check on him....
Already he is blessed with first-name recognition, the signature of legends - Pele, Magic, Elvis-because, in his own sphere, at least, he is one. The game of golf has been waiting for Eldrick (Tiger) Woods since birth. The game’s, not his. When he tees off in the first round of the Masters at Augusta, Ga., this Thursday as the most acclaimed teenage player in history–having surpassed the amateur records of both Bobby Jones and Jack Nicklaus-his blissfully sweet swing, mature countenance and sheer, outrageous ability will confirm the arrival, finally, of golf’s first black superstar....
Campbell Brown, a former correspondent at NBC News, joined Facebook in 2017, and was instrumental in developing The 74 in 2015, serving as editor-in-chief until recently. As Popular Information reports, the outlet has published numerous pieces attacking Warren in 2019. One opinion piece called her “the second coming of Karl Marx.” In a statement, a spokesperson for Facebook said: “The 74 is not part of Facebook News. Campbell’s work with The 74 is well-known and she’s been transparent about her role with the nonprofit for many years....
There are five more weeks of AAF (plus the playoffs), which extend the season to April 27. After every week, we’ll take a look at the results and rank each team based on performance. MORE: 10 AAF players who have made a case for the NFL First, a look at the scores from Week 5: — Apollos 31, Iron 14 — Fleet 27, Stallions 25 — Legends 23, Express 20...
Here is Harrison confronting the fan who may have had a little too much to say. The photos are used with permission from Kentucky.com. Photos by Mark Corneilson Given that the fan was wearing his keys around his neck, it’s a logical assumption that he was a student. An Arkansas team spokesman is unsure who the fan is. A full gallery of the incident is available via Kentucky.com. MORE: SN’s midseason All-Americans
The Suffolk (Mass.) Sheriff’s Department told the Boston Herald that Hernandez had his jailhouse phone calls improperly monitored by an unknown person while he awaited his first-degree murder trial. MORE: Disgraced athletes: Where they went wrong The hacking occurred when Hernandez was held in a Boston jail in the summer of 2014 for the slaying of Odin Lloyd. He was convicted the following year, but the newly discovered security breach could bring a motion for a new trial....
During Tuesday night’s celebration, Bombers right fielder Aaron Judge decided to have a some fun with center fielder Aaron Hicks. Instead of completing the flying shoulder bump, Judge gave Hicks the ol’ okey doke. In other words, Hicks rose for Judge, only to be left hanging. FAGAN: Teams serious about October need to beat rebuilding foes The Twitterverse is saying Judge’s move was payback for Hicks doing the same to him after the Yankees’ win Monday....
