An AP investigation suggests that America’s nuclear power plants and safety policies have not aged well: The once-rural areas around the plants have become far more crowded and difficult to evacuate, and the plants themselves are running at higher power and thus pose more of a risk in the event…
Continue reading …Maybe Tracy Morgan is pranking his publicist for a new bit on Scare Tactics . In his first live performance since his infamous anti-gay rant earlier this month, the comedian smoothed over the scandal, but instead took aim at the mentally disabled. “Don’t ever mess with women who have retarded kids,…
Continue reading …Wisconsin cops have launched a full investigation into accusations that State supreme court justice David Prosser put a female justice in a “chokehold,” reports Politico . Gov. Scott Walker says the infighting must stop in order to restore public confidence in the court. The sheriff says, “Beginning today, detectives will work…
Continue reading …Which would you rather have: a space program or cool army tents in the Mideast? The US military spends $20.2 billion annually on air conditioning for tents in Iraq and Afghanistan—an amount that NPR notes tops NASA’s entire budget, all damages BP has paid for the Gulf oil…
Continue reading …John Wayne once said, “Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.” It’s advice Michele Bachmann might’ve been wise to heed today. The Tea Party congresswoman kicked off her presidential campaign today in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, with an emphasis on her roots. But Politico notes that in…
Continue reading …An American politician is leading the way on the Syrian crisis and it’s not a former president or even John Kerry, but rather … Dennis Kucinich. This morning, the Atlantic spotted this tweet from a CNN reporter in Damascus: “Ran into Dennis Kucinich in another hotel. Told me he’s on a…
Continue reading …Former Citigroup vice president Gary Foster has been charged with embezzling more than $19 million from the company. Foster, 35, was nabbed yesterday at JFK airport in New York, after arriving on a flight from Bangkok, Reuters reports. Prosecutors say that between May 2009 and December 2010, Foster funneled the…
Continue reading …A jury has convicted Rod Blagojevich of trying to sell or trade President Obama’s old Senate seat and other corruption charges. Jurors found Blago guilty on 17 of 20 charges today after deliberating for nine days. Blagojevich had faced 20 charges, including that he sought to sell or trade an…
Continue reading …Larry David has been playing golf for years, and now, he’s finally acknowledged the fact that he’ll never be good at it. But acceptance didn’t come easy for the Curb Your Enthusiasm star, he writes in the New Yorker . In fact, it was “the final stage of grief.” The others:…
Continue reading …The nation’s second-biggest school district is entering the debate over homework: A new policy dictates that it can’t be worth more than 10% of a student’s grade, reports the LA Times . The Los Angeles Unified School District wants to ease the after-school burden on its largely low-income, urban students, many…
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