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Why No Troops in Romney's Speech? 'You Talk About the Things That You Think Are Important'
Oh Mitt Romney. Sometimes it seems he just can't get his thoughts to come out of his mouth the right way.
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Shepard Fairey Avoids Jail by Being a Nice Guy
Shepard Fairey's brush with the criminal justice system regarding his 2008 Barack Obama campaign poster is over, with the artist avoiding jail time because he's such a nice guy.
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Clint Eastwood's Empty Chair Inspiration
Safely back in Pebble Beach after last week's disastrous foray into political improv, Clint Eastwood gave his first interview about the speech to the Carmel Pine Cone. His take is it was a success precisely because of his improvising.
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Canada Has Had it with Iran
Canada announced rather suddenly on Friday that it was shuttering its embassy in Iran and expelling all Iranian diplomats, but its main motivation for doing so was a little hard to pick out.
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When Quakes Hit China, They Hit Hard
News broke overnight that two earthquakes hit China, but read the numbers a second time and they offer a small but striking reminder of just how crowded and vulnerable to disaster parts of that country are.
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Prince Harry Finally Allowed Back to Afghanistan
Prince Harry's naked Las Vegas jaunt in August takes on a bit of a different tone with the news on Friday that he's landed in Afghanistan to begin a deployment with the British army in Helmand province.
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Prepare for Cheaper E-Books After This Big Publishers Settlement
Just as Amazon's event to announce its new products got underway on Thursday, a federal judge approved a settlement with three major e-book publishers accused of colluding with Amazon's competitors (namely Apple) on prices.
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DSK's Road to Tabloid Redemption Involves a New Girlfriend
Dominique Strauss-Kahn finally got himself some positive news coverage in France, and he did it the way he frequently gets into the headlines: By getting involved with a woman. But it's different this time.
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Tom Brokaw Hurried to Hospital After Accidental Ambien
Tom Brokaw was taken to the hospital in Charlotte after his appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Thursday after he felt light-headed, but the former NBC News Anchor explained later he had accidentally taken a sleeping pill.
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Unemployment Numbers Improve, with Some Caveats
The pair of economic reports that precede Friday's national unemployment figures sound pretty hopeful on the whole, but each one has a caveat.
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Just What Are Iran's Planes Flying to Syria Through Iraq?
Iraq said on Wednesday there was no evidence to support the report in The New York Times that it was allowing Iran to fly military supplies to Syria through its airspace, but that depends on your interpretation of military supplies.
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More Protesters Have Already Been Arrested in Charlotte Than Tampa
As far as protester arrests go, the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte already has last week's Republican National Convention in Tampa beat.
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No, The Social Security Administration Is Not Arming for a Rebellion
As they often are, the conspiracy theories swirling around the Social Security Administration's request for bids to provide 174,000 bullets were so much more interesting than the explanation.
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Al Jazeera Defaced by Pro-Syrian Government Hackers
On Tuesday Al Jazeera became the latest casualty in the online war raging alongside the Syrian conflict as hackers claiming to be Syrian loyalists defaced it with a screed against its coverage, but they weren't terribly thorough.
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Barack Obama Is Now Bribing Voters with His Sweet, Delicious Beer
If you want to taste the White House's fabled honey ale without having to make it, the best way would be to position yourself along President Barack Obama's campaign route, as the president is apparently handing it out to would-be voters on the trail.
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Glenn Beck Visited New York City This Weekend, Had a Rotten Time
On his radio show Tuesday, Glenn Beck told the tale of his harrowing Labor Day visit to New York City, capped by a journey home in he was subjected to "subhuman" treatment by an American Airlines flight attendant who didn't open his soda for him.
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Which Is Worse? Hungry Kids or Fat Kids?
The latest conflict over New York City school cafeterias has the city dishing out fewer calories than federal nutrition guidelines recommend, leading critics to argue that the city is more worried about fat kids than starving ones.
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Pirate Bay Founder, Facing Jail Time in Sweden, Can't Stay in Cambodia
After Cambodian police arrested the Swedish founder of the torrent site Pirate Bay, who was convicted of copyright infringement in 2009, the government there said it would deport him, but it's not sure where to send him first.
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Paul Ryan's Secret Service Code Name: 'Bowhunter'
When Paul Ryan introduced himself to the electorate at the Republican National Convention last week one thing was missing: A jocular Secret Service nickname.
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'It Feels Like Making Fun of My Grandfather or Something'
It's easy to laugh at Clint Eastwood's loony speech at the Republican National Convention because he was held up as a serious commentator and then delivered, well, this.
