Posts tagged ‘week’
Creationist Ousted from TX State Board of Ed.
The top conservative activist on the powerful Texas Board of Education, who rejects evolution and has pushed a revisionist right-wing U.S. history curriculum, is on the way out, after a moderate candidate defeated him in a tight GOP primary last week. Thomas Ratliff edged out Don McLeroy 50.4%-49.6% for the seat McLeroy has held since 1999.
Glenn Beck: Leave Churches That Preach Social Justice
On his daily radio and television shows last week, Fox News personality Glenn Beck set out to convince his audience that "social justice," the term many Christian churches use to describe their efforts to address poverty and human rights, is a "code word" for communism and Nazism.
Roy Ashburn: ‘I’m Gay’
State Sen. Roy Ashburn (R-Calif.), the fierce opponent of gay rights who was arrested last week for drunk driving after leaving a gay nightclub, confirmed in a radio interview Monday that he is gay.
Dot-com craze peaked 10 years ago with NASDAQ record high
When the NASDAQ stock index hit its all-time high on March 10, 2000 – having more than doubled in a year -- the now legendary dot-com bubble was already leaking in a big way. A week later the NASDAQ had fallen 9 percent. A year later … well, here’s a look back.
Top 5 NCAA Dunks of the Week (Videos)
While the list may expand a little past the one week mark, these rim rockers will definitely keep you entertained.
AT&T Announces Slew of Network Investments for 2010
AT&T's preaching about the mucho dinero it's dropping into renovating its network to pretty much anyone who'll listen these days, and a veritable cornucopia of press releases this week start to go into detail on some of the upgrades we'll be seeing over the course of 2010.
MMA Promotional Battle Heats Up Outside Cage
A behind-the-scenes chess match has resulted in the UFC and its top rival, Strikeforce, running head-to-head tv specials on April 17. Strikeforce made the official announcement of an event on CBS, with 3 championship matches earlier in the week, then UFC president Dana White confirmed a show on the same date, "Ultimate Fight Night 22" on Spike.
Despite New Policy, Pentagon Still Wary of the Tubes
The Pentagon last week issued a new open door policy on social media last week. So how did an Air Force network administrator find out about the change? Not through their chain of command, but by reading about it on Danger Room.
Move Over Oscar, The Toxie Awards Are Here
A coalition of environmental and advocacy groups staged a red carpet event this week to spotlight a slew of what they call "bad actors" -- pervasive toxic chemicals that consistently behave poorly. BPA, lead and mercury were among the
The Future of U.S Postal Service (Graphic)
The US Postal Service has proposed a drastic shake-up this week in order to cut costs, It is estimated that the (USPS) will undergo a 10 billion “piece” volume decrease this year. With letters, bills and even junk mail coming into your inbox instead of your post box, the US Postal Service was always going to suffer.
How Lego was Built (Graphic)
This week Danish toymaker Lego announced 2009 was a successful year, with a re-surge in the products popularity. Generating the largest profits for the company was its Star Wars and Lego City products. This announcement sees a return to form for one of the worlds best known toys
The Impact of Food Waste On Climate Change [INFOGRAPHIC]
New research this week estimates that food wasted by the US and Europe could feed the world three times over. Food waste contributes to excess consumption of freshwater and fossil fuels which, along with methane and CO2 emissions from rotting food, impacts global climate change.
A Bad Week For The GOP On Immigration
The divisions the immigration debate creates on the right are deeper, more passionate, and much more destructive to GOP unity than the divisions created by immigration on the left. Events of the last week or so have underscored this fact of political life.
Infinity Ward Founders Suing Activision Over Unpaid Bonuses
Jason West and Vince Zampella, the men at the centre of this week's drama at Call of Duty developers Infinity Ward, have filed suit against Activision over claims they are owed "substantial royalty payments".
