We’ve all probably had that one coffee drink (or carbonated beverage) too many, at that point in a slog of a day where we’ve gone and imbibed a Red Bull or Grande coffee against our better judgment.
We’ve all probably had that one coffee drink (or carbonated beverage) too many, at that point in a slog of a day where we’ve gone and imbibed a Red Bull or Grande coffee against our better judgment.
Another interesting and, as they say, "sharply divided" (5-4) Supreme Court decision:
Don't know that I'd recommend Texas Gov. Rick Perry as a role model for all gubernatorial behavior, but Gov. Mike Pence could certainly do worse than emulating this particular Perry approach:
Gov. Rick Perry’s high-profile efforts to lure jobs to Texas from other states may be good business and smart politics back home, but they’re infuriating to prominent Democrats around the country.
Some changes in urban living are obvious -- the declining risk of dangerous fires as building materials have changed and safety precautions increased, for example. But some aren't as immediately noticeable:
Look, I only catch parts of "Wheel of Fortune" occasionally because it precedes my must-watch "Jeopardy!" OK? No, really. Honest.
Anyway, last's night's bonus round was way beyond cool. If you didn't see it, I won't spoil it by revealing the outcome, except to say that (hint, hint) it's only the second time it's happened in the show's history. How she figured out the last puzzle with so few letters visible will remain a mystery.
More victims of the digital revolution:
CHICAGO (AP) — The union representing laid-off photographers at the Chicago Sun-Times plans to file a bad-faith bargaining charge with the National Labor Relations Board.
Now, this is my kind of study:
Four-minute bursts of high-intensity exercise such as running on a treadmill, three times a week are enough to increase fitness, researchers found.
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Despite having lost his bid for the presidency, Texas Governor Rick Perry now finds himself again in a position of (potential) national leadership. On the way to his desk is a bill that would put Texas far ahead of the rest of the country when it comes to protecting consumers' electronic privacy.
As a lifelong mouth-shooter-offer, I'm torn between the idea that this so-called study is worthless crap and the fear that it is further proof that the online experience is turning the world upside-down:
Being confident and loud is the best way to win an argument - even if you are wrong, a new study suggests.
Snakes in Washington, who's surprised?
WASHINGTON - They're not on a plane, but snakes in a tree could still be scary -- especially when they're spotted in D.C.
DCist says an email in an Adams Morgan Yahoo Group by a D.C. police sergeant discusses snakes falling out of trees at Walter Pierce Park in Northwest.
Indiana is the only state that gives liquor stores a monopoly on retail cold beer sales. And with liquor stores closed on Sundays, people who want cold beer need to plan ahead or slip across the state line.
What we should be talking about but aren't very much in the gun-violence debate:
Today's statement of the obvious:
The Postal Service lost $1.9 billion between January and March, and $15.9 billion last year. The 238-year-old institution loses $25 million each day, and has reached its borrowing limit with the federal Treasury. Daily mail delivery could be threatened within a year, officials say.
Well, we can dream, can't we?
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups has little if anything to do with most everyday taxpayers, but some lawmakers are hoping attention to the budding scandal will swell public and political support for rewriting and simplifying a federal tax code that has undergone some 5,000 changes in the past dozen years.
This just in -- you're still going to hell, atheists:
Pope Francis' homily last Wednesday led some observers to think he was equating atheists with Catholics who are going to heaven.
Maybe there is hope for the human race after all:
Ouch. Who could have seen thiscoming?
(AP) — Fort Wayne Community Schools is cutting the hours of 610 part-time teaching aides and cafeteria workers to save money and to avoid providing them health insurance under the federal health care overhaul, its chief financial officer said.
The best-looking 78-year-old you'll see today, I bet:
Man, did I have a crush on her -- she was my first TV sweetie. And let's pretend that was in reruns, not the first run, OK?
Wow. While I was on R & R and not paying attention, it looks like the war on terror ended:
Out with the global war on terror. In with more narrowly targeted counterterrorism policies that persistently zero in on violent extremists at home and abroad.
Another poll I don't have much faith in:
PRINCETON, N.J., May 27 (UPI) --
A majority of Americans said they believe the federal government today wields too much power, a Gallup Daily tracking survey released Monday indicated.[. . .]
