Coulda, woulda, shoulda: Other big tech debuts
Homepage | May 18, 2012
This is a good time to compare the giant social network with some of the other well-known tech outfits of the modern day, such as Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT) and Apple (AAPL).
John Edwards facing toughest vote of his life
Homepage | May 18, 2012
John Edwards is facing the biggest vote of his life as the case against the former president candidate was given to the North Carolina jury this morning.
Romney’s VP vetting process has begun
Homepage | May 18, 2012
Mitt Romney’s campaign has begun the vetting process to find a suitable running mate, a source close to the campaign told The Hill’s Alexander Bolton: The team for Beth Myers, the Romney adviser leading the search for the GOP’s vice presidential nomine…
Advice to would-be Romney running mates: Run for the hills
Homepage | May 18, 2012
Nothing is easier to mock in politics right now than the apparent reluctance of leading Republicans to sign on as Mitt Romney’s second banana. A few weeks ago, Jon Stewart summarized the way that Rob Portman was plugging his Senate colleague Marco Ru…
Obama and Camp David, by Mark Knoller’s numbers
Homepage | May 18, 2012
When President Barack Obama’s national security adviser, Tom Donilon, set out Thursday to give reporters a bit of history about Camp David, he knew there was one person in the room he had to name-check: CBS News reporter Mark Knoller. “It’s always risk…
Georgia woman learns toll of flesh-eating bacteria
Homepage | May 18, 2012
A young Georgia woman fighting a flesh-eating bacteria has learned she will lose her hands and remaining foot, and responded by saying “Let’s do this.”
Man who fathered 30 kids needs a break—on child support
Homepage | May 18, 2012
And Octomom thought she had problems—a Tennessee man who has fathered 30 children is asking the courts for a break on child support. Desmond Hatchett, 33, of Knoxville has children with 11 different women, reports WREG-TV. The state already takes hal…
Mitt Romney’s first general election ad makes ‘day one’ promises
Homepage | May 18, 2012
Mitt Romney is out with his first campaign ad of the general election, a spot detailing what “day one” of his potential presidency would look like. Romney told reporters Thursday his first ad would be “positive,” but the 30-second spot takes plenty of …
Former VP Al Gore has a girlfriend
Homepage | May 18, 2012
It appears Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former vice president Al Gore is back in the game. Back in the dating game, that is. He has, according to The Washington Post’s Reliable Source blog, a “serious girlfriend.” Her name is Elizabeth Keadle—bette…
John Edwards facing toughest vote of his life
Homepage | May 18, 2012
A North Carolina jury is expected to begin deliberations on John Edwards today.
Michael J. Fox looks past stem cells for Parkinson's cure
Homepage | May 18, 2012
Michael J. Fox now believes the controversial therapy may not ultimately yield a cure for his disease, he told ABC’s Diane Sawyer in an exclusive interview.
Political misses: Cold War in the Sunshine State?
Homepage | May 18, 2012
Republican congressman Allen West claims there are Communists in Congress and Biden gets loud.
Private rocket poised to make history with Saturday launch
Homepage | May 18, 2012
A private spacecraft stands ready to launch on a historic first visit to the International Space Station.
American militant in Somalia releases book; says he always had a bad temper
Homepage | May 18, 2012
An American who serves as a commander with a Somali militant group says in a new autobiography that he had a “privileged” childhood in Alabama before he joined the al-Qaida linked militants.
Scott Walker gains ground in Wisconsin recall campaign
Homepage | May 18, 2012
Beside the presidential contest, Walker’s recall fight might be the most hyped race of 2012.
Suspect arrested in Miss. highway shootings
Homepage | May 18, 2012
Authorities in Mississippi have arrested a suspect in two fatal highway shootings. The suspect had not been posing as a police officer in the shootings, as authorities previously thought.
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