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Mark Zuckerberg Went To Korea To Ask Samsung To Make A Facebook Phone And Samsung Said No (FB)

Mark Zuckerberg is in South Korea this week meeting with top executives at Samsung. According to The Korea Herald, Zuckerberg asked Samsung's mobile boss JK Shin to consider making a "Facebook phone" that runs Facebook's Home software for … [Read More...]

How The End Of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Will Force Gay Marriage

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) endorsed marriage equality today. Her statement about why focuses on a lesbian couple, one of whom serves in the Alaska National Guard. Murkowski says their lack of access to marriage forces the couple into "a … [Read More...]

4 Secrets To Successfully Flipping A House

Two mild-mannered school teachers taught me everything I know about flipping houses -- and not in a good way. I met this couple in 2006. They were very nice people -- but extremely aggressive investors. They were buying and flipping property in … [Read More...]

This Mesmerizing GIF Shows RA Dickey’s Knuckleball Breaking 3 Different Ways

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher R.A. Dickey won the N.L. Cy Young Award last year relying almost exclusively on one pitch, his hard knuckler. Most knuckleballs ooze into the strike zone, but Dickey's dances in at an average of 77 mph. … [Read More...]

US Politics

Obama Raises Possibility of Change at the Fed – New York Times

BloombergObama Raises Possibility of Change at the FedNew York TimesWASHINGTON — President Obama suggested that he was likely to nominate a new Federal Reserve chairman later this year, saying in a television interview aired late Monday that … [Read More...]

Analysis: Iran’s shock election result sets a challenge to Israel – NBCNews.com (blog)

NBCNews.com (blog)Analysis: Iran's shock election result sets a challenge to IsraelNBCNews.com (blog)The election of Hassan Rowhani as the new president of Iran seems to have stunned everyone – his supporters and staff, and analysts and … [Read More...]

Obama on Syria: Americans Just Don’t Understand – Fox News

Town HallObama on Syria: Americans Just Don't UnderstandFox NewsPresident Obama and other Democrats keep talking about avoiding “another Iraq” and avoiding a “rush to war” similar to the 18-month run up to the invasion of Saddam … [Read More...]

Foreign Policy

Syria: the view from Lebanon – European Council on Foreign Relations

Sydney Morning HeraldSyria: the view from LebanonEuropean Council on Foreign RelationsThis essay forms part of ECFR's "Syria: Views from the Region" project, exploring the regional responses and ramifications of the Syrian uprising and civil … [Read More...]

Remedial Education: Federal Education Policy – Council on Foreign Relations

Remedial Education: Federal Education PolicyCouncil on Foreign Relations... in fact, the United States has slipped ten spots in both high school and college graduation rates over the past three decades, according to a new report and scorecard … [Read More...]

Chuck Todd, Syria, and the “Objective” View of US Foreign Policy – CounterPunch

Chuck Todd, Syria, and the “Objective” View of US Foreign PolicyCounterPunchOne final imperial premise that Chuck Todd has evidently accepted lock, stock, and barrel: the idea that, out of all the countries in the world, the United States is … [Read More...]

Justice

McCain Tosses Cold Water On Senate GOP’s Plan To Block Obama’s Top Judicial Nominees

Earlier this month, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) strongly hinted he would filibuster President Obama’s three nominees to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the second most powerful … [Read More...]

How Three Conservative Justices Voted To Jack Up Your Prescription Drug Costs

Chief Justice John Roberts (Credit: AP) In 2000, a pharmaceutical company named Solvay obtained a patent for a drug called “AndroGel,” which is used to treat men with low testosterone levels. Shortly thereafter, several of … [Read More...]

Elizabeth Warren Laments ‘Striking Lack Of Professional Diversity’ On Federal Courts, As ‘Corporate Capture’ Escalates

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) brought renewed attention to the critical battle over nominees to the federal courts Thursday evening, in remarks that blasted the “corporate capture” of the federal courts, and called on those concerned with the … [Read More...]

Elections 2012

The Case Against Immigration Reform Just Got a Lot Uglier

"It’s easier to frame opposition using the bloodless language of the budget than the combustible language of national character and composition," The Washington Post's Ezra Klein wrote this mornin, but the Congressional Budget Office … [Read More...]

U.S. Bureaucracy Stymies Commercial Innovation, Report Says

In 1943, the U.S. government opened a top-secret research lab in Los Alamos, N.M., gathering the country’s best scientists to research a breakthrough technology that would advance the nation’s strategic goals in the midst of the Second World … [Read More...]

Republican-led House passes bill restricting abortion

By Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation severely restricting abortions, a move that could alienate women from the conservative party. The bill would ban … [Read More...]

World News

Presidential Conference 2013 ready to kick off Day Two – Jerusalem Post

HaaretzPresidential Conference 2013 ready to kick off Day TwoJerusalem PostWednesday's line-up will attempt to follow Tuesday evening's official opening party which celebrated President Shimon Peres' 90th brithday; today, Blair, … [Read More...]

Australian serial sex offender jailed for life for rape, murder of Irish immigrant – Fox News

AFPAustralian serial sex offender jailed for life for rape, murder of Irish immigrantFox NewsMELBOURNE, Australia – A serial sex offender was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for raping and murdering an Irish immigrant while free on … [Read More...]

Slain MPA laid to rest – The News International

The NationSlain MPA laid to restThe News InternationalTAKHT BHAI: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Member Provincial Assembly Imran Khan Mohmand, who was killed in a suicide blast during a funeral prayer, was laid to rest at his native village in Jalala. … [Read More...]

Politics & Media

Glenn Beck Compares Pro-Immigration Protesters To The Ku Klux Klan

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach has been a major influence on the Republican party’s hard-line immigration stance, which played a … [Read More...]

My Former Boss Stossel Is Wrong: The NSA’s Surveillance Is Troubling

As a libertarian, I have the utmost respect for my former boss John Stossel. Along with Judge Napolitano and Red Eye’s Andy Levy, he is one … [Read More...]

The Virtuous Beauty Of Nuclear Weapons And Obama’s Simplistic Worldview

Predictably, in his Berlin address on Wednesday, President Barack Obama called for a bilateral reduction in the nuclear arsenals maintained by … [Read More...]

FBI Director Acknowledges Domestic Use Of Surveillance Drones, Says Agency Is ‘Exploring’ Guidelines

During a Senate hearing, FBI chief Robert Mueller acknowledged the use of drones on U.S. soil. He said they were for the purpose of surveillance … [Read More...]