This will give GOP deficit hawk Paul Ryan plenty to talk about in his official response to President Obama’s State of the Union address: The president will call for new spending in areas he says are critical to job growth and competitiveness, namely renewable energy, rebuilding roads, and revamping education,…
Continue reading …Glenn Beck fans know liberal academic Frances Fox Piven as a radical who would destroy capitalism on behalf of the welfare state. And some of those fans have taken to issuing death threats against the 78-year-old CUNY professor, reports the New York Times . This week, the liberal group Center for…
Continue reading …In a modern take on Peter Pan , a crocodile in a Ukraine zoo has swallowed a visitor’s cellphone. Rimma Golovko had been stretching out to get a good picture of the croc named Gena when the phone slipped out of her hand. Staff didn’t believe her until it started to…
Continue reading …Independent forensic experts will have 90 days starting next month to review crucial evidence linking American student Amanda Knox to the murder of her British roommate. The experts appointed by the appeals court, Stefano Conti and Carla Vecchiotti from Rome’s Sapienza University, were formally sworn in at a hearing today,…
Continue reading …The militant Shia group Hezbollah has been given a boost in its efforts to form a coalition government in Lebanon, reports the BBC . Influential Druze leader Walid Jumblatt indicated he will support the group when parliamentary talks begin Monday to pick a new prime minister. Current PM Saad Hariri’s unity…
Continue reading …If you can’t buy ‘em , run ‘em out of town seems to be Google’s motto. Mashable reports exclusively that Internet 800-pound gorilla Google is planning to launch “Google Offers,” a service that offers a “pre-paid offers/vouchers program” to local merchants. While not announced, much less launched, it appears to be…
Continue reading …Neither side is talking about Keith Olbermann’s surprise departure from MSNBC, but the gist from a slew of reports (based on anonymous insiders) is that the host’s long-strained relations with management simply never recovered from his suspension over political donations. (See Politico and the Wall Street Journal for more.)…
Continue reading …North Carolina cops are looking for Ann Pettway, the woman who raised a girl stolen from a Harlem hospital at 19 days of age, and now they’re armed with an arrest warrant, reports the New York Post. Pettway, a convicted embezzler on parole, has been missing ever since 23-year-old Carlina…
Continue reading …Prime Minister Brian Cowen says he has resigned as leader of Ireland’s dominant Fianna Fail party but intends to keep leading the government through the March election. Cowen’s surprise announcement today capped a week of political crises that brought his coalition government to the brink of collapse. Never before in…
Continue reading …Gabrielle Giffords’ Tucson doctors handed her over to Houston rehab officials in a “flawless transfer” yesterday, and the congresswoman responded to Arizona crowds cheering along her route by “smiling and even tearing up a little bit,” says one of her doctors. Giffords’ plane flew 14,000 feet lower than normal…
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