Today's Blogs - Yahoo! News:
- The New iPad: Is It Worth The Money?
- Just Show Me: How to disable Beam on your Android phone
- Caught in a yawn: Videos of politicians and their kids in need of some shut-eye
- Sarkozy's 'Southern strategy': French president says 'too many foreigners' in France
- Romney weak, but it'll take all our strength to beat him, say Obama aides
- Apple's new iPad can max out your data plan in 10 minutes
- Oil is 'the fuel of the past,' says President Obama
- The Daily Show's Jon Stewart takes on Iran war drums
- Apple officially reveals the new iPad, and yes, you're probably going to want one
- 5 fresh features that put the new iPad in a class of its own
- Lottery winner on food stamps even after $1 million jackpot
- Apple's new iPad unveiled: We're in a 'post-PC revolution,' says CEO Tim Cook
- Obama eyeing iPad3—'assuming there is a new one'
- AshleyMadison.com CEO offers to buy Limbaugh ads: 'We are in the business of selling affairs, and our audience is absolutely his audience'
- Pentagon chiefs say U.S. should not act alone in Syria
- Obama aides: Romney couldn't face down Limbaugh, how will he face down Iran?
- After outcry from right, Mitt Romney reverses stance on minimum wage
- Harry Potter tour will showcase the actual Hogwarts castle used in the films
- You can now buy any of your Twitter pals a drink via Tweet-a-Beer
- Romney strategist: Nomination close to 'impossibility' for Santorum and Gingrich
- CNN's Super Tuesday technology overshadowed by 'lucky dude' in Wasilla and old-fashioned reporting
- Thousands of spiders blanket Australian farm after escaping flood
- Up next for Santorum: Get Gingrich out, barnstorm the South
- Sarah Palin crashes Super Tuesday party on Twitter
- Early Ohio returns prompted mini-panic in political prediction markets
- What to watch for Wednesday in politics
- Super Tuesday: Romney wins Ohio, but Santorum vows to fight on
- Online, voters still getting to know Santorum
- Just Show Me: How to childproof your Kindle Fire
- Netflix could soon be coming … to your cable TV box?
- Super Tuesday: Another late night for CNN, GOP
- After scare, Romney almost certain to win Ohio
- Roomba's rugged cousin gets called up for military duty
- More colleges and employers requesting applicants' Facebook passwords than ever before
- Liveblogging Super Tuesday results with Jeff Greenfield, Walter Shapiro and ABC News
- George Washington-shaped Chicken McNugget sells for $8,100 on eBay
- Newt Gingrich to receive Secret Service protection
- Road trip: Driving Ohio's I-71 in search of Super Tuesday voters
- On Iran, Obama assails Republican candidates for 'beating the drums of war'
- Window for Iran diplomacy: How much time?
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The New iPad: Is It Worth The Money?
Wed,7 Mar 2012 06:39 PM PST
Upgrade Your Life - The latest iPad has just been unveiled. And the big question: Should you buy one? Buy Or Wait? The answer depends on whether you already own a tablet — and if so, which one? If you've been waiting to buy an iPad … … and you have the cash? No brainer — this is a [...] Full Story | Top |
Caught in a yawn: Videos of politicians and their kids in need of some shut-eye
Wed,7 Mar 2012 03:52 PM PST
The Upshot - Without a clear front runner certain to win among the GOP field, this campaign season has been particularly tough. And during Super Tuesday's 10-state primary vote, politicians and their families were understandably weary. In fact, some have been caught catching a few ZZZs on tape. As Republican campaign strategist John Brabunder put it, "There is [...] Full Story | Top |
Sarkozy's 'Southern strategy': French president says 'too many foreigners' in France
Wed,7 Mar 2012 02:50 PM PST
The Envoy - Fighting an uphill reelection campaign, French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared Tuesday that there are too many foreigners in France. "Our system of integration is working increasingly badly, because we have too many foreigners on our territory and we can no longer manage to find them accommodation, a job, a school," Sarkozy said on a three-hour [...] Full Story | Top |
Romney weak, but it'll take all our strength to beat him, say Obama aides
Wed,7 Mar 2012 02:05 PM PST
The Ticket - President Barack Obama's top reelection strategists derisively painted Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney on Wednesday as a weak candidate who alienates key voting blocs and seems unable to unite his party. But they then warned any complacent Democrats that it would take a massive, well-funded and organized campaign to beat him in "a tough race" [...] Full Story | Top |
Oil is 'the fuel of the past,' says President Obama
Wed,7 Mar 2012 01:29 PM PST
The Ticket - President Barack Obama on Wednesday dismissed oil as "the fuel of the past" as he made an unapologetic election-year pitch for his alternative energy industry policies and sniped at Republicans over painfully high gasoline prices. "They get out on the campaign trail—and you and I both know there are no quick fixes to this problem—but [...] Full Story | Top |
The Daily Show's Jon Stewart takes on Iran war drums
Wed,7 Mar 2012 01:09 PM PST
The Envoy - "The Daily Show's" Jon Stewart turned his comedic attention Tuesday to the not-so-funny subject increasingly preoccupying Washington: the looming possibility of an Israeli military confrontation with Iran. Stewart played peacemaker in the segment, urging the not-yet-warring parties to brush off some of the more heated threats coming from the respective capitals, which he attributed to [...] Full Story | Top |
Lottery winner on food stamps even after $1 million jackpot
Wed,7 Mar 2012 12:17 PM PST
The Sideshow - People love stories about someone winning the lottery and then giving the money away. They're less likely to feel fondly about Amanda Clayton, who won $1 million in the Michigan State Lottery but is still collecting food stamps. "I thought that they would cut me off, but since they didn't, I thought maybe it was [...] Full Story | Top |
Apple's new iPad unveiled: We're in a 'post-PC revolution,' says CEO Tim Cook
Wed,7 Mar 2012 12:03 PM PST
The Cutline - Apple unveiled the third version of the iPad tablet on Wednesday with its familiar charade: A casually dressed chief executive in front of an enormous screen, boasting gargantuan sales figures for the last generation of devices and then immediately rendering those obsolete by announcing a new one. CEO Tim Cook, who replaced the late founder [...] Full Story | Top |
Obama eyeing iPad3—'assuming there is a new one'
Wed,7 Mar 2012 11:24 AM PST
The Ticket - "Avid" iPad user President Barack Obama has access to the world's finest spy technology—but even the White House was in the dark about Apple's hotly anticipated next generation of the hugely popular tablet, his spokesman said Wednesday. Asked whether Obama coveted the latest iPad, press secretary Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One: "He [...] Full Story | Top |
Pentagon chiefs say U.S. should not act alone in Syria
Wed,7 Mar 2012 10:36 AM PST
The Envoy - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and top general Martin Dempsey, testifying to the Senate Armed Services panel Wednesday, cautioned that military intervention in Syria would be a risky and very complicated endeavor, but said it's a future possibility. But they stressed that the United States should not act alone. Facing tough questions from Sen. John McCain [...] Full Story | Top |
Obama aides: Romney couldn't face down Limbaugh, how will he face down Iran?
Wed,7 Mar 2012 10:16 AM PST
The Ticket - If Mitt Romney wasn't brave enough to break with Rush Limbaugh, why should voters think he has the courage to go toe-to-toe with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? That was the question posed by David Axelrod, senior strategist for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, on a conference call Wednesday with reporters. "If you don't have the [...] Full Story | Top |
After outcry from right, Mitt Romney reverses stance on minimum wage
Wed,7 Mar 2012 10:15 AM PST
The Ticket - It didn't get much notice amid the buildup to Super Tuesday. But after conservative outcry over his support for raising the minimum wage, Mitt Romney quietly reversed his position this week. "There's probably not a need to raise the minimum wage," the Republican front-runner told CNBC's Larry Kudlow on Monday. As recently as January, Romney [...] Full Story | Top |
Romney strategist: Nomination close to 'impossibility' for Santorum and Gingrich
Wed,7 Mar 2012 09:30 AM PST
The Ticket - BOSTON—Mitt Romney's campaign insists it will be "increasingly difficult" for Rick Santorum or Newt Gingrich to catch up with their candidate in the race for delegates in the Republican nomination race. In a briefing with reporters the day after Romney won six of the Super Tuesday contests, including Ohio, senior Romney advisers argued that it's [...] Full Story | Top |
Thousands of spiders blanket Australian farm after escaping flood
Wed,7 Mar 2012 08:59 AM PST
The Sideshow - Thousands of normally solitary wolf spiders have blanketed an Australian farm after fleeing a rising flood. Reuters reports that the flooding has forced more than 8,000 Australian (human) residents from their homes in the city of Wagga Wagga in New South Wales. But for every temporarily displaced person, it appears several spiders have moved in [...] Full Story | Top |
Up next for Santorum: Get Gingrich out, barnstorm the South
Wed,7 Mar 2012 08:41 AM PST
The Ticket - With 23 state elections now behind the Republican presidential candidates, Rick Santorum lags behind Mitt Romney by nearly 130 committed delegates, and according to his campaign's top strategists, the fastest road to narrowing that gap cuts straight through Dixie. Romney has yet to win a Southern contest this cycle--unless you count Florida, a state where [...] Full Story | Top |
Sarah Palin crashes Super Tuesday party on Twitter
Wed,7 Mar 2012 08:24 AM PST
The Signal - Rick Santorum won the zero-delegate Twitter primary on Super Tuesday with the two largest spikes in mentions over the course of the night, but his closest competition wasn't fellow candidate Mitt Romney. The silver medal in the most-tweeted competition was a tie between Newt Gingrich and none other than Sarah Palin, whose CNN interview in [...] Full Story | Top |
Early Ohio returns prompted mini-panic in political prediction markets
Wed,7 Mar 2012 07:08 AM PST
The Signal - Several very interesting things happened in the political prediction markets on Super Tuesday. As you would expect, most of them had to do with Ohio. Going into the day, we predicted that Mitt Romney would win seven states to Rick Santorum's two and Newt Gingrich's one. This was off by one: Santorum took North Dakota, [...] Full Story | Top |
What to watch for Wednesday in politics
Wed,7 Mar 2012 03:21 AM PST
The Ticket - Look for a lot of talk Wednesday about what happened on Super Tuesday and what it means going forward in the race for the Republican nomination. The bottom line on Tuesday's 10 contests: Mitt Romney won Ohio (by a hair), Alaska, Idaho, Vermont, Virginia and his home state of Massachusetts. Rick Santorum won North Dakota, [...] Full Story | Top |
Super Tuesday: Romney wins Ohio, but Santorum vows to fight on
Tue,6 Mar 2012 10:22 PM PST
The Ticket - In a Super Tuesday nail-biter, Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney barely edged out conservative rival Rick Santorum in the vital battleground of Ohio and won five of the night's other contests as voters helped widen his delegate lead without conclusively settling the fight for the nomination. Romney also notched victories in Alaska, Idaho, Vermont, Virginia [...] Full Story | Top |
Online, voters still getting to know Santorum
Tue,6 Mar 2012 08:59 PM PST
The Signal - On Super Tuesday, Yahoo! Search trends suggested that voters are still generally less familiar with Rick Santorum than with Mitt Romney. The top searches for Santorum still dealt with fairly basic topics, like "Rick Santorum on the issues," "Rick Santorum biography," and even "how much does Rick Santorum weigh?" Nearly half of Romney's top search terms, [...] Full Story | Top |
Super Tuesday: Another late night for CNN, GOP
Tue,6 Mar 2012 05:14 PM PST
The Ticket - ATLANTA, Ga.--A little before midnight, in the part of CNN's Election Center dubbed "The Cube," Mark Preston, the network's political director, warned Anderson Cooper that while they would be on the air until 2 a.m., they still might not have enough evidence to declare a winner in Ohio. By 12:30 a.m., CNN--like many other outlets--called Ohio for Mitt Romney. [...] Full Story | Top |
After scare, Romney almost certain to win Ohio
Tue,6 Mar 2012 04:31 PM PST
The Signal - 11:14 PM ET: After a seesaw night, in which the Signal was drafting explanations for why we don't expect to get every prediction right, we're calling Ohio for Romney. The markets are now 97 percent in Romney's favor, in large part because the last 15 percent of the vote to be reported is primarily from [...] Full Story | Top |
George Washington-shaped Chicken McNugget sells for $8,100 on eBay
Tue,6 Mar 2012 01:57 PM PST
The Sideshow - A Nebraska woman who put a 3-year-old Chicken McNugget up for auction on eBay has netted $8,100 for her local church. Last month, the Sideshow told you about Rebekah Speight and the piece of fried fast food she says resembles George Washington. Speight said at the time she was selling the McNugget to help raise [...] Full Story | Top |
Newt Gingrich to receive Secret Service protection
Tue,6 Mar 2012 12:34 PM PST
The Ticket - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich will receive protection from the United States Secret Service beginning at midnight tonight, a source close to his campaign told Yahoo News. Gingrich, who is campaigning in Georgia and Alabama on Super Tuesday, is the third candidate still in the nomination race to receive a security unit from the government [...] Full Story | Top |
Road trip: Driving Ohio's I-71 in search of Super Tuesday voters
Tue,6 Mar 2012 12:15 PM PST
The Ticket - Stretching from Cleveland to Cincinnati, Interstate 71 cuts diagonally across Ohio, passing through cities, suburbs and farmland--all competitive regions in the state's Republican presidential primary. "Interstate 71 is like taking a tour of the United States," said John C. Green, a political scientist at the University of Akron who co-wrote a study on how Ohio's [...] Full Story | Top |
On Iran, Obama assails Republican candidates for 'beating the drums of war'
Tue,6 Mar 2012 11:51 AM PST
The Ticket - President Barack Obama on Tuesday bluntly accused Republican White House hopefuls of recklessly "beating the drums of war" against Iran for political gain while ignoring the potential human costs of such a conflict. "Some of these folks have a lot of bluster and a lot of big talk," he said scornfully at his first White [...] Full Story | Top |
Window for Iran diplomacy: How much time?
Tue,6 Mar 2012 11:16 AM PST
The Envoy - President Obama said Tuesday that talk of a decision on military force against Iran in the next two months is hype. "We have a window through which we can resolve this peacefully," Obama said at his White House news conference Tuesday. "The notion that we have a choice to make in the next week or [...] Full Story | Top |
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