We know who’s not coming to tonight’s state dinner for China. And now we know who is. The Huffington Post has the entire list. Some highlights: Christiane Amanpour Jackie Chan Thomas Friedman Herbie Hancock
Continue reading …Big news on the Batman scene: Anne Hathaway has been cast to play Selina Kyle, better known as alter ego Catwoman, in next year’s Dark Knight Rises , reports the Los Angeles Times . Hathaway will be the first to touch the character since Halle Berry’s box office flop in 2004, though…
Continue reading …The Republican-controlled House has voted to repeal the health care law President Obama signed last year. The 245-189 vote marks the fulfillment of a promise many Republicans made in last fall’s political campaigns. The measure has little or no chance of passing the Senate, where Democratic supporters of the law…
Continue reading …Cowboys season-ticket holders have a special seating option for watching the Super Bowl, the Star-Telegram reports: For the low, low price of $200, they can watch the game on a TV screen while standing outside the stadium. The Cowboys won’t be in the Super Bowl, of course, but Dallas is…
Continue reading …An environmental watchdog group says two versions of plastic Disney shopping bags go way over the federal limit for lead in kids’ products. The Center for Environmental Health tested the reusable Toys Story and Cars bags sold by Safeway—the chain says the bags are no longer for sale—and…
Continue reading …O: A Presidential Novel is not the gossipy bombshell one might have expected of a novel, penned anonymously by an insider, depicting the 2012 Obama campaign, writes Ron Charles for the Washington Post . In fact, it suffers a bit in that the fictionalized Obama and his GOP opponent—a flattering…
Continue reading …So now that Michael Steele’s tumultuous tenure as RNC chief is over, it’s time to let bygones be bygones and get on with party unity, right? Maybe not yet. “I know exactly how Caesar felt,” Steele tells the Frum Forum in reference to Reince Priebus, the newly elected RNC leader….
Continue reading …Buddhist monks in South Korea held a massive memorial service today for the more than 1.9 million animals killed in a desperate attempt to halt the country’s foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. Surrounded by the faithful, the monks bowed before photos of the culled animals, offering them chrysanthemums as a traditional…
Continue reading …Christianity’s third most holy site, the place where John is said to have baptized Jesus, is set to be opened to the public in the near future—but at the present moment, it’s surrounded by thousands of land mines. Israel says the site, which is expected to attract millions of…
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