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Fourth of July fireworks
Fri,1 Jul 2011 05:16 PM PDT
The Upshot - In honor of the long weekend and our nation's birthday, we hope you enjoy the fireworks from WWL-TV in New Orleans, taped on July 4th, 2010. Full Story1 | Top |
How to photograph fireworks
Fri,1 Jul 2011 12:35 PM PDT
Technology News Blog - It's happened â€" somehow, it's gotten to be summer already. Summer means Fourth of July celebrations, and fireworks offer wonderful opportunities for photography. Despite the somewhat challenging circumstances (nighttime and with bright, moving light), it's actually pretty easy to photograph … Continue reading â†' Full Story1 | Top |
Holiday weekend media links dump
Fri,1 Jul 2011 10:31 AM PDT
The Cutline - Fourth of July weekend! Are you already getting your independence on at a barbecue somewhere? Maxing poolside with a Corona? No? Neither are we! But we do hope to be on the beach by the time you read this. Yes, we're cutting out a bit early today. Expect some light posting on Tuesday, and we'll [...] Full Story1 | Top |
Twitter hits 200 million tweets per day
Fri,1 Jul 2011 10:28 AM PDT
The Cutline - This week, Twitter finds itself weathering an FTC antitrust inquiry and the departure of one of its co-founders. But unwelcome news aside, the influential micro-blogging tool just released data that suggests it's looming ever larger in the fast-moving world of social media. User growth has skyrocketed over the past two years. According to the official [...] Full Story1 | Top |
LAST TICKET: Gingrich staffers concerned by Tiffany account; Minnesota shutdown
Fri,1 Jul 2011 10:15 AM PDT
The Ticket - Note to readers: The Ticket is taking a break for the holiday and will resume full-time blogging July 6. Here are the stories we took note of today but didn't give the full blog treatment: • Congressional Republicans are firing back at Barack Obama after he publicly scolded them this week. (Politico) • Newt Gingrich's [...] Full Story1 | Top |
Huntsman chips in big cash to his own campaign
Fri,1 Jul 2011 09:49 AM PDT
The Ticket - Jon Huntsman raised just over $4 million for his 2012 bid in the last week and a half--but a good chuck of that cash came from the candidate himself. The former Utah governor won't file a second quarter fundraising report with the Federal Election Commission--he's not required to because of his late entry into the [...] Full Story1 | Top |
Huntsman’s son crashes Romney rally
Fri,1 Jul 2011 09:24 AM PDT
The Ticket - Will Huntsman, teenage son of Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, was spotted at a rally for his dad's competitor Mitt Romney in Salt Lake City Wednesday. Sporting a fresh buzz cut in preparation for his first year at the U.S. Naval Academy, Huntsman's son made it to the front of the line, where Romney was [...] Full Story1 | Top |
Italian firm selects only women for pink slips
Fri,1 Jul 2011 09:23 AM PDT
The Lookout - This won't do much to reverse the coverage Italy has lately received in the global press for the nation's persistently patriarchal and sexist cultural outlook:Â Ma-Vib, an engineering firm outside of Milan, has chosen only its female employees in a recent round of layoffs. "We are firing the women so they can stay at home and [...] Full Story1 | Top |
Mark Halperin’s Obama comment condemned, but no one thinks he should be fired
Fri,1 Jul 2011 09:07 AM PDT
The Cutline - A day after MSNBC suspended political analyst Mark Halperin over his off-color, on-air comment about Barack Obama, several prominent politicosâ€"including Obama's former adviser David Axelrodâ€"are coming to Halperin's defense, making it clear that while they condemn what he said, they don't want him fired. "I'm not going to comment on a network's hiring and firing [...] Full Story1 | Top |
Fareed Zakaria: CNN’s competition is New York Times, BBC and NPR, not Fox News
Fri,1 Jul 2011 08:38 AM PDT
The Cutline - Five months after CNN tapped Mark Whitaker as its top news executive, the former Newsweek editor and NBC News D.C. chief is tackling an elemental challenge that has become all too familiar at the struggling cable news network: how to get people to watch its programming--and keep watching? CNN remains mired in third place in [...] Full Story1 | Top |
Hackers steal $680,000 from church fund for homeless
Fri,1 Jul 2011 08:20 AM PDT
The Lookout - Stealing money raised by a church to help homeless and abused women is pretty low. But that's just what a group of hackers did, according to CBS News. "You kind of have to take a deep breath and you have to trust in the Lord," Richard Pates, the bishop of St. Ambrose Cathedral in Des [...] Full Story1 | Top |
Rick Perry supporters want space at Iowa Straw Poll
Fri,1 Jul 2011 08:13 AM PDT
The Ticket - Rick Perry is still cagey about whether he'll run for president, but some of his supporters are looking to make sure his potential campaign will have a presence at the upcoming Iowa Straw Poll should he decide to get into the race. Per the Des Moines Register's Jennifer Jacobs, Americans for Rick Perry, a group [...] Full Story1 | Top |
Strauss-Kahn released as sex assault case looks close to collapsing
Fri,1 Jul 2011 07:23 AM PDT
The Lookout - Prosecutors have agreed to release Dominique Strauss-Kahn (pictured) from house arrest on his own recognizance, Bloomberg News has reported. The former IMF chief has been charged with sexually assaulting a maid in his Manhattan hotel room in May. But prosecutors said yesterday the case is near collapse, amid questions over the credibility of Strauss-Kahn's accuser. [...] Full Story1 | Top |
Michigan Rep. McCotter to run for president
Fri,1 Jul 2011 07:23 AM PDT
The Ticket - Little-known Rep. Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan on Friday called on Americans to "Seize Freedom" via his newly unveiled presidential campaign website following reports the conservative Republican is planning to officially enter the 2012 race. Advisers to McCotter told USA Today Thursday that the lawmaker will kick off his presidential campaign Saturday in his home state [...] Full Story1 | Top |
Geithner said to be mulling stepping down after debt crisis
Fri,1 Jul 2011 06:43 AM PDT
The Lookout - Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is considering leaving office once the crisis over the debt ceiling has been resolved, according to several reports sourced to people close to him. Geithner, a former president of the New York Fed, got off to a rocky start in the post, amid questions over his payment of taxes, and a [...] Full Story1 | Top |
Herman Cain throws a hunk of red meat to the tea party in Web ad
Fri,1 Jul 2011 06:32 AM PDT
The Ticket - Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain released an online ad this week attacking President Obama by compiling just about every edited video clip in the tea party playbook, complete with cameos from Mao Zedong and Hugo Chavez. Cain's video plays like a Internet time warp, taking viewers on a journey through the past two years of [...] Full Story1 | Top |
FIRST LOOK: Strauss-Kahn case said to be near collapse
Fri,1 Jul 2011 05:35 AM PDT
The Lookout - • The sex assault case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is close to collapsing, after major holes appeared in the credibility of the accuser, prosecutors say. (The New York Times) • Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is mulling whether to step down after the debt ceiling crisis is resolved, according to people close to him. [...] Full Story1 | Top |
Yolks on you
Thu,30 Jun 2011 03:08 PM PDT
The Newsroom - OK, maybe not on you, but the yolks were definitely on one Charlotte Matthews. The British cake decorator cracked a record 29 double yolks ... in row. The British Egg Information Service says the odds of cracking just one double … Continue reading â†' Full Story1 | Top |
Abortion clinics may shutter tomorrow in Kansas
Thu,30 Jun 2011 02:35 PM PDT
The Lookout - Post has been updated at bottom. Kansas may soon become the only state in the union where women cannot access a legal abortion provider. The state recently denied a license to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Overland Park after the state legislature passed a new rule changing the standards for clinics, the liberal magazine Mother Jones [...] Full Story1 | Top |
Petraeus confirmed as CIA director
Thu,30 Jun 2011 01:44 PM PDT
The Envoy - The Senate voted 94 to 0 today to confirm Gen. David Petraeus as CIA director. Petraeus told lawmakers earlier this month that he would retire from the Army to take up the post. The Senate was also moving today to approve by unanimous consent the confirmation of Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John Allen to serve [...] Full Story1 | Top |
Mormon Church reminds top brass to stay clear of electoral politics in 2012
Thu,30 Jun 2011 01:12 PM PDT
The Ticket - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a long-standing policy guiding top officials to stay out of electoral politics, but in case there was any confusion, the church reminded top leaders this week to avoid getting involved in the 2012 campaigns or even donating to candidates. Two Mormons are running for the White [...] Full Story1 | Top |
Fox News announces temporary post-Beck plans
Thu,30 Jun 2011 12:43 PM PDT
The Cutline - Fox News Channel has announced a provisional replacement for outgoing host Glenn Beck--five of them, actually. Starting July 11, a news and opinion show with a rotating round-table of five personalities from the network will move into Beck's soon-to-be former time slot. (His final show airs in less than two hours from the time of [...] Full Story1 | Top |
Sarkozy assaulted at public appearance
Thu,30 Jun 2011 12:25 PM PDT
The Envoy - French President Nicholas Sarkozy was grabbed by the shoulder and almost yanked to the ground by a man at a public appearance in the southwestern French town of Brax today. The incident happened as Sarkozy was greeting people who had gathered along a barricade to shake hands with the French leader. Sarkozy's assailant, who was [...] Full Story1 | Top |
FEC votes to allow candidates to raise cash for ‘super PACs’
Thu,30 Jun 2011 12:06 PM PDT
The Ticket - In a move that could dramatically change the financial landscape for the upcoming 2012 elections, the Federal Election Commission unanimously ruled Thursday that politicians can solicit funds for so-called "super PACs," political groups that raise unlimited and largely unregulated contributions. The move knocks down a wall between candidates and outside groups who are expected to [...] Full Story1 | Top |
Justice Department to probe two detainee deaths
Thu,30 Jun 2011 12:03 PM PDT
The Lookout - The Justice Department has opened a full criminal probe into whether U.S. government personnel broke laws against torture in connection with the deaths in custody of two detainees during the first few years of the War on Terror. In 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder had asked a special prosecutor, John Durham, to undertake an investigation [...] Full Story1 | Top |
Twitter to host Obama ‘Town Hall’ two weeks before GOP debate
Thu,30 Jun 2011 11:49 AM PDT
The Cutline - Twitter announced today that it plans to host a "Town Hall" with President Barack Obama next week, focused on the economy and jobs. The event, moderated by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, will be streamed live online from the White House on July 6 beginning at 2 p.m. EST. To participate, Twitter users are being asked [...] Full Story1 | Top |
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