Hillary Clinton delivered a blunt, scorching speech at a conference of Arab leaders in Qatar today, warning countries that if they didn’t reform their economic and political systems, they left themselves open to terrorism. “The region’s foundations are sinking into the sand,” Clinton declared. Her complaints—corruption, civil liberties, the…
Continue reading …Britney Spears, and of course her handlers, seem to think she’s ready for a full-on comeback—and judging by the success of new single “Hold It Against Me,” she’s giving it a good go. But is a Britney comeback possible in the new world of pop, where Ke$ha (who can…
Continue reading …Houston, we have a problem. An addiction. To Facebook. But you already knew that, right? What you may not know is just how serious it is. Onlineschools.org defines our problem by way of a numbers-filled infographic. Some highlights: Everybody’s doing it: One in 13 inhabitants of planet Earth have…
Continue reading …Oprah Winfrey was not happy when her 1998 film Beloved got trounced at the box office by, of all things, Bride of Chucky . “I didn’t even know what ‘Chucky’ was,” she tells Piers Morgan in an outtake from their interview . “So, I asked my chef at the time to make…
Continue reading …Banks repossessed a little more than a million homes last year, a record high, according to the latest report from RealtyTrac —and that’s despite a sharp drop off in the fourth quarter thanks to the robo-signing scandal . Next year will likely be even worse, one RealtyTrac exec tells NPR , forecasting…
Continue reading …It’s been a half-century since John F Kennedy admonished his fellow citizens to ask not what their country could do for them, and his presidential archive is going online today, just ahead of the anniversary, reports the Boston Globe. The $10 million project took four years to complete, but Camelot…
Continue reading …Apparently Brett Favre isn’t the only member of his family who can get himself embroiled in scandals : Now his younger sister, Brandi, has been arrested. The 34-year-old was nabbed yesterday during a raid on a suspected meth lab in Mississippi, at a condominium less than 10 miles from where she…
Continue reading …Last year was a hot and wet affair, tying 2005 for the warmest year on record and standing alone as the year with the most precipitation, according to the National Climatic Data Center, which has records dating back to 1880. The earth’s average temperature rose to 58.12 degrees Fahrenheit,…
Continue reading …Joe Biden arrived in Iraq for a one-day visit today, and the top topic for discussion, behind closed doors anyway, was expected to be the US’ December troop withdrawal deadline, an official tells the AP . In front of closed doors, Biden merely reiterated the US’ friendship with Iraq. “The best…
Continue reading …Jared Loughner’s bizarre behavior before the Tucson shootings is already well-documented , and more details are emerging. Documents released by his community college yesterday relate a number of disturbing classroom incidents that caught officials’ attention; campus police had seven run-ins with Loughner over seven months. Via the New York Times and…
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