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May 2009
- White House Changes Tune on Flyover Photo Release
  
  CNN | May 7, 09 7:20 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The White House has switched gears and decided to release a report on, and photos from, the Air Force One low-altitude flyby that spooked New Yorkers, CNN reports. A spokesman said that, contrary to earlier reports, images would be probably be released later this week—along with the findings of an official review into "why that decision was made and to ensure that it never happens again." More »
April 2009
- UK's Anti-Terror Chief Quits Over Photo Faux Pas
  
  Wall Street Journal | Apr 9, 09 6:02 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The crack British counter-terrorism official who was inadvertently photographed carrying a paper with details of raids that snared 12 men linked to al-Qaeda yesterday has stepped down, the Wall Street Journal reports. Bob Quick, who was bringing the document to a meeting at Downing Street, had previously apologized for the blunder, which sped the timing of the raids. More »
March 2009
- Sloppy DNA Work Creates Myth of Phantom Serial Killer
  
  Times (UK) | Mar 27, 09 9:13 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Embarrassed German cops may soon call off their hunt for a notorious female serial killer, the Times of London reports. DNA from a suspect dubbed "the woman without a face” has been found at dozens of crime scenes across Europe, including stranglings and shootings, but detectives now believe the DNA comes from a worker in a DNA swab factory. More »
- Gmail Adds 'Undo Send' Option
  
  Wired | Mar 20, 09 6:25 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Anybody who's ever been gripped by regret seconds after hitting "Send" will like Gmail's new feature, Wired reports. "Undo Send" gives users a grace period—currently 5 seconds, although future updates will provide the option for 10 seconds—in which they can yank back emails that are being sent to the wrong person, or just shouldn't have been sent at all. More »
February 2009
- Microsoft U-Turns on Severance Clawback
  
  TechCrunch | Feb 24, 09 3:26 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Microsoft is moving to stem a flood of bad publicity by letting laid-off workers who accidentally got too much severance pay keep the extra cash, TechCrunch reports. The workers, who lost their jobs last month in Microsoft's first-ever mass layoffs, contacted news media after receiving letters from the company asking them to return some of their severance payments. More »
June 2008
- Pop: Miley Pic 'Stinks,' Move On
  
  MSNBC | Jun 18, 08 10:49 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Miley Cyrus' father wishes he had stuck around to chaperone his daughter's Vanity Fair photo shoot, he tells the Today show. Billy Ray Cyrus, who posed with his daughter for the mag spread, says he wasn't around when the racy photos of Miley wrapped in a blanket were taken. The onetime country star says snapper Anne Leibovitz is "a good person"—but he had no idea she was going to take the controversial pics. More »
- LOST IN ENEMY AIRSPACE
  
  brijit.com | Jun 1, 08
  
  This gripping excerpt from Dobbs' new book One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War, reads like a thriller. During the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, U-2 pilot Charles Maultsby began a routine flight in Alaska but accidentally veered off-course and entered Soviet airspace. Dobbs' excerpt is brief, but it clearly captures the tensions surrounding not just American and Russian leaders, but also Maultsby and his commanders as they raced to avoid an escalation of military powers. Well-written, humanizing, and likely to interest the reader in...
May 2008
- Things Not to Say on the Campaign Trail
  
  Politico | May 27, 08 11:06 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In a year of gaffe-rich campaign speeches, Republicans in particular are worried that some errant phrase will seem racist or sexist to general-election voters. Politico helpfully catalogs the mines the candidates have already stepped on. Some phrases to avoid: “Sweetie”: Barack Obama used the endearment to address a female reporter. “Hard-working Americans, White Americans”: Hillary Clinton drew criticism for the phrase. More »
- Hillary's Killer RFK Quote Stuns Pundits
  
  New York Daily News | May 24, 08 3:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary’s RFK gaffe certainly has people talking—and most aren’t being too kind. Michael Goodwin of the New York Daily News calls it “an X-ray of a very dark soul” that considers murder just another strategic possibility. Hillary has shot her chance at being vice president, he writes: “She doesn’t deserve to be elected dog catcher anywhere now.” More »
- On RFK, Clinton Should Have Known Better
  
  Washington Post | May 24, 08 10:25 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton used history to make a point, but her RFK gaffe provides a valuable lesson for those studying it: “There are taboos in presidential politics, and this is one of the biggest,” Libby Copeland writes in the Washington Post . Clinton has apologized for referring to the assassination in her rationale for staying in the race, but her comments “broke a double taboo,” because many fear Obama’s race makes him a bigger target. More »
- Clinton's RFK Remark Sparks Fear, Outrage
  
  New York Times | May 23, 08 7:54 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton whipped up a storm of anger today by invoking Bobby Kennedy's murder as grounds for staying in the Democratic race, the New York Times reports. Recalling the surprise outcomes of past contests, including her husband’s in 1992, the senator told editors at a South Dakota newspaper that “we all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California" in 1968. More »
- Nuclear Sub Damage Linked to Tracing Paper
  
  Guardian (UK) | May 23, 08 1:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Investigators have found the culprit behind a $10 million nuclear submarine accident: Tracing paper. HMS Trafalgar struck the seabed in 2002 because a piece of tracing paper obscured key details on a nautical chart, the Guardian reports. More »
- Open-Source Security Flaw Exposes Millions
  
  MIT Technology Review | May 22, 08 6:16 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A programming error discovered last week makes at least four open-source operating systems and 25 applications vulnerable to hacking, and a patch distributed to fix it doesn’t solve the problem. Worse, the vulnerability can extend to computers not even running the deficient code, reports Technology Review . The mistake went unnoticed for almost 2 years. More »
- Texas Court: Return Kids to Polygamy Sect
  
  Houston Chronicle | May 22, 08 3:27 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Texas appeals court found today that authorities, acting on "no evidence," and supported only by a "general allegation" of impropriety, should not have removed more than 460 children from a polygamist compound, the Dallas Morning News reports. The panel also said a local court "abused its discretion" in authorizing an April 3 raid and ordered the children returned. More »
- 10 of Sect's 'Child Brides' Are Adults
  
  Houston Chronicle | May 21, 08 3:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Texas authorities have admitted that 10 of the "children" taken into custody from the Eldorado polygamist sect are actually adults—including one who is 27—and more could be reclassified this week, reports the Houston Chronicle . This development could weaken the Child Protective Services' case that the sect was forcing underage girls into marriage and sex. More »
- Oops! United Mistakenly Drops Fuel Charges for a Day
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 15, 08 5:27 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - United Airlines gave travelers a big break on ticket prices today—by accident. The airline neglected to add fuel surcharges to prices this afternoon, saving lucky buyers up to $130 per flight, the Wall Street Journal reports. United made the mistake at 12:30pm, when it filed prices with the feds, and wasn't able to fix the problem until 8pm EST. More »
- Obama Apologizes for Calling Reporter 'Sweetie'
  
  Detroit News | May 15, 08 7:48 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama has apologized to a reporter for an off-the-cuff term of endearment, reports the Detroit News. While the candidate was stumping in Detroit, the TV journalist called out a question, and he responded: "Hold on one second, sweetie.” He later left her a phone message, calling his remark “a bad habit” that meant “no disrespect.” More »
- Stay Tuned to WN- Bleep- C
  
  New York Daily News | May 13, 08 10:45 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A longtime local anchor in New York got her viewers' undivided attention during a promo last night when she said the F-word live, the New York Daily News reports. After the wrong video played as she teased the upcoming news during Medium, 28-year WNBC veteran Sue Simmons said, "What the f--- are you doing?" More »
- Winning Nobel a Disaster: Lessing
  
  BBC | May 12, 08 9:24 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Author Doris Lessing says winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2007 was a "bloody disaster" for her and her work. The 88-year-old author of The Good Terrorist and The Golden Notebook told the BBC she is in constant demand and has written little since winning. "All I do is give interviews and spend time being photographed," she complained. More »
April 2008
- Teen Panty Ad Shocks Disney
  
  Slate | Apr 30, 08 12:48 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Red-faced Disney execs paused their Miley Cyrus finger-wagging yesterday when asked about a billboard showcasing an underage model in Disney-themed skivvies above a Beijing subway station, Slate reports. The ad, paid for by the squeaky-clean cartoon empire, features a pig-tailed pubescent girl lounging in mouse-logo bra and panties playing with a pair of Minnie Mouse puppets. More »