News Round-Up: Wednesday, October 26, 2011

President Obama will layout plans for student debt; a new poll finds that 89% of Americans distrust the government; and hundreds of Yemeni women have burned their veils in protest. Meanwhile, Andy Rooney has been hospitalized; it’s been determined that Amy Winehouse died from too much alcohol; and Chaz Bono gets the boot from Dancing [...]

NEWS ROUND-UP: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

In today’s news, Bahrain sentences 20 medics for treating protesters; the Saudi Arabian King pardons a woman arrested for driving; a Massachusetts man is arrested for planning to attack the Pentagon and Capitol with drones; and presidential hopeful Herman Cain jumps to third place in the primary race. In entertainment news, MTV reports on the [...]

NEWS ROUND-UP: WEDNESDAY, September 21, 2011

In today’s news, Republicans warn Bernanke against further stimulus action; the US is building counterterrorism drones in Africa; the iPhone 5 will be revealed Oct. 4th; and Twitter will launch political ads. In other news, what’s up with the new Facebook?, Lady Gaga celebrates the repeal of DADT, and Metta World Peace is voted off [...]

News Round-Up: Wednesday, August 31, 2011

In today’s news, corporations pay more in CEO salaries than in taxes; at least 88 have been tortured and killed in Syrian detention centers; an unemployed man finds $150,000 in his garden; and the U.S. is suing to block an AT&T and T-Mobile merger. Meanwhile, Robert Downey Jr.’s wife is pregnant and T.I has been [...]

News Round-Up: Monday, August 29, 2011

The East Coast is still feeling effects from Irene; the AP reports on the Afghan government damaging US peace talks with the Taliban; Obama has named a new economic adviser; and in a NY Times op-ed, John Lewis explains why new voting laws are a “poll tax.” In the entertainment world, Beyonce and Jay-Z are [...]

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