Anarchists are saying, ” Now you’re talking.” Former Minnesota governor and GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty says the government shutdown in his state could be a good thing, and he wishes a similar shutdown in 2005 would have lasted longer, reports Politico . “I think it was nine days [of shutdown] at…
Continue reading …Lawmaking at the Ohio Capitol might be about to get a whole lot more exciting—it’s getting a full-service bar. Starting July 11, the Capitol Café on the lower level of the Statehouse will serve beer, wine, and liquor, reports the Columbus Dispatch . Keep your weapons home, though: Even though…
Continue reading …Critics are finding plenty to laugh at in Larry Crowne , just not much of what writer/director/star Tom Hanks planned on. With a 36% rotten score on Rotten Tomatoes , the romantic-comedy co-starring Julia Roberts is about a middle-aged man making huge changes, but there’s little you haven’t seen a thousand times…
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Former California governor and Terminator star had confessed to fathering a lovechild with housekeeper Mildred Baena Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver are to divorce after papers were filed with a Los Angeles court on Friday. Maria Shriver, a stalwart of the Kennedy clan, filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences. The documents submitted to the Los Angeles Superior court and mark official proceedings to end the couple’s 25-year marriage. Entertainment website TMZ reported that Shriver has also submitted an application for custody for the couple’s two youngest children, Patrick Schwarzenegger, 17, and Christopher, 13. The news comes nearly two months after it emerged the Hollywood action man and Terminator star had fathered a 13-year-old lovechild with the couple’s former housekeeper, Mildred Baena. Revelations of Schwarzenegger’s infidelity broke shortly after he resigned his governorship and confessed to fathering the child and making maintenance payments to Baena, who had worked for the couple for 20 years. Shriver had moved out of the couple’s LA mansion following the split in May and reports suggested the couple have been living separatelyfor several weeks. Schwarzenegger has also been the subject of a number of further stories of alleged extra-marital affairs. The actor has said he plans to return to the Terminator series of films, while Shriver has said she is now concentrating on planning a conference to forward women’s power as an agent of global change. Arnold Schwarzenegger United States Celebrity Jo Adetunji guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …Senior Tepco engineers were aware of design flaws at five of its Fukushima Dai-ichi reactors for decades, but complacency and cost-consciousness prevented the company from fixing those problems, reports the Wall Street Journal . While newer reactors have backup diesel generators and electrical switchers placed securely in the well-protected reactor building,…
Continue reading …Glenn Beck must be properly sick of getting wine spilled on him , because he is getting out of the tri-state area and heading for the roomy expanse of Texas. Beck sold his Connecticut mansion for $3.6 million and will be moving into a Dallas-area estate owned by baseball player…
Continue reading …Airplanes flying through super-cooled clouds around airports can cause condensation that actually results in more snow and rain for nearby areas, according to a new study. The perfect conditions for such a freaky weather event occur about 5% of the time—but 10% to 15% in winter—according to the…
Continue reading …The date for what may or may not be financial doomsday is now July 22. Both the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times say the White House has figured that to be the do-or-die day to hammer out a deal with Republicans to avoid an unprecedented default on…
Continue reading …As many as 12,000 people in federal prison for crack-related crimes can get their sentences reduced as a result of a new law that brought the penalties for the drug more closely in line with those for powdered cocaine, a government commission decided yesterday. The decision by the US…
Continue reading …The war on terror is increasingly being fought by robot assassins. Barack Obama has stepped up the use of drones to kill terrorists, taking out targets in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, Iraq, and Libya. “I am convinced that this method of waging war is cost-effective but not that it is…
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