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Singer Tony Bennett calls for legalizing drugs

Singer Tony Bennett. Image via AFP.

In a speech reacting to the death of Whitney Houston, legendary singer Tony Bennett urged the U.S. government to legalize drugs once and for all.

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WH budget director: ‘Time for austerity is not today’

Obama Administration budget director Jack Lew. Screenshot via NBC.

In one of his several appearances on the Sunday talk show circuit, White House budget director Jack Lew expressed how issuing austerity measures would not be a good idea for the U.S. economy.

Santorum suggests Romney ‘rigged’ CPAC straw poll

Rick Santorum speaks to CNN

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Sunday dismissed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s win in the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) straw poll by insinuating the vote had been rigged.

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SNL parodies Clint Eastwood Super Bowl ad

Saturday Night Live parodies Clint Eastwood ad. Screenshot via NBC.

Saturday Night Live chose to get in on the fun surrounding the conversation on Chrysler’s Super Bowl ad featuring Clint Eastwood in its latest episode.

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Koch: Obama trying to silence private citizens

Koch brothers

Koch Industries has accused President Barack Obama’s allies of trying to silence its wealthy executives, David and Charles Koch, following remarks made by Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

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Palin calls HBO movie ‘The Sarah Palin Employment Act’

Sarah Palin talks about HBO's "Game Change"

Failed Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says that she has created more jobs for impersonators than President Barack Obama has created in total during during his entire presidency.

Science

Erectile drugs might help premature ejaculation: studies

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Most studies looking at whether erectile dysfunction drugs can help…

Experts build crab-like robot to remove stomach cancer

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Inspired by Singapore’s famous chilli crab dish, researchers have created a miniature…

Tech News

Europeans protest controversial ACTA pact

Tens of thousands of people marched in protests in more than a dozen European cities…

Love a click away in Indonesia’s Twitter Republic

He was a geeky kid from Yogyakarta, she a glamorous city girl in Jakarta. In…

Media

Oscar organizers honor film science, technology

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hosting Oscar organizers’ Scientific and Technical Awards on Saturday night, actress…

Murdoch ‘flying to London’ after Sun arrests

Rupert Murdoch will fly to London this week to meet journalists at The Sun after…

World

Bin Laden told children to ‘live in peace in the West’

Slain Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden urged his children to go live peacefully in the West and get a university…

Palestinian unity deal a mistake: Gaza Hamas leader

Senior Hamas official Mahmud Zahar slammed a Palestinian unity deal as a “mistake” that has thrown the Islamist movement into…

Venezuela’s Chavez faces challenge as opposition votes

Venezuelan opposition parties are holding their first primary on Sunday to pick a unity candidate to battle ailing President Hugo…

Castro meets with Cuban intellectuals in 9-hour meeting

AVANA (Reuters) – Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro held his second lengthy public event in a week, this time a…

U.S. News

Black college sophomore threatened with racist graffiti

An African American student at Montclair State University in New Jersey has decided to move…

New Jersey Senate President: Same sex marriage will pass despite governor

New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D) said Friday that the state legislature would pass…

Palin not sure Romney will ‘instinctively turn right’

Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin isn’t convinced that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney…

Fugitive wanted over 1993 British heist arrested in Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) – Missouri authorities have arrested a man wanted in the United…

Iran speaker warns Gulf states not to side with the U.S.

Iran’s parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani warned Iran will not forgive Gulf Arab nations if they…