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Redacted truth, subjunctive outrage in Benghazi scandal
Note to GOP re: Benghazi: Stop calling it Watergate, Iran Contra, bigger than both, etc. First, it might well be, but we don’t know. History will judge. Second, overhyping will only diminish the importance of the scandal if it doesn’t meet presidency-breaking standards. Third, focusing on the political effects...
bangordailynews.com (3 hours ago)
Gun deaths claim 10 lives per week in Colorado
Tragedies like the mass shootings at Columbine and Aurora drive the public debate about guns, but the truth in Colorado is that the state experienced an unremitting loss of life involving firearms - 6,258 deaths - over the 12 years between those mass shoo
coloradoan.com (6 hours ago)
Alex Gibney on 'Wikileaks,' directing, Eliot Spitzer and the mysterious truth
New Jersey documentarian (and Oscar winner) Alex Gibney talks about secrets, privacy and the struggle to be fair.
nj.com (6 hours ago)
The end game? With the Paternos, it seems to be more about legacy than numbers
The family and their allies have said it repeatedly in the months since: All they want in the discussion of their father’s role in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal is “the truth.”
pennlive.com (7 hours ago)
The probe into price-fixing by Shell and BP is oil tanks to the European Union
Hooray for the heroic truth-seekers of the European Commission whose competition authorities are investigating allegations of price fixing by major oil companies in the UK
mirror.co.uk (7 hours ago)
The Most Ridiculous Excuses For Missing Work
It might not be uncommon for workers to fake a sick day just to skip work, but some apparently feel the need to get a little more creative, according to a recent study. In fact, the excuses employees give their bosses for missing work can be so outlandish that 60 percent of managers say they often don't believe the...
huffingtonpost.com (12 hours ago)
Dancing lures should increase chances of catch
Did you ever read some of the advertising on the packages that lures come in?"This action of this lure is guaranteed to catch fish," for example.The truth is any lure will catch fish if it is put in the right place at the right time and fished the ri...
readingeagle.com (12 hours ago)
‘Correcting’ pot law
There was a moment of truth following the recent adoption of new medical marijuana regulations when Heidi Heilman of the Massachusetts Prevention Alliance said, “The Department of Public Health tried their best, but they can’t rewrite the statute.” This hideously flawed piece of legislation, which gives the...
bostonherald.com (12 hours ago)
Lost and found: Earliest Cradle Beach records discovered and returned
If you wanted to write a suspense story about two slim notebooks containing the handwritten records from the 1880s and 1890s that chronicle the birth of Cradle Beach, you would have a difficult time outdoing the truth.About half a century after they were written, the notebooks, the only surviving records from that...
buffalonews.com (12 hours ago)
Charles Krauthammer Redacted truth, subjunctive outrage
Note to GOP re Benghazi Stop calling it Watergate, Iran-contra, bigger than both, etc.
unionleader.com (13 hours ago)
What Did Obama Know About The IRS (And When)?
Amid the sound and fury of yesterday's IRS hearing were a few small tidbits which raise significant questions about who knew what and when within the Obama administration. While getting the answer (the real honest truth) is highly unlikely, as the Wall Street Journal notes, the IRS's watchdog told top Treasury...
zerohedge.com (16 hours ago)
How to improve female fertility: avoid selfish men | Barbara Ellen
The new "Get Britain Fertile" campaign features a photograph of presenter Kate Garraway, made up to look elderly and pregnant. Her wrinkles and white hair juxtaposed with a fecund belly illustrate the main thrust of the campaign – to make British women aware of the decline in fertility by their 30s and 40s. However,...
guardian.co.uk (18 hours ago)
One of the Basic Math Rules You Learned In School Is Wrong
There are probably a lot of things you learned in school that you don't even remember, but the "order of operations"-also known as PEMDAS-is likely to be one that stuck with you; you'll mess up even simple equations without it. The catch? Well, it's wrong. The problem, as MinutePhysics explains, is that the real...
gizmodo.com (18 hours ago)
The week in football: Fifa on tour plus Poyet's pledge
Fifa.com – on what makes a five-star Mauritius resort the right choice for this month's annual Fifa congress: "The Indian Ocean island location could hardly be more apt, as the representatives of Fifa's 209 associations meet to discuss President Joseph S. Blatter's 2011 congress pledge to 'steer the Fifa boat back...
guardian.co.uk (18 hours ago)
'How Jill Dando's death convinced me everything you know about crime is wrong': NICK ROSS tells...
NICK ROSS: Crime has been with us since Adam and Eve and, surprisingly, God didn’t spot the solution. Rather than punishing the miscreants, it might have been better had he put the forbidden fruit higher up the tree.
dailymail.co.uk (18 hours ago)
FOCUS: 50 years on, finding profit in ‘truth’ on JFK case
On the very day John F. Kennedy died, a cottage industry was born. Fifty years and hundreds of millions of dollars later, it’s still thriving. Its product? The “truth” about the president’s assassination.
heraldnews.com (19 hours ago)
What's the best meal I've ever eaten?
As a restaurant critic there's one question – other than "how do you live with yourself?" – that I'm asked more regularly than any other. It's this: what's the best meal you've ever eaten? If only all questions were so easy. It has to be the 42 courses I was served at the now closed El Bulli, Ferran Adrià's famed...
guardian.co.uk (21 hours ago)
Radio Host Makes Shocking Claim About Shooting Hillary Clinton
Radio host Pete Santilli made shocking remarks about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, claiming she should be "shot" for being "involved in the killings of American troops." Santilli hosts a show on his website, but says he's "ready to take my show to national syndication; that is, of course, if the FCC...
huffingtonpost.com (21 hours ago)
How we stopped worrying and learned to love veg
A story appeared in the newspapers recently courtesy of the Marks & Spencer archive. It was about the way customers had reacted to "new" foods down the years. For instance: avocados. "A lady came back one day to our Manchester store and complained about the poor quality," said Nathan Goldenberg, M&S's first...
guardian.co.uk (23 hours ago)
Observer writer wins Ryszard Kapuściński award 2013
Ed Vulliamy, the Observer writer, has won the 2013 Kapuściński award in Poland for his book Amexica: War Along the Borderline. Amexica describes the extraordinary horror of the drug war unfolding on the US-Mexican frontier. Vulliamy travelled across the border on and off for 30 years. His reporting included a 2008...
guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)
A troubling case of tenure denied at UVU
Scott Carrier may be the best-known member of the Utah Valley University faculty. His publications have appeared in Harper’s, GQ, Mother Jones, and Esquire. Stories have been broadcast on public radio programs that include “All Things Considered,” “Day to Day,” “Marketplace” and “Hearing Voices.” As an assistant...
sltrib.com (1 day ago)
The Networking Personality – How to Go From Wall Flower to Business Power
In networking events all across the country, from Chamber After Hours to professional luncheons to business mixers, there are always those people to meet and greet everyone. Often referred to as the “movers and shakers,” the truth...
examiner.com (1 day ago)
WATCH: Why You Shouldn't Go To IKEA With A Loved One
In this classic scene from "30 Rock," Liz Lemon puts her relationship to the ultimate test: IKEA. We find that the scene isn't so far from the truth. We've seen those fights. And maybe even have been part of those fights. We really couldn't think of a better way to salute Tina Fey on her 43rd birthday. What's...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
Kallol Mustafa: Fear, Force and Fabrication: RAB, Human Rights Activists and Media
Allow me to ask some questions: Is it necessary to severe one's genitals to turn him a beggar? Is it the breaking of hands, legs, or severing sexual organ that enables a criminal gang to force children into begging? No, we did not raise these questions when Rapid Action Battalion [a special police force of...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
Alexander Litvinenko widow blasts coroner for 'abandoning search for truth' over KGB spy's death
Marina Litvinenko's fierce criticism came after the coroner presiding over her husband's inquest revealed he cannot hear in public evidence linked to the alleged involvement of the Russian government
mirror.co.uk (1 day ago)
In Depth: Can gaming be the turning point for Linux on the desktop?
Dear old Linux, what are we to do with you? Developed for just over two decades and it's still barely made a mark on the consumer consciousness. There was a vague peak during the netbook fad - as it enabled companies to eliminate the extra cost of a Windows installation - but that quickly faltered after people...
techradar.com (1 day ago)
Widow of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko says coroner 'abandoned search for truth' and calls...
The widow of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko has called for the inquest into her late husband's death to be abandoned and for a public inquiry to be held in its place.
independent.co.uk (1 day ago)
Michael Stechschulte: There's only one Truth, and He's always with us
One of the hardest things to accept about Christianity is that it's true. And that goes for believers, too, not just atheists.
thetimesherald.com (1 day ago)
How to get more older women on TV | Anna Ford
I enjoyed my life in news and current affairs, which started at Granada TV in 1974 and ended at the BBC in 2006. I was privileged to have visiting rights in many different worlds. I interviewed every prime minister from Harold Wilson to Tony Blair, was entertained at Chequers and Nos 10 and 11, and over the years...
guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)
Next week's radio: from The Truth And Nothing But The Truth to Private Passions
With today's headlines full of confessions of crimes and misdemeanours which took place 40 years ago and new technologies promising to extend lie detection into the world of brain scanning, it seems a good time to look at whether technology can ever reliably reveal The Truth And Nothing But The Truth (Tuesday, 11am,...
guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)
