9:29am

Wed January 18, 2012
It's All Politics

McCain's 2008 Anti-Mitt Romney Oppo Research Raised 2012 Themes

A document that purportedly represents opposition research targeting Mitt Romney from Sen. John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign was posted online by Buzzfeed reporter Andy Kaczynski.

Immediately noticeable is how many of criticisms of Romney by his rivals during the current race for the Republican presidential nomination could just have easily come from McCain's opposition research of four years ago.

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9:06am

Wed January 18, 2012
The Two-Way

Reports: Obama Will Reject Keystone Pipeline Proposal

Several news outlets are reporting that the Obama administration will reject TransCanada's proposal to run a pipeline across the U.S.-Canada border.

The Washington Post reports the administration will make it official later today and will allow TransCanada to reapply once it has rerouted the pipeline to avoid the environmentally sensitive Sandhills area of Nebraska.

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8:45am

Wed January 18, 2012
Author Interviews

The Man Who Studies The Fungus Among Us

8:35am

Wed January 18, 2012

8:09am

Wed January 18, 2012
Movie Interviews

Michael Fassbender: Portraying An Addict's 'Shame'

In the past year, actor Michael Fassbender has played a mutant villain in X-Men: First Class, psychoanalyst Carl Jung in A Dangerous Method, Mr. Rochester in Jane Eyre and a sex addict in Shame.

It was his role in Shame that recently earned Fassbender a string of accolades, including Best Actor nominations at the Golden Globes and a variety of critics associations.

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8:06am

Wed January 18, 2012
The Salt

Virtual Victuals: A Gamer Turns Video Game Food Into Real Food

Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 8:07 am

Food can be transformative, especially if you're a character in a video game. When Mario ate mushrooms, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ate pizza and CJ from Grand Theft Auto ate fast food, they became better, stronger, sometimes even bigger.

But now one gamer has made that food even more enticing by putting the virtual food of video games onto her very real dinner table. That's right: Daniella Zelli, a 23-year-old gamer in Edinburgh, Scotland, cooks up dishes inspired by games and shares them on her blog.

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7:11am

Wed January 18, 2012
Around the Nation

FBI Arrests 3 In Insider Trading Case

FBI agents arrested three hedge fund executives early Wednesday in connection with a massive ongoing insider trading investigation that has involved some of Wall Street's most prominent money managers.

Todd Newman, who formerly oversaw technology investments at Diamondback Capital Management, was arrested at about 6 a.m. in the Boston suburb of Needham on charges "related to stock fraud," according to a spokesman for the FBI's Boston office.

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6:50am

Wed January 18, 2012
The Two-Way

In Snow-Weary Alaskan Towns, Sun And Smiles Emerge

Credit Spc. Balinda O'Neal / Alaska National Guard Public Affairs

"Life is back to normal for two towns deeply buried in snow along Alaska's Prince William Sound," The Associated Press says. "The National Weather Service said Tuesday the weather is supposed to remain clear in both Valdez and Cordova this week."

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6:33am

Wed January 18, 2012
It's All Politics

Internet Blackout Puts Washington Online Piracy In Limelight

Credit Wikipedia screenshot

SOPA and PIPA (no, they're not the Duchess of Cambridge's sisters) will be on the minds of a lot more people Wednesday because of the online protests by Wikipedia, Google and other popular websites over the anti-piracy legislation with the catchy acronyms currently under consideration in Congress.

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6:00am

Wed January 18, 2012
The Two-Way

LIVE: Jewel (A Bear) May Soon Give Birth; A Webcam Lets Us Watch

Credit Wildlife Research Institute

As we learned last year with our posts about the Decorah "eagle cam," there's a lot of interest in watching animals in the wild. Especially when there are babies involved.

So here's some important information for nature lovers:

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