Amy Chua—and her method of parenting—is creating quite a stir. The Wall Street Journal published an except from the Yale law professor’s new memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother , over the weekend, and the 3,494 comments (and counting) include reactions like: “I am in disbelief after…
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TUCSON, Ariz. — Four days after being shot in the head, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was making small movements on her own, tugging at her hospital gown and touching her wounds, one of her doctors said Wednesday. Giffords remained in critical condition at Tucson’s University Medical Center after she was struck once in the head Saturday. Authorities accuse Jared Loughner, 22, of opening fire on a crowd at an event she was holding. Nineteen people were shot and six died. The three-term Democrat was expected to live and has been making progress. Giffords is more alert after nurses eased her sedation. She can breathe on her own, respond to voice commands and even make small spontaneous motions….
Continue reading …Don’t look now, but the Westboro Baptist Church is displaying one tiny, itty-bitty modicum of decency! The church has announced that, in a saintly show of restraint, it will abandon plans to picket the funeral of 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green, who was killed in Saturday’s Tuscon massacre. Of course, they’re…
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Protests erupted in various places in the Haitian capital on Wednesday as its inhabitants were marking the anniversary of the worst natural disaster in the nation’s history. (Jan. 12)
Continue reading …What holds sex toys, manuscripts, and Harvey Milk’s pink sunglasses? America’s first gay museum, opening today in San Francisco. The GLBT History Museum is only the second of its kind in the world; the other is in Germany, reports the Chronicle . The city should have had such a museum “long…
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‘The Game,’ which lasted for three seasons on the CW from 2006-2009, has been revived by BET. The cast, which includes Tia Mowry and Wendy Raquel Robinson, talk about its new home, how they learned about the show’s cancellation and more. (Jan. 12)
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‘The Game,’ which lasted for three seasons on the CW from 2006-2009, has been revived by BET. The cast, which includes Tia Mowry and Wendy Raquel Robinson, talk about its new home, how they learned about the show’s cancellation and more. (Jan. 12)
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How often have you bought a new gadget and then regretted it three months later because the new version is released—or if you can afford it, how often do you buy different versions of the same gadget? Best Buy’s new Buy Back plan allows you to avoid the latter, and stop stressing about the former…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …The public appears to feel a little less disgruntled these days. President Obama’s approval rating shot up 6 points to 53% in an AP-GfK poll released today. That’s his highest rating in nearly a year, Politico points out—and he’s not the only one feeling the love. A majority—56%–said…
Continue reading …Jared Lee Loughner had a minor run-in with the law less than three hours before he opened fire at that Tuscon supermarket. A wildlife officer pulled Loughner over for running a red light at 7:30 that morning, the AP reports, but he let him go because there were no…
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