State of the Union 2011: 'Win the future,' Obama says

By Anne E. Kornblut and Scott Wilson

Washington Post Staff Writers

President Obama sought to rouse the nation from complacency in his State of the Union address Tuesday, urging innovation and budget reforms that he said are vital to keep the United States a leader in an increasingly competitive world.

Glenn Beck blasts Bronx, compares Co-Op City to failed socialist state

BY Mike Jaccarino

DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Right-wing pundit Glenn Beck has roiled residents of the Bronx's Co-Op City - suggesting their affordable community is an example of the failed socialism that once ruled the USSR.

As Arabs protest, Obama administration offers assertive support

By Scott Wilson and Joby Warrick

Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, January 27, 2011; 3:44 AM

The Obama administration is openly supporting the anti-government demonstrations shaking the Arab Middle East, a stance that is far less tempered than the one the president has taken during past unrest in the region.

Warily Eyeing Egypt, Israelis Feel Like Spectators

By ISABEL KERSHNER

Published: January 26, 2011

JERUSALEM — After the Tunisian revolution and the emergence of a Hezbollah-backed government in Lebanon, Israelis are confronting another jolt to the system as mass protests rock Egypt, the partner in Israel’s oldest and most important Middle East relationship.

Close-up of Firecracker exploding at 10,000 frames per second

Close-up of Firecracker exploding at 10,000 frames per second

January 27th, 2011 Posted in General

 

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In this hectic world, We don’t have time even to appreciate nature’s beauty and feet its depthness. We never slow down to sniff sweet smell of flowers. but most enthusiast slow down the world by making their photo graphic magical.
For instance here is a simple fire cracker exploding film at 10,000 frames per second taken through a high speed camera.  It is so accurately filmed that this quaint little fire cracker looks more like a Hollywood blockbuster explosion in action.

Met police reopen investigation into phone hacking at News of the World

Murdoch tabloid gives 'significant new evidence' to Scotland Yard as senior editor Ian Edmondson is sacked

• Vikram Dodd, James Robinson and Nicholas Watt 

 

 

Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of News International, will face mounting pressure as police reopen the phone-hacking investigation. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

Scotland Yard reopened its investigation into phone hacking today – four years after the only convictions in the case – after the News of the World passed on "significant new information" alleged to implicate one of the paper's top executives in the practice.

The Role Model: What Obama Sees in Reagan

By Michael Scherer and Michael Duffy 

 
In May 2010, Barack Obama invited a small group of presidential historians to the White House for a working supper in the Family Dining Room. It was the second time he'd had the group in since taking office, and as he sat down across the table from his wife Michelle, the President pressed his guests for lessons from his predecessors. But as the conversation progressed, it became clear to several in the room that Obama seemed less interested in talking about Lincoln's team of rivals or Kennedy's Camelot than the accomplishments of an amiable conservative named Ronald Reagan, who had sparked a revolution three decades earlier when he arrived in the Oval Office.

How humans are 97% the same as orangutans: New research shows how DNA matches

How humans are 97% the same as orangutans: New research shows how DNA matches

By David Derbyshire



Orangutans may be more closely related to humans than scientists previously thought, a new genetic study has shown.
The first blueprint of the orangutan genetic code has confirmed that they share 97 per cent of their DNA with people.
Although that makes the red-haired apes less closely related to us than chimps - who have 99 per cent of DNA in common - a small portion of orangutan DNA is a closer match to human DNA, the international team of researchers found.

Mikati appointed as Lebanon's new PM

Mikati appointed as Lebanon's new PM 

BEIRUT: Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman appointed telecoms tycoon Najib Mikati, who is backed by Hizbollah and its allies, as prime minister-designate on Tuesday, a presidential statement said.

Sources said Mikati, a Sunni from Tripoli, won the nomination of 68 members of parliament of the country's 128-member assembly.

Metro North Train Schedule

Metro North Train Schedule

 

Metro-North Railroad is planning a normal weekday schedule for Thursday morning, but asked riders to check their site at www.mta.info before leaving the house regarding cancelled trains, service disruptions, and other problems with their commute.
With 19 inches of snow in Central Park and similar amounts elsewhere mass transit is not doing well this morning.

Michelle Money Making "Money" Off Carlos Boozer

Michelle Money: Trying To Make “Money” Off Carlos Boozer?

Posted by TheMommyologist 

 

Michelle Money, a.k.a this season’s “Crazy Michelle” on The Bachelor, has run to the tabloids with a story that she had an affair with Carlos Boozer, a married basketball player for the Chicago Bulls. Michelle Money apparently wants to clear the air and get things off her chest about the Carlos Boozer hook up. Basically, Michelle Money is looking to make some fast “money” off Carlos Boozer by going public with her story.

Michelle claims that Boozer and his wife were on the verge of divorce when the affair occurred and said, “All I can do is try to do better with my life. I screwed up. But I can only try to do the best I can.”

Accused killer: I performed plastic surgery on myself

Accused killer: I performed plastic surgery on myself

TOKYO — While on the lam for 2½ years, a Japanese man wanted for the murder of a British woman says he scissored off his lower lip, dug two moles out of his cheek with a box cutter and gave himself a nose job in an attempt to obscure his identity.

Chris Medina American Idol “Break Even” Milwaukee Audition (Video)

Chris Medina American Idol “Break Even” Milwaukee Audition (Video)

Watch Chris Medina’s American Idol audition in Milwaukee (video) – Chris Medina sings “Break Even” by The Script and he’s very good.

PS3 Update 3.56: Sony New Firmware

3.56 Update is now available to be downloaded

Most people who tried to connect to their PlayStation 3 today must have noticed that their game console needed an update. The 3.56 firmware was released last nightt and you are advised to download as soon as possible.
Do not expect anything new from the firmware other than a minor security patch that has the ability to block homebrew.

In other terms this is obviously a first step taken by Sony to counter the major hack that PlayStation suffered in early 2011.
This is how to obtain the 3.56 Update: Make sure your Playstation 3 is connected to the Internet via WiFi or Ethernet.
Then go in the [Settings]> [Network Update].
And simply follow the instructions on the screen.

Abercrombie Birth Certificate Quest: Hawaii Gov. Admits Failure Hoax

January 26, 2011 by Anton Dosney 

Radio personality Mike Evans is vigorously back peddling from recent statements he made claiming Hawaii had no proof President Barack Obama was born there. Evans – who broadcasts an approximately five minute long “Mike Evans: Hollywood Reports” segment on 34 radio stations nationwide – told KQRS radio listeners, in Minnesota, on Jan. 20, that there was no Obama birth certificate according to Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie who had looked for it himself.

Abercrombie Birth Certificate: Answering the Eternal Mystery of Obama’s Birth

Posted by ebrady 

It’s the case of the missing birth certificate…. it seems the powers that be just can’t seem to make up their minds whether President Obama has a birth certificate on file with the state of Hawaii!
For years a question mark has been around over the birth of Barack Obama.   The question of his birth got a bit murkier earlier today when rumors swirled that the Governor of Hawaii, Neil Abercrombie, had said that he had been unable to find any record of Obama’s birth anywhere in the state of Hawaii.  Now late this afternoon, the dude who started the whole controversy is back-pedalling on his remarks and pleading his own ignorance.

Desert Valley Auto Parts

Desert Valley Auto Parts

Desert Car Kings Debuts Tonight; Filming Takes Place in Phoenix This Weekend


The Arizona-based reality show Desert Car Kings debuts tonight on the Discovery Channel. Soon thereafter, you can be in the spotlight when cameras roll in north Phoenix.

Rep. Kucinich sues over olive pit in sandwich

By ANDREW MIGA, Associated Press

WASHINGTON – Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio is suing a congressional cafeteria for dental damage he says he suffered after biting into an olive pit in a sandwich wrap he bought there.

What To Do When Someone Dies: Online Accounts

In our modern Internet age, there are multiple places where we interact and communicate online. From standard email accounts and Facebook to Foursquare and Twitter, an individual can juggle as many as several dozen online accounts at one time. And when an unexpected death occurs, this can leave several loose ends that need to be tied up before you can finally say your goodbyes.

Shakira on a high after YouTube landmark

Sampurn Wire

No, Shakira has not sung a new track for YouTube or anything similar. The lady in question is still on a super-high, she has revealed. Shakira, the website shows, has crossed a crucial landmark number of video-views: one billion.

The Columbian singer says that it comes as a news of immense importance and delight to her. Having won two of the Grammies apart from the other awards, it is evident that the Waka Waka singer’s fan following swells as the days pass and more and more people discover her existence on internet, including the much popular Waka Waka.