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The Huffington Post | Full News Feed         "No Rest For The Dead": New Crime Thriller Co-Written By 26 Authors July 6, 2011 at 12:58 PM   Does the adage "too many cooks spoil the broth" apply to fiction? Readers of the novel No Rest For The Dead will soon find out. Read More...         Bill Clinton: Economy Should Recover Before Deficit-Cutting Deal Takes Effect July 6, 2011 at 12:58 PM   WASHINGTON -- Former President Bill Clinton said Wednesday that any deficit-cutting deal worked out between Democrats and Republicans shouldn't take effect immediately, but rather wait until after the economy has recovered. He warned that implementing the cuts too soon could imperil the fragile economic recovery and possibly send the country spiraling back into a recession. "Almost nobody's talking about one of the central points that everyone who has analyzed this situation makes -- including the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles commission -- which [is] you shouldn't do any of this until the economy is clearly recovering," said Clinton in remarks at the annual Campus Progress National Conference in Washington, D.C. "If you do things that dampen economic growth…there's a good chance that economic activity will go down so much that tax revenues will be reduced even more than spending is cut and the deficit will increase," he added. Read More... More on Debt Ceiling         Massage Could Relieve Chronic Back Pain July 6, 2011 at 12:58 PM   In the latest study comparing the benefits of adding massage to usual care for lower back pain, researchers report that massage improved pain symptoms and allowed patients to function better than those who didn't get massage. Read More... More on Healthy Living Health News         Morning Rush: Best Morning Show Clips For July 6, 2011 July 6, 2011 at 12:58 PM   Missed today's morning shows? We've got the highlights here: Read More... More on Morning Rush         Inappropriate Heart Stents Have Little Benefit: Study July 6, 2011 at 12:26 PM   One in eight U.S. patients who have non-emergency stenting procedures to clear blocked arteries in the heart are likely to see more harm than good from the procedure, researchers said Tuesday. The findings stoke concern about overuse of the invasive treatment, which costs the nation some $12 billion a year and offers few benefits over drug therapy unless the patient has suffered a heart attack. Read More... More on New Research         David Hasselhoff In 'Sons Of Anarchy': 'Baywatch' Star To Play Porn Star July 6, 2011 at 12:26 PM   Once a massive primetime star thanks to his heroic talking car in "Knight Rider" and then camp hero thanks to buxom heroine lifeguards in "Baywatch," David Hasselhoff has, over time, made the career-elongating transition from legitimate draw to B-style television to straight up self-parody. Some might argue that his time patrolling the waves was, at least by the end, an exercise in self-awareness and winking all by itself, but regardless of the exact moment of meta changeover, The Hoff is now, undoubtedly, always The Hoff. Following a rough end to his gimmicky presence on "America's Got Talent," Hasselhoff has now signed on to what sounds like a perfect bit of self-parody: according to TVGuide, Hasselhoff will be playing Dondo, a former porn star turned girl-on-girl skin flick director. Whether the boys of Sam Crow will appreciate his presence in their Charming, California, is a whole other question, the answer to which will presumably hint at just how serious his time on the show's fourth season will be taken. Read More...         China Oil Leaks: ConocoPhillips Defends Response July 6, 2011 at 12:26 PM   BEIJING -- American energy giant ConocoPhillips defended its response to a pair of oil leaks off China's northeast coast and said Wednesday it would change procedures there if necessary to prevent future spills. The government said Tuesday it was investigating the company's role in the June leaks and possible damage to the environment. The State Oceanic Administration said the oil covered 840 square kilometers (324 square miles) in the Penglai area of Bohai Bay, where ConocoPhillips operates seven production platforms. Read More... More on China         Syria Army Deserter Claims He Was Ordered To Shoot Protesters (VIDEO) July 6, 2011 at 12:26 PM   A man claiming to be a Syrian army deserter has come forward with claims that he defected after being repeatedly assigned to open fire on unarmed civilians protesting against the government. As CNN is reporting, the 21-year-old man, who worked in an ice cream factory prior to being drafted last December, deserted and fled Syria after serving as a sniper in the 14th Division of the Syrian army. The man, who asked not to be identified, is currently in hiding in Istanbul while applying for asylum as a refugee. Though CNN could not independently verify the man's claims, they seem to be in line with protester group allegations, as well as other defector's testimonies. "There were protests and chanting," he said. "Suddenly our officer gave us the order to shoot at the people. It didn't matter how many would be killed; the important thing was for the protest to be dispersed." Read More... More on Syria         News Of The World Hacking Scandal: A Timeline Of Events July 6, 2011 at 12:26 PM   British tabloid News of the World has come under intense fire for allegedly hacking into the voice mailbox of a missing 13-year old girl in 2002, as well as families of the victims in London's 7/7 bombings in 2005. The developments are just the latest revelations in a long-running phone hacking scandal at NoW. In 2007, then-royal editor Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire were charged with hacking the voice messages of three aides to the royal family. But while News Corp. executives and former NoW editors Andy Coulson and Rebekah Brooks have always maintained that the two convicted journalists acted alone to no one else's knowledge, the new allegations suggest otherwise. Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to a full investigation into the "absolutely disgusting" allegations, and the original 2007 police investigation that discovered but failed to act on bountiful evidence of NoW's phone hacking practices. Other celebrities and politicians targeted by the tabloid in recent years include Jude Law, Sienna Miller, Gwyneth Paltrow, London Mayor Boris Johnson and members of Parliament. See the full timeline of events below. Read More...         FDIC Approves Rules Clawing Back Pay Of Executives Responsible For Collapse July 6, 2011 at 12:26 PM   WASHINGTON (Dave Clarke) - U.S. regulators will be able to snatch back up to two years of Wall Street executives' pay if they are found responsible for the collapse of a major financial firm, under a rule approved on Wednesday. The provision is part of a broader Federal Deposit Insurance Corp rule laying out the order in which creditors will be paid during a government liquidation of a large, failing financial firm. Read More... More on The Fed         Utah Kids Turn Dad In For Pot Possession July 6, 2011 at 12:26 PM   SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Authorities say a Utah man was arrested after his two children called police to report that he had marijuana in the house. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the man was charged Tuesday with two third-degree felony charges of child endangerment and one class B misdemeanor accusing him of possession of a controlled substance. The man's name wasn't reported. Read More... More on Marijuana         Colorectal Cancer: 1 In 3 Skipping Lifesaving Screenings July 6, 2011 at 12:12 PM   One in three adults isn't getting screened for colorectal cancer when they should be, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While the total number of people being screened for colorectal cancer in the United States has increased over the last eight years -- from 52 percent in 2002 to 65 percent in 2010 -- screening rates are still too low among people ages 50 and 75, the Vital Signs report said. Half of new detected cancer cases -- as well as prevented deaths -- are a result of increased colorectal cancer screenings, according to the report. From 2003 to 2007, 66,000 fewer people developed the disease, and 32,000 fewer people died from it. Read More... More on chronic conditions         Picasso Drawing Stolen: 'Tete de Femme' Snatched From Weinstein Gallery in San Francisco July 6, 2011 at 12:12 PM   SAN FRANCISCO -- Police are on the hunt for a man who walked into a San Francisco art gallery, grabbed a valuable pencil drawing by Pablo Picasso off the wall and fled in a waiting taxicab. Police on Tuesday said the drawing, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, was taken from the Weinstein Gallery near Union Square. Read More... More on San Francisco         The Age Of Harry Potter Draws To A Close July 6, 2011 at 12:12 PM   When life and art get mixed up, the plot can be enthralling. Am I alone in finding something rather satisfying, from a crude narrative point of view, about JK Rowling firing her agent, Christopher Little, just days before the triumphant culmination of the Harry Potter saga, the world premiere of HP7? Read More...         Nidal Hasan, Fort Hood Shooting Suspect, To Face Death Penalty July 6, 2011 at 12:12 PM   FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood rampage will be tried in a military court and face the death penalty, the commanding general for the Texas military post announced Wednesday. Maj. Nidal Hasan is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in the November 2009 shooting spree at the Texas Army post. Read More... More on Military         Florida Home Reportedly Ransacked By Buffett-Linked Mortgage Firm July 6, 2011 at 12:12 PM   Chris Boudreau of Brooksville, Florida says he is the unwilling recipient of a home makeover, courtesy of his mortgage company. 21st Mortgage Corporation, which says it is a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's firm Berkshire Hathaway on its website, allegedly hired a private firm to ransack and clean out Boudreau's home, according to WTSP 10 News. They reportedly took out his sofa, tables, television, DVD player, tapes and cabinets. They even shredded Mrs. Boudreau's wedding dress, claims Boudreau. "When she saw what happened, she actually went into in the dumpster trying to go through the stuff," Boudreau told the news station. "She was crying her eyes out." Read More... More on Florida         PTA Moms Arrested For Ponzi Scheme Worth Millions July 6, 2011 at 12:12 PM   Three Diamond Bar PTA moms at Armstrong Elementary School allegedly duped around 40 investors in a Ponzi scheme that lost victims up to $4 million. Los Angeles County Sheriff's investigators believe that a total of $14 million was drawn in as part of the phony investment scheme and that $4 million was squandered by the PTA mothers. Two of the women were arrested at their Diamond Bar homes Tuesday after a six month fraud investigation that was linked to a third woman who was already convicted on separate fraud charges, according to Capt. Mike Parker of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau. Read More...         Last Shuttle Launch Could Face Delay Over Bad Weather July 6, 2011 at 12:12 PM   CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The weather isn't cutting NASA any breaks, not even for the last space shuttle launch. Forecasters say there's a 70 percent chance that rain or thunderstorms will prevent Atlantis from flying Friday. That's worse than before. The weather forecast improves slightly over the weekend. Read More... More on NASA         Arizona Dust Storm 2011: Amazing Video Of The Extreme Weather July 6, 2011 at 12:12 PM   When an incredible wall of sand and dust began wafting through Arizona, folks from Phoenix and other towns standing in the disaster's inevitable path grabbed their cameras and braved the elements to produce some remarkable, up-close-and-personal footage. The dust wall, known as a haboob, reached peak heights of 8,000 to 10,000 feet, National Weather Service meteorologist Paul Iniguez told the Associated Press. By the time the storm reached Phoenix, it was an estimated 5,000 feet. Check out some of the incredible home videos posted to YouTube. Read More... More on Extreme Weather         Your Daily mOMent July 6, 2011 at 12:12 PM   We're all busy. Work, activities, errands, bills, responsibilities, friends -- sometimes it all turns into one big run-on sentence and we forget to take a minute to … breathe. Pause. Smile. Notice the small things. It can take just a moment to give everyday life a little perspective. Today's video was shot at Central Park. Check back here every afternoon for a new "mOMent" to enjoy. Have a great idea for one? Send along a photo or video to moment@huffingtonpost.com! Read More... More on Healthy Living Spirit         Jon Andre Fredriksen, Norwegian Soccer Player, Scores Amazing Goal From Midfield (VIDEO) July 6, 2011 at 12:12 PM   When it comes to amazing soccer goals, some are scored due to pure luck and circumstance, while others are rooted in great skill and athleticism. And then some are a little bit of both; as shown by the tally above. During a recent Norwegian Second Division match between Stabæk 2 and Moss, Moss midfielder Jon Andre Fredriksen collected the ball near midfield, just barely on his side of the pitch. Having apparently noticed that the Stabæk goalkeeper was cheating forward off his line a bit too greedily, Fredriksen decided to take his chances and loft a very long and very high arcing shot towards the opposition's net. Fredriksen's amibitious attempt struck gold, and led to a rare midfield goal celebration (most players run to one of the corner flags after scoring). The match ended in a 3-3 draw. Moss currently stands in ninth place in their 14-team group (Norway's second division apparently consists of 56 teams broken in to four groups of 14 teams each). Read More... More on Soccer         Johnny Depp In 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' Fifth Movie Contract Talks July 6, 2011 at 11:58 AM   In the most recent "Pirates of the Caribbean" film, Jack Sparrow was in search of the Fountain of Youth. Now, it looks like he'll live for yet another adventure. The Wrap reports that Depp is close to wrapping contract talks to star in a fifth "Pirates" film with producer Jerry Bruckheimer. And if he's looking for a pot of gold, well, he may just get one; despite its weaker domestic gross (not that $234 million is shabby), the fourth film, this May's "On Stranger Tides," has grossed over a billion dollars worldwide. Depp had previously expressed interest in doing a fifth film in January, telling Entertainment Weekly, "As long as we can put all the puzzle pieces together, I would most definitely consider it." Read More... More on Johnny Depp         Dominique Strauss-Kahn Scandal: New York Times On Former IMF Head's Hotel Maid Accuser July 6, 2011 at 11:58 AM   REVELATIONS about the hotel housekeeper who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault suggest that she embellished claims of abuse to receive asylum, fudged her tax returns, had ties to people with criminal backgrounds, had unexplained deposits in her bank account and changed the account of the encounter she gave investigators. Yet those who would rush to judge her should consider the context. Mr. Strauss-Kahn's accuser is from Guinea, also the home country of Amadou Diallo, the street peddler who was shot to death in the doorway of his Bronx apartment building by four New York City police officers in 1999. Guineans leave their country in large numbers, partly because of grinding poverty; 70 percent live on less than $1.25 a day , despite the fact that Guinea has almost half of the world's bauxite (from which aluminum is made), as well as iron, gold, uranium, diamonds and offshore oil. Read More... More on Dominique Strauss-Kahn         Obama's Twitter Town Hall On Jobs Crashed By House Republicans July 6, 2011 at 11:58 AM   WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are crashing President Barack Obama's Twitter Town Hall on Wednesday by flooding the event with questions of their own about what they're calling his "failed" economic policies. Hours ahead of Obama's first-ever Twitter event, during which he will answer questions from people around the country on jobs and the economy, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) launched a live stream feed of GOP questions for the president. "With 9.1% unemployment & 'shovel ready' jobs a bust, will you admit the 'stimulus' was a mistake? http://bit.ly/oTK17f #askobama," Boehner tweeted. Read More... More on 112th Congress         Huffington Post UK Launches (VIDEO) July 6, 2011 at 11:58 AM   Our very own Arianna Huffington visited BBC News this morning to discuss the newly-created HuffPost UK. Joining HuffPost Canada, HuffPost UK is HuffPost's second expansion effort outside the U.S. Like the American site, it will offer blogs, original reporting, and aggregation led by a completely British staff. According to Huffington, HuffPost UK will also "bring the signature part of The Huffington Post, which is really engagement." Take a look at what else she had to say about the new site: Read More... More on Video         Royal Visit: Plastic Surgeon On Call For Prince William's Polo Match July 6, 2011 at 11:58 AM   Prince William has a plastic surgeon reserved for his upcoming visit to Southern California -- but, no, he's not getting any work done. Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Toby Mayer will be on standby at the charity polo match Prince William will participate in Saturday afternoon at the Santa Barbara Polo Club. Mayer's job? Making sure that if the Duke gets hurt he's quickly taken care of. Read More... More on Prince William         LeBron James Focusing Annual Bike-a-thon On Third Grade Education July 6, 2011 at 11:58 AM   LeBron James is gearing up for third grade. James' annual bike ride through hometown Akron, Ohio -- formerly "King for Kids" -- will be called "Wheels for Education" this year, focused on 360 rising third-graders attending a reading and technology summer camp. The two-week camp launches Aug. 8, with James taking a 2.6-mile ride through Akron with 20 high school students. His program targets children that share James' family background -- a single-parent home. Read More... More on LeBron James         2018 Winter Olympics: South Korea Chosen To Host Winter Games July 6, 2011 at 11:58 AM   DURBAN, South Africa — The South Korean city of Pyeongchang was awarded the 2018 Winter Olympics on Wednesday after failing in two previous attempts. Pyeongchang defeated rivals Munich and Annecy, France, in the first round of a secret ballot of the International Olympic Committee. Read More... More on Winter Olympics 2010         Iridescent Flowers May Have More Pollinating Power July 6, 2011 at 11:39 AM   LONDON -- Scientists are showing off a little-known property of some common garden flowers: They're iridescent, meaning that light shimmers off them like the back of a CD. University of Cambridge researchers believe the shimmering is aimed at catching the eye of busy pollinators – saying that bees find the blooms easier to spot and may prefer flashy flowers over their non-iridescent counterparts. Read More... More on Nature         Subway, Wendy's Plan Major Expansions In Chinese Market July 6, 2011 at 11:39 AM   In the past month, both Subway and Wendy's have announced plans to open new fast food outposts in China. Representatives from Subway told the AFP that they hope to have opened "well over 600" stores in the People's Republic by 2015. This is almost triple the number—220—they have today. Wendy's, which announced the dissolution of its three-year partnership with Arby's today, has just begun opening outposts in emerging Eurasian markets. It launched a Russian venture in June. Wendy's representatives said that the chain plans to move into Brazil and China shortly. Chinese food spending is expected to grow about 80% by 2015. Though American fast food sales have remained strong throughout the recession, experts have pointed to emerging markets as the central source for future revenue in the sector. The strongest force in the Chinese fast food market today is YUM! Foods, which owns KFC and Pizza Hut, among others. Read More... More on Fast Food         Libya To Charge 21 Rebel Leaders In Special Court July 6, 2011 at 11:39 AM   TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan prosecutors plan to charge rebel leaders with national security crimes, seeking to convict as traitors those leading the armed uprising against Moammar Gadhafi that has plunged the country into civil war, officials said Wednesday. A judge compiling the charges laid out his case against 21 rebel officials who are based in the eastern city of Benghazi, including the National Transitional Council's head, Mustafa Abdul-Jalil. Defendants will be tried in absentia. Read More... More on Muammar Gaddafi         Jim DeMint: Michele Bachmann 'Disappointed' Me On Cut, Cap And Balance Pledge (VIDEO) July 6, 2011 at 11:39 AM   Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said he's "disappointed" that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) -- who's running for the Republican presidential nomination -- hasn't signed her name to the "Cut, Cap and Balance" pledge during an appearance on CNN's "American Morning" on Wednesday. Standing behind the "Cut, Cap and Balance" pledge entails opposing any debt limit increase without significant spending cuts, enforceable spending caps and congressional approval of a balanced budget amendment. Bachmann, who has already cast a vote against raising the nation's debt limit, has signaled her reluctance to sign the pledge stems from her belief that it doesn't go far enough. Read More... More on Elections 2012         Twitter Bullying: Arguing On Political Opinion Now Counts? July 6, 2011 at 11:39 AM   When I get an article with the headline, "White House uses Twitter to bully critics," it sort of primes me to expect to see some examples of some hardcore online bullying. But in the case of White House Director of Progressive Media and Online Response Jesse Lee, as reported by The Daily Caller, this is about as good as it gets: Of the 267 tweets written by Lee in just over a month, a stunning 40 of them have been directed at Kevin Eder, a prolific Twitter user with more than 83,000 tweets to his credit. That means 15 percent of Lee's tweets — from an official White House account no less — have been with Eder. One such example happened last week in a dispute over the budget. Read More... More on Twitter         Andrew David Thompson, Michigan State University Student, Says He Killed 13 Italian Greyhounds Out Of Anger July 6, 2011 at 11:39 AM   OKEMOS - Andrew David Thompson told investigators he killed more than a dozen dogs out of anger, according to court transcripts obtained by the Lansing State Journal. The 24-year-old Michigan State University osteopathic medicine student said he would throw them to the ground or against a wall, grab them by the neck or beat them. All were small, Italian greyhounds. Read More...         Debt Hawk GOP Wants Big Boost For Pentagon Budget While Domestic Programs Are Slashed July 6, 2011 at 11:39 AM   WASHINGTON -- As it considers steep cuts to domestic programs in an effort to slash the deficit, the House is set to consider a defense spending bill on Wednesday that increases the Pentagon's budget by $17 billion. The Defense Department appropriations bill includes $530 in base Pentagon spending, which is $8 billion less than President Obama's request for fiscal year 2012. There's an additional $118.6 billion for overseas contingency operations -- a $39 billion drop, reflecting the expected drawdown in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Republicans announced in May that they were going to try to cut $30 billion from federal agencies' operating budgets in order to deal with the growing deficit. Read More... More on Obama's Budget         Alef Portman-Millepied: Natalie Portman's Baby Son's Name July 6, 2011 at 11:39 AM   He's Natalie Portman's first child, and, if rumors are true, he has a very symbolic and orderly name. A report at Israel Hayom relays that the Israeli TV show "Good Evening with Guy Pines," revealed that Portman named her and fiance Benjamin Millepied's first son, born in June, Alef, which is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Portman, of course, is a native Israeli, having originally been given the name Natalie Hershlag. The report on the TV show aired last month; The Huffington Post also received a tip last month that Portman had indeed named her son Alef, but her representatives declined to confirm. HuffPo has reached out once again for comment, and will update when more is known. Read More... More on Natalie Portman         Alasdair Thompson, New Zealand CEO, Fired After Linking Women's Workplace Productivity To Menstruation, Childbirth July 6, 2011 at 11:23 AM   The head of a major New Zealand employers' group has been fired after implying that women were paid less than men because they took more sick leave due to menstruation. As the BBC is reporting, Alasdair Thompson of the Employers' and Manufacturers' Association (EMA) made the controversial comments on June 23 radio program. "Who takes the most sick leave? Women do, in general," he said during a debate on recent figures that showed New Zealand women were paid about 12 percent less than men. "Why? Because once a month they have sick problems. Not all of them, but some do. They have children that they have to take time off to go home and take leave of. Therefore it's their productivity. It's not their fault." Thompson then went on to note, "I'm sorry, I don't like saying these things because it sounds like I'm sexist, but it's the facts of life." Read More... More on Civil Rights         Janez Brajkovic Crash: RadioShack Rider Out Of Tour de France After 5th Stage Accident (PHOTOS) July 6, 2011 at 11:23 AM   CAP FREHEL, France — RadioShack rider Janez Brajkovic quit the Tour de France after falling in one of several crashes in Wednesday's fifth stage, including one that brought down three-time winner Alberto Contador. Contador was entangled in a crash at about the 44-mile mark and took off his helmet briefly, then gave a thumbs-up that he was OK and returned to the flat, 102-mile stage from Carhaix to Cap Frehel. Tour organizers said Brajkovic, a Slovenian who won the Dauphine Libere last year, was taken by ambulance to hospital for treatment for head injuries after his crash. Read More... More on Cycling         Michelle Obama Takes Some Friends Out To The Ball Game (PHOTOS) July 6, 2011 at 11:23 AM   Michelle Obama took a group of nine children from military families out to the ball game at part of "Joining Forces" on Tuesday night, MLB.com reports. Each of the kids got to throw a first pitch at the Washington Nationals vs. Chicago Cubs match-up. Second baseman Danny Espinosa told Steven Miller, "I had fun. I said we'd love to have her and the president come out to some games and support us. I just said no Chicago hats next time," referencing Obama's White Sox cap. Espinosa added, "All she said was: 'You guys have done a great job, and we've seen that you guys have really started to make some things happen.' A couple compliments, which was nice." To hit the mound à la mode, the first lady picked a printed tank, black capris and sneakers. Read More... More on Michelle Obama Style         iPhone 5 Prepped For Third Quarter 2011, Suppliers Say July 6, 2011 at 11:21 AM   The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple is readying a new iPhone (aka iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S) for launch in the third quarter of 2011. Apple plans to build 25 million units before the end of the year, a tipster at one of the Asia-based companies supplying component parts to Apple told WSJ. Suppliers will reportedly ship their parts to assembly factories in August. "Apple's sales estimates of the new iPhone is quite aggressive," the source said. Read More... More on iPhone 5         Australia's Cattle Export Ban Lifted, Trade Resumed With Indonesia July 6, 2011 at 11:07 AM   SYDNEY -- Australia lifted a ban on its $350 million a year live cattle trade with Indonesia on Wednesday, with the federal government saying a new set of strict conditions on exporters will help ensure the animals are treated humanely. The government banned exports to Indonesia last month after an outcry over a video that aired in Australia showing animals screaming and writhing as they were slaughtered. The footage also showed cattle being beaten and taking minutes to bleed to death as their throats were repeatedly slashed. Read More... More on Animals         Yellowstone Oil Spill: Exxon Mobil Took Longer To Seal Pipeline Than Publicy Disclosed July 6, 2011 at 11:07 AM   LAUREL, Mont. -- Federal documents show it took Exxon Mobil nearly twice as long as it publicly disclosed to fully seal a pipeline that spilled roughly 1,000 barrels of crude oil into the Yellowstone River. Details about the company's response to the Montana pipeline burst emerged late Tuesday as the Department of Transportation ordered the company bury the duct deeper beneath the riverbed, where it is buried 5 to 8 feet underground to deliver 40,000 barrels of oil a day to a refinery in Billings. Read More...         UK Phone Hacking Targets More Slain Schoolgirls July 6, 2011 at 11:07 AM   LONDON -- Britain's tabloid phone hacking scandal dominated the airways Wednesday as it swelled to allegedly involve more missing schoolgirls and the families of London terror victims. Lawmakers held an emergency debate, companies hastily pulled their ads and the prime minister demanded two new inquiries. News International, the British linchpin of Rupert Murdoch's global News Corp. media empire, was under intense pressure due to its News of the World tabloid, which has admitted hacking into the phones of celebrities but now stands accused of possibly interfering with police investigations into missing girls who were found murdered. Read More...         Lydia Tillman, Fort Collins Woman, Found 'Severely Beaten' After An Apparent Jump From Her Burning Apartment Building July 6, 2011 at 11:07 AM   Fort Collins, Colorado police are still investigating the events that led Lydia Tillman, 30, to an apparent jump out of her burning apartment from a second-story window after being assaulted and left in critical condition. Tuesday morning, authorities arriving on the scene reported that Tillman appeard to have been "severely beaten" by an unknown assailant prior to her jumping out of her burning apartment, the Coloradoan reports. However, police and fire officials determined there were no other occupants in the apartment and no sign of forced entry. Firefighters found Tillman in the backyard of her apartment building, while the second-story apartment burned. She had burns from the fire, injuries from the jump, along with injuries from what appears to be a recent assault, according to 7News. Read More... More on Denver News         Dalai Lama Celebrates Birthday In Washington D.C. (VIDEO) July 6, 2011 at 11:07 AM   Today marks His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 76th birthday. Followers of the spiritual leader celebrated the occasion around the world, although the occasion was yet another reminder of the controversial dispute in Tibet. Himself, the Dalai Lama is in Washington D.C. for the much talked about "Kalachakra for World Peace." Today is the first day of the 11-day event that will include several teachings and ceremonies led by the Dalai Lama. WATCH: Read More... More on Dalai Lama         IMF Head Lagarde: Global Economy 'On The Rebound' But Unbalanced July 6, 2011 at 10:50 AM   WASHINGTON - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Wednesday the global economy was rebounding from the financial crisis but recovery remains unbalanced. "When we look at our growth forecasts for 2011, 2012, we are clearly on the rebound and things are improving and are getting better when compared with the situation as it was in 2009 at the height of the crisis," she said at her first press conference as the new IMF chief. Read More...         Women And Sex: Female Authors Reveal More Sex Details Than Male Authors July 6, 2011 at 10:50 AM   Women like to write about sex. In the last 10 years alone, women have written books about spanking, anal sex, prostitution, swinging, body fluids, S&M, casual sex, tantric sex and sex over the age of 50. These can be emotionally honest as well as oblique; they are always sexually graphic, often funny and feminist in their politics. Read More...         Dalai Lama Celebrates Birthday In Washington D.C. (VIDEO) July 6, 2011 at 10:50 AM   Live video by Ustream Read More... More on Dalai Lama         Dalai Lama Birthday: Indian Celebrations Honor The Exiled Spiritual Leader (PHOTOS) July 6, 2011 at 10:50 AM   The Dalai Lama may currently be in Washington, but that didn't stop exiled Tibetans in India from celebrating their spiritual leader's 76th birthday in truly spectacular fashion. As Phayul.com is reporting, festivities in Dharamshala -- where the Dalai Lama has lived since fleeing Tibet after a failed 1959 uprising against Chinese rule -- included traditional song and dance performances, as well as traditional Tibetan games and sports, including an archery competition, tug-of-war matches and arm wresting contests. The Dalai Lama's U.S. visit comprises an 11-day Buddhist ritual, known as a kalachakra, that organizers expect will draw upward of 10,000 followers a day from America, Asia and Europe. Read More... More on Tibet         New York City Schools Can Once Again Keep Rainy Day Funds July 6, 2011 at 10:50 AM   In a reversal of a relatively new policy, the new chancellor of New York City Schools is again allowing New York principals to add savings from one year to the next year's budget. But this benefit only applies to those that perform well on the city's annual school progress reports, The New York Times reports. In February, then-Chancellor of schools Cathleen Black announced that schools would no longer be able to roll over money they saved in their so-called rainy day funds. If they didn't spend the money, the city would seize half of what the schools had left. Facing severe backlash from schools and subsequent discussions with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, officials from the New York Department of Education compromised to take 30 percent of leftover funding instead, the New York Daily News reported. Read More... More on Budget Cuts             This email was sent to venturepoliticalcapital@gmail.com. Delivered by Feed My Inbox PO Box 682532 Franklin, TN 37068 Account Login Unsubscribe Here