2012年7月19日星期四

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Could a missing word doom a key part of Obamacare?

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:28 PM PDT

Political Polarization 'Dangerous,' Psychologist SaysStates could dodge a key part of the health care reform law because of a little-noticed mistake in the lengthy bill, according to a white paper by conservative health care experts Michael Cannon and Jonathan Adler. A missing word in the law's definition of a health insurance exchange could prevent the federal government from [...]


Hidden cost of 'free' voter IDs

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 09:48 AM PDT

Texas voter ID lawEven when making required photo identification free to eligible voters, the process still poses significant burdens to many poor voters, according to a new study from the Brennan Center for Justice, a voting rights advocacy organization. Ten states have laws in effect for 2012 with restrictive voter ID requirements, according to the center and other [...]


London Eye lights up and more top photos

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 04:00 PM PDT

London Eye lights up and more top photosA woman watches as The EDF Energy London Eye is lit up on July 19, 2012 in London, England. The giant ferris wheel will be lit up with different coloured lights to reflect Tweets posted about the London 2012 Olympic Games. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Microsoft posts first quarterly loss as a public company

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 04:23 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2009 file photo, a man walks on the Microsoft headquarters campus in Redmond, Wash. Microsoft Corp. said on Monday, July 2, 2012, that it will take $6.2 billion charge for the declining value of online ad division. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, file)Microsoft Corp reported its first quarterly loss as a public company on Thursday as it took a previously announced hit for writing down the value of its ailing online unit, but held up better than expected in the face of stagnant computer sales.


New planet, smaller than Earth, found orbiting distant star

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 01:35 PM PDT

New Planet Found, Smaller Than Earth, Orbiting Distant StarThirty-three light-years away, in the constellation Leo the lion, astronomers say they have found a world considerably smaller than Earth, orbiting a dim red-dwarf star.


Obama backs moment of silence at Olympics

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:17 AM PDT

Swiss flags are visible through the Olympic rings the Athletes' Village at the Olympic Park in LondonPresident Barack Obama strongly supports holding a minute-long moment of silence at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in tribute to 11 Israeli athletes and coaches killed by Palestinian extremists [...]


First military base same-sex wedding held

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:21 PM PDT

First Military Base Same-Sex Wedding HeldTwo men became the first same-sex couple to marry on a military base when they held their wedding ceremony last month at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey. Tech Sgt. Erwynn Umali and his partner, Will Behrens, married June 23 on the base where Umali,...


Romney: Obama’s ‘you didn’t build that’ comment ‘wasn’t a gaffe’

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 12:29 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, talks about jobs during a campaign stop at Middlesex Truck and Coach on Thursday, July 19, 2012, in Roxbury, Mass. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)ROXBURY, Mass.—For the third day in a row, Mitt Romney attacked President Obama's "you didn't build that" comment, arguing the president's words weren't an accident but rather a reflection of his hostility toward private business. "It wasn't a gaffe. It was his ideology," Romney argued Thursday at a last-minute campaign stop at Middlesex Truck and [...]


Water-only café opens to flood of criticism in New York City

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:09 PM PDT

A water-only café serving filtered New York City tap water is facing a wave of criticism for its overpriced, artisanal H20. Molecule, which recently opened in Manhattan's East Village, charges $2.50 per 16-ounce glass of water treated with its custom-built, $25,000 purifier. It's "a cocktail bar for water enthusiasts," the Wall Street Journal said in [...]

Sunscreen clothes: Do they work?

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 07:27 AM PDT

Sunscreen Clothes: Do They Work?It's America's hottest of summers, but do you really need more than sunscreen and a hat to protect yourself from the rays?


Mom arrested for hacking school computers to change kids' grades

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 10:08 AM PDT

Mom Arrested For Hacking School Computers to Change Kids' GradesA Pennsylvania mom faces six felony charges for allegedly hacking into her children's school computer to change their grades and read school officials' emails.


Businessman buys Texas town, renames it ‘Bikinis’

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:15 PM PDT

If you like ordering burgers and beer from women dressed in bikinis, there's now a town just for you. Literally. Self-described "breastaurateur" Doug Guller has purchased an unincorporated ghost town in Texas and renamed it "Bikinis" after his Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill franchise. "Bikinis, TX will be a world class destination and I am [...]

Video: Five volunteers withstand a 1957 nuclear bomb test

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:20 PM PDT

Though we know a lot about how dangerous nuclear radiation is today, back in the earliest days of the Atomic Age, people were simply oblivious to the cancer risks. Ignorance is really the only excuse for this July 1957 footage … Continue reading →

Aspiring 'Papas' turn out for Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 03:24 PM PDT

About 125 bearded men from across the world have descended on Key West, Florida, this week for the annual Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest. The contest is focused on Hemingway's "Papa" phase during the later years of his life when he lived in Key West. The contest is broken up into two preliminary rounds, held on [...]
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