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Newt Gingrich Proposes Moon Colony “by the end of his second term”
"By the end of my second term, we will have the first permanent base on the moon and it will be American," Gingrich told Floridians. When 13,000 Americans are "living on the moon, they can petition to become a state," he added.. -
Obama proposes financial aid overhaul that would tie colleges’ eligibility for campus-based aid programs to success in improving affordability and value
Under the plan, which the president outlined on Friday morning in a speech at the University of Michigan, the amount available for Perkins loans would grow to $8 billion, from the current $1 billion. The president also wants to create a $1 billion grant competition, along the lines of the Race for the Top program for elementary and secondary education, to reward states that take action to keep college costs down, and a separate $55 million competition for individual colleges to increase their value and efficiency. The administration also wants to give families clearer information about costs and quality, by requiring colleges and universities to offer a “shopping sheet” that makes it easier to compare financial aid packages and — for the first time — compiling post-graduate earning and employment information to give students a better sense of what awaits them.. -
The Current’s 7 years of good luck: Dessa, Mary Lucia & more weigh in
The Current, located at 89.3 on the FM dial, is far from just another a radio station. Over the past seven years, it has transformed into somewhat of a Twin Cities institution, offering an alternative to the redundancy of commercial radio while also acting as a musical rite of passage for up-and-coming local outfits of all stripes. It's a central, cultural power within a city constantly brimming with talent, and its audience and influence extends beyond the confines of our bustling metropolis. And now with a (sold out) two-night birthday soiree taking place at First Avenue this weekend, which features a stacked lineup of local heavyweights both new and old (Night Moves, Polica, Low and Suicide Commandos, just to name a few), the Current's significance has never seemed more pronounced. It was a long way to the top. As longtime DJ Mary Lucia remembers it, commercial radio was in a dismal state seven years ago. The playlists had become painfully predictable. Oh, and Nickleback was pretty popular, too. More » -
Rubio: GOP ‘too slow’ to condemn anti-immigrant talk
Sen. Marco Rubio got wide praise from the GOP presidential candidates at their latest debate and even hinted the Cuban-American lawmaker could make a fine vice presidential pick, but he steered clear of that today. Addressing the Hispanic Leadership Network's conference in Miami, Rubio instead focused on the overheated rhetoric that has dominated the immigration debate in Washington.. -
Ferris Bueller Lives!
Great news, for the first time in 26 years, Matthew Broderick will be slipping back into Ferris Bueller’s patterned sweater vest. The occasion will be an ad for next weekend’s Super Bowl, but for whom the revival will go down is unknown beside that. The announcement was made via a YouTube video, below, that lasts all of ten seconds; we get Broderick dropping “how can I handle work on a day like today,” we get the date of the big game, and we get a quick "bow-bow-chh." The video’s description reads: “We hate to be such a tease, but on a day like today, we just have to. Stick it out until the Super Bowl, or take a "day off" on Monday and catch the big reveal.”More » -
Diary of a Nebbishy Comic: ‘My Seinfeld Year’
Fred Stoller's neurotic Brooklynite whine makes Woody Allen seem like an amateur, and Mr. Stoller, 52, has worked his gift into a career, first as a deadpan stand-up comic and then as a nebbishy actor in countless short-lived sitcom roles: Elaine's annoying date in an episode of "Seinfeld," a mopey cousin on "Everybody Loves Raymond," a jerky waiter on "Friends.". -
Romney Stays on the Offense With Gingrich
Mitt Romney, facing his greatest challenge of the campaign so far, relentlessly pressed Newt Gingrich on Thursday night in their final debate before the Florida primary, seeking to regain the offensive against an insurgent challenge that has shaken his claim to inevitability.. . -
FBI wants to scrape Twitter worldwide
The FBI is considering continuously monitoring all social media sites on a global basis, and is looking for help. It's asking contractors for proposals for a system that could scan the networks, globally and in real time, to identify potential threats. The deadline for responses is 10 February. According to its Request for Information, the applications must be able to "provide an automated search and scrape capability of both social media sites and open source news sites for breaking events, crisis, and threats that meet the search parameters/keywords defined by FBI SIOC".. -
Nike’s Phil Knight rails against the real Penn State villains
In a 2½-hour gathering that capped three days of mourning on campus, Nike chairman and CEO Phil Knight brought the near-capacity crowd at the basketball arena to its feet when he defended the coach's handling of child-sex allegations leveled against a former assistant. Paterno was fired two months ago by the Penn State trustees. "This much is clear to me: If there is a villain in this tragedy, it lies in that investigation and not in Joe Paterno's response," Knight said. Paterno's widow, Sue, was among those rising to their feet.More » -
Jim Rome’s Miss Radiance wins at Santa Anita
Rome and trainer Mike Puype opted to run Miss Radiance in the Bug Brush after scratching from Sunday’s Grade II La Canada Stakes, and the decision proved prudent. The 4-year-old Yes It’s True filly overtook pacesetter Bwana Babe to win by one-half length in 1:43.22. Although Rome’s romance with horse racing ownership had brought some immediate success, “It wasn’t until I got punched in the face a couple of times that I realized just how tough this is,” he said in the winner’s circle Thursday. “That’s why I can be so appreciative of something like this.”More » -
What Should Liam Neeson Punch Next?
Liam Neeson used to be in fancy-pants movies like Schindler's List and Nell and Rob Roy ... I mean, in 1993's Ethan Frome, he played Ethan Frome. At some point, though, he got really into beating people up. In 2008, he had a huge hit with Taken, where he beats people up because they kidnapped his daughter. In Clash Of The Titans, he vicariously beat people up by releasing the Kraken. (Not a euphemism.) Then his desire for action became such that he actually joined The A Team! (You probably didn't see that one.) Last year in Unknown, he beat up everyone who didn't recognize him. (Which was everyone.) In the upcoming Battleship, if I am understanding the premise, he's going to fight aliens with boats.More » -
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With Twitter allowed during Pro Bowl, Aaron Rodgers can finally bury that In-N-Out tweet
Suddenly the Pro Bowl—that consolation prize Packers fans had no need for last year—seems a whole lot sweeter this year. If not for another chance to see Aaron Rodgers kind of play football again before the offseason, then because this should be the catalyst that revives his long-dormant Twitter account. The normally bunched-up NFL has lifted its normal ban on the social media platform for the annual Hawaiian dick-around game and will be allowing players to tweet during the festivities using the #probowl hashtag.More » -
Racehorse “speed gene” traced to 18th century British mare
Irish researchers writing in the journal Nature Communications say that the original "speed gene" variant entered the equine Thoroughbred line from a single British mare about 300 years ago. The origin of the speed gene (known as the C type myostatin gene variant, first identified in 2010) was revealed by analyzing DNA from hundreds of horses, including DNA extracted from the skeletal remains of 12 celebrated Thoroughbred stallions born between 1764 and 1930.. -
How Google keeps your secrets private
How does a company that collects so much information from its users keep all that data private?. . -
Vikings will listen to offers for No. 3
Minnesota Vikings general manager Rick Spielman kicked off the draft-day trade speculation season by hopping on the NFL Network during Senior Bowl practices and declaring: "It will be, I think, very busy on draft day. We're the third overall pick, so we'll be looking at all the options. If someone wants to come up and get our pick, we’re going to be more than willing to listen." As we've discussed before, the presence of Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III would make the Vikings an obvious trading partner for a quarterback-needy team at No. 3. In the past, Spielman has said there are a few players in each draft that he would never pass up an opportunity to select, regardless of the trade offer. More » -
Google’s New Privacy Policy – they collect everything about you
Device information We may collect device-specific information (such as your hardware model, operating system version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information including phone number). Google may associate your device identifiers or phone number with your Google Account.. -
Foreign people in Norway
One of the assignments we made for our videoproduction course in Lillehammer Norway! Style; reflexive documentary (like micheal moore films). . -
Thousands march in Poland over Acta internet treaty
Prime Minister Donald Tusk says his government will on Thursday sign the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The treaty, known as Acta, aims to establish international standards to enforce intellectual property rights. But critics say it could curb freedom of expression, and government websites have been hacked in protest. Several marches took place in cities across the nation on Wednesday, says the BBC's Adam Easton in Warsaw. Crowds of mostly young people held banners with slogans such as "no to censorship" and "a free internet".. . -
Tampa Bay Lightning Fire Mascot For Silly String Attack
The 10 News Investigators have learned the Tampa Bay Lightning are looking for a new mascot less than a week after "ThunderBug" had an altercation with a Bruins fan. A Boston-backer slammed the mascot from behind during the Tuesday, Jan 17 Lightning-Bruins game after he was hit with silly string. Ushers spoke to the man in the concourse, but he later returned to his seat.. -
U.S. Forces Rescue Two Hostages From Somali Pirates
Around 2 a.m. Wednesday, elders in the Somali village of Galkayo said they began hearing an unusual sound: the whirl of helicopters. It was the beginning of a daring and risky mission by dozens of members of the Navy Seals to rescue two hostages — an American aid worker and her Danish colleague — held by Somali pirates since October. They dropped down in parachutes under a cloak of darkness 8,000 miles away just as President Obama was about to deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. The commandos hiked two miles from where they landed, grabbed the hostages and flew them to safety.More » -
Amazing Race: Meet the teams
Get a look at the travelers at the starting line for the show's 20th season on Sunday, Feb. 19 (Brenchel!), and see what each has to say about his/her teammate. -
YouTube HOF: Super Bowl Commercials
Pepsi, Cindy Crawford Bill Simmons: This is my favorite Super Bowl commercial ever. Back in 1992, I desperately hoped it would start a trend of big". -
Wind farm will seek permit to legally kill eagles
A controversial wind farm proposed near Red Wing plans to ask for federal permission to legally kill eagles, making it one of the first in the nation to participate in a new federal strategy aimed at managing the often-lethal conflict between birds and turbine blades. U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials say they urged the developers of AWA Goodhue Wind to seek the new permit because the deaths of an unknown number of eagles and endangered golden eagles will be inevitable once the 50-turbine project is up and running.. -
Sources: Tigers land Prince Fielder in megadeal
Boras’ top free-agent client, first baseman Prince Fielder, has agreed to a nine-year, $214 million contract with the Tigers, according to major-league sources. Fielder's deal with the Tigers does not include an opt-out provision, a source said. Tigers general manager David Dombrowski recently told ESPN.com that Fielder, “doesn’t fit for us. He’s looking for a long-term deal and that just doesn’t fit.” Either Dombrowski was shading the truth, or Tigers owner Mike Ilitch — who has worked well with Boras in the past — made a last-minute call to sign Fielder.. -
Minnesota Nice? Duluth launches campaign against racism
The conversation is long overdue, said Carl Crawford of Lake Superior College and an African-American resident of Duluth for over 25 years. "For those of us who have been here, lived here, we know what we feel when we come into certain places," Crawford said. "It's here, we live it, we breathe it, we feel it. We base how we're going to get dressed in the morning on how our next interaction with other people is going to go." The first goal of the campaign is to call attention to racial disparity in a city that is 90 percent white, said Ellen O'Neill, executive director of the Duluth YWCA, which spearheaded the new initiative. "We swim in a sea of whiteness, it's the norm," O'Neill said. "If we're white we don't have to think about it, we don't see it. So the first step is getting white people to see it."More » -
Vikings stadium: Metrodome site or bust
As the 2012 session of the Minnesota state legislature convenes Tuesday, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton has narrowed the focus of the Minnesota Vikings stadium debate to one site. That's a good thing. Some legislators wouldn't have entertained the issue in its chaotic three-site form. One huge question, and excuse for delay, has been eliminated. More » -
Mitt Romney to pay $6.2M in taxes for 2010-2011
Mitt Romney released his 2010 tax returns and an estimate for 2011 showing he is likely to pay $6.2 million on income of $42.5 million of income over the two years. Romney's tax information -- covering over 500 pages -- can be found on his website. The tax records show Romney paid an effective tax rate of 13.9% on his adjusted gross income in 2010 and 15.4% for last year.. . -
List of 84th annual Academy Award nominations
Complete list of 84th Annual Academy Award nominations announced Tuesday: 1. Best Picture: "The Artist," ''The Descendants," ''Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close," ''The Help," ''Hugo," ''Midnight in Paris," ''Moneyball," ''The Tree of Life," ''War Horse." 2. Actor: Demian Bichir, "A Better Life"; George Clooney, "The Descendants"; Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"; Gary Oldman, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"; Brad Pitt, "Moneyball."More » -
The Footage the NFL Won’t Show You
If you ask the league to see the footage that was taken from on high to show the entire field and what all 22 players did on every play, the response will be emphatic. "NO ONE gets that," NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy wrote in an email. This footage, added fellow league spokesman Greg Aiello, "is regarded at this point as proprietary NFL coaching information." For decades, NFL TV broadcasts have relied most heavily on one view: the shot from a sideline camera that follows the progress of the ball. Anyone who wants to analyze the game, however, prefers to see the pulled-back camera angle known as the "All 22."More » -
Bon Joviver: You Give Love A Bad Name
Here are three things we absolutely love: Bon Iver, ‘80s rock and song covers. Miracles of Modern Science decided to take Bon Jovi’s classic “You Give Love a Bad Name” and perform it in the style of Justin Vernon’s band. The video they filmed is only a snippet of the song, but here’s hoping if enough people ask for it, we shall receive a full length song. (more...). -
Packers voice Jim Irwin dead at 77
Family, friends, co-workers and sports fans across Wisconsin are grieving the reported loss of a voice who brought the excitement of world champions and favorite athletes into our homes for decades. Hall of Fame announcer Jim Irwin, Newsradio 620 WTMJ's longtime play-by-play voice of the Green Bay Packers, Milwaukee Bucks and Wisconsin Badgers, has passed away. . -
Dan Patrick: Braun ‘may be innocent’
Citing information from "somebody involved in the process," sports commentator Dan Patrick said on his radio show Monday morning that "Ryan Braun may be an innocent man" and "may be exonerated." If this happens, obviously it would be tremendous news for the Brewers and Braun, who tested positive for a banned substance in October and appealed the finding before an arbitration panel in New York last week. It also would make it an even bigger atrocity that news of the positive test was leaked to ESPN, which reported it in early December.. -
Supreme Court: Warrants needed in GPS tracking
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that police must obtain a search warrant before using a GPS device to track criminal suspects. But the justices left for another day larger questions about how technology has altered a person’s expectation of privacy. Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that the government needed a valid warrant before attaching a GPS device to the Jeep used by D.C. drug kingpin Antoine Jones, who was convicted in part because police tracked his movements on public roads for 28 days.More »
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