Steve Forbes, the wealthy Forbes family heir, has accomplished little of note in his life except presiding over the decline of the Forbes media empire, and losing badly in a run for President. We'll give him this, though: he is an amazing troll.
The county board presiding over Rosslyn, Virginia has voted to allow demolition of a parking garage where the FBI official then known as Deep Throat spilled the Watergate secrets to Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward. Goodbye, landmark of American journalism; hello, shopping center!
Some people like Hillary Clinton. Other people dislike Hillary Clinton. However you feel about Hillary Clinton, it is difficult to deny that she is one of the most cold and calculating political figures in all the land.
The Russian energy company Gazprom cut off natural gas supplies to Ukraine on Monday, claiming Ukraine owes the company $4.5 billion. Tensions between the two countries have reached a boiling point — over the weekend, Ukraine's foreign minister reportedly called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "dickhead."
Sunni militants captured a key northern Iraqi town, Tal Afar, early Monday morning. Only hours before, Prime Minister Nouri Al-Malaki tried to inspire volunteers who've joined the Iraqi security forces: "We will march and liberate every inch [the militants] defaced, from the country's northernmost point to the southernmost point," he said.
Coffee empire Starbucks plans to announce an unusual partnership with Arizona State University Monday to pay for the (online) college education of its 135,000-odd U.S. employees—even the ones who leave.
According to Afghan police, Taliban insurgents cut the index fingers off 11 voters who participated in Saturday's presidential run-off between foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah and former finance minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai. The incident occurred in Herat, in western Afghanistan. All 11 fingers were from men.
The State Department announced Sunday that an undisclosed number of personnel at the American Embassy in Baghdad would be temporarily relocated as Islamic militants advance through Iraq.
A 50-year-old elephant named Satao, one of Africa's last "great tuskers," has been poisoned to death by ivory poachers in Kenya.
Pop taught me how to play catch and swing a bat. Soon after, he signed me up for little league, and then signed himself up to manage my team. Teammates called him Coach Richard, but to my sister and I he was always Pop. That was how our mother referred to him in the beginning of their relationship, after learning Pop was the nickname Richard was given during his days as an air traffic controller. She meant it as a term of endearment; my sister and I meant it as a title. Pop was our way of calling Richard dad without actually using the word.
