Today is, supposedly, the absolute last day for debt limit legislation to be introduced in the House if the US wants to avoid defaulting on Aug. 2. As we wait to see if lawmakers make the deadline, Uri Friedman, writing in in the Atlantic Wire, looks at all the deadlines…
Continue reading …An autopsy on Amy Winehouse today failed to determine a cause of death, reports the AP, meaning it will be two to four weeks before further toxicology tests tell the tale of what killed the 27-year-old. The coroner’s office said her death “was investigated by police and determined non-suspicious.” The…
Continue reading …The father of accused Norway attacker Anders Behring Breivik says his son should have killed himself instead of taking the lives of 76 innocent people. Jens Breivik, a retired diplomat, has disowned his estranged son, reports the New York Times . “The last thing he should have done, instead of killing…
Continue reading …Democrat Mike Ross won’t seek a seventh term in Congress, the Arkansas rep said today. A leader of the Blue Dog Coalition of fiscally conservative Democrats, Ross said he’s considering running for governor in his home state, and another congressional term would conflict with a possible 2014 campaign. Such a…
Continue reading …More parents are going to luxurious extremes so their kids can rough it. Wealthy families are increasingly riding private jets to get to and from remote summer camps in Maine, New Hampshire, and upstate New York. Over the past weekend—a common date for camp visiting days—private jets clogged…
Continue reading …Vietnam named a new president today, a largely symbolic post. Truong Tan Sang, 62, is a longtime rival of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Dung will likely be re-elected to his post, the country’s most powerful, in a National Assembly vote tomorrow. The two are expected to be cordial as…
Continue reading …Racy text-messaging is simply a part of college life, a study suggests: Some 78% of 200 students in a University of Rhode Island survey say they’ve received sexts, and 56% have gotten sexts containing pictures, Time reports. Most of these messages, it should be noted—about 73%—weren’t just random:…
Continue reading …As the fallout from Britain’s tabloid scandal continues, things could get stickier for James Murdoch in the coming week. The board of British Sky Broadcasting, chaired by Murdoch, has its first meeting since the scandal hit front pages; the firm faces official scrutiny as to whether it is “fit and…
Continue reading …A South African grandfather is apparently just fine after spending 21 hours inside a morgue—but we’re guessing family dinners are going to be awkward for a while. His family assumed he was dead when they were unable to wake him up, and called for an undertaker. But last night…
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At Comic-Con, even the likes of Andrew Garfiied and Steven Spielberg turn up to kneel at
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