interesting things
In the Bronx, where more than 30 percent of people live below the poverty line, the city is spending $97 million to build an unnecessary 18-hole golf course to be operated by Donald J. Trump.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/nyregion/in-the-bronx-throwing-97-million-down-18-holes.html
A key witness against convicted child molester and former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has a book deal and will soon reveal his identity.
via Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines http://news.yahoo.com/victim-1-jerry-sandusky-trial-book-deal-135726460–spt.html
In a bid to reclaim his wonky reputation, Ryan unveils a chart-laden slide show on the campaign trail.
CANTON, Ohio — As he campaigns for the Romney ticket, GOP vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan has started lecturing audiences with a PowerPoint presentation. It’s an attempt to reclaim his wonky reputation in the wake of Republican complaints that the congressman’s deployment as a second-fiddle attack dog, the traditional running-mate role, was hurting both Ryan’s reputation and the Romney campaign.
So what’s in the PowerPoint? Will it be enough to bring back the old Paul Ryan? I got a copy of the slides — take a look.
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via Politics : The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/09/the-paul-ryan-powerpoint-experience/262931/
Guess who’s enthusiastic.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/27/not-the-election-they-were-expecting/
Exclusive photo deal calmed potential chaos for pic starring Naomi Watts as Diana.
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via Hollywood Reporter http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/princess-diana-movie-naomi-watts-paparazzi-agency-374381
The film spotlighting the fashion mag’s former editor is missing its current boss, its director tells THR: “Vogue hasn’t touched the movie.”
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via Hollywood Reporter http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/diana-vreeland-eye-has-travel-anna-wintour-vogue-374387
Mitt Romney plans to turn himself into a one-man truth squad during the first presidential debate.
via POLITICO – TOP Stories http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81741.html
Between 30 April and 1 May of the year 1006 the brightest stellar event ever recorded in history occurred: a supernova, or stellar explosion, that was widely observed by various civilizations from different places on the Earth. More than a thousand years later researchers have found that the supernova of 1006 (SN 1006) probably occurred as a result of the merger of two white dwarfs.
via ScienceDaily: Latest Science News http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120927091538.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29
What happens when producers of a game show tell two contestants there will be no trick questions and then ask what might be considered a “trick question,†causing those contestants to blow $580,000 in potential winnings?
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via Hollywood Reporter – THR, Esq. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/game-show-lawsuit-contestants-million-dollar-money-drop-374210
One of the young Libyan rebels credited with capturing Moammar Gadhafi in a drainage ditch nearly a year ago died Tuesday of injuries after being kidnapped, beaten and slashed by the late dictator’s supporters — the latest victim of persistent violence and instability in the North African country.
via Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines http://news.yahoo.com/death-libyan-rebel-raises-calls-vengeance-220259309.html