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| White House to set president’s election commission in motion next month Monday, Apr 29, 2013 12:52 PM PDT We know little about President Barack Obama's new Commission on Election Administration except for its structure, as outlined in the executive order that explains its task is to improve voting in America, and the names of its two appointed co-chairs: Obama's former counsel Bob Bauer and Republican attorney Ben Ginsburg, who worked for Mitt Romney. [...] Full Story | Top |
| Daredevil dies while attempting to zip-line river using ponytail Monday, Apr 29, 2013 11:01 AM PDT Sailendra Nath Roy, a 48-year-old daredevil and Guinness World Record holder, died while attempting to zip-line over the Teesta River in West Bengal, India, while hanging from his ponytail. The BBC reports that a large crowd had gathered to watch Roy zip-line 600 feet, which would have broken his own record. But Roy made it [...] Full Story | Top |
| Man makes living by searching subway grates for lost treasure Monday, Apr 29, 2013 09:59 AM PDT One person's lost iPhone is another man's income. A story in the New York Post follows Eliel Santos on his hunt for cash, jewelry and technology—all dropped and probably assumed gone forever down the subway grates. Santos has been snagging subway loot for the past eight years. He uses dental floss, mousetrap glue—and a sharp [...] Full Story | Top |
| Karzai’s ‘ghost money’—he warned us in 2008 Monday, Apr 29, 2013 09:17 AM PDT Word that the CIA gave Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office tens of millions of dollars in cash over a decade is a weird blend of shocking and entirely unsurprising. After all, when it comes to dollars, Karzai made his goals pretty clear as far back as December 2008. The New York Times reported Monday that [...] Full Story | Top |
| Cool: Ice needles on a beach in Minnesota Monday, Apr 29, 2013 07:55 AM PDT Springtime in Minnesota: the sun, the beach, the ice. Wait, what? Despite temperatures climbing to almost 80 degrees on Sunday, beachgoers to a lake in eastern Minnesota saw spiky mounds of ice in almost volcanic-looking formations along the edge of the beach. According to a local weather reporter on KARE, the ice needles formed when [...] Full Story | Top |
| Game changer: Maj. Gen. Abrams on the “homegrown” rejection of Taliban in Afghanistan Monday, Apr 29, 2013 04:16 AM PDT On the Radar Maj. Gen. Robert B. Abrams, the top U.S. and NATO commander in southern Afghanistan, is confident the country won't fall back into the grips of the Taliban and other extremists when international forces pull out in two years—pointing to what he calls a "homegrown" rejection of the Taliban and the readiness of [...] Full Story | Top |
| Monday in politics: Obama expected to nominate Charlotte mayor to run Transportation, and more Monday, Apr 29, 2013 02:51 AM PDT  President Barack Obama will nominate Charlotte, N.C., Mayor Anthony Foxx to run the Transportation Department, the Associated Press reports. Foxx will be the first black nominee among Obama's picks for second-term Cabinet spots. Also worth noting on Monday: • Obama will speak at the National Academy of Sciences annual meeting. • Republican former Gov. Mark [...] Full Story | Top |
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