The search engine has replaced the multicoloured Google logo on its homepage with an illustration depicting Auguste Rodin’s famous sculpture The Thinker. Rodin (born in Paris in 1840) is widely believed to be the founder of modern sculpture. A traditional sculptor who eschewed the predominant figure sculpture tradition of the times, Rodin’s work was initially […]
Mitt Romney has called President Barack Obama to congratulate him on his re-election. Shortly afterwards, the Republican presidential candidate delivered a concession speech to his supporters, thanking his family and campaign. A number of major media outlets have declared President Barack Obama winner of the Presidential Election 2012 – according to their projections. Millions nationwide […]
Elizabeth Warren (the Harvard professor and self-styled “cop on the beat” who protects consumers from Wall Street) left Washington last year after failing to gain enough Senate support to be confirmed as director of the new consumer financial protection agency she championed. Now, as if in a sequel, Warren will return to the U.S. capital […]
Barack Obama was elected to a second presidential term Tuesday, defeating Republican Mitt Romney by reassembling the political coalition that boosted him to victory four years ago, and by remaking himself from a hopeful uniter into a determined fighter for middle-class interests. Obama (the nation’s first African American president) scored a decisive victory by stringing […]
Two tiny villages in northern New Hampshire kicked off the 2012 election by casting the first votes early Tuesday. President Obama and Republican Mitt Romney each won 5 votes in Dixville Notch, and in Hart’s Location Obama won with 23 votes, Romney received 9 and Libertarian Gary Johnson received 1 vote. The towns have enjoyed […]
In 2011, Austin’s sixth annual Fun Fun Fun Fest moved from the city’s small, tucked away Waterloo Park to Auditorium Shores, a sprawling greenspace along Lady Bird Lake downtown. Well – theoretically green—the ground cover had worn such that the dirt underneath was turned up, and thousands of feet created massive clouds of dust that […]
Even earnest Taylor Swift isn’t completely immune to a few friendly jabs from her country music brethren. On Thursday night’s CMA Awards, Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley took the opportunity as the night’s hosts to poke fun at Swift’s notorious love life in their opening monologue. “Brad and I were backstage talking about what a […]
Singer Mitch Lucker of the metal band Suicide Silence died Thursday morning in Orange County following a Halloween motorcycle crash. He was 28 years old. Lucker crashed around 8:55 p.m. Wednesday night in Huntington Beach – according to a press release from the Huntington Beach Police Department. He was driving a black 2013 Harley Davidson […]