Sarah Palin roused the Tea Party faithful at a tax day rally in Madison, Wisconsin, criticizing not only President Obama but the “GOP establishment” for giving up too much, reports CNN . Her takeaway line: “What we need is for you to stand up, GOP, and fight. GOP leaders need to…
Continue reading …Whether you need to measure radiation levels, go into battle, or clean the living room rug, IRobot Corp. apparently has the gizmo for you. The LA Times profiles the Roomba vacuum maker and sees its success as a sign that the robot industry “is becoming more mainstream.” So-called home robots—…
Continue reading …Radioactivity has been rising in the seawater around the Fukushima nuclear plant in recent days, which could mean that the plant has new leaks, reports AP . Japanese authorities today reported increased levels of iodine-131, cesium-134, and cesium-137. “We want to determine the origin and contain the leak, but I must…
Continue reading …If your idea of a good first date involves a roll in the hay, you’re probably not a Coldplay fan. You might be into Nirvana, though, a survey finds. The dating site Tastebuds.fm polled users on their willingness to have sex on the first date and compared it to…
Continue reading …Hundreds of volunteers scoured the woods in Tennessee today as the search for a missing 20-year-old nursing student entered its fourth day, reports Reuters . Investigators say they turned up the lunchbox of Holly Bobo about 8 miles from her house and other unspecified belongings, notes CBS , but no sign of…
Continue reading …PJ McDowell didn’t exactly have the best reasons for getting married (“I was tired of being single and enduring a succession of short-term flings”), so it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that, 20 years into his marriage, he met another woman, fell madly in love, had a baby…
Continue reading …Bad night for Nic Cage: He got arrested in New Orleans after a loud and drunken argument with his wife—and then police, reports TMZ . The chain of events, from police, TMZ, and AP : Cage and his wife began arguing on the sidewalk in front of a home in the…
Continue reading …Syria’s president said today the emergency laws that have been in effect for nearly 50 years will be lifted—a key demand by a monthlong protest movement that has posed the most serious challenge yet to the regime. The big question: Whether it will appease protesters or encourage them to…
Continue reading …Another air traffic controller has been suspended for sleeping on the job, this time at a Miami radar center. That’s No. 7 this year, notes CNN . This one’s especially priceless because the entire crew got a lecture on professionalism—emphasis on not falling asleep—prior to the start of last…
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