Business
19 Lottery Winners Who Blew It All
As America salivates over the $590 million Powerball prize … [Read More...]
NBA Playoff Prediction: Here’s Our Official Pick For Who Wins The Western Conference Finals
The Western Conference Finals between the Memphis Grizzlies and the San Antonio Spurs gets underway Sunday, and we are giddy with excitement. Our picks so far in the playoffs have been decent. We got 6/8 right in the first round (3/8 exactly … [Read More...]
Russia’s ‘Zaslon’ Military Operators Are So Shadowy They Make Ninjas Look Like Amateurs
There is quite a cult that has grown up around Russia’s Spetsnaz special forces, with books, movies and exposes both serious and farcical alike. Names such as Alpha and Vympel have become well known. Indeed, some could almost be considered … [Read More...]
Yahoo’s Board Approves $1.1 Billion Purchase Of Tumblr (YHOO)
Yahoo's board approved the plan to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, Kara Swisher at All Things D reports. Previous reports said that Tumblr's board had okayed Yahoo buying Tumblr, so it looks like it's a done deal. Marissa Mayer has made her … [Read More...]
US Politics
President and First Lady to Host Concert Honoring Carole King in the East Room – Whitehouse.gov (press release)
Washington Times (blog)President and First Lady to Host Concert Honoring Carole King in the East RoomWhitehouse.gov (press release)President Obama will present the award as he did when the Library of Congress honored Stevie Wonder (2009), Sir … [Read More...]
After tough week, Obama tries to change the subject to jobs – Reuters
The White House (blog)After tough week, Obama tries to change the subject to jobsReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday will seek to turn the spotlight from controversies threatening to swamp his agenda to the economy by … [Read More...]
Billboard companies playing big role in LA city election – Los Angeles Times
Billboard companies playing big role in LA city electionLos Angeles TimesSince it filed that lawsuit, the company has financed scores of billboards for candidates in the May 21 election — 100 for mayoral hopeful Wendy Greuel, 100 for city … [Read More...]
Justice
Federal Appeals Court: Drug Sentencing Disparity Is Intentional Racial ‘Subjugation’
Since Congress recognized the gaping racial disparity between mandatory minimum sentences for crack offenses and cocaine offenses and reduced the ratio from 100-to-1 to 18-to-1, courts have grappled with when and how to apply the statute to … [Read More...]
Reid Reportedly Prepared To Disarm Filibusters For All Nominees
(Credit: AP) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) expects a showdown in July over a potential second round of filibuster reform, and he’s prepared to push for a sweeping change to the minority’s ability to unilaterally obstruct … [Read More...]
Illinois Passes Medical Marijuana Bill
The Illinois legislature sent a medical marijuana bill to Gov. Pat Quinn Friday, after the Senate passed a measure 35-21 largely along party lines. The measure would permit marijuana use with a doctor’s prescription for 33 specified ailments, … [Read More...]
Elections 2012
Republicans Informed of IRS Investigation Last Year
Much has been made of the fact that senior Treasury Department officials were told about the investigation into the treatment of tea party groups in June 2012 — months before last year’s the Presidential election. Republicans who requested … [Read More...]
Tea party tax returns show activism on a budget
Dozens of tea party groups and other conservative organizations of the kind subjected to improper scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service operated with small budgets and rarely displayed overt partisan ... … [Read More...]
Why You Should Feel Sorry for the IRS
Yes, the Internal Revenue Service was wrong to target dozens of conservative groups for extra scrutiny, even if it was accidental. Everybody agrees on this point. But lost in the frenzy is a bigger question: If the IRS screwed this up so royally … [Read More...]
World News
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Delhi on Sunday afternoon – BBC News
BBC NewsChinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Delhi on Sunday afternoonBBC NewsChina's Premier Li Keqiang has pledged to build trust with India where he is meeting his counterpart Manmohan Singh after a recent flare-up in border tensions. … [Read More...]
South Korea analyzing if North Korea launched missiles or artillery – Fox News
NDTVSouth Korea analyzing if North Korea launched missiles or artilleryFox NewsSouth Korea officials are trying to determine out what exactly North Korea fired into its eastern waters over the weekend. A Defense Ministry official speaking on … [Read More...]
Imran Khan’s party wins revote in Karachi, protests expected – Reuters
The NationImran Khan's party wins revote in Karachi, protests expectedReutersISLAMABAD | Mon May 20, 2013 12:32am EDT. ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Cricket hero Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf party won a revote in an upmarket constituency … [Read More...]
Politics & Media
Amazing Footage Of Oklahoma Tornadoes Demolishing Homes, ‘Tearing Up Everything In Its Path’
CNN and local stations captured incredible aerial footage of the tornadoes ravaging through multiple Oklahoma cities, giving a visual … [Read More...]
On ‘Scandals’, President Obama Should Borrow From An Unfamiliar Playbook: Bush And Cheney
This week, scandal fever engulfed cable news, radio, and Republican dinner tables across the country, as the GOP (and some Democrats) embarked on … [Read More...]
GOP Rep. Darrell Issa Was Informed About IRS Investigation Last July
The IRS scandal continues to engulf the news cycle as critics from the both sides of the aisle express outrage and demand anger. While there is … [Read More...]
Bob Schieffer Tears Into WH Adviser Over Response To Scandals: ‘Is The President Out Of Touch?’
White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer must not have particularly enjoyed himself this weekend, given that his Sunday show appearances have been … [Read More...]
Economy
Scott Walker Touts Job Growth That Ranks Wisconsin Seventh-To-Last In Nation
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) is pushing a report from his administration’s Department of Workforce Development that puts the state’s … [Read More...]
How States Are Leading The Way On Equal Pay For Women
Legislation at the federal level designed to improve women’s economic opportunities appears stalled, including, most recently, the Paycheck … [Read More...]
Elizabeth Warren Slams ‘Dangerous’ Legislation That Would Weaken Wall Street Reform
A week after a bipartisan group of lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee overwhelmingly approved a rollback of certain financial … [Read More...]
Treasury Department Begins Preparing For Debt Ceiling Hostage Negotiations
Credit: The Economist At noon on Friday, the Treasury Department began the latest round of accounting contortionism brought on by … [Read More...]
