How is the GSA spending your money?
Dropping $822,751 on a conference for about 300 people would be a scandalous waste in the private sector (maybe not if you're Instagram)—but put that bill on a government tab, and it's unfathomable: In fact, that sum is the amount of taxpayer dollars dropped on a Las Vegas junket by an agency that most Americans [...]Read More ...
How tea party absorbed Minutemen's immigration message
Back in 2004, Jim Gilchrist, a retired Marine and the founder of the California Minutemen Project, emailed a few dozen friends and family suggesting that concerned civilians personally combat illegal immigration by traveling to the Arizona border with him.Read More ...
Dems attack after GOP blocks ‘Buffett Rule’
Senate Republicans on Monday voted to block the advancement of "Buffett Rule" legislation, offering Democrats new political fodder as they continue to paint the Republican party as the protectors of America's wealthiest earners at the expense of the middle-class. "Republicans in Congress would rather end Medicare as we know it and slash education funding than [...]Read More ...
Distinctive salutes run the political gamut
Black power. White power. Nazis. Communists. Causes across the political spectrum have long used distinctive salutes to identify themselves.Read More ...
Agents tied to prostitution probe lose 'Top Secret' clearances
The Secret Service has stripped 11 agents tied to a prostitution scandal in Colombia of their "Top Secret" clearances and taken away their badges and guns, an agency spokesman told Yahoo News on Monday.Read More ...
Santorum: 'I haven't supported any candidate at this point'
Rick Santorum said there is “no question Barack Obama has to be defeated,” but did not say he would back presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney, instead revealing he had only spoken to Newt Gingrich, not Romney yet.Read More ...
Briton killed after threat to expose Chinese leader's wife
The British businessman whose murder has sparked political upheaval in China was poisoned after he threatened to expose a plan by a Chinese leader's wife to move money abroad, two sources with knowledge of the police investigation said.Read More ...
SEC looks to economists for legal cover
The SEC is taking extra steps to bulletproof its rulemaking, after U.S. appeals court judges, Republican lawmakers and government watchdogs have criticized how the agency measures the economic impact of its rules.Read More ...
Newt nipped by zoo penguin, gets Band-Aid
Things have not been going all that well for Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich lately, even at one of his favorite places - the zoo.Read More ...
Boy tells school officials that mom and sister are dead at home
A 9-year-old boy arrived at school Monday with a grisly story: His mother and sister were dead at their home four blocks away.Read More ...
Could better tornado warnings cause complacency?
Forecasters who issued dire warnings ahead of last weekend's tornado outbreak in the Midwest deemed the effort a success, largely because dozens of tornadoes hit yet caused only a handful of deaths.Read More ...
U.S. prepares for last major Afghan offensive
For Taliban militants and U.S. strategists alike, all roads in this impoverished country of mountain passes, arid deserts and nearly impassable goat tracks lead to this ancient capital.Read More ...
Police bust online narcotics 'Farmers Market'
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Romney’s tax musings suggest he wants the rich to pay more
Mitt Romney offered new details Sunday on how he might pay for the 20 percent income tax cut he's proposed for all Americans if he's elected president.Read More ...
U.N. toughens North Korea sanctions over rocket launch
The UN Security Council has ordered tightened sanctions on North Korea over its failed rocket launch and warned of new action if the isolated state stages a nuclear test.Read More ...
U.K. police help recover blind woman's novel
A blind woman in the U.K. was devastated to find out the book she wrote was only partly saved because her pen had run out of ink, but police said they could help.Read More ...
Spectacular solar flare erupts from the sun
The sun erupted in an amazing solar flare today, unleashing an intense eruption of super-heated plasma that arced high above the star's surface before blasting out into space.Read More ...
Reddit user's before and after makeup photo startles Web
In an upload entitled "The power of makeup," Reddit user "munner83" publicly posted a picture of herself showing one side of her face with make-up on and the other half makeup free.Read More ...
Panetta regrets cost of trips to Calif. as Defense Secretary
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said today he regrets the high cost of his weekend travels to California, and is looking for ways to save money on flights that have totaled about $860,000 since he came to the Pentagon last July. Throughout his Washington career, Panetta...
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Is 4-year-old as smart as Einstein?
One of the latest members of the high-IQ club Mensa is a mere 4 years old, with an IQ of 159 — but psychologists warn against pulling out the Albert Einstein comparisons just yet.
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Media multitasking might have mental upside
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