Piece of Long-standing Dark Matter Puzzle Found

April 2, 2009

“European astronomers said overnight that an anomalous energy signal detected by an orbiting satellite could be a telltale of the enigmatic substance known as dark matter.” Researchers writing in the British journal Nature say that further research is necessary, but this is another step forward in understanding the universe we inhabit.

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YouTube Claims Another Victim: Cop Who Detained NFL Player Forced to Resign

April 2, 2009

Dallas Police Officer Robert Powell has resigned. Powell will be known forthwith as the cop who threatened NFL player Ryan Moats at gunpoint after Moats rolled through a red light, instead of letting him into the hospital where his mother-in-law was dying. Behold the awesome power of web video combined with professional stupidity.

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Best April Fools Joke: Car and Driver on Obama v. Chevy and Dodge

April 1, 2009

Sure, April Fools’ Day comes but once a year, and some silly stories have been making the rounds. (Stairmasters in the NYC subway? Brad and Angelina married? Really? No.) But one thing is now clear: Keep the jokes away from NASCAR.

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Tax Pledge Up in Smoke: Hike in Smoker Tax Hits Poor Americans

April 1, 2009

One of President Barack Obama’s campaign pledges on taxes went up in puffs of smoke Wednesday. The largest increase in tobacco taxes took effect despite Obama’s promise not to raise taxes of any kind on families earning under $250,000 or individuals under $200,000.

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Obama's Gift to Queen: An iPod

April 1, 2009

President Obama took time out from a hectic day of nuclear breakthroughs and arranging geopolitical summits with Russia and China to visit the queen in Buckingham Palace — and to give her an iPod.

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Jenkins: Obama Will Not Upset the UAW with GM Bankruptcy

April 1, 2009

President Obama rightly says “sacrifices” must be made if GM is to emerge as a viable company. But there’s one sacrifice he won’t make: his re-election chances, by leaving the fate of the UAW truly up to a bankruptcy judge.

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Where is the New JFK we Expected? Stuck in a Rut with Gordon Brown

April 1, 2009

Someone tore up the script. Here’s how it was meant to go. Barack Obama was supposed to sweep into Europe on his first major trip abroad as the new JFK, greeted by adoring fans moistly waving little American flags. His progress would be part celebrity world tour, part celebration of the end of the Bush […]

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Justice Department to Drop Case Against Former Sen. Ted Stevens

April 1, 2009

The Justice Department on Wednesday asked a federal judge to drop all charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska. A jury convicted Stevens last fall of seven counts of lying on his Senate disclosure form in order to conceal $250,000 in gifts from an oil industry executive and other friends. Stevens was the longest-serving […]

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G20 Protests: Thousands of Demonstrators Flood into London

April 1, 2009

Eleven arrests were reported before a tense standoff developed between rows of police holding batons and a surging crowd close to the Bank of England. One man, bleeding from the head, was repeatedly seen to apparently goad officers, who did not respond.

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World Leaders or Emperors With No Clothes?

April 1, 2009

Rachel Sylvester cuts through the pomp and circumstance: “The G20 family photograph may look good, but the summit can not possibly live up to its overblown expectations…As one Cabinet minister admits: “The truth is we haven’t a clue whether any of this will work.” Well, that makes two sides of the Atlantic.

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