Democrat Terry McAuliffe has a 48-42 percent lead over Republican State Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli in the race to become Virginia's next governor, according to today's Quinnipiac University poll, the first survey in this race among voters likely to vote in the November election.
Makhaela Jenkins, the 12-year-old Ohio girl who challenged her middle school district’s ban on girls playing football, will get to take the field as a member of the school’s football team this fall after all. [...] “We have no intent of competing with the deep pockets of the ACLU in any litigation situation in order to secure a favorable judgment,” the district said in a statement. “Therefore, we will allow female participation in contact sports.”
“We have no intent of competing with the deep pockets of the ACLU in any litigation situation in order to secure a favorable judgment,” the district said in a statement. “Therefore, we will allow female participation in contact sports.”
Our December 2012 survey shows that 65% of Americans have broadband connections at home. In June 2000, when about half of adults were online, only 3% of American households had broadband access. Now, as of December 2012, the tables have turned: 3% of Americans connect to the internet at home via dial-up.
In June 2000, when about half of adults were online, only 3% of American households had broadband access. Now, as of December 2012, the tables have turned: 3% of Americans connect to the internet at home via dial-up.
"I know people say, ‘Oh my gosh, you know, Jane Fonda is playing Nancy Reagan,' but ... I don't think that whatever differences there might be in our politics really, really matters," Fonda said in an on-set interview. "As an actor, I approach her as a human being, and I happen to know that she's not unhappy that I'm playing her." What was Fonda wearing during that interview? A sweater emblazoned with an image of her young self protesting Vietnam.
What was Fonda wearing during that interview? A sweater emblazoned with an image of her young self protesting Vietnam.
The Nixon Library and the National Archives on Wednesday are releasing the final 340 hours of the White House tapes President Nixon recorded for his own use, providing Nixon's uncensored perspective of a tumultuous period in history. The tapes cover the period from April 9 through July 12, 1973 - the final few months Nixon continued to record his conversations in the White House. They immediately follow the period in which Nixon admitted responsibility for Watergate, and in which the final American troops came home from the Vietnam War.
The tapes cover the period from April 9 through July 12, 1973 - the final few months Nixon continued to record his conversations in the White House. They immediately follow the period in which Nixon admitted responsibility for Watergate, and in which the final American troops came home from the Vietnam War.
Two of Arpaio’s deputies were tracking potential drug smugglers in the desert about an hour from Phoenix, when they encountered three heavily armed men dressed in camouflage. According to court documents, one of the men raised his rifle at the deputies and started “yelling commands.” When one of the deputies identified themselves as law enforcement, the armed man screamed back “you aren’t taking my weapons.”
[Today] the Bureau of Land Management will sell off roughly 148 million tons of coal. The BLM is opening the sealed bids for the so-called "Maysdorf II" tract in the heart of the Powder River Basin in Wyoming. The coal will likely be sold to Cloud Peak Energy, which operates the adjacent Cordero Rojo mine, one of the nation's largest strip mine operations. According to Joe Smyth of Greenpeace [...] in the context of President Obama's recent climate announcements, the coal will be sold for roughly $1-per-ton. That represents a deep discount below market rates, which is what you'd expect from a lease auction with only one bidder.
According to Joe Smyth of Greenpeace [...] in the context of President Obama's recent climate announcements, the coal will be sold for roughly $1-per-ton. That represents a deep discount below market rates, which is what you'd expect from a lease auction with only one bidder.