Larry King Plays Not My Job

Larry King has chatted with an astonishing range of humanity, from various presidents down (or is that up?) to Snooki. He left CNN in 2010, has been touring the country with a comedy act, and his newest book is My Remarkable Journey. We’ve invited King to play a game called “What are you supposed to [...]

Cognitive Dissonance: Euphoria Fancy Food Recalls ‘Uneviscerated Fish’

Euphoria Fancy Food of Brooklyn, New York, has recalled some preserved herring after state inspectors found it wasn’t “properly eviscerated prior to processing,” according to a release posted online by the Food and Drug Administration. Say what? Something about euphoria and fish viscera didn’t quite compute. Turns out the guts of fish can be contaminated [...]

Both Sides Point Finger As Debt Talks Falter

House Speaker John Boehner abruptly broke off talks with President Obama Friday night on a deal to make major cuts in federal spending and avert a threatened government default, sending already uncertain compromise efforts into instant crisis. Within minutes, an obviously peeved Obama virtually ordered congressional leaders to the White House Saturday morning for fresh [...]

Police: Norway Bombing, Shootings Domestic Terror

A home-grown terrorist set off an explosion that ripped open buildings in the heart of Norway’s government Friday, then went to a summer camp dressed as a police officer and gunned down youths as they ran and even swam for their lives, police said. The attacks killed at least 16 people in this peaceful nation’s [...]

How Has ‘Wall Street Journal’ Fared Under Murdoch?

The news Friday that the U.S. Justice Department is preparing wide-ranging subpoenas in the News Corp. phone hacking case was first disclosed by The Wall Street Journal. The paper is owned by News Corp. and Rupert Murdoch considers it the jewel in his crown. And although the Journal has not been directly linked to any [...]

Dollar Coin Loophole Closes For Frequent Fliers

The U.S. Mint said today it will no longer accept credit-card payments for dollar coins purchased from its website. Too many people were using the program just to get frequent-flier miles. In a statement today, the Mint said: The Mint has determined that this policy change is prudent due to ongoing activity by individuals purchasing [...]

Massive Heat Wave Could Cause Corn Prices To Pop

The massive heat wave that has baked much of the country’s eastern half has scorched millions of acres of farmland, threatening crops and likely leading to higher prices at the supermarket, experts say. Corn, which is at the crucial pollination stage in many areas of the Midwest, is especially vulnerable, but experts warn that if [...]

Honey, Stop The Car: Monuments That Move You

You know the feeling: You’re driving and you spot a little-known memorial that makes you want to pull over and find out more. It could be a monument to some local hero or to a long-forgotten historical moment. NPR is taking a summer-long road trip and exploring the deep — and sometimes mysterious — histories [...]

History Shows Medicare Can Be Cut While Sparing Beneficiaries

Lately you’d think President Obama was threatening to push Granny off the cliff. That’s pretty much been the reaction of liberal Democrats to even the hint that the president might consider reductions in spending for Medicare as part of a deal to raise the nation’s debt ceiling. “Any cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid [...]

‘Boyz N The Hood’: 20 Years Later, Still Few Options

Jimi Izrael is the author of The Denzel Principle: Why Black Women Can’t Find Good Black Men and a regular contributor to Tell Me More. A lot of the nostalgia around the 20th anniversary of writer/director John Singleton’s “Boyz N The Hood” misses something: namely that, above everything else, its appeal lay in the fact [...]