Gustavo Cuevas/EPA/Landov Spaniards protest the construction of the EuroVegas gambling complex at Puerta del Sol in Madrid last month. American billionaire, casino mogul and Republican donor Sheldon Adelson has a new project: a $35 billion gambling megacity in Europe. He has chosen debt-ridden Spain as the location for “EuroVegas,” which is expected to bring up […]
Enlarge Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images President Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney finish their debate at the University of Denver on Wednesday. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images President Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney finish their debate at the University of Denver on Wednesday. Here’s one thing President Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney could
Ask an economist like Eswar Prasad, who used to be the China guy at the Intentional Monetary Found, “So, do you know, what’s the unemployment rate in China?” And he’ll answer, “We don’t.” The official unemployment rate, put out by the government, Prasad says, is 6.5 percent. “But that number has no credibility at all.”
Liz Halloran/NPR Kim Deal (left) and Connie Moser, at Deal’s house in Occoquan, Va. We headed to Virginia’s Prince William County, a swing county in a swing state, to watch Wednesday night’s presidential debate with four undecided voters — three of whom voted for Barack Obama in 2008, one who voted for Republican John McCain.
In their first of three debates, President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney “traded barbs” and stretched some facts, say the nonpartisan watchdogs at PolitiFact.com. Similarly, the researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s FactCheck.org found examples of truth-stretching by both men. Overall, it was a debate packed with facts, a wonk’s delight. From the
Enlarge Charlie Neibergall/AP Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Obama talk after the first presidential debate at the University of Denver on Wednesday. Charlie Neibergall/AP Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and President Obama talk after the first presidential debate at the University of Denver on Wednesday. Mitt Romney may have given his campaign something
Enlarge iStockphoto.com You can believe this latest poll result if you’d like. Or not. A survey released Tuesday that was conducted by Public Policy Polling asked people if they thought pollsters were rigging their results to show President Obama leading Mitt Romney (h/t Josh Voorhees at The Slatest). The poll found respondents virtually split, with
Enlarge Kayhan Ozer/AP Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal was a close ally of Syria and lived in the capital Damascus for years. But relations soured over the uprising in Syria, and Syria’s state television denounced him in withering terms. Mashaal is shown speaking at a conference in Turkey on Sunday. Kayhan Ozer/AP Palestinian Hamas leader
Enlarge Michael Kemter/iStockphoto.com Sorry the vitamin D didn’t help. Michael Kemter/iStockphoto.com Sorry the vitamin D didn’t help. Should you take Vitamin D supplements to prevent colds and shorten the misery? Like other theories about the benefits of vitamin D, it seems like a reasonably good idea. After all, some lab studies suggest vitamin D might
October marks 75 years since a dark period in the Dominican Republic’s history. In 1937, President Rafael Leonidas Trujillo ordered the execution of thousands of ethnic Haitians. Guest host Celeste Headlee discusses the “Parsley Massacre” with two noted authors, one Dominican and one Haitian: Julia Alvarez and Edwidge Danticat. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2012/10/01/162088692/dominicans-haitians-remember-parsley-massacre?ft=1&f=1001
Enlarge Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP In this Nov. 19, 2011 fie photo the U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP In this Nov. 19, 2011 fie photo the U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington. Unless Congress passes legislation in a lame-duck session, taxes will be higher by a half-trillion dollars next year,
Enlarge John Moore/Getty Images The Iranian cameraman who was part of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s delegation to the U.N. last week is now seeking asylum, a lawyer says. John Moore/Getty Images The Iranian cameraman who was part of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s delegation to the U.N. last week is now seeking asylum, a lawyer says. When Iranian