Joe Biden can now call himself a tweeter as well as the vice president. He entered the world of Twitter today, news that pales in comparison to the AP’s semi-hilarious telling of it. AP’s headline: “Verbose Biden now on Twitter, will have to jam deep thoughts into 140 characters or…
Continue reading …Despite an impressive third-place showing in Iowa polls, Herman Cain staffers are running for the hills—though his campaign insists it’s no “Newt Gingrich situation.” Cain’s organizational director for Iowa and his New Hampshire campaign director have both quit over their candidate’s limited engagement with their states, Politico reports. A…
Continue reading …You’d be some kind of fool not take career advice from Sheryl Sandberg, a Harvard grad who worked as Larry Summers’ chief of staff before moving on to Google and Facebook. Ken Auletta profiles the social network’s COO in this week’s New Yorker, and the lengthy piece circles back and…
Continue reading …New York City’s financial woes seem to be taking a toll on its toilets: Public restroom attendants are rationing toilet paper on the Coney Island boardwalk, the New York Post reports following an on-site investigation. With dispensers left empty, women must form “ration lines” to get their squares, while men’s…
Continue reading …Two weeks ago, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife were sentenced in absentia to 35 years in prison and ordered to pay a $65.5 million fine. Today, a court convicted the former Tunisian president of smuggling drugs, guns, and archaeological artifacts and sentenced him to 15.5…
Continue reading …Joey Chestnut is still the top dog in the world of competitive hot dog devouring. This year’s Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest was close for only the first few minutes, before “Jaws” ran away with it, scarfing down 62 hot dogs, ESPN reports. Takeru Kobayashi was once again absent…
Continue reading …Dominique Strauss-Kahn is swinging back at Tristane Banon , the Frenchwoman who plans to file a lawsuit accusing him of attempted rape: His legal team today announced that he plans to file his own criminal complaint of slander against her. Strauss-Kahn “has always said that the incident described by Ms. Banon…
Continue reading …Ever wondered what July 4 looks like from a firework’s perspective? Well wonder no longer. Just watch this clip from 19-year-old videographer Jeremiah Warren, who strapped a tiny spy camera onto a series of fireworks. The little 808 #11 camera miraculously survived multiple flights, and provided some pretty high-quality video—…
Continue reading …Iran intends to try 26 current or former US officials in absentia for human rights violations and forward its findings to international tribunals, one lawmaker said today. He didn’t specify which officials, but Reuters believes it’s likely to be the same people listed on a bill currently in Iran’s parliament,…
Continue reading …Arguments are over and the jury is out in the Casey Anthony case. But before jurors exited the court, the prosecution offered its final rebuttal to the defense’s arguments . In an hour-long presentation, prosecutor Linda Drane Burdick replayed clips of Casey lying to officials and her parents, calling her the…
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