New York’s state Assembly was set to vote Wednesday night on a same-sex marriage bill, but the real battle is expected to be in the Senate.
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N.Y. Assembly OKs same-sex marriage
Adapted from a recent online discussion. I think the brother’s a piece of work, but the real problem is between you and your husband. What your husband said about not having to deal with the kids is absolutely true. However, “not dealing with the kids” is different from “saying mean things to the kids.” The brother has no business calling a 2-year-old “disgusting,” or anything else that rough. A father has a duty to protect his kids from meanness. That seems so obvious that I’m wondering if you said this to your husband? Read full article > >
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Brother-in-law is nasty to her kids
Scotty McCreery may have won, but the real competition was between “American Idol” past and “American Idol” present.
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The TV Watch: ‘American Idol’ Winner Is …‘American Idol’
LS Lowry’s depiction of the real Coronation Street in Salford, one of the roads that inspired the ITV soap, is to go under the hammer.
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Lowry’s Coronation Street on sale
So much for fiscal discipline. The deal that Congress reached in April for the 2011 budget was said to cut $38 billion from 2010 spending. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said at the time that the number was an exaggeration: the real cut…
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Budget ‘Cut’ Deal Upped Spending
EastEnders does not offer a realistic portrayal of working-class life and is not as multicultural as the real East End of London, the soap’s boss admits.
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EastEnders unrealistic, says boss
US President Barack Obama has sent up Donald Trump’s presidential ambitions, joking that the real-estate mogul would turn the White House into a casino.
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What might Donald Trump do to the White House?
Maybe this will make it collectable? When drawing up their new Statue of Liberty Stamp, the United States Postal Service accidentally used the replica at the New York-New York casino in Las Vegas as their model, not the real statue off of Manhattan….
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Liberty Stamp Based on Vegas Replica
The battle over 2011 spending is nearly over-just months before the fiscal year ends. The House passed a bill Thursday that funds the government for the rest of the year and makes $38 billion in cuts (although the real meaning of that figure is in…
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House Passes Funding Bill, $38B in Cuts
Publishing giant Condé Nast was a victim of a not-too-sophisticated phishing operation, sending $8 million over six weeks to a man posing as one of their regular suppliers. When we think of people who fall victim to this kind of scam, we tend to think of naive individuals, but this story goes to show that you even corporate accountants can be duped with the right mix of chutzpah and tech savvy. According to the court document, last November Condé Nast’s accounts payable department received an e-mail ( PDF ) that purported to come from Quad/Graphics , the company that prints Condé Nast magazines. The e-mail instructed Condé Nast to send payments for its Quad/Graphics account to a bank account number provided in the e-mail, and included an electronic payments authorization form. The e-mail indicated the account was for Quad Graph, a name similar to the real printer’s name. Someone at Condé Nast apparently signed the form and sent it back to a fax number listed in the e-mail, then began making electronic transfer payments to the bank account specified by the scammer. Between Nov. 17 and Dec. 30, the company wired $8 million to the Quad Graph account before a query around Dec. 30 from the real printer, Quad/Graphics, asking about outstanding bills, prompted Condé Nast to investigate the matter. The company was apparently able to reverse at least one transfer of about $36,000 back to its JPMorgan Chase account, though the court document doesn’t indicate when that occurred. Read the full story at Ars Technica .
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Condé Nast Accidentally Sent $8 Million to Scammer
In Tripoli, Moammar Gaddafi’s stronghold, the real battle for Libya appears already to have been fought and won by a regime that was willing to use live ammunition against its opponents.
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In Libyan capital, a revolution crushed
What’s morality got to do with it? Economics = numbers, doesn’t it? In his regular column, Michael Blastland looks for the real story of economics.
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What’s the story with economics?
In-flight movies may feature martial arts, but some airline passengers apparently got to see the real thing on a recent flight that ended with a man being subdued by air marshals.
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Man allegedly karate chops air marshal
