The basic premise of electoral politics is that it’s supposed to give your elected officials an incentive to do a good job. If they get into office and screw everything up, they’ll lose, and they know it, so they’ll at least try not to screw everything up. Right? Now, try …
The captain of the Costa Concordia may soon stand trial for manslaughter and abandoning ship. But industry critics tell Eve Conant and Barbie Latza Nadeau that there are worse dangers lurking at sea: ‘slavery’-like labor conditions, flu outbreaks, and more. What you should know before you set sail. On the morning after …
Man paints lawn to keep it green INDIANAPOLIS, July 17 (UPI) — An Indiana man said his lawn has stayed lush and green during the current dry weather due to his secret weapon: paint. Timothy Birdwell of Indianapolis, an employee of Imperial Painting, said he and a friend came up …
“I love you guys,” Mitt Romney told a teleconference hosted by the National Federation of Independent Business. “I love the fact that you’re working hard to follow your dreams and to build businesses. I — I love you guys. I love the fact that you’re — that you’re working hard …
“…The thing is that it’s normal in Russia to distrust authorities in everything – be it a natural disaster, elections or soccer.” — Oleg Kashin, a prominent Moscow journalist, explaining why many Russians blame the government for flooding that has claimed more than 150 lives. Russians Blame Government Response …
DEFIANCE, Ohio (AP) — Karl Kissner picked up a soot-covered cardboard box that had been under a wooden dollhouse in his grandfather’s attic. Taking a look inside, he saw hundreds of baseball cards bundled with twine. They were smaller than the ones he was used to seeing. But some of …
JAFFNA, Sri Lanka — In the final days of Sri Lanka’s civil war, as the army closed in for the kill against Tamil Tiger rebels, tens of thousands of civilians cowered in the crossfire. “The children were crying because they were so hungry, so when we heard congee in coconut …
Every day, Bureau of Labor Statistics interviewers ask Americans to detail how they spent the previous 24 hours, how many minutes and hours they devoted to everything from shopping to child care to phone calls. The results, culled from 12,500 respondents, make up the American Time Use Survey. It began …
SECRET MEMO TO: Super-secret Texas cabal to control America FROM: Special agent “DFW’’ Gentlemen of Texas: The moment we have been dreading is upon us. The Collins book is out. It’s called “As Texas Goes . . .” Now, don’t panic. She doesn’t know everything. Remember, Gail Collins is your …
America’s largest cities are growing at a faster rate than their surrounding suburbs for the first time in a century, according to the latest census. The trend has been put down to young adults staying in inner cities rather than buying a house as they seek a foothold in the …
About a third know it has something to do with Jesus, and everyone else is just like, “I don’t know — Muslim? Nothing? Everything? Where am I?” Many Americans Can’t Name Obama’s Religion [Gallup] Americans Still Utterly Clueless About Obama’s Religion — Daily Intel.
Where do your Target bargains go when you get tired of them? The Salvation Army. Rag bins. And Africa. It was early morning at the Quincy Street Salvation Army, an easy-to-miss location tucked away on a Brooklyn side street. The only donations that had come in so far were books, …