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| War is over: imaginary “Bicholim Conflict” page removed from Wikipedia after five years Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 03:47 PM PST A 17th Century international conflict has finally been laid to rest, nearly 400 years after it never happened. Wait a second. Are you feeling confused? A fascinating new story in the Daily Dot chronicles how for more than five years, rogue editors on Wikipedia perpetuated a hoax about the “Bicholim Conflict,†a purely fictional historical [...] Full Story | Top |
| The Biden welcoming committee and other scenes from the Senate swearing-in Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 03:06 PM PST Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday turned himself into a one-man welcoming committee for the newly elected senators in the way only Biden could accomplish. “Spread your legs, you’re gonna be frisked!†Biden quipped to the husband of freshman Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota after photographers capturing the reenacted swearing in asked him to [...] Full Story | Top |
| Scientists say ancient Martian rock was full of water Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 02:31 PM PST A 2 billion year old Martian rock appears to have at one time been full of water from the surface of the Red Planet. "Here we have a piece of Mars that I can hold in my hands. That's really exciting," Carl Agee, director of the Institute of Meteoritics and curator at the University of [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama inauguration store: $10 shot glass, $7,500 medallions Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 02:19 PM PST Do you really like President Barack Obama? Are you really, really excited that he won re-election? Has the "fiscal cliff" deal somehow left you with $7,500 burning a hole in your pocket? Then step right up to the official store of the 57th presidential inauguration. Taking a page from the Obama campaign’s successful online store, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Sal Khan Learns from Bill Gates Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 01:39 PM PST Former hedge fund analyst Sal Khan never intended to befriend Bill Gates nor flip the typical model of education upside down by posting tutoring videos on YouTube back in 2004. Full Story | Top |
| Connecticut newspaper apologizes for running gun show ad next to Sandy Hook story Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 01:02 PM PST A Connecticut newspaper has apologized for running a print advertisement for a gun show next to an article about Sandy Hook Elementary students returning to school for the first time since last month's massacre in Newtown. On Thursday, the Stamford Advocate ran the ad for this weekend's scheduled East Coast Fine Arms Show on the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Man accused of trying to rob store, then calling mom for ride Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 12:54 PM PST Just because the town is called "Niceville" doesn’t mean they’ll patiently wait for your mom to pick you up after you tried to rob the local convenience store. The Sun-Sentinel reports that 22-year-old Zachariah Dalton Howard is charged with attempting to rob a Thumbs-Up Convenience store in the Florida town (home of the Boggy Bayou [...] Full Story | Top |
| Woman auctioned off ex-boyfriend’s secret fishing spots for big cash Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 12:52 PM PST Breakups can be painful. But on the bright side, they can lead to some creative revenge schemes. To wit: A spurned New Zealand woman sold the secret locations to her ex-boyfriend's favorite fishing spots, netting $3,000, which she then spent on herself. The drama went down in January of 2012 but is just now getting [...] Full Story | Top |
| Former Boy Scout safety director freed from federal prison Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 11:42 AM PST DALLAS - The Boy Scouts of America have banned thousands of pedophiles and other undesirables from working as volunteers. But one name on their rejection list stands out: Douglas Sovereign Smith Jr. The BSA’s former national director for youth protection was released from prison last week after serving nearly seven years behind bars. He was [...] Full Story | Top |
| John Boehner re-elected as speaker of the House Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 11:03 AM PST WASHINGTONâ€"Despite nine defections from fellow Republicans, Ohio Rep. John Boehner was re-elected as speaker of the House Thursday in a voice vote. Boehner won the backing of 220 Republicans, who retained a majority in the chamber after November's election. But a handful of GOP members voted no or abstained. Most Democrats voted for House Minority [...] Full Story | Top |
| Drama, new faces fill the Capitol on first day of 113th Congress Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 09:25 AM PST Updated 4:25 pm ET WASHINGTONâ€"With temperatures dropping below freezing here Thursday, members of the 113th Congress met for the first time for a day packed with tradition, pictures with their families and votes on leaders and rules that will guide the chamber for the next two years. "It's so cold out here! Wow!" Maryland Democratic [...] Full Story | Top |
| Bloomberg meets with Gabrielle Giffords on gun control Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 07:37 AM PST NEW YORKâ€"New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg held a private meeting Wednesday with former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who nearly lost her life when she was shot in the head at point blank range at a constituent meeting two years ago. The sit-down, which wasn’t listed on Bloomberg’s public schedule, was first confirmed via the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Global Gay Rights, from Marriage to the Death Penalty Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 07:33 AM PST A lawmaker called it “a Christmas gift to the people.†But the proposed law late last year in the East African nation of Uganda was not a reprieve on taxes or better social services. It would add harsher punishments for convicted homosexuals, even up to a life sentence in prison. Uganda’s treatment of homosexuals is [...] Full Story | Top |
| New York tabloid skewers Boehner, Congress over stalled Sandy aid Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 05:52 AM PST Tell us how you really feel, New York. The New York Daily News led with a dramatic "Stabbed in the back" cover and story Thursday morning, displaying the anger over a stalled $60 billion in federal aid that the House of Representatives declined to bring to a vote Tuesday night. On Wednesday, Rep. Peter King, [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama used autopen to sign ‘fiscal cliff’ bill Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 05:45 AM PST President Barack Obama signed the bill to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, but he didn't do it in person:Â An autopen was utilized to sign the dotted line. Via the White House pool report on location for the president's vacation in Hawaii: "The fiscal cliff bill was received late this afternoon when POTUS was already here. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Sen. Mark Kirk visited by ‘angels’ during his recovery Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 05:20 AM PST Ahead of Sen. Mark Kirk's return to Congress Thursday nearly one year after suffering a stroke that left him with significant physical challenges, the Illinois Republican reveals he saw angels during his recovery. Kirk told Chicago's Daily Herald the details: For Mark Kirk, there was no white light, no tunnel. What Illinois' junior U.S. senator [...] Full Story | Top |
| Sandy Hook students resume classes for first time since school shooting Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 04:27 AM PST MONROE, Conn.â€"Sandy Hook Elementary School students, many accompanied by their parents, resumed classes at a retrofitted school here on a bitterly cold Thursday morning. Their return comes less than a month after a gunman opened fire at their school in Newtown, killing 20 children and six adults, including Principal Dawn Hochsprung, in one of the [...] Full Story | Top |
| Thursday in politics: New Congress convenes to face old problems, and more Thursday, Jan 03, 2013 03:50 AM PST It’s swearing-in day on Capitol Hill. The 113th Congress will convene at the constitutionally required time of noon. Democrats maintain control of the Senate with a 55-45 edge in the new two-year Congress, which means Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., will remain in charge. Republicans continue their majority in the House 235-199. Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, [...] Full Story | Top |
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