Archive
July 21, 2012
Yesterday's Tragedy In Colorado As Told Through 50 Front Pages From Around The Country
The nation mourned the loss of 12 people killed in the shooting in Colorado that also injured 58. Here's how the story played out in 50 newspapers from around the country.
2002 Romney Testimony Mentions Returning To Massachusetts For Business
Mitt Romney has come under fire from Democrats over what year he left Bain Capital. Romney contends he left the company in 1999, while Democrats have pointed to SEC documents he signed as CEO of Bain past the 1999 date he said he left. In this testimony Romney gave in 2002 he speaks about returning to Massachusetts for "a number of social trips and business trips that brought me back to Massachusetts, board meetings, Thanksgiving and so forth." Romney also mentions having "a good deal of back and forth" between Massachusetts and Utah in the first half of 1999.
Jim Thome Hits His 610th Career Home Run, Continues To Have The Quietest Hall Of Fame Career Ever
The pride of Peoria just won't stop.
Political Journalist And Writer Alexander Cockburn Has Died
Cockburn was the editor of political newsletter CounterPunch, as well as a columnist for The Nation and The Week. The radical author was 71 years old and had been privately battling cancer for the past two years.
President Obama: "Life Is Fragile"
In his weekly address this morning, the President again mourned the victims in Aurora and offered federal resources to bring the shooter to justice. “Even as we come to learn how this happened and who’s responsible, we may never understand what leads anyone to terrorize their fellow human beings. Such evil is senseless — beyond reason. But while we will never know fully what causes someone to take the life of another, we do know what makes that life worth living.”
