Say It Ain’t So, Joe: Bazooka Bubble Gum Is Killing Its Tiny Comics
A tiny comic strip has wrapped each piece of gum since 1953. But the company says it’s redesigning its packaging to be more relevant to today’s bubble-blowing kids. Instead of comics, there will be brainteasers and codes that unlock onilne content, The New York Times reports.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Border Killings Prompt Scrutiny Over Use Of Force
In less than two years, U.S. Border Patrol agents have killed 18 Mexicans along the border — including eight people throwing rocks. Now the Department of Homeland Security is examining its policy on deadly force along the border.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Russia, U.S. Seek To Resolve Friction On Adoptions
Foreign adoptions are a hot-button issue in Russia; some Russian officials have even called for a ban. Despite the political sensitivity, Russia and the U.S. are working out an agreement designed to improve the adoption process for prospective parents and children.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Documents Show FBI Kept Tabs On Stalin’s Daughter After Defection
Lana Peters, who died last year, defected to the U.S. in 1967. The Associated Press, citing newly declassified documents, says the FBI was trying to gauge how the former Svetlana Alliluyeva’s defection was affecting international relations.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Sen. Boxer: Female Politicians In ‘Middle’ Of Progress
Barbara Boxer was elected to the Senate in the “Year of the Woman,” 1992. But she’d already served 10 years in the House. As Congress enters a landmark term with more women than ever, there’s still a gender gap. But Boxer says, wait a minute: “It’s only almost yesterday that women got the right to vote.”» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Some Early Returns From First Post-Citizens United Election
Political observers are still working through the rubble of the unprecedented $6 billion presidential campaign, but we’re getting a steady stream of reaction and analysis.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Four Days Later, Florida Declares For Obama
Florida officials said the president had 50 percent of the vote to Romney’s 49.1 percent. His win of the state’s 29 electoral votes gives Obama a total of 332 electoral votes to Mitt Romney’s 206.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Why Election Day Was Sort Of Like Mother’s Day
When the 113th Congress convenes in January, New Hampshire will have the first-in-the-nation all-female congressional delegation (as well as a female governor). And each of these women started her political career while raising young kids. That got NPR intern Elizabeth Brown thinking about her childhood in the Granite State.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
What Earthquakes Can Teach Us About Elections
Political historian Allan Lichtman says he sees elections the way geophysicists see earthquakes — as events fundamentally driven by structural factors deep beneath the surface, rather than by superficial events at the surface.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Senate Democrats Add To Majority: Caucus Now 54 Plus One
Senate Democrats did better than just keep their slim majority. Wednesday brought news that they expanded it by managing to retain control of two of their most threatened seats, in Montana and North Dakota.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
