Enlarge Rich Pedroncelli/AP California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office said the latest proposal to build a $68.4 billion high-speed train system is still too vague and the Legislature should not approve funding it for it this year. Rich Pedroncelli/AP California’s Legislative Analyst’s Office said the latest proposal to build a $68.4 billion high-speed train system is still […]
A jury has found William Balfour guilty of killing three members of Grammy-award winning singer Jennifer Hudson’s family. Enlarge HO/AFP/Getty Images William Balfour. HO/AFP/Getty Images William Balfour. Balfour, Hudson’s ex-brother in law, was found guilty on all three counts of first-degree murder for the 2008 shooting deaths of Hudson’s mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew. The
Enlarge Kimihiro Hoshino/AFP/Getty Images Facebook also has given itself more leeway on how long it keeps information it collects, saying it will retain data for “as long as it is necessary to provide services.” Kimihiro Hoshino/AFP/Getty Images Facebook also has given itself more leeway on how long it keeps information it collects, saying it will
Call your mom. Buy her a present. Give her a big hug and kiss. (And don’t forget the mother of your children.) To all our mom readers, Happy Mother’s Day! We’ll leave you with a link to a great piece from Bloomberg, which takes us back to the somber beginnings of the holiday. Bloomberg writes
The President of NARAL Pro-Choice America, the nation’s oldest abortion rights organization, will step down in January, the group said today. AP Nancy Keenan. In a statement, Nancy Keenan said she would focus her last eight months “on helping pro-choice candidates win elections.” But perhaps most interesting is what she told The Washington Post’s Ezra
The first drug shown to prevent HIV infection won the endorsement of a panel of federal advisers Thursday, clearing the way for a landmark approval in the 30-year fight against the virus that causes AIDS. In a series of votes, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended approval of the daily pill Truvada for
Shortly before President Obama voiced his support for gay marriage, Vice President Joe Biden apologized to the president for comments that led him to speed up his public pronouncement. Biden and Obama spoke in the Oval Office on Wednesday, a person familiar with the exchange said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the private
Enlarge Ronald Dumont/Getty Images Clothes designer Mary Quant, one of the leading lights of the British fashion scene in the 1960’s, having her hair cut by another fashion icon, hairdresser Vidal Sassoon in 1964. Ronald Dumont/Getty Images Clothes designer Mary Quant, one of the leading lights of the British fashion scene in the 1960’s, having
Enlarge Spencer Platt/Getty Images President Obama was on a TV monitor at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, a key historic site of the gay-rights movement. Spencer Platt/Getty Images President Obama was on a TV monitor at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, a key historic site of the gay-rights movement. The 2012
Enlarge iStockphoto.com Over in the U.K. there’s a set of principles being floated in support of collaboration between the drug industry and doctors. A sample of the dos and don’ts for doctors reads a little like dating advice: “Don’t establish blanket policies denying interaction with industry or regard it merely as a source of funding.
Enlarge AP In this screen grab taken from Mexico’s Federal Electoral Institute’s YouTube channel, Julia Orayen, second from right, carries a box from which candidates will select a speaking order. AP In this screen grab taken from Mexico’s Federal Electoral Institute’s YouTube channel, Julia Orayen, second from right, carries a box from which
Images_of_Money/Flickr How much would you wager on the constitutionality of the sweeping federal health law? The stakes are high in the U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration of the 2010 health law, as countless commentators have observed. In some circles, however, the gambling metaphor has been pushed to its logical conclusion. Bernstein Research stock analyst Ana Gupte