In the Philiies dugout this afternoon, as reporters hurled questions at Phillies Manager Charlie Manuel, the subject of baseball records surfaced, specifically which ones could or could not be broken. Someone suggested no one would match Johnny Vander Meer’s consecutive no-hitters. Manuel immediately disagreed – and mentioned Stephen Strasburg as one reason why. “That one could be got,” Manuel said. “I see Strasburg, he’s very capable of throwing back-to-back no-hitters. When I saw the type of the stuff that he has, and pitchers that dominate the game like he does, guys like Pedro Martinez in their heyday, they could do that. Because not only could they pitch. They could overpower you.” Read full article > >

Follow this link:
Charlie Manuel says Stephen Strasburg could throw back-to-back no-hitters

The conference room at the Hotel Monaco in downtown Baltimore is oppressively taupe. Taupe walls, taupe chairs, taupe tablecloths. Pull back the taupe curtains and enjoy the view: a taupe building made of taupe bricks. ¶ “It’s a bit grim in here, isn’t it?” asks Sade. ¶ Casually dressed in red denim, red lipstick, a red satin jacket and silver hoop earrings big enough to shoot basketballs through, she beelines for a switch on the wall and dims the lights. Soft. Softer. Off. ¶ As she takes a seat in the afternoon sunlight, those reds seem to glow like cosmic embers. At 52, one of the most magnetic singers of our time sips lukewarm coffee from a paper cup and tries to explain how music’s inexplicable gravity pulled her out of a nine-year silence. ¶ “It’s that feeling that you can get a little bit Read full article > >

Continued here:
Sade, reluctantly back in the spotlight

The conference room at the Hotel Monaco in downtown Baltimore is oppressively taupe. Taupe walls, taupe chairs, taupe tablecloths. Pull back the taupe curtains and enjoy the view: a taupe building made of taupe bricks. ¶ “It’s a bit grim in here, isn’t it?” asks Sade. ¶ Casually dressed in red denim, red lipstick, a red satin jacket and silver hoop earrings big enough to shoot basketballs through, she beelines for a switch on the wall and dims the lights. Soft. Softer. Off. ¶ As she takes a seat in the afternoon sunlight, those reds seem to glow like cosmic embers. At 52, one of the most magnetic singers of our time sips lukewarm coffee from a paper cup and tries to explain how music’s inexplicable gravity pulled her out of a nine-year silence. ¶ “It’s that feeling that you can get a little bit Read full article > >

Read this article:
Sade, reluctantly back in the spotlight

A new redistricting proposal in California would draw nearly half the state’s congressional incumbents into districts with one another and significantly expand Democrats’ ability to win seats in the Golden State in 2012 and beyond. The state’s new Citizens Redistricting Commission voted this afternoon to release its first draft proposal for the new congressional map. The proposed map was expected to include huge changes and shake up the delegation by drawing numerous members into districts with each other — and it definitely did that — but in the runup to the release it wasn’t as clear which party would benefit from all those changes. Read full article > >

Read the original post:
Incumbents lose, Democrats win with California redistricting proposal

The witness wore shades. The man who declared Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) a party to a payoff made his long-awaited appearance before the inquisitors of the D.C. Council on Monday, and if the moment weren’t charged enough, Sulaimon Brown made it all the stranger by refusing to remove his sunglasses throughout his afternoon in the spotlight. Brown, the fringe mayoral candidate who alleges that Gray’s top campaign officials gave him money orders and cash — and the promise of a city job — in exchange for his help steering votes away from then-Mayor Adrian Fenty in last year’s mayoral race, battled all day with council members. Read full article > >

View post:
From behind his shades, Sulaimon Brown talks to council

SANTIAGO, Chile — The Puyehue volcano in southern Chile erupted Saturday, sending a huge plume of smoke and ash into the sky and prompting officials to evacuate about 600 people living nearby. There were no reports of injuries. Authorities had put the area around the volcano on alert Saturday morning after a flurry of earthquakes, and the eruption began in the afternoon. The National Emergency Office said it recorded an average of 230 tremors an hour. On the other side of the Andes in Argentina, heavy ash fell on the city of San Carlos de Bariloche. Read full article > >

See more here:
Puyehue volcano erupts in southern Chile, authorities evacuate about 600 people living nearby

When Google’s “Doodle” to mark the late Martha Graham’s birthday took viral centerstage today, the beguilingly lined short animation reminded many viewers of the creative potential for the search engine’s big-billboard logo. “This is my first Google Doodle!  I’m not sure how many animators or designers they have on staff at Google, but the team I worked with was great,” said the Martha Graham animator, Ryan Woodward , in his Post live online chat this afternoon. That quote got us to thinking about not only our favorite Google Doodle logos in recent years — from Scooby-Doo to Will Eisner (and here’s a Post sample gallery of them )— but also, particularly, our favorite Google animations. Read full article > >

Continue reading here:
TOP GOOGLE DOODLES: Our Fave Five logo animations so far

The Metro transit police, along with the county and municipal police departments in Prince George’s, have announced plans for what Metro calls “a major, high-visibility crime prevention and anti-terrorism event” at 15 stations during the afternoon rush.

Read the original here:
Metro police sweep planned today in Prince George’s stations

NEW YORK — Sidney Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as “Network,” ‘’Serpico,” ‘’Dog Day Afternoon” and “12 Angry Men,” has died. He was 86.

See the original post:
Sidney Lumet, director of ‘12 Angry Men,’ ‘Network’ and other classic films, dies in NY

Mr. Lumet, who preferred the streets of New York to the back lots of Hollywood, directed “12 Angry Men,” “Serpico,” “Dog Day Afternoon,” “The Verdict,” “Network,” among others.

Link:
Sidney Lumet, Director of American Film Classics, Dies at 86

Sidney Lumet, the director of such film classics as 12 Angry Men, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, The Verdict, and Network, passed away Saturday morning in Manhattan at the age of 86 from lymphoma. “While the goal of all movies is to entertain,” Lumet once…

Go here to read the rest:
Director Sidney Lumet Dies

President Obama’s breathing a sigh of relief this afternoon, as NATO has agreed to take over command of the allied mission in Libya. U.S. planes will not be involved in policing the no-fly zone the allies are enforcing against Libyan leader Muammar…

View post:
NATO To Take Over Libya Mission

The former Minnesota governor will take the first formal step to running for president this afternoon via an announcement on Facebook.

Read the rest here:
Tim Pawlenty to form presidential exploratory committee

Excerpts from Gov. Chris Christie’s speech, to be delivered this afternoon, show the governor’s aggressive approach to reshaping the state government is intact.

Visit link:
In State of the State, Christie to Call for Education Overhaul

Those hoping for answers may be disappointed: James Loughner, the man suspected of shooting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killing six other people, is not cooperating with authorities, according to MSNBC. He’s due in court this afternoon, where he’ll be…

More here:
Loughner Not Cooperating in Investigation