Tag: politics & society
Lotto fever runs rampant as Mega Millions jackpot soars -- but the odds aren't exactly in your favor
Some 400 million $1 Mega Millions tickets are expected to be sold by the time the Mega Million lottery drawing is held Friday night. There's $640 million up for grabs, but the odds of winning that amount aren't particularly good. In fact, the average American is more likely to die in a car accident, than win the jackpot....
Romney picks up major endorsement from Florida's Sen. Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio, the popular, first-term U.S. Senator from Florida, endorsed Mitt Romney for president in an appearance on a Fox News TV program Wednesday night. It's just the latest endorsement as Romney's candidacy begins to take on an air of invincibility — at least among the Republican candidates....
President's team tries to embrace the term 'Obamacare'
With President Obama's healthcare law in court, the administration has begun a campaign to co-opt and embrace the term "Obamacare." In an effort to defend the contentious Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Obama and his supporters are redefining the word Obamacare....
U.S. Supreme Court begins considering constitutionality of healthcare reform
The Supreme Court is debating not only the constitutionality of the healthcare reform law, but also whether they can even take up the case yet, or whether an obscure federal law will keep it out of the court until 2014. Arguments continue Tuesday and Wednesday....
Use of solitary confinement in America's prisons criticized
Solitary confinement was designed to separate volatile inmates from the rest of the prison population. Today however, many prisons exploit solitary confinement as a tool of punishment, critics say. Recent high profile cases and policy changes in Mississippi have shed new light on solitary....
Pope to skip Mexico City on Latin America trip
Pope Benedict XVi is travelling to Mexico this weekend to say mass and meet the faithful. But he's coming at a time of deep division among Mexican Catholics. Mexico City has passed liberal laws allowing for same-sex marriage and abortions — two practices banned by the Catholic Church and in much of the rest of Mexico....
VIDEO: Police chief at center of Trayvon Martin scandal steps down 'temporarily'
Bill Lee, the Sanford police chief under fire for his department's reaction to the shooting death of black teenager Trayvon Martin, has stepped down, temporarily he said, so as not to be a distraction as the investigation moves forward....
As Republicans struggle over presidential nomination, declining influence of party elders is on display
This election cycle, most of the party's elites are lined up behind Mitt Romney. But Romney, though ahead in the delegate count, has struggled to unify the base of the party in a way that will force his challengers out of the election. It shows how far the influence of those elites has fallen....
Albert Einstein's archives going online
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem began posting online the archive of Albert Einstein on Monday. Currently about 2,000 documents totaling 7,000 pages are available to view in full. Over the coming years the entire archive, totaling more than 80,000 pages, will be available to the public....
Romney wins convincing victory in Illinois primary
The Republican presidential election marched on Wednesday with Mitt Romney winning the Illinois Republican Primary Tuesday night. Pundits said Rick Santorum will face must-win contests in April....
