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Stewart: Wis. Protests Are 'Bizarro Tea Party'
(Newser) - Jon Stewart is not happy with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's plan to strip unions of their collective bargaining rights (that would be like "telling Craigslist no adult services," he reasoned. "It really defeats the purpose.") But nor is he happy with the media's... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Rep. Takes 12-Hour Boat Ride After Refusing TSA Search
(Newser) - An Alaskan state lawmaker opted to spend 12 hours on a ferry home instead of submitting to what she described as an "invasive" TSA search at a Seattle airport. Sharon Cissna, a Democrat, says she was told she would have to be patted down after a body scan displayed... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Walmart Suffering Biggest-Ever Slump
(Newser) - Walmart is suffering its worst-ever slump in US sales and is widely expected to post more disappointing figures when it reports earnings today. Analysts say the retail giant's woes are the result of its failure to follow founder Sam Walton's formula of providing ordinary Americans with "every day low... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Gasping Spider-Man Gets Revamp
(Newser) - The producers of the cursed Spider-Man Broadway musical are rejigging the show's musical numbers, and its official opening may get a sixth tweak, reports the New York Times . Veteran musical supervisor and conductor Paul Bogaev has been hired to revamp many of the $65 million show's musical numbers, according to... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Rush Limbaugh: Michelle Obama's a Big, Fat Hypocrite
(Newser) - Michelle Obama needs to stick to lettuce salads, according to Rush Limbaugh. The radio host labeled the first lady a hypocrite yesterday for promoting healthy eating and then having short ribs for dinner while on vacation in Colorado, the New York Daily News reports. "The problem is—and dare... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Gorbachev Slams Russia's 'Sham Democracy'
(Newser) - Mikhail Gorbachev has launched his most blistering attack yet on Vladimir Putin's regime. The last Soviet leader, speaking at a press conference ahead of his 80th birthday, described Putin's Russia as a sham democracy, the Guardian reports. "We have everything—a parliament, courts, a president, a prime minister and... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Carmelo Anthony Coming to the Knicks
(Newser) - After months of speculation, the New York Knicks are getting superstar Carmelo Anthony. In a massive nine-player trade, the Knicks will send four of their top players—Danilo Gallinari, Raymond Felton, Wilson Chandler and Timofey Mozgov—plus three draft picks and $3 million cash to the Denver Nuggets, in exchange... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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We'd 'Absolutely' Use Force on Protesters: Wis. Police
(Newser) - Wisconsin troopers would "absolutely" use force on protesters if ordered, says the head of a Wisconsin police union. Thousands of protesters have gathered at the Wisconsin statehouse for the past week, protesting the governor's proposals to cut public employee wages and collective bargaining rights. "I'm not able to... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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China Cracks Down on Social Networking Sites
(Newser) - The Chinese government, following a failed effort to use social networking sites to kickstart a North African-style "Jasmine Revolution ," has stepped up censorship of the Internet. Facebook and Twitter are banned in China but the Chinese equivalents have been flourishing. Government censors, however, moved swiftly to block all... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Libyan Ambassador to UN: It's 'Genocide'
(Newser) - Libyan ambassadors in at least seven countries—including the UK and India—as well as Libya's Justice Minister have resigned in protest over the hundreds of deaths caused by the Gadhafi regime as it attempts to cling to power, reports the Guardian . "What's going on in Libya is a... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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65 Confirmed Dead in NZ Quake
(Newser) - The devastating earthquake that hit Christchurch today killed at least 65 people and the death toll is expected to rise, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key warns. The 6.3 magnitude quake struck just before 1pm local time, causing widespread destruction. Many people are still trapped in buildings and a... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Iran Sending Warships Through Suez Canal
(Newser) - Iran is sending warships through the Suez Canal for the first time since its Islamic revolution in 1979. Passage for the two ships, which are believed to be bound for a training session in Syria, was approved by the Egyptian military, USA Today reports. Sources in Egypt say the ships... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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New Zealand Reeling From 6.3-Magnitude Earthquake
(AP) - A 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit the New Zealand city of Christchurch just before 1pm local time Tuesday, collapsing buildings, burying vehicles under debris, and sending rescuers scrambling to help trapped people amid reports of multiple deaths. Police said they were trying to confirm the early reports of multiple fatalities, including... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Gadhafi: 'I'm in Tripoli, not Venezuela'
(Newser) - The rumors of Moammar Gadhafi's Venezuelan vacation are greatly exaggerated: The embattled Libyan leader made a bizarre, minute-long appearance on state TV at 2am local time, declaring, "I am in Tripoli and not in Venezuela. Do not believe the channels belonging to stray dogs." Gadhafi appeared in a... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Bill Clinton, aka 'President of the World'
(Newser) - To most of us, he's "the former president," "Bill Clinton," or maybe "Bubba." But to Chris Matthews on this Presidents' Day, Clinton is President of the World, the name of his much ballyhooed, frenetic TV special airing tonight at 10pm. Taking a look at... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Planet Could Be 'Unrecognizable' in 40 Years
(Newser) - Our world could be "unrecognizable" by 2050 thanks to competition for scarce resources among our expanding, ever-more-affluent population, or so warned scientists at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science yesterday. To cope with a population that's expected to hit 9 billion by that... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Stepmom Charged in Death of Zahra Baker
(Newser) - North Carolina today charged Elisa Baker with second-degree murder, alleging that she alone brutally killed and dismembered her freckle-faced stepdaughter, Zahra Baker. Autopsy results released today show the 10-year-old died of "undetermined homicidal violence," and the Charlotte Observer reports that several bones had not been recovered, including her... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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In Memphis, Fight Over School Merger Turns Ugly
(Newser) - In Tennessee, an attempt to merge two school systems has turned into a full-blown fight, studded with accusations of racism. The struggling Memphis City Schools system, comprised of 85% black students, wants to force a merger with the more successful suburban school district in surrounding Shelby County, which is only... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Nine Batty Tea Party Bills
(Newser) - Tea Partiers are taking their fight to state halls around the country, and Justin Elliott over at Salon rounds up some of the more creative pieces of legislation they've put on the table. Without ado: Yay, global warming: Montana not only wants to proclaim that global warming is a natural... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Japan Digs for Evidence of WWII Human Experiments
(Newser) - It's a grisly and mysterious effort: Japan today began excavations at a former army medical school—in the search for human remains linked to the military's shadowy Unit 731. It ran a notorious World War II program that allegedly conducted live experiments on foreign prisoners of war, most of them... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Egypt Freezes Mubarak's Assets
(Newser) - If Hosni Mubarak really has a death wish, this won't be cheering him up: Egypt today moved to freeze all of Mubarak's foreign assets, reports the AP. The move encompasses any assets of Mubarak's wife, two sons, or their wives; Mubarak's domestic assets were frozen in the days following his... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Kepler Results Boost Chances of Finding Alien Life
(Newser) - Exciting news for alien enthusiasts: The discovery by NASA scientists of a vast trove of Earth-like planets orbiting distant suns boosts our chances of finding extraterrestrial life. Findings from the Kepler telescope revealed that for every two stars in the universe, one has an Earth-like "candidate planet" orbiting it,... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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The Latest Sports Drink Craze: Beer
(AP) - Beer: It's not just for couch potatoes anymore. A Bavarian brewmeister is touting its non-alcoholic beer as the latest sport drink for athletes, handing it out at the finish line of sporting events and touting its regenerative benefits. Unlike Gatorade, Erdinger Alkoholfrei is served up with a frothy head, and... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Latest Casualties of Facebook, Twitter: Blogs
(Newser) - Just a few years ago, blogging was hot enough to be Merriam-Webster's word of the year—but as Facebook and Twitter have grown, blogging has declined, the New York Times reports. The trend is particularly notable among the young: between 2006 and 2009, a survey found, blogging's popularity... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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New Zealand Euthanizes 48 Beached Whales
(Newser) - Faced with a pod of 107 beached pilot whales, half of them dead, and no help in sight, New Zealand conservation authorities were forced to euthanize 48 of the creatures, reports the New Zealand Herald. The whales had beached themselves high up on the beach yesterday with the tide on... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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IRA Falsely Blamed in 1971 Belfast Bombing
(Newser) - When a bomb ripped through a Belfast bar in 1971, killing 15, biased cops unjustly blamed the Provisional IRA, a new police report says. Though the bombing was at a Catholic-owned bar, police considered it to be an accidental explosion as the IRA prepared a bomb—the so-called "own-goal"... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Control-Freak Apple Headed for Backlash
(Newser) - Steve Jobs' Apple has gone from underdog geek favorite to the No. 2 company in the world (behind petro-behemoth Exxon Mobil), and the new big dog is facing some backlash for its control-freak ways and "highly closed" approach. Apple's stranglehold is giving app developers, publishers, and service providers fits,... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Belgium Grabs World Record For...
(Newser) - Who needs a government? Not Belgium! The country broke the world record for the longest political deadlock last week—a distinction previously held by Iraq and its much-fretted-over 249-day holdout. Some quibble that Iraq's lawmakers had to wait another 40 days to be seated, but no one doubts that... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Blagojevich to Judge: Too Many Gaps in Wiretaps
(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich's lawyers have asked a federal judge to forbid prosecutors from playing FBI wiretaps of the former Illinois governor during his upcoming retrial, the AP reports. The lawyers say the tapes—key evidence for the prosecution—are unreliable because of long gaps in the recordings, which remove the... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Thousands of Self-Harm Videos Live on YouTube
(Newser) - A disturbing trend on YouTube: Thousands of videos showing—and, in many cases, glamorizing—cutting and other self-injury methods. The videos get millions of hits, and a recent study warns that they could act as a how-to guide for viewers who are looking to harm themselves. The graphic videos often... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Girls Hurt When Bounce House Blows Away
(Newser) - Everyone loves bouncing in a jumping castle—but in Arizona, things went horribly wrong when a bounce house was carried away by the wind on Saturday. Alissa Baray, 9, and her sister Jessica, 11, were inside the castle at the time, celebrating a birthday party, when a sudden gust of... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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How 'Washington' Became America's 'Blackest Name'
(Newser) - George Washington's name is synonymous with America—and of the people who bear his surname today, 90% of them are African-American, according to the 2000 census. How did "Washington" become, as Jesse Washington, writing for the AP calls it, the "blackest name" in America? It could be... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Fighter Jets Open Fire on Protesters in Libya
(Newser) - Libya made good on its threats to get bloody today, sending fighter jets to fire on protesters in Tripoli, Al Jazeera reports, though it cautions that reports are difficult to verify because Libyan intelligence has shut down all landline and wireless communications. But two military pilots seem to confirm the... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Wisconsin Battle About Power, Not Budget
(Newser) - Wisconsin's battle over union rights shares a key element with the protests in Egypt: In the end, it's all about power, writes Paul Krugman for the New York Times . Gov. Scott Walker's team is trying to make his state, and eventually the entire country, "less of... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Man Gets Second Heart Implanted
(Newser) - The Tin Man would be jealous: This Valentine's Day, a 36-year-old man received a second heart—without giving up his first. Because Tyson Smith was too weak for a transplant, doctors simply installed a second heart in his chest and attached it to his own—a rare operation that... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Oil Volatility Doubles, Price Hits $105 a Barrel
(Newser) - Oil futures are bubbling upward thanks to the unrest in the Middle East, sending crude's 20-day volatility rating skyrocketing to 29.4—more than double the all-time-low of 12.6 it set at the end of December, Bloomberg reports. In London, Brent crude sold for more than $105 a... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Clinton Donors Caught Up in Criminal Cases
(Newser) - A number of Hillary Clinton's top fundraisers are now caught up in criminal cases, including Galen Capital Group Chairman William P. Danielczyk Jr., who was indicted last week. There are now four major federal cases involving six defendants who raised a total of more than $1.1 million for... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Scientists: We'll Find 'God Particle' by End of 2012
(Newser) - Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider think they'll probably prove the existence of the Higgs Boson, or " God Particle ," within two years—and that if they can't, it likely doesn't exist. The machine was supposed to be shut down at year's end, but it's been... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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US Operation Killed 65 Civilians: Afghan Officials
(Newser) - A US military operation in the desolate, mountainous lands of northeastern Afghanistan last week killed 65 civilians, among them 22 women and 30 children, Afghan officials tell the Washington Post . US officials have launched an emergency probe into the situation, seeking to minimize damage to American-Afghan relations—while some cast... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Stuttering Is in the Genes
(Newser) - Stuttering has long been considered a psychological issue, something born of anxiety or trauma—but new research suggests it's in the genes, the Telegraph reports. "The brain actually looks different in people who stutter compared with those that don't," says a scientist. Certain gene variations often... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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How Flight Attendants Got Revenge on Faye Dunaway
(Newser) - Mommy Dearest star Faye Dunaway is a notorious diva , but flight attendants on one US airline found a way to get revenge on the passenger they nicknamed "The B***h." After a series of in-flight tantrums, management informed staff that Dunaway was not, under any circumstances, to be upgraded... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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America's Greatest President Was...
(Newser) - It's Presidents Day, so surely you're wondering: Who is America's greatest president? A recent Gallup poll has your answer: Ronald Reagan, according to 19% of respondents. Gallup has asked the same "greatest president" question eight times over the last 12 years, and Reagan has come out... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Huckabee: Why I Might Not Run
(Newser) - Mike Huckabee has looked good in early presidential primary polling , but the Fox host isn't so sure he wants to run. "I'm not one who thinks the future of the world is depending on whether I run for president," he tells the Washington Post . "It... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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'Breakup Notifier' App Keeps Tabs on Unavailable Friends
(Newser) - It's tough to keep tabs on all those Facebook friends—who has the time to constantly check the status of a bunch of currently-taken potential lovers, waiting to pounce as soon as you notice that "In a Relationship" has changed to "Single"? Well, thanks to programmer Dan... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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In the Stars, Astronomers Find Music
(Newser) - The ancients believed in the "music of the spheres"—that the planets and stars moved through the heavens in harmonic ratios. Today's astronomers are also "listening" to the stars, using the powerful Kepler telescope to measure their internal vibrations, a technique they call "astroseismology." So... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Can Moderate Republicans End Wisconsin Stalemate?
(Newser) - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is determined not to budge on his controversial budget bill and Democratic senators are determined not to return to the state until he does, but a group of moderate Republican senators has proposed a compromise that could end the stalemate. Written by Dale Schultz, who is... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Kidman: We 'Desperately' Wanted a Baby
(Newser) - Nicole Kidman "desperately" wanted another baby, she told Australia's 60 Minutes last night. "Anyone that's been in the place of wanting another child, or wanting a child, knows the disappointment, the pain and the loss that you go through trying and struggling with fertility … I couldn't get... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Old People Rule America
(Newser) - The unspoken question looming over Washington's budget battle isn't how much discretionary spending tol cut; it's "whether our elected politicians will take back government from AARP," writes Robert Samuelson of the Washington Post . Both parties obviously quake in fear of the senior citizens' lobby, unwilling... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Philippine Volcano Blasts Ash a Mile Into Air
(Newser) - After a month's quiet, a volcano spewing ash and smoke in the Philippines today forced at least 2,000 villagers to flee to safety. Shooting ash more than a mile into the air, it was the volcano's 13th ash explosion since November, but officials said there is no sign that... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Giffords Shooting Spawns 'Civil Discourse' Center
(Newser) - Former presidents George HW Bush and Bill Clinton will be honorary co-chairman of the National Institute for Civil Discourse, a new non-partisan center for research, debate, and education about dialogue in politics, opening today at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Featuring a prominent board of politicians and media figures—... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Bachmann: Tax Code Is a WMD
(Newser) - Michelle Bachmann labeled the US tax code as a "weapon of mass destruction," calling for "a radically different system" in a speech to GOP activists in South Carolina. The congresswoman slammed President Obama's handling of protests in Egypt and Iran, saying he's "making Jimmy... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Iranian Police Squash Protests
(Newser) - The Iranians who took to the streets of Tehran yesterday for what was supposed to be a major protest met with thousands of security forces armed with clubs, tear gas, and Tasers, who broke up the gatherings, witnesses tell the Washington Post . There were also unconfirmed reports of gunshots, and... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Mom Gets 10-Year Sentence for Selling $31 of Pot
(Newser) - When Patricia Marilyn Spottedcrow sold $31 worth of marijuana to a police informant, she never expected to find herself in prison at all—let alone for 10 years. Spottedcrow and her mother, Delita Starr, were caught selling to the same informant from Starr's house on two separate occasions. Though... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Lara Logan Beaten With Flagpoles, Fists
(Newser) - Harsh new details of Lara Logan's attack in Cairo: The CBS reporter was stripped and battered with fists and makeshift flagpoles, reports the Times of London, via the Daily Mail . She was pinched so hard by her attackers that the red marks that covered her body were initially thought to... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Gadhafi Son Warns of Fight to 'Last Bullet'
(Newser) - The son of Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi has vowed a "fierce" civil war if protesters don't stand down in the nation's mounting violence. Saif al-Islam Gadhafi promised in a speech today on state TV that significant democratic reforms would be instituted—but only if unrest stops. If current protests... More » Newser located this story for you on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:01 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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