Business
LeBron James Makes The Easiest Buzzer Beater You’ll Ever See To Beat The Pacers In OT [Video]
The Miami Heat beat the Indiana Pacers in overtime 103-102 after a LeBron James buzzer beater. Down 102-101 with 2.2 seconds left, LeBron caught the ball, drove past a lunging Paul George, and made a lay-up as time expired. Easiest buzzer beater … [Read More...]
Pacers Player Makes A Miracle 29-Foot Shot To Force Overtime Against The Heat
Indiana Pacers forward Paul George hit a ridiculous three point shot to send Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat to overtime. The Heat went on to win in overtime 103-102 on a LeBron James buzzer beater. Down 92-89 with … [Read More...]
The 40 Sexiest Tech Executives Alive
Whoever thinks that brains and beauty don't mix clearly hasn't heard about these 30 executives in the tech industry. They're intelligent, successful, and not bad to look at. … [Read More...]
We’re Seeing Wild Swings In The Nikkei
The Nikkei hit a fresh 5.5-year high after soaring 1.9% to 15,942.60 on Thursday. But it then went red falling as much as 0.5%, only to climb back up 0.3%. The recent rally in Japanese stocks has been attributed to 'Abenomics' — Japan's … [Read More...]
US Politics
Supreme Court to hear frequent-flier case – USA Today – USA TODAY
Supreme Court to hear frequent-flier case - USA TodayUSA TODAYNow Northwest is asking the Supreme Court to explain how much freedom airlines have to set their own policies under the Airline Deregulation Act. The trade group Airlines for America … [Read More...]
Obama to give counterterrorism speech Thursday – USA Today – USA TODAY
Wall Street Journal (blog)Obama to give counterterrorism speech Thursday - USA TodayUSA TODAYPresident Obama delivers a counterterrorism speech Thursday that may also be a defense of two much criticized programs: Drone strikes and the terrorism … [Read More...]
Second immigration officer union comes out against Senate immigration bill – Fox News
PoliticoSecond immigration officer union comes out against Senate immigration billFox NewsMarco Rubio seemed to show signs of strain within the group after senators rejected a Republican proposal to require a biometric entry and exit system at … [Read More...]
Justice
White People Stopped By New York Police Are More Likely To Have Guns Or Drugs Than Minorities
(Credit: AP)During the just-concluded trial on the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program, the city argued that officers’ disproportionate targeting of black and Latino New Yorkers was not due to racial profiling but … [Read More...]
Woman Raped By Ex-Boyfriend Because Police Didn’t Have Enough Funding To Send Help
Last August, a woman in Josephine County called 911 and pleaded with dispatchers to send police — “my ex-boyfriend is trying to break into my house. I’m not letting him in but he’s like, tried to break down the door and he’s … [Read More...]
The Inside Story Of The Harvard Dissertation That Became Too Racist For Heritage
The idea that some racial groups are, on average, smarter than others is without a doubt among the most discussed (and debunked) “taboos” in American intellectual history. It is an argument that has been advanced since the days of slavery, … [Read More...]
Politics & Media
What About When The President Is Republican? Why Liberals Shouldn’t Dismiss The DOJ And IRS Scandals
While many liberals and progressives have come around to condemning the government’s actions in these recent Internal Revenue Service and … [Read More...]
Glenn Beck Thinks Blitzer’s Awkward ‘Atheist’ Interview Was Set Up By CNN Producer Who ‘Doesn’t Like Christians’
Most people who saw Wolf Blitzer‘s instantly viral interview with a atheist Oklahoma tornado survivor thought it was just Wolf being Wolf, … [Read More...]
What’s Wrong With MSNBC’s Chris Hayes?
With nearly three months having elapsed since MSNBC host Chris Hayes took over at the helm of his network’s 8 p.m. block — previously … [Read More...]
WATCH LIVE: President Obama Delivers Counterterrorism Speech At National Defense University
President Obama is scheduled to deliver a major speech on his administration’s counterterrorism policies today, Thursday, May 23rd at … [Read More...]
Economy
Congressman’s Misuse Of Bible Verse Belies Bad Theology And Ideology On Food Stamps
Our guest blogger is Jack Jenkins, a Senior Writer and Researcher with the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative. As the House Agriculture … [Read More...]
Over 100 Economists Call On Congress To Pass Immigration Reform
Douglas Holtz-Eakin In an open letter released by the American Action Forum (AAF) on Thursday, 111 conservative economists signed a … [Read More...]
Shoddy Materials And Illegal Construction Caused Bangladesh Factory Collapse
Photo via the APThe Bangladesh government released results of its investigation into the factory collapse that killed 1,127 and concluded that … [Read More...]
Conservative Groups Come Out In Favor Of Online Sales Tax Legislation
Some conservatives groups, led by the Heritage Foundation, have been outspoken opponents of the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would close the … [Read More...]
