Getting the Math Wrong on ObamaCare
The release of new projections about the impact of the Affordable Care Act has set off a firestorm in Washington about job losses, deficits and people losing coverage. But reading the actual document –...
View ArticleHeroin: Hollywood’s Favorite Screen Villain
The death of Philip Seymour Hoffman puts a spotlight on drugs in the film industry -- but also on the way Hollywood portrays drugs.The way the big studios have depicted heroin use over the years is a...
View ArticleU.S. May Mandate 'Talking' Cars by Early 2017
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are crafting a rule that would require all new vehicles to be able to "talk" to one another using wireless technology, which the Department of Transportation said...
View ArticleFour Arrested in Connection With Drugs at Actor Hoffman's Home: Report
(Reuters) - Four people were arrested on Tuesday in connection with drugs found at the home of film star Philip Seymour Hoffman following his death of an apparent heroin overdose, the New York Daily...
View ArticleCVS Drops Cigarettes
(Reuters) - CVS Caremark Corp said on Wednesday that it would stop selling tobacco products at its 7,600 stores by October, becoming the first national drugstore chain in the United States to take...
View ArticleMuslim Women: Slow But Steady Progress
A recent poll by Thomson-Reuters found that women remain marginalised and underutilised across much of the Arab and Muslim world.This is a worrying state of affairs, not only because women should on...
View ArticleDoes It Matter If Colleges Plagiarize Their Sexual Assault Policies?
When Julia Dixon, a 2011 graduate of the University of Akron in Ohio, began compiling research to file a federal Clery Act complaint against her alma mater for the mishandling of sexual assault cases,...
View ArticleSoldiers Lynch Man at Army Ceremony in Central African Republic
BANGUI (Reuters) - A group of soldiers in Central African Republic's capital lynched a man on Wednesday whom they suspected of having been a rebel, minutes after hearing the new president promise to...
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Today in Tabs: The Daily Worst
Is there a Pulitzer Prize for sucking at journalism? Because if so, The Daily Beast is making a strong run at it. Not content with Robert Weide’s "sleazy and passive-aggressive"Woody Allen apologia,...
View ArticlePussy Riot Takes America
Pussy Riot members Nadya Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, recently released from Russian prisons, made their first public appearance in the United States last night with Stephen Colbert, the...
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Why Frank Ended His Marriage to Mia
“Kid, you remind me of me. Been watching you close. They tell me you’re comin’ off great. Been around long enough to have a nose who’s going to make it and who ain’t. You got a shot at going all the...
View ArticleWhy CVS Went Cold Turkey
CVS Caremark, the largest pharmacy company in the United States, got a vociferous thumbs-up Wednesday from both President Obama and the First Lady.The store became the first national pharmacy to end...
View ArticlePussy Riot Rocks the Barclays Center
“I’m going to get to say ‘pussy riot’ a lot tonight—and I’m really happy about that.”That was how actress Susan Sarandon, in a sparkly blue pantsuit that was not quite a cat-suit, kicked off Amnesty...
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The O’Reilly Fracture
The letter was hand-delivered to the office of the head of Fox News, Roger Ailes, on the morning of Wednesday, September 29, 2004. Although it was short, just six terse paragraphs, the words on the...
View ArticleU.S Warns of Toothpaste Bombs Ahead of Russia's Olympics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States issued a warning on Wednesday to airports and to some airlines flying to Russia for the Olympics to watch for toothpaste tubes that could hold ingredients to...
View ArticleU.S. Sharply Curtails Drone Strikes in Pakistan: Report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has cut back sharply on drone strikes in Pakistan after the Islamabad government asked for restraint while it seeks peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban, the...
View ArticleWill Taking the Fifth Save Christie’s Sidekicks?
What do the emails of two of Chris Christie’s closest confidants at the heart of the Bridgegate affair tell us about the part the New Jersey governor played in the scandal? Too bad investigators can't...
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Dying on the Vine
Wine growers in California are facing a massive challenge: keeping their vines alive without water.In California’s Mendocino County, which has been hit particularly hard by the historically severe...
View ArticleCollege Football's Signing Day for Recruits Takes Some Strange Turns
National Signing Day occurs on the first Wednesday of every February and, despite its hibernal date, is the pivotal day of the year for college football programs. Nothing determines a school’s future...
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The Iditarod is for Wimps! Can You Handle the Yukon Arctic Ultra?
The Yukon Arctic Ultra (YAU) sounds less like an ultramarathon than the premise for a Jack London novel. Beginning in the town of Whitehorse in Canada’s Yukon province, participants have their choice...
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