The players who were with Jasper Howard when the Connecticut cornerback was fatally stabbed Sunday are ready to play this weekend against West Virginia, coach Randy Edsall said Thursday. Edsall said on a weekly conference call with reporters that he had been concerned about the mental state of sophomore receivers Kashif Moore and Mike Smith. [...]

AP – The leader of Britain’s far-right party outlined his vision in a controversial television debut that critics fear could help his whites-only party ease into the political mainstream. Read more

AP – Jose “Pepe” Mujica, Uruguay’s most popular politician going into Sunday’s presidential election, is no ordinary front-runner. Read more

When Derek Jeter recalls the last time the New York Yankees got this close to the World Series, he gets chills down his spine that have nothing to do with the cold he's fighting. "If you have the opportunity to get something over with, you'd like to do it," the New York captain said. Read [...]

AP – Residents fleeing a 6-day-old Pakistani army offensive in a Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border reported Thursday that the insurgents are digging in for a fight and travel the roads freely. Read more