Amanda Knox’s four-year quest to prove her innocence in the murder of Meredith Kercher has come to its dramatic conclusion, with an Italian appeals court today overturning her 26-year prison sentence. Knox appeared extremely emotional while awaiting the verdict, and broke down completely as a judge announced it, reports the…
Continue reading …The debt “super committee” tends to meet in secret, won’t disclose its donors or post its documents online, and has turned a deaf ear to calls for greater transparency from good government groups—but it’s an open book to the best connected lobbyists on K Street, Politico reports. Mitch McConnell…
Continue reading …It’s 2.5 acres of rock that’s mostly submerged at times, has no electricity or power, was best known for housing typhoid victims (or so goes the legend), and bears the ungainly moniker of Rat Island—and for $160,000, it could have been your little island just off the…
Continue reading …Massive plumes of black smoke billowed from a raging fire at a chemical plant south of Dallas today, prompting evacuations for some schools and residents and sending others to take shelter inside with doors and windows shut to avoid possible exposure to any dangerous gases. Bright orange flames engulfed the…
Continue reading …The dominos are toppling from Florida’s decision to hold its primary on Jan. 31 . South Carolina will today announce that it’s holding its vote on Jan. 21, in an effort to put some distance between itself and Florida, a pair of GOP sources tell CNN . “Last Friday, a nine-person committee…
Continue reading …Madonna is set to headline next year’s Super Bowl halftime show in Indianapolis, insiders tell SBNation.com . But don’t hold your breath: It’s not the first time the Material Girl has been the rumored star. She was supposedly near a deal to play the show in 1998, but the plan…
Continue reading …Is President Obama facing a revolt from his Democratic generals? Nancy Pelosi certainly doesn’t seem happy. She offered a surprisingly blunt critique of the president and his team recently, buried within this Howard Kurtz Newsweek piece on Obama’s newfound populist punch. “I think you need to talk about how poorly…
Continue reading …Earlier today, the Nobel team announced this year’s winners for medicine ; hours later, it turns out one of the three intended recipients has been dead for three days. Immune researcher Ralph Steinman may not now be eligible to receive the prize, the BBC reports. According to the Nobel rules, “work…
Continue reading …Hank Williams Jr.’s Fox and Friends interview got weird right off the bat this morning, as he sat back with sunglasses on and arms crossed and dourly noted, “I’d rather be up there looking at Gretchen [Carlson].” But things got even weirder when Carlson asked Williams which Republican presidential…
Continue reading …Ever since President Obama got elected, the right has controlled the media conversation. We’ve gotten a picture of a president much further left than he really is, which has hurt progressives and moderates, writes EJ Dionne in the Washington Post : “The political center doesn’t stand a chance unless there is…
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