Scandals Have ‘Snowballed’ Through the Obama Years and More May Be Coming, Rep. Blackburn Says

Blackburn told TheBlaze that she has even heard of more whistleblowers set to step forward regarding scandals at the EPA. 

yahoo.com (9 minutes ago)

Falls man gets a year in jail, but more charges are pending

LOCKPORT – Levester J. Rose of Niagara Falls was sentenced Friday to a year in Niagara County Jail on a drug possession charge, but more legal trouble may be coming for him.Assistant District Attorney Peter M. Wydysh said Rose, 35, of Dudley Avenue, was arrested this week on a drug charge filed after police executed...

buffalonews.com (14 minutes ago)

The last to the party: Investors and flippers competing for small amount of inventory.

The data coming out on home prices is rather clear. Home prices are moving up steadily in the last year now increasing at a rate last seen in 2006. Of course, little of this is coming from wage growth but more from easy access to debt, investor demand, and historically low supply. One thing that people fail to...

zerohedge.com (42 minutes ago)

3 surprises about the 2013 stock rally

The S&P 500 in on track for its best January-through-May run since 1997. But which firms are outperforming the index? Where’s the money coming from? And who’s making the most money? Here are the answers.

reuters.com (43 minutes ago)

Can Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez help GOP repair its image among Latinos?

The first thing Gabriel Gomez likes to tell crowds on the campaign trail is where he’s going – the United States Senate. The second is where he’s coming from.

yahoo.com (50 minutes ago)

Pricey Beef Puts Heat On U.S. Grilling Season

Here's the beef: Enjoy the Memorial Day grilling, because retail beef prices are widely expected to set new records in coming weeks.

wsj.com (1 hour ago)

Microsoft and Google partner to bring YouTube app back to Windows Phone

Both Google and Microsoft think it’d be a shame to deny Windows Phone users the glory of Keyboard Cat videos, which is why the two companies have agreed to team up and jointly create a native YouTube app for Microsoft’s mobile platform. The Next Web reports that the companies released a joint statement today saying...

yahoo.com (1 hour ago)

'Apocalypse Cow,' by Michael Logan

One Big Mac coming up for George Romero. Welcome to "Apocalypse Cow," a comic-horror novel that publishes today in the United States (St. Martin's Griffin; paperback, $14.99). Once zombies overran Jane Austen, it was probably only a matter of time before we got a farce about mad cow disease. In Michael Logan's...

washingtonpost.com (1 hour ago)

Kiss and make up: Microsoft and Google partner for Windows Phone YouTube app

Both Google and Microsoft think it’d be a shame to deny Windows Phone users the glory of Keyboard Cat videos, which is why the two companies have agreed to team up and jointly create a native YouTube app for Microsoft’s mobile platform. The Next Web reports that the companies released a joint statement today saying...

yahoo.com (1 hour ago)

Sylvania to hit the pavement

Sylvania will see new pavement in the coming months.

times-journal.com (2 hours ago)

Traffic signal is coming to Mission intersection

Ralph Hile of Merriam has a bone to pick with the city of Mission. He remembers city officials saying they would install traffic signals at the Broadmoor Street intersections with Martway and 61st streets when the old Herff Jones property was redeveloped.

kansascity.com (2 hours ago)

Z on TV: Kanye West coming to a Baltimore wall Saturday

Public buildings a new platform for video promotion? If you live around the BMA, the Walters or the Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower, Kanye West is coming to a wall near you Saturday night.

baltimoresun.com (2 hours ago)

Column: Coming to a turning point

shelbystar.com (2 hours ago)

Quick notes on the coming roster moves — Carlos Triunfel will be joining the Mariners

Jesus Sucre will be added to the 25-man roster later. That much is for certain. The corresponding roster move to open space for Sucre on the 40-man roster wasnt as certain.Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/mariners/2013/05/24/quick-notes-on-the-coming-roster-moves/#storylink=cpy

thenewstribune.com (2 hours ago)

ZZ tops: Zinedine Zidane tries to flatter Tottenham superstar Gareth Bale into coming to Real Madrid

'Aside from Ronaldo and Messi, he is the player who has impressed me the most in the world. He is outstanding' says France legend

mirror.co.uk (2 hours ago)

Owners of Erie's Relish see economy coming back

Sisters and business partners Jennifer and Terri Reed have watched Relish grow from a hobby making beach glass jewelry into a business that supported as many as 16 employees.

goerie.com (2 hours ago)

Unexpected bonuses: Yotam Ottolenghi's recipes that came about by happy accident

Way back when I was a junior pastry chef, I'd bake loads of muffins every morning, as many as 120 or so, while operating on autopilot. On one occasion, however, I was so zoned out that I forgot a tray of 24 uncooked muffins that I'd left in a corner of the kitchen, and realised my mistake only when the manager came...

guardian.co.uk (2 hours ago)

BREAKING: DOJ Confirms Holder Personally "Vetted" Rosen Warrant

A damaging Friday news dump before a holiday weekend? Who could have seen that coming? Dump away, Justice Department: The Justice...

townhall.com (2 hours ago)

More apartment units coming to Walton Oaks

Augusta’s first mixed-income housing development to replace a public housing project is about to get bigger. Construction is scheduled to begin this fall on the next phase of Walton Oaks, an apartment complex off Sand Bar Ferry Road on the former site of Underwood Homes. When completed about one year from...

chronicle.augusta.com (2 hours ago)

The Arrested Development Live Blog

It really is coming back. If you’ve followed PasteMagazine.com for any length of time, we’ve been reporting on every rumor, pestering every cast member (multiple times), begging, pleading and trying to figure out who to blackmail to get this show back on the air (or, as it turns out, the Internet). Now that it’s...

pastemagazine.com (2 hours ago)

Justice Department opposes AMR's $20 million severance for CEO Horton

By Nick Brown (Reuters) - A plan by American Airlines' parent to exit bankruptcy and merge with US Airways Group is coming under fire from the U.S. Department of Justice over nearly $20 million in severance pay earmarked for outgoing boss Tom Horton. In court papers filed on Friday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in...

yahoo.com (2 hours ago)

Justice Department opposes AMR's $20 million severance for CEO Horton

(Reuters) - A plan by American Airlines' parent to exit bankruptcy and merge with US Airways Group is coming under fire from the U.S. Department of Justice over nearly $20 million in severance pay earmarked for outgoing boss Tom Horton.

reuters.com (2 hours ago)

Ann Blumenthal Jacobs: Family Vacation? Family Trip? Or a Second Honeymoon

Summer time is coming soon and plans are being made for all kinds of vacations. If it's just the two of you it can be another honeymoon. But when making plans involves including your kids (from a previous marriage -- his kids from a previous marriage, maybe the kids you've had together) it's a little more...

huffingtonpost.com (2 hours ago)

Sarah McGiven: Weekend Shopping: Ancient Greek Sandals

Being predominantly a trainer-wearer, I have super soft, easily irritated, coddled feet, so sandal shopping is a nightmare. I despise anything that goes between my toes so thongs and toe posts are a total no-go. Trying to find sandals without them is a hard slog plus I also hate straps that cut across my ankles as...

huffingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)

Microsoft and YouTube just told us that they're working on an official YouTube app for Windows Phone

Microsoft and YouTube just told us that they're working on an official YouTube app for Windows Phone together. The app will be released in "the coming weeks" (and will have ads).

gizmodo.com (3 hours ago)

The Germans are coming and we’re happy to see them

By bus and by ferry, by Eurostar and by Lufthansa, the Germans invaded a wet London in their thousands yesterday...

thetimes.co.uk (3 hours ago)

Beta male: a northerner’s southern comforts

Floyd in Hereford one week, Karen in Cheshire the next: those 50th birthday parties are coming so thick and fast...

thetimes.co.uk (3 hours ago)

Will 'American Idol' Alumni Take Over The Judges' Table? (We Hope So!)

American Idol has now been around long enough that it can turn to the celebrities the show itself made famous to act as judges. With Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson and Keith Urban reportedly not returning to the Fox singing competition, the new stars rumored to replace the judges all come from Idol's past....

ivillage.com (3 hours ago)

The Edge: Scandals? What Scandals? This Week Is Historical for Another Reason

The Edge is National Journal's daily look at today in Washington -- and what's coming next. The email features analysis from NJ's top correspondents, the biggest stories of the day -- and always a few surprises. To subscribe, click here.

yahoo.com (3 hours ago)

West Palm roundtable on public speech coming to PBAU after resident ejected from meetings

Public speech has been a hot topic in West Palm Beach for years and it’s more relevant than ever after West Palm resident William McCray was removed from two recent commission meetings and resident Debbie Finney was nearly removed from a meeting for not abiding by the city’s “civility code”.

palmbeachpost.com (3 hours ago)