Sandwich Monday: The Toast Sandwich

A team of scientists (really) has determined that a toast sandwich (really) is the UK’s cheapest meal. It’s a slice of toast, seasoned with salt and pepper, between two pieces of bread with butter. It’s a great way for people on a budget to get their recommended daily allowance of vitamins and sadness. Mike: Three [...]

Food Giant Unilever Says Restaurants Need To Cut Waste

Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch conglomerate that makes blockbuster food products like Hellmann’s mayonnaise and Skippy peanut butter and supplies thousands of food-service companies in 74 countries, is a Fortune Global 500 company. If it decides it wants to do something about food waste, it could keep a lot of perfectly tasty morsels out of the garbage [...]

Woman Claims 13-Year Affair With Herman Cain; He Denies It

An Atlanta woman claimed Monday that she has had long-term affair with Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain and has the records to prove it, an accusation that delivers another blow to the former corporate CEO’s campaign. Cain vehemently denied the allegation during an interview on CNN before the woman’s story aired on an Atlanta television [...]

Barney Frank, Congress’ Gay-Rights Pioneer, ‘Not Retiring From Advocacy’

Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank says he decided not to seek re-election to a 17th term in 2012 because congressional redistricting would have given him a slew of new constituents and a difficult, expensive campaign. “I think I would have won,” Frank, 71, said during a Monday press conference in Massachusetts announcing his retirement. “But it [...]

Controversial Film Director Ken Russell Dies At 84

The acclaimed, eccentric and polarizing British film director Ken Russell has died, after a series of strokes, at the age of 84. The director of Tommy, Women in Love and Altered States, Russell was known for a florid style and fascination with sadomasochism that earned him condemnations and a cult following. His adaptations of classic [...]

In Egypt’s Vote, Islamists Expect Strong Showing

Dozens of veiled women tried to squeeze past each other Monday and into a polling station in the working-class neighborhood of Raml in the northern Egyptian city of Alexandria. They were eager to cast ballots for a clean-shaven man in a crisp blue suit and matching tie. His name is Sobhi Saleh and he heads [...]

Airstrike Puts New Strains On U.S.-Pakistan Alliance

A NATO airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers over the weekend has brought U.S.-Pakistani ties to a new level of strain, but experts say it’s unlikely to produce a permanent rift in the relationship. Barely a month ago, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Islamabad hoping to cement greater Pakistani cooperation to eliminate Taliban safe [...]

In Florida, Mentally Ill Suffer Abuse And Neglect

As states have closed down mental hospitals, they’ve struggled to find housing for the mentally ill. In Florida, assisted-living facilities have become the de facto solution. It takes just a high school diploma and 26 hours of training to run one of Florida’s mental health assisted-living facilities — that’s lower than the state requirements for [...]

Union Leader’s Gingrich Backing Recalls Past Support For Forbes, Buchanan

Say this for the New Hampshire Union Leader editorial board, it’s no fair weather fan in the world of politics. It endorses who it will for president, no matter the odds of his eventually getting the nomination or becoming president. As has been widely reported, the conservative newspaper on Sunday endorsed Newt Gingrich, the former [...]

5 Things You May Not Know About Mitt Romney

Will the conventional take on Mitt Romney — that he aims to please everyone — take him to the convention in 2012 and on to the Republican presidential nomination? Time will tell. For now, the electorate is getting acquainted (and reacquainted) with the man who has seemingly been in the spotlight his whole life. Born [...]