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• Reporter's implausible claim for heckling Obama
• NFL, military partner to tackle 'invisible injuries'
• Joe Biden myth-busts his own brand
• Romney: Obama immigration policy impedes permanent citizenship
• Obama hosts LGBT Pride reception, vows to be ‘advocate’
• SEC concerned about Facebook’s ad revenue before IPO
• Haley Barbour on his life after political office
• Astronauts to hold summer olympics in space
• Tim Pawlenty joins Romney’s bus tour, amid VP buzz
• L.A. Mayor offers praise, but no punditry, on immigration move
• Indonesian man gets 30-month sentence for athiest Facebook comments
• Bunny statue named Peace stirring controversy in Mass.
• Cable worker helps save woman from fire
• WikiWars turns Wikipedia searching into competitive sport

Reporter's implausible claim for heckling Obama Posted: 15 Jun 2012 03:03 PM PDT The journalist who sparked a ruckus inside the Beltway and on Twitter by interrupting President Barack Obama's formal remarks on immigration wants the world to know it was all a big misunderstanding. The Daily Caller's Neil Munro implausibly claims that he never meant to cut off the president and thought he was finished speaking. "I [...]

NFL, military partner to tackle 'invisible injuries' Posted: 15 Jun 2012 07:00 AM PDT They are known as the invisible injuries. They may not result in bruises, breaks, or even loss of limb but the results of concussions can be disastrous, leading to severe brain trauma as well as psychological and neurological disorders.

Joe Biden myth-busts his own brand Posted: 15 Jun 2012 10:36 AM PDT From the moment Barack Obama picked Joe Biden to be his running mate four years ago, the Obama political operation (and Mr. Biden himself) have been eager to play up his Scranton, Pennsylvania roots in hopes of providing an easy point of identification to many of the non-college educated whites with whom [...]

Romney: Obama immigration policy impedes permanent citizenship Posted: 15 Jun 2012 01:37 PM PDT MILFORD, N.H.—Mitt Romney said he believes President Obama's decision to allow as many as 800,000 young illegal immigrants to apply for work permits and temporary legal status will ultimately make it harder for immigrants to gain permanent citizenship. Making a short statement to reporters after a campaign event here, Romney said he believes Obama's executive [...]

Obama hosts LGBT Pride reception, vows to be ‘advocate’ Posted: 15 Jun 2012 03:37 PM PDT President Barack Obama promised a roomful of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) activists on Friday that he would be their "fellow advocate" as long as he is in the White House. Obama, hosting an LGBT Pride Month reception in the mansion's ornate East Room, thanked gay servicemen and —women for their service and alluded to [...]

SEC concerned about Facebook’s ad revenue before IPO Posted: 15 Jun 2012 10:21 AM PDT Before Facebook was allowed to sell its shares on the public market, federal regulators had a few questions about the social media company's advertising opportunities, a strategic business partnership, and how it shared users' data, according to correspondence made public today. After Facebook filed its initial registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, agency [...]

Haley Barbour on his life after political office Posted: 15 Jun 2012 10:14 AM PDT Haley Barbour is a free man. The veteran Republican politician's final term as Mississippi governor ended in January, and he is not running for president—or for any other office. Barbour is instead "volunteering" (as he puts it) for American Crossroads, the super PAC co-founded by GOP strategist Karl Rove; serving on the board of Resurgent Republic, [...]

Astronauts to hold summer olympics in space Posted: 15 Jun 2012 01:04 PM PDT To mark the upcoming Olympic Games in London, a crew of astronauts due to launch to the space station this summer is planning an orbital sporting event for the occasion.

Tim Pawlenty joins Romney’s bus tour, amid VP buzz Posted: 15 Jun 2012 12:40 PM PDT MILFORD, N.H.—It has been ten months since Tim Pawlenty exited the race for the Republican presidential nomination. But the former Minnesota governor has emerged as one of Mitt Romney's most forceful surrogates in the months since, selling the former Massachusetts governor's 2012 bid even more passionately than he sold his own. That's probably why Pawlenty's [...]

L.A. Mayor offers praise, but no punditry, on immigration move Posted: 15 Jun 2012 10:26 AM PDT Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa cheered President Barack Obama's announcement Friday that his administration will halt the deportation of as many as 800,000 young undocumented immigrants—but refused to comment on the potential political impact of the decision. "I don't want to talk about the political impact. You can get that from a pundit," the mayor [...]

Indonesian man gets 30-month sentence for athiest Facebook comments Posted: 15 Jun 2012 03:24 PM PDT Given that the phenomenon of Facebook and social media are relatively new, it's somewhat excusable for courts of law to be unsure how to proceed with regard to matters involving human interaction on the site. That said, there are few supporting an … Continue reading →

Bunny statue named Peace stirring controversy in Mass. Posted: 15 Jun 2012 11:45 AM PDT A veterans group is upset that a giant, fiberglass rabbit sculpture has been put on display next to a war memorial in Oakdale Commons in Dedham, Mass. "Why isn't it down here where the playgrounds are? And they have it sitting right next to the monument," Vietnam veteran Frank Currin told WHDH.com. The rabbit, now [...]

Cable worker helps save woman from fire Posted: 15 Jun 2012 10:21 AM PDT Not everybody hates the cable company. In fact, we're pretty sure that Dawn Donjay is a huge fan. Donjay had fallen asleep in her Boston apartment when she heard screaming from somewhere outside. "Fire, fire," the voice yelled. [Related: Police rescue mother, child from fire] The voice belonged to Henry Gallagher, a TriWire employee for [...]

WikiWars turns Wikipedia searching into competitive sport Posted: 15 Jun 2012 09:59 AM PDT If you're reading this right now, you probably already know plenty about Wikipedia — it's an inescapable feature of our connected world. What you probably didn't know is that some people take Wikipedia searching so seriously that they've turned it into an … Continue reading →

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