Apple To Power New Headquarters With Solar Energy
Apple is going green in a big way. CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday that the company would power its new corporate headquarters with energy from a 2,900-acre solar farm being…
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Powerball jackpot nears a half-billion bucks
The prize would be the third largest in the history of the game and fifth largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history. – The lottery would have made them millionaires …
Giant Pit Bull ‘The Hulk’ Weighs 173 Pounds
Being attacked by this dog would be the pits. “The Hulk” is a towering, 173-pound pit bull bred and raised by Dark Dynasty K9s, based in Carroll, New Hampshire. –…
White House finalizing request for military action against ISIS
The White House is expected to propose a three-year authorization that’s specific to fighting ISIS. It would also repeal a 2002 measure that allowed military action in Iraq. – “Might…
Key Premise Of Obamacare Lawsuit Contradicted By Email Senate Aide Sent In 2010
The premise of the latest legal attack on Obamacare has always been shaky. An email that a key Senate staffer wrote in January 2010 would appear to make it even…
Here’s What’s Being Done To Get Child Laborers Working 16-Hour Days Off Of U.S. Tobacco Fields
Advocates are speaking out on behalf of child workers’ health and well-being after a bill that would have regulated Virginia’s tobacco farming industry failed to pass last week. Minors would…
Here’s Who’s Most Likely To Lose Coverage If The Supreme Court Guts Obamacare
This piece comes to us courtesy of Stateline. Stateline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts that provides daily reporting and analysis on trends in state…
U.S. Closing Embassy In Yemen
WASHINGTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) – A U.S. official in Washington on Tuesday confirmed the American Embassy in Yemen is closing. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, did…
16 Times The Obama Administration Lied About The President’s Position On Same-Sex Marriage
WASHINGTON — It can now, apparently, be told: During his run for the presidency and his first years in the White House, President Barack Obama deceived the American public about…
Axelrod book: Obama lied on same-sex marriage
But Obama, Axelrod writes, opposed same-sex marriage during his 2008 presidential campaign and throughout most of his first term as President due to political concerns. “Gay marriage was a particularly…
Patrick Leahy: Netanyahu Address To Congress ‘A Tawdry And High-Handed Stunt’
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said in a statement Tuesday he would skip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress next month. – “I don’t want…
Russia’s Putin, Egypt’s el-Sisi agree on preliminary nuclear power deal
He said Russia would contribute to the construction of a nuclear power plant, training staff and scientific research. El-Sisi covered both economic and political cooperation in his remarks. – Putin’s…
Rebels Make New Push In Ukraine On The Eve Of Peace Talks
By Aleksandar Vasovic and Gleb Garanich VUHLEHIRSK/KRAMATORSK, Ukraine, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Rebel fighters made a push on Tuesday to cut off a government-held road and rail junction in east…
How To Season, Clean And Care For A Cast Iron Skillet Like A Pro
In today’s world of fast-paced living and uber convenience, cooking with a cast iron skillet seems like an antiquated notion. We have nonstick pans we can throw in the dishwasher,…
The Hezbollah Connection
1. Ahmad Abu Adass In 2005, the last year of his life, Ahmad Abu Adass was 22 and still living with his parents in Beirut, Lebanon. He was kind and…
India’s Governing Party Heads for Crushing Defeat in Delhi Elections
NEW DELHI — Less than a year after Narendra Modi won a historic victory to become India’s new prime minister, a smaller political earthquake struck the capital on Tuesday, as…
Girl, 11, charged with murder in beating death of 2-month-old baby
“We’re trying to figure out what would motivate someone to do something like that,” Wickliffe Police Chief Randy Ice told reporters. “And so far, we haven’t come up with an…
How high the bids? Les Paul’s prototype electric guitar to be sold
The Gibson-made instrument, called the Holy Grail of Guitars by some, is being sold by Tom Doyle, the late Paul’s longtime friend, engineer, co-inventor and guitar tech. “This happens to…
U.S.-Cuban Relations Aren’t Normalizing As Fast As You Might Think
The U.S. and Cuba joint announcement on Dec. 17 that they would work toward re-establishing diplomatic relations seemed to symbolize the dawning of a new era for the Cold War…
Jamaican Senate Says Yes To Marijuana On Bob Marley’s Birthday
Jamaica took one step closer to decriminalizing marijuana and it couldn’t have happened on a more fitting day — the birthday of Jamaican reggae superstar Bob Marley, whose public embrace…
Atlantic Corals: Colorful and Vulnerable
A council that sets regulations for fishing off the mid-Atlantic coast will meet on Wednesday to consider protections for little known and fragile ecosystems of deep sea corals in and…
Obama To Seek New Authority For Islamic State Fight By Wednesday, Congressional Aides Say
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (Reuters) – The White House will ask Congress for new authority to use force against Islamic State fighters by Wednesday, congressional aides said on Monday. The United…
Labor Of (Someone Else’s) Love: My Summer Planning Weddings In Italy
When I was 20, my college’s funded internship program wrote me a check for $3,000. Instead of hunkering down in an LA production office to slog through slush piles—as a…
‘Get your government hands off my Obamacare’
That’s almost exactly what happened in 2009 and 2010 when conservatives fought President Obama’s health care proposal by warning that it would require cuts to Medicare. In recent months, we’ve…
Has Michael Sam Been Frozen Out Of The NFL A Year After Coming Out?
It was a year ago – the Sunday after Super Bowl XLVIII at 8pmET – that Michael Sam turned speculation into reality: One of college football’s best players, and a…
Bernie Sanders Says He’ll Skip Netanyahu’s Speech To Congress
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Monday he would skip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to a joint session of Congress next month. – “I don’t want to be coy,…
Mary Neal Says She Knew About Her Son’s Death Years Before It Happened (VIDEO)
Many have dreamed of what the afterlife looks like — a tunnel of light, a set of pearly white gates — but Dr. Mary Neal, an orthopedic spine surgeon, says…
The latest to die on ‘Walking Dead’ is …
Tyreese (Chad L. Coleman), who had tried to maintain some morality in the nightmarish postapocalyptic world, fell victim to a walker bite halfway through the show and struggled to stay…
EU Puts Off Fresh Russia Sanctions Awaiting Minsk Talks
The European Union decided Monday to hold off temporarily on slapping sanctions on more Russians and Ukrainian separatists and await the outcome of possible peace talks later this week. With…
Comcast-Time Warner Cable Deal Still Up in the Air a Year Later
A year after it was announced, Comcast’s audacious acquisition of Time Warner Cable remains in limbo as Washington regulators scrutinize the deal. No surprise there. After all, the $45 billion…