You’d think that Lt. Dan Choi would be the one looking for payback. But after being discharged from the military under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, it’s the military that wants him to pony up—to the tune of $2,500, reports the Huffington Post . The Defense Department sent Choi a…
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Al Jazeera is reporting live from Cairo, covering the ongoing and unprecedented protests in Egypt’s capital. In this clip, police fire barrages of tear gas at protesters gathered in front of the high-end Ramses Hilton hotel.
Continue reading …Tracy Morgan, not too shockingly, said something shocking—and now TNT is apologizing for it. The 30 Rock actor told Charles Barkley that Sarah Palin was “good masturbation material” while appearing on Inside the NBA before last night’s Knicks-Heat game. He’d been asked whether Tina Fey or Sarah Palin was…
Continue reading …Nelson Mandel’s longer-than-usual hospital visit sparked a flurry of concern and press speculation , but the former South African president left the ward today, having responded well to treatment for acute respiratory infection, the AP reports. The 92-year-old will receive care at home, said the surgeon-general. “Dr. Mandela is in high…
Continue reading …Comcast takes over NBC Universal today, and some feathers are already being ruffled—the peacock has been removed from the corporate logo. Though the colorful, 55-year-old mascot will still be used on television, internally, it’s been swapped out in favor of the the name NBCUniversal on a purple background, reports…
Continue reading …The complete shutdown of nearly all online services just after midnight in Egypt is unprecedented in its scale, reports the AP . While governments around the world have disrupted online service during unrest (such as Iran did during protests in 2009), what sets Egypt’s move apart is how apparently coordinated the…
Continue reading …NASA officials will gather at Kennedy Space Center today to mark the 25th anniversary of one of the worst disasters in the history of space travel. The space shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds after take-off on Jan. 28, 1986, killing all seven astronauts aboard. The widow of Challenger commander…
Continue reading …A Los Angeles school police officer who sparked a huge manhunt last week after saying he had been shot by a suspect has admitted it was a hoax, police sources say. Officer Jeff Stenroos has been arrested and charged with filing a false police report. Stenroos—whose bulletproof vest showed…
Continue reading …After weeks of speculation , LinkedIn has confirmed what many suspected—it will go public later this year. The career-focused social networking site filed a registration statement with the SEC yesterday, setting the stage for the company to become the biggest social network yet to land on Wall Street, reports Mashable…
Continue reading …Enterprising Hawaii lawmakers say they’ve found a way to silence “birthers” while filling state coffers. Democratic state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow anybody to obtain President Obama’s birth records for a fee of $100, AP reports. The bill would require changing a privacy law that bars the…
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