Can Romney Stay The Course As The CEO Candidate?

Mitt Romney’s national front-runner status in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination took a hit this week, with national polls showing that he has been eclipsed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Perry’s quick ascent — he officially announced his candidacy only two weeks ago — has put pressure on the former Massachusetts governor [...]

A Devil And An Angel, In Love In ‘Brighton Rock’

The new version of the film Brighton Rock opens with a phone booth and a foggy night in 1964. A gangster pleads for help as two armed assassins chase him down a rainy street. His associate, a teenage boy named Pinkie Brown, can’t stop his murder, but he vows to avenge the death and take [...]

Irene Starts Bashing East Coast

Hurricane Irene is here. She hasn’t quite yet made official landfall, but one of the largest and potentially most damaging storms to hit the East Coast of the United States in decades is beginning to pound North Carolina and Virginia as she continues to slowly head north on a track that’s expected to take Irene [...]

Joplin Debris ‘Reborn’ In Kansas City Art Project

Pieces of twisted metal and scrap wood left behind by a massive tornado that tore through Joplin, Miss., are now sitting in a gallery in Kansas City. The sculptures and paintings from the wreckage are to be sold at auction Saturday. Ann Leach is a grief counselor who has lived in Joplin for 14 years. [...]

At New Madrid Fault, Shaky Guesses On Next Quake

The magnitude-5.8 earthquake that rattled the eastern U.S. on Tuesday took everyone — even geologists — by surprise. But even when there are reasons to think an earthquake could be around the corner, scientists still can’t make good predictions. It has now been 200 years since the last major earthquakes rocked the New Madrid Seismic [...]

Holy Days Sermons Get A Little Help From Hollywood

For rabbis, the Jewish High Holidays are a ratings period. Synagogues are packed with people — many of whom attend only a few times a year — expecting to be impressed and even entertained by the sermons. This year, some rabbis are getting help from Hollywood. “In Jewish tradition there’s a teaching that says, ‘Who [...]

FAA Says Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner Is Ready For Passengers

Three years behind schedule and several billion dollars over budget, Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is finally set for its first commercial flight. The Federal Aviation Administration gave the plane its OK and Boeing will make its first delivery in September. Bloomberg reports: The plane received its so-called type certifications from U.S. and European governments, verifying that [...]

Libyan Rebels’ Daunting Task: Building A Government

With Moammar Gadhafi’s loyalists now putting up only sporadic resistance, Libya’s rebels are scrambling to form a temporary government in the capital, Tripoli. The rebels say they have been making plans for months, and they have already won recognition from Western governments as the new Libyan leadership. But there are still doubts about how quickly [...]

FAA Says Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner Is Ready For Passengers

Three years behind schedule and several billion dollars over budget, Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is finally set for its first commercial flight. The Federal Aviation Administration gave the plane its OK and Boeing will make its first delivery in September. Bloomberg reports: The plane received its so-called type certifications from U.S. and European governments, verifying that [...]

Perry Hopes To Turn Medical Liability Record Into Votes

Just a few weeks into his campaign, Texas Gov. and presidential candidate Rick Perry isn’t talking a whole lot about health care, except to criticize President Obama for last year’s law. And he’s not considered a health care expert. But he’s is passionate on one point: Fixing the nation’s health care system must include a [...]