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10.17.11 | 6:13 am
D’OH

A calculation error may explain why scientists “observed” neutrinos traveling faster than the speed of light.

10.17.11 | 5:05 am
Sign of the Times

Dems doubling down on anti-Wall Street messaging against vulnerable Freshman Republicans. Watch the new ad.

10.17.11 | 4:57 am
To Be Discussed, I Suspect

As head of the National Restaurant Association, Herman Cain led the charge against tougher drunk driving laws.

10.16.11 | 8:54 am
Tex-Mex Barbecue

Herman Cain proposes 20 foot electrified fence along the length of the US-Mexico border to electrocute anyone who tries to sneak across the border.

10.14.11 | 5:36 pm
Next Gen Micro-Drones

DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency which already created the Internet) is looking to crowd source the development of the next generation of miniature military drones.

10.14.11 | 2:19 pm
Picture(s) of the Day

Meet the Lord’s Resistance Army. Nope, not a group with a booth at CPAC. They’re the notoriously brutal paramilitary group President Obama has sent troops to Uganda to try to snuff out. See them here.

10.14.11 | 2:14 pm
Exorcist 2012

In today’s episode of Campaign in a 100 Seconds, Satan makes a special appearance to discuss the race.

10.14.11 | 2:12 pm
Read It

President Obama’s letter to Congress notifying it of the deployment of troops to central Africa.

10.14.11 | 1:57 pm
Everybody Does It?

Apparently there was a second Bush-era gun-trafficking sting operation in which ATF allowed weapons to cross the border into Mexico in hopes of tracking them to high-level smugglers. Doesn’t sound like any more of a good idea then than when ATF under Obama launched another such sting. The difference is Republicans are pillorying the Obama administration for it.

10.14.11 | 12:20 pm
Unprecedented

I’ve covered the sex abuse scandal in the U.S. Roman Catholic Church for a long time, but I can’t say I ever expected to see a bishop actually indicted for covering up abuse, let alone a diocese.

Today, Bishop Robert Finn of the Diocese of Kansas City pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of failing to report suspected child abuse by a priest. The diocese was similarly charged and also entered a not guilty plea. The indictment was returned by a Jackson County, Mo., grand jury and unsealed today. Read More