Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada told CNN on Tuesday that he may be permanently blind in his right eye. “You know in life, you don’t always get what you want,” he told CNN. “And I wish I hadn’t hurt myself.” The Nevada Democrat hurt himself on New Year’s Day after falling off an exercise …
An early morning fire has destroyed a popular Sturgis saloon that billed itself as the “world’s largest biker bar.” Crews from the Sturgis Volunteer Fire Department responded to the Full Throttle Saloon on South Dakota Highway 34 about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday and found heavy smoke coming from the building. Sturgis Assistant Fire Chief Shawn Barrows …
While Europeans are offering up houses to refugees, an Egyptian billionaire wants to buy an island where tens of thousands of refugees can live and work. Naguib Sawiris is offering to buy an uninhabited island from either Italy or Greece large enough to sustain up to 200,000 people. “All I need is the permission,” Sawiris …
Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig has announced his run for the Democratic Presidential nomination. After exceeding his $1M crowdfunding goal, Lessig announced his candidacy. “I think I’m running to get people to acknowledge the elephant in the room,” he told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. “We have to recognize — we have a government that does not work. …
Colin Powell said on Sunday that he used two computers during his time servinv as Secretary of State, one for transmitting sensitive material and another for emailing “housekeeping stuff.” From The Hill: “I had a secure State Department machine for secure material and I had a laptop that I could use for email. I would …