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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Protesters swarmed Columbus Circle and shut down roads Wednesday afternoon, in a call for a higher minimum wage this Tax Day. But some New Yorkers — including Alec Baldwin — did not approve of the group’s tactics and used choice words to say as much. As CBS2’s Valerie Castro reported, protests …
Having trouble distinguishing a Thor from a Thanos as you head to the theater for “Avengers: Age of Ultron”? Unless you grew up sleeping in Captain America underoos or have the IQ of Tony Stark, the expanding Marvel movie mythos could be hard to keep straight. So to help make small talk at your next …
What is a laptop? What is a tablet? For most people, the answers are obvious. But for Microsoft’s Surface line, it’s been a bit murky. Microsoft’s first attempt, the Surface RT, flopped. So much so that the company had to take a $900 million hit when it failed to sell them all. Microsoft’s second stab …
Babe Ruth, the Pope and Pelé could very well be the answer to the time-honored question: Who would be your dream dinner guests? That company would certainly make for an interesting night, especially when the conversation inevitably turns to their experiences playing at Yankee Stadium, which is something all three have in common. The House …
Sandwiched between four UEFA Champions League Round of 16 ties next week, there’s plenty going on in Europe this weekend. Will Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea bounce back after a devastating exit midweek against Paris Saint-Germain? Can Real Madrid silence its critics after a poor showing at the Santiago Bernabeu vs. Schalke 04? And how will Manchester City …
ZURICH (AP) — The final of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will be on Dec. 18, the country’s national holiday. FIFA confirmed on Thursday the date of the world’s most watched sports event more than four years after it controversially chose the tiny Gulf emirate as host. Finally, Qatar got its reward for enduring …
Nintendo’s future is still firmly rooted in its past. That’s what we learned this week from the Japanese game maker, whose 3DS handheld led sales in the US retail games industry in February, beating out Sony’s PlayStation 4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One consoles. What made the difference was a 15-year-old game called The Legend of …
World Cup 2015, which began on February 14, saw 42 matches played in the round-robin phase. Several records were shattered and the tournament’s first ever double century too arrived. Now, 8 sides will battle it out and by March 21, four will be packing their bags and heading home. (Reserve day rules for knockouts) The …
The 2022 World Cup final in Qatar will take place on 18 December, Fifa has confirmed, allowing the English domestic programme to potentially resume on Boxing Day. After four years of intense controversy and debate in the wake of the 2010 vote to award the tournament to Qatar, a Fifa taskforce decided last month the …
Chelsea has already lifted its first trophy in what could be a season of collecting hardware for Jose Mourinho’s side. The Blues won the Capital One Cup on Sunday at Wembley Stadium, beating their London rivals Tottenham Hotspur 2-0. The League Cup is not as prestigious as a Premier League title or Champions League crown …