Mashable (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago | Other
Search Google for Ron Livingston , the man of Office Space (and Sex and the City) fame, and you’ll find IMDB links for information on his acting career. You’ll also come across a Wikipedia page on the movie and TV star, with inaccurate details on his personal life. And that’s the problem. Since May, Livingston has continually fallen victim to an anonymous Wikipedia detractor who...
The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
N.Y. Times: A spokesman for Senator Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana, said early Saturday that the senator nominated his girlfriend, a lawyer who worked for him at the time, for a United States attorney position last March. The girlfriend, Melodee Hanes, worked for Mr. Baucus as his state office director and as a field director between 2003 [...]
Bitten and Bound (Free subscription) | yesterday | Sports
How many more will there be? A fourth woman has come forward in the Tiger Woods affair scandal. The unidentified woman is coming prepared and has already obtained a lawyer. Our friends at TMZ are on the scent so her identify won’t be secret for long. Unlike the other women, this affair did not begin in [...]
GSM Dome - Mobile Phone News (Free subscription) | yesterday | Technology
HTC Sweden exec Patrik Andersson has just revealed that the successor of the very popular HTC Hero will come in 2010. Apparently it will debut at Mobile World Congress 2010, in Barcelona, taking place in February. We have all the reasons to believe mister Andersson, specially considering his expertise in the field: former LG sales manager [...]
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
If you heard this quote from a politician: “I have the fear that it will create a long-term risk for taxpayers. And I think that comes on the heels of this orgy we’ve had of government spending , whether it’s bailouts for multiple people, multiple groups.” you'd think you were hearing yet another Republican on the Senate floor about the danger of healthcare reform. Hell, we...
technabob (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009 | Technology
The design minds over at mintpass are at it again. One of their latest conceptual gadget creations is the Mint Cube, an unusual retro take on the modern MP3 player. The 2-inch Mint Cube features a striking cubic design that’s punctuated by large analog meters on three sides of the cube. One gauge is a…
Gateway Pundit (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009 | Politics
Support the Seals– It was 2004: Fallujah, Iraq. Four civilian U.S. contractors were transporting supplies for a catering company. They were ambushed, killed, their bodies burned and dragged through the streets, then hung from a bridge on the Euphrates River. A NAVY SEAL TEAM captured one of the military’s “most wanted” terrorists, the one responsible for the [...]
Hullabaloo (Free subscription) | yesterday | Politics
Beautiful by digby The Republican braintrust of Coburn and Vitter thought they were being very, very clever: Whenever Democrats talk about their proposed federally backed insurance plan, or public option, in the ongoing health-care debate, critics pipe up. If you think this public option is so great, they say, why don't you demand that all members of Congress go on it, too? Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod...
Doug Ross @ Journal (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009 | Politics
No.Senate votes to keep Medicare cuts in health billAssociated Press WASHINGTON – Casting its first votes on revamping the nation's health care system, the Senate rejected a Republican bid Thursday to stave off Medicare cuts and approved safeguards for coverage of mammograms and other preventive tests for women. The first round of votes ended with a fragile Democratic coalition hanging
The Corner (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009 | Politics
Charles Krauthammer on Obama's Afghanistan speech: Words matter because will matters. Success in war depends on three things: a brave and highly skilled soldiery, such as the U.S. military 2009, the finest counterinsurgency force in history; brilliant, battle-tested commanders such as Gens. David Petraeus and McChrystal, fresh from the success of the surge in Iraq; and the will to prevail as personified...
PSP Fanboy (Free subscription) | yesterday | Video Games
Brütal Legend may have sold less than thrillingly during the game's first month on shelves, but Double Fine head Tim Schafer remains nonplussed. In fact, he hasn't even seen the numbers yet, instead choosing to wait "'til after Christmas," he recently told GamePro . "I like to give it time, you know? I think many people look too soon but a lot of games I've worked on have succeeded...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday | Sports
RadarOnline.com reports that Jamie Jungers, a Las Vegas model, is the latest woman to allegedly have had an affair with Tiger Woods. (SCROLL DOWN FOR PICTURES) A MySpace search for Jamie Jungers reveals a profile for a 26-year-old Las Vegas blonde with the same name. While it is not clear that the profile belongs to the woman who allegedly slept with Woods, the profile picture matches a photo at RadarOnline.com....
The Hollywood Gossip (Free subscription) | yesterday | Celebrity
Note to Miley Cyrus : you've showed signs of maturity these days, deleting your Twitter account and trying to keep your private life to yourself. But you're still 17 years old. That was the same reaction a bouncer had when Miley's posse showed at the 21-and-over Club LIV at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. The establishment's manager and owner both confirmed to TMZ that Cyrus was turned away...
technabob (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009 | Technology
This breakdancing robot video clip should really be titled Breakin' 2: Electronic Boogaloo. I can't decide if I'm more mesmerized bye the Japanese dance music or his headspins more. I only wish there were some poppin'-and-lockin'.
BennyHollywood (Free subscription) | yesterday | Music
Brown also claims he played his apology song, 'Changed Man,' for Rihanna, despite her saying she hasn't heard it. By Jayson Rodriguez Chris Brown appears on ABC's 20/20 on Friday Photo: ABC Less than a month after Rihanna appeared on "20/20," her former boyfriend, Chris Brown , followed suit Friday night (December 4) to discuss his assault against her, how he plans to move forward from it...
