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Ron Paul supporters' silent protest over rules changes
Thu,30 Aug 2012 08:52 PM PDT
A few Ron Paul supporters are staging a silent protest of rules changes adopted Tuesday that give more power to the national party leadership over states. The delegates wanted to debate a minority report that struck the rules changes, but were dismissed by John Boehner after a close voice vote Tuesday. One new rule allows [...] Full Story | Top |
Obama camp refers Clint Eastwood questions to Salvador Dalí
Thu,30 Aug 2012 08:17 PM PDT
President Barack Obama's reelection campaign says Clint Eastwood's eccentric speech to the Republican National Convention was, well, surreal. "Referring all questions on this to Salvador Dalí," spokesman Ben LaBolt said by email. Dali was a Spanish surrealist painter of the 20th Century. His bizarre and beautiful works include The Persistence of Memory. Eastwood's appearance centered [...] Full Story | Top |
In defense of Clint Eastwood: He was weird, but fantastic
Thu,30 Aug 2012 07:58 PM PDT
Go ahead. Vet my day. A fistful of incoherence. High slurs rambler. Every which way and loose. Clint Eastwood, the 82-year-old movie star and director, inspired what seemed like enthusiasm inside the Republican National Convention's Tampa Bay Times Forum—and disbelief outside it and on Twitter. He also spawned puns, based on the titles of Eastwood's [...] Full Story | Top |
Clint Eastwood's strange address to invisible Obama at RNC
Thu,30 Aug 2012 07:32 PM PDT
It seems doubtful that Clint Eastwood made Mitt Romney's day with his speech during the Republican National Convention on Thursday. The acclaimed actor and director, who is 82, turned out to be the much-touted "mystery guest" the Romney campaign teased this week. But rather than delivering a clear endorsement of Romney, the actor used an [...] Full Story | Top |
Rubio: Romney understands 'what makes America exceptional'
Thu,30 Aug 2012 07:23 PM PDT
TAMPA—Marco Rubio introduced Mitt Romney to the stage at the Republican National Convention by casting him as someone who can change the direction of the country because he truly understands "what makes America exceptional." In one of the more highly anticipated speeches of the RNC, the Florida senator told his own story of being the [...] Full Story | Top |
Sen. Scott Brown to cameraman: 'Your arms are bigger than my calves!'
Thu,30 Aug 2012 06:20 PM PDT
As Sen. Scott Brown greeted delegates and reporters on the floor of the Republican National Convention during a speech by former members of Mitt Romney's congregation, a buff cameraman reached out his hand to shake Brown's. "Your arms are bigger than my calves!" Brown exclaimed. (Sadly, we didn't get a picture of those limbs.) Brown [...] Full Story | Top |
98-year-old message in bottle sets world record
Thu,30 Aug 2012 05:53 PM PDT
A message in a bottle has been pulled from the ocean 98 years after it was written, and officials say it is the world's oldest of its kind. Scottish fisherman Andrew Leaper found the letter in his nets while sailing off of Scotland's northern coast. And on Thursday, Guinness World Records confirmed that is the [...] Full Story | Top |
Colorado shooting suspect may have tried calling doctor minutes before massacre
Thu,30 Aug 2012 05:49 PM PDT
CENTENNIAL, Colo. -- James Holmes' defense team said their client might have tried calling his university psychiatrist minutes before shooting erupted in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater on July 20. During testimony, defense attorney Tamara Brady asked Dr. Lynne Fenton if she recognized a university hospital operator's number that appeared on a redacted treatment file [...] Full Story | Top |
Convention one-liners driving most discussion of issues on Twitter
Thu,30 Aug 2012 05:22 PM PDT
The tremendous volume of tweets around the Republican convention do not generally dwell on questions of policy. As countless commentators have pointed out, the conventions are more about personalities and imagery than they are about platform and ideas. The one major exception we see on Twitter is when a particular line from a speech stands [...] Full Story | Top |
Jeb Bush slams Obama for attacking his brother
Thu,30 Aug 2012 05:22 PM PDT
TAMPA—Jeb Bush delivered a blistering attack on President Barack Obama, accusing him of blaming his brother, former President George W. Bush, for the nation's troubled economy instead of taking responsibility for his own policies. "Mr. President, it's time to stop blaming your predecessor for your economic problems," the former Florida governor said in his speech [...] Full Story | Top |
Newt Gingrich leaves it up to his wife to praise Romney at RNC
Thu,30 Aug 2012 04:51 PM PDT
TAMPA—In the kind of endorsement any Republican candidate would want, Newt Gingrich likened Mitt Romney's energy and economic plans to the kind of policies Ronald Reagan would have proposed. But that was about the only nice thing Gingrich had to say about his former GOP rival as he spoke at the Republican National Convention just [...] Full Story | Top |
Lawyers fight over notebook sent by Colorado shooting suspect
Thu,30 Aug 2012 03:11 PM PDT
CENTENNIAL, Colo.—A University of Colorado therapist testified Thursday that she last saw James Holmes on June 11, nearly six weeks before he allegedly killed 12 people and wounded 58 others during a midnight screening of the new Batman movie in Aurora. But his defense attorneys argued that their professional relationship continued beyond the last therapy [...] Full Story | Top |
What Mitt Romney will say in his RNC speech
Thu,30 Aug 2012 03:01 PM PDT
TAMPA—Mitt Romney will make a direct appeal Thursday to Americans who voted for President Barack Obama four years ago, pressing them to consider whether they are as happy with him as president as they were when he was a candidate. According to excerpts of his Republican National Convention speech, Romney will insist Obama hasn't delivered [...] Full Story | Top |
Surprising Moments at Past GOP Conventions: Just Explain It
Thu,30 Aug 2012 02:03 PM PDT
Governor Mitt Romney had been the presumptive GOP nominee for weeks ahead of the Republic National Convention, so it wasn't a surprise when he was nominated as their candidate for president Tuesday night. In fact, there hasn't been suspense at any convention for decades. But that's not the way it used to be. Take a [...] Full Story | Top |
Toyota sponsoring Whac-a-Hipster game at Bumbershoot
Thu,30 Aug 2012 02:01 PM PDT
If you've ever been annoyed by a preening hipster, you'll soon have a socially acceptable method to vent your frustration. Toyota is sponsoring a Whac-a-Hipster game at this year's Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival in Seattle, which runs September 1-3. Whac-a-Hipster is a spin on the classic Whack-a-Mole game usually featured at country fairs and [...] Full Story | Top |
First-generation Kindle Fire officially sells out
Thu,30 Aug 2012 01:43 PM PDT
Given that Amazon has a major event planned for September 6 where it's expected to announce the next generation of the Kindle Fire, it'd be a pretty amateur move to go out and buy a current generation Fire right now. Not … Continue reading → Full Story | Top |
Reagan hologram is real, was planned for RNC debut
Thu,30 Aug 2012 01:39 PM PDT
Despite some conflicting reports, Yahoo News has learned that a holographic projection of former President Ronald Reagan is in the works and was originally intended to debut outside the halls of the Republican National Convention this week. But its official unveiling has been put on hold until later this year or early 2013. "It wasn't [...] Full Story | Top |
Romney and Ryan pose for a photo with campaign staff at RNC
Thu,30 Aug 2012 01:22 PM PDT
TAMPA—Mitt Romney made a brief appearance on the floor of the Republican National Convention to pose for a photo with his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, and about 100 members of his campaign staff. Romney was in the arena for a final walk-through to review the logistics of his nomination acceptance speech, which is scheduled [...] Full Story | Top |
Paul Ryan and the libertarians: It's complicated
Thu,30 Aug 2012 12:40 PM PDT
TAMPA—Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan may not be a libertarian, but he is one of the few high-profile members of Congress who spend a lot of time hanging out with them. For years, Ryan has taken deliberate steps to nurture relationships with the libertarian intelligentsia in Washington, D.C., making himself available to the movement's [...] Full Story | Top |
Romney launches pushback on Bain attacks
Thu,30 Aug 2012 12:12 PM PDT
TAMPA—After weeks of negative attacks from President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies, Mitt Romney's campaign has signaled that it is ready to launch a major pushback on criticism of Romney's record at Bain Capital. On Thursday, the campaign unveiled a new website—SterlingBusinessCareer.com—which redirects to a page on Romney's campaign website that talks up what [...] Full Story | Top |
Linguist studies origins of the A-word
Thu,30 Aug 2012 12:08 PM PDT
Linguist Geoffrey Nunberg has written a scholarly study of the A-word, saying its rise in culture impacted feminism, self-discovery movements and conceptions of social class. The University of California, Berkeley School of Information linguist professor spoke with NPR about his book, "Ascent of the A-Word," which was released on August 14. "I'd meet people when [...] Full Story | Top |
Clint Eastwood to speak at the Republican National Convention: reports
Thu,30 Aug 2012 11:45 AM PDT
TAMPA—Academy Award-winning actor and director Clint Eastwood will speak at the Republican National Convention on Thursday, multiple news outlets are reporting. Rumors about a "mystery speaker" swirled after convention organizers released a revised schedule earlier this week with a "To Be Announced" slot before a speech by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who will introduce Mitt [...] Full Story | Top |
Romney thanks donors ahead of RNC speech
Thu,30 Aug 2012 11:20 AM PDT
TAMPA—Just hours before he's to take the stage at the final night of the Republican National Convention, Mitt Romney made a quick appearance at a luncheon to thank top donors to his campaign. Joined by his wife, Ann, and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Romney thanked his financial supporters for their generosity. "I owe [...] Full Story | Top |
Michelle Obama on Republican National Convention: 'I tend not to watch it'
Thu,30 Aug 2012 10:58 AM PDT
During yet another late night television appearance, first lady Michelle Obama told David Letterman that she hasn't been watching the Republican National Convention this week—but that doesn't mean American voters should follow her lead. "As the wife of the guy they're running against, I tend not to watch it," the first lady said on the [...] Full Story | Top |
Los Angeles plans to charge families of electrocuted Good Samaritans
Thu,30 Aug 2012 10:45 AM PDT
The families of two Good Samaritans who were electrocuted after racing to the scene of a car wreck will still be charged for ambulance fees by the city of Los Angeles. On August 22, Irma Zamora and Stacey Schreiber died after rushing to the scene of a car wreck. Four others were also injured in [...] Full Story | Top |
Disguised SEAL who wrote bin Laden raid book makes first TV appearance
Thu,30 Aug 2012 10:31 AM PDT
The former Navy SEAL who wrote about his part in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden was interviewed on "60 Minutes." The CBS news program disguised his face and altered his voice to protect his identity. "He calls himself Mark Owen. That's not his real name. We've disguised him and will keep his name [...] Full Story | Top |
Obama: Romney 'disciplined,' 'takes his faith very seriously'
Thu,30 Aug 2012 10:25 AM PDT
President Barack Obama said in an interview published hours before Mitt Romney was to accept the Republican nomination on Thursday that the former Massachusetts governor is a "very disciplined" man who "takes his faith very seriously." Obama had been invited by Time magazine to list some traits of Romney "that you actually admire" beyond his [...] Full Story | Top |
CNN camerawoman speaks about RNC flap
Thu,30 Aug 2012 10:18 AM PDT
The black CNN camerawoman who had nuts thrown at her at the Republican National Convention said she's "not surprised" by the incident. "This is Florida, and I'm from the Deep South," Alabama native Patricia Carroll told journalist Richard Prince of the Maynard Institute. "You come to places like this, you can count the black people [...] Full Story | Top |
'Freedom is Fabulous': Two Republican gay groups make waves in Tampa
Thu,30 Aug 2012 10:11 AM PDT
TAMPA--An older gentleman in a sparkling cowboy suit and matching hat made out of sequins gazed at a pair of buff male go-go dancers wearing tight jeans and skimpy tank tops that read "Freedom Is Fabulous." That was the scene at a local gay bar called "The Honeypot" on Tuesday night. More than 800 Republican [...] Full Story | Top |
Now is the time to sell your iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S
Thu,30 Aug 2012 10:07 AM PDT
Apple is expected to announce its new iPhone 5 within the next two weeks, and without a doubt, public reaction will be huge. Everyone will want the latest and greatest Apple phone, and the existing iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S models … Continue reading → Full Story | Top |
Read James Holmes' rejected grad school application letter
Thu,30 Aug 2012 09:32 AM PDT
James Holmes, the former Univ. of Colorado graduate student accused of killing 12 people during last month's theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., had applied to the Univ. of Iowa's neuroscience program in 2011, but was rejected. "Do NOT offer admission under any circumstances," Dan Tranel, neurology professor and director of psychology at the Univ. of [...] Full Story | Top |
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