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LeBron to Former Fans: Your Lives Still Suck
(Newser) - LeBron James gave his detractors a whole new reason to hate him in his post-game press conference last night, essentially telling them that he'd rather have his life than theirs. "At the end of the day, all the people that was rooting on me to fail … they... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Doomsday Preacher Harold Camping Suffers Stroke
(Newser) - Doomsday preacher Harold Camping, who incorrectly predicted that the rapture would come May 21, suffered a stroke Thursday night. Camping was taken from his Alameda home by ambulance to the hospital, where he remains, the Oakland Tribune reports. One neighbor who spoke with his wife says his speech is a... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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For 2012, Obama Wants 'Fat Cats' Back on His Side
(Newser) - President Obama—who famously angered Wall Street executives by calling them "fat cats," the New York Times reminds us—is now courting those same executives in his quest for re-election campaign contributions. He kicked off the push by hosting two dozen of them, many longtime donors, at the... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Mother, Daughter Prepare for 1st Womb Transplant
(Newser) - Doctors in Sweden are preparing for what they hope will be the first successful womb transplant. The likely candidates: a mother, 56, and her 25-year-old daughter, who was born with no uterus. If the transplant from Eva Ottosson to daughter Sara is successful, Sara could end up carrying a child... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Vicar: It's My Fault Palin Goofed on Revere
(Newser) - A vicar who gave Sarah Palin and her family a Paul Revere history lesson claims to have the "inside scoop" on the former Alaska governor's "Boston history massacre." I know "where all the factoids she cited came from and take responsibility for putting them in... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Weiner Now Considering Resigning: Source
(Newser) - Anthony Weiner is finally seriously considering resigning, a source tells the New York Daily News . The relentless interest in and continuing revelations of the New York representative's sexting proclivities are beginning to convince him that he's not going to be able to push his way past the scandal... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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McDonald's in Trouble After Racist Sign Hoax
(Newser) - An old online hoax is causing real-world headaches for McDonald's. A fake sign, claiming that McDonald's is charging African-American customers an extra $1.50 as an "insurance measure due in part to a recent string of robberies," first appeared on the Internet's notorious 4chan bulletin... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Bahrain Woman Gets Year for Reading Protest Poem
(Newser) - Bahrain's rulers are striving to make it seem as if all is well in their tiny Persian Gulf country, but a brutal crackdown on dissent continues as a 20-year-old student is sentenced to a year in prison for reading a poem critical of the government. Ayat al-Qurmezi was convicted... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Book of Mormon Sweeps Tonys
(Newser) - Broadway's gaspingly irreverent Book of Mormon took home nine Tony Awards last night, winning everything from Best Musical to Best Score to Best Direction to Best Actress in a musical (Nikki M. James). "You did it, Joseph! You got the Tony!" joked the co-creator of the musical,... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Chris Rock Backpedals on Morgan's Anti-Gay Rant
(Newser) - Chris Rock is backpedaling after tweeting support for comedian Tracy Morgan, reports the New York Daily News . After Morgan got in trouble for joking that he would stab his son to death if his son were gay last week, Rock initially wrote that he would not "want to live... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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40 Years Later, Pentagon Papers Officially Released
(Newser) - In just a few hours, the National Archives will at last publish the entire 7,000-page Vietnam report known as the Pentagon Papers. The documents represent among the most important in modern presidential history, leading the Nixon administration to crack down on leaks that led to phone taps, break-ins, and... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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NYC Cop Scolds Dutch Biker for Baring Legs
(Newser) - Pretty Jasmijn Rijcken thought a New York City cop was kidding when he pulled her over to tell her she was showing too much skin while bicycling. You see, she was bare-legged and wearing a skirt. "He said, 'It's very disturbing, and it's distracting the cars,... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Scientists Create 'Living Laser'
(Newser) - Scientists have been genetically engineering organisms that glow for years, but now a team at Massachusetts General has taken the technology to a new level—to create a "living laser." They aren't blasting death rays (yet), but scientists have coaxed single cells, derived from human kidneys, to... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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E Street Saxman Clarence Clemons Suffers Stroke
(Newser) - Saxaphonist Clarence Clemons of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band is "seriously ill" after suffering a stroke in his Florida home, reports 411.com . Clemons, 69, has had a series of recent health problems primarily related to his back and knees, but performed just last month with Lady Gaga... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Quakes Rattle Christchurch
(Newser) - Two new serious earthquakes rattled tremblor-weary Christchurch today, sending boulders plunging down hillsides and injuring residents. The 5.2 and a 6.0 quakes struck just 20 minutes apart around lunch time, sending panicked New Zealanders into the streets. Two men were rescued from rubble that collapsed on top of... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Top-Selling Girl Scout Drops Dead at Dance
(Newser) - A 14-year-old girl who was the top seller of Girl Scout cookies in San Diego died suddenly at a school dance, reports ABC News . Sabrina Keller, who sold 3,463 boxes of cookies this year, collapsed at the event held to celebrate the end of eighth grade on Thursday. She... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Mavericks Beat LeBron's Heat, Win NBA Title
(AP) - For Dirk Nowitzki, the resume is complete. He's an NBA champion. For LeBron James, the agonizing wait continues for at least one more year. Avenging what happened five years ago in perfect turnabout style, the Dallas Mavericks won their first NBA title by winning Game 6 of these finals... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Is This the World's Most Perfect Alarm Clock?
(Newser) - The only thing worse than waking up for work is being jarred awake by the sound of your partner's alarm clock ... well before you actually need to get up. The new Lark alarm clock and sleep sensor solves that problem, as long as you don't mind shelling out... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Dutch Banning Tourists From Buying Pot
(Newser) - The hazy days of drug tourism in Holland are numbered. The Dutch government has unveiled plans to ban foreigners from buying cannabis in the country's famous coffee shops, reports the Los Angeles Times . The coalition government's plan, backed by Geert Wilders' far-right party, requires the shops to become... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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The Bread That Changed Britain Now Getting Beat Up
(Newser) - What Henry Ford did for cars, the Chorleywood Flour Milling and Bakery Research Association laboratories did for bread in 1961: Hard fats, extra yeast, a very fast trip through the mixer, and a few chemicals yielded a soft, uniform sandwich loaf with twice the shelf life of traditional bread—and... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Spammers Actually Deliver What You Order
(Newser) - Researchers probing the world of spam were surprised to discover that the email-box-clogging lowlifes of the Internet aren't quite as scummy as one would expect. The investigators, whose study involved making numerous purchases from spammers, found that the goods ordered—including pills and fake Rolexes—were usually delivered, reports... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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'Gay Girl in Damascus' Actually Man in Turkey
(Newser) - The blogger behind "Gay Girl in Damascus" is not Amina Arraf, supposedly kidnapped last week in Syria , but a man who lives in Turkey. After the kidnapping story unraveled and led many to speculate the whole thing was a hoax , Tom MacMaster came forward today with a post on... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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US Underwriting 'Shadow' Internet
(Newser) - One of the ways Egypt , Syria , and other regimes crack down on protesters is by shutting down telecommunications networks—but soon they may no long be able to do so. The New York Times takes a close look at the global effort, led by the US, to create "shadow"... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Congress Must Change No Child Left Behind: Duncan
(Newser) - If Congress doesn't do something about No Child Left Behind, then Arne Duncan will. The education secretary promised to take steps to ease some of the sanctions for states that are trying to improve schools, if Congress doesn't act on rewriting the 2002 law by the beginning of... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Fox Host: Obama Hosting 'Hoods' in the 'Hizzy'
(Newser) - A Fox Business host is being accused of racism after declaring that President Obama likes to host "hoods" in the "hizzouse." Eric Bolling initially referred to Obama's Oval Office meeting with Gabon's President Ali Bongo Thursday, then noted that "it's not first time... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Why Sex Scandals Never Snag Women
(Newser) - After Mark Sanford, Eliot Spitzer, John Ensign, and now Anthony Weiner, a sex scandal involving a male politician is barely even shocking anymore. What would be shocking? A sex scandal involving a female politician. And research points to a reason for that other than the widely accepted "boys will... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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IMF Cyberattack Was by Foreign Government: Source
(Newser) - The cyberattack on IMF was carried out by hackers thought to be connected to a foreign government, not hacker collective Anonymous, according to a security expert familiar with the incident. The hackers removed a "large quantity" of data that included emails and other documents, the source says. Bloomberg obtained... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Heavy Metal Soothes Sharks
(Newser) - How do you soothe an angry shark? You can rock him to near-submission with heavy metal. That's what one Australian charter boat operator has discovered after witnessing sharks blissfully rubbing their snouts against caged underwater speakers belting out the sounds. "I guess the visual people expect is that... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Gaga Lights Up Gay Rally in Rome
(Newser) - A gay-rights rally went a little gaga for Lady Gaga last night as the singer took the stage in a turquoise wig at Rome's ancient Circus Maximus, sang a few bars of "Born This Way," and advocated tolerance. The singer told the crowd she's often asked,... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Pawlenty Swipes at 'Obam-neyCare'
(Newser) - Tim Pawlenty declared open season on Mitt Romney today, equating Massachusetts' health reform with the federal overhaul in a mashup he termed "Obam-neyCare." "The president's own words [are] that he patterned in large measure Obamacare after what happened in Massachusetts," Pawlenty told Fox News.... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Syria Retakes Restive Town
(AP) - Under the rattle of heavy gunfire and loud explosions, Syrian troops today regained control of the restive northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour, clashing with mutinous soldiers whose decision to side with armed protesters posed a potent threat to the authoritarian regime. Residents who fled to Turkey said thousands of young... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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The Life of a Cosmopolitan Fact-Checker
(Newser) - What do the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Cosmopolitan all have in common? Why a rigorous standard for fact-checking, of course! Believe it or not, every Cosmo article, whether about pleasing your man X number of ways or tales of real-life bedroom escapades, is independently verified through... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Where's Weiner in Latest Photos? Congress' Gym
(Newser) - Anthony Weiner liked to pose in various stages of undress at his apartment, with his cats, and now apparently in a towel at the House Members Gym. The latest self-portraits mostly involve his BlackBerry's camera and a mirror, and were sent to at least one woman, TMZ reports. They... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Diver to Hunt for Osama's Body
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden may be sleeping with the fishes, but he's a wanted man still: A California diver Fox News describes as "eccentric" is going to scour the Arabian Sea until he finds—and photographs—the corpse of the notorious terrorist. For the bargain price of $400,000,... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Newt's Devotion to Callista Sunk Campaign
(Newser) - At a moment when Anthony Weiner's career is imploding because he's a dog, Newt Gingrich's presidential aspirations are dissipating "because he loved not wisely, but too well," opines Maureen Dowd in the New York Times. Indulging Callista Gingrich's desire for a two-week Greek vacation... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Bill Maher, Jane Lynch Read 'Weinerlogues'
(Newser) - As if the Anthony Weiner saga weren't squirm-inducing enough, Bill Maher took it a step further, New York mag reports. The Real Time host brought out Jane Lynch, and the pair proceeded to give a dramatic reading of Weiner's less-than-subtle Facebook exchanges with a blackjack dealer in Vegas—... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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World's New Shortest Guy Is 23.5"
(Newser) - Junrey Balawing stopped growing 17 years and 10 months ago, and today, on his 18th birthday, was named the world's shortest man for his trouble. Guinness World Records swooped into his Philippine hometown, measured Balawing up at a whopping 23.5" inches, and gave him a certificate that stands... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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How to Play Google's Sweet Les Paul Doodle
(Newser) - Google has outdone itself with one of its coolest (if least readable) logo "doodles" ever: A logo celebrating Les Paul's 96th birthday that actually plays music. Just hover your mouse over a string to pluck it. Under the logo is a red button that can record your creation.... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Agriculture's 'Most Disgraceful' Problem: Antibiotics
(Newser) - Al-Qaeda's attacks on 9/11 killed nearly 3,000 people, completely transforming America's approach to national security. And yet food-borne illnesses kill 5,000 Americans each year and hospitalize 325,000, but there is little interest in improving food safety, writes Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times . Now,... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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First Photos of Giffords Out
(Newser) - It's been five months since the public got a clear view of Gabrielle Giffords, and she's looking pretty good for someone who nearly died: Photos released on her Facebook page today show the congresswoman smiling, her hair cropped short, with no sign of the gunshot she took to... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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Rebels Launch Surprise Attacks in West Libya
(Newser) - Surprise rebel attacks all over western Libya, including on the vital oil port of Zawiyah, could be the first step of a big push toward Tripoli, reports the Washington Post . "They are making very good progress," said a rebel spokesman. "I think we're headed for the... More » Newser located this story for you on Monday, June 13, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) all.
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