Imagine that -- a Republican politician who doesn't complain about the "mainstream media":
Mitt Romney lamented the absence of editors for “quality control” from new media on Wednesday, and noted that Twitter now provides "instantaneous reaction" to the presidential campaign.
Since I'm in the grocery store two or three times a month, this isn't exactly a shock for me to read:
World food prices are likely to rise for a third successive month in March, and could gain further beyond that, with expensive oil and chronically low stocks of some key grains putting food inflation firmly back on the economic agenda.
Man, these are some big numbers. The Mega Millions jackpot is at a record $540 million and counting. So even a lot of people who ordinarily don't buy lottery tickets are jumping in, despite the 1-in-175 million odds of winning the whole thing:
Earl Scruggs, whose distinctive picking style and association with Lester Flatt cemented bluegrass music's place in popular culture, died Wednesday of natural causes at a Nashville hospital, his son Gary Scruggs said. He was 88.
Reporters gone wild!
In this politically charged climate, Wisconsin residents have gotten caught up in state politics with an intensity not seen in decades.
It's an issue this newspaper has covered extensively, including Sunday, when the Gannett Wisconsin Media Investigative Team broke a story exposing 29 circuit court judges who signed the petitions to recall Gov. Scott Walker.
You will be assimilated into the hive mind:
Educational psychologist Gaynor Sbuttoni said the policy has been used at schools in Kingston, South West London, and Surrey.
She added: “I have noticed that teachers tell children they shouldn’t have a best friend and that everyone should play together.
Sweden is just slightly ahead of the curve -- the whole world is succumbing to this change:
AP) STOCKHOLM - Sweden was the first European country to introduce bank notes in 1661. Now it's come farther than most on the path toward getting rid of them.
Welcome to the future, fellow baby boomers:
So a wine spy ended up at the state dinner for British Prime Minister David Cameron, and he informs us that the wines included a 2009 Peter Michael Chardonnay Ma Belle-Fille, Sonoma Valley, California (average price about $97), a 2008 Leonetti Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon, Walla Walla Valley, Washington (average price about $90) and a 2007 Iron Horse Vineyards Russian Cuvée (average price about $30). This will probably not please the White House:
