Tidbits to Consider

By Laura Donovan - The Daily Caller | The Daily Caller: President Barack Obama may have released his birth certificate this spring to debunk rumors that he was born outside the United States, but old school crooner Pat Boone maintains that our nation’s leader originated in Africa and has shown the... Sign in to see full entry.

By BETH FOUHY: NEW YORK (AP) — Republicans have scored an upset victory in a House race that started as a contest to replace Rep. Anthony Weiner after he resigned in a sexting scandal but became a referendum on President Barack Obama's economic policies. Retired media executive and political novice... Sign in to see full entry.

By Patricia Giovine: EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - A female tiger has killed her mate at a West Texas zoo, authorities said on Friday, in a rare attack that came after months of simmering jealousy in a feline love triangle. Three-year-old Malayan tiger Seri killed 6-year-old Wzui at about 4 p.m. on... Sign in to see full entry.

by E.S. Browning provided by More Americans are reaching their 60s with so much debt they can't afford to retire. Most people used to pay off their debts before retiring. But as wages have barely kept up with rising prices over the past 35 years Americans have pushed debt higher, living beyond their... Sign in to see full entry.

Survey’s surprising finding: tea party less popular than atheists and Muslims By Rachel Rose Hartman | The Ticket: In an op-ed article in the New York Times, Robert D. Putnam, a professor of public policy at Harvard, and David E. Campbell, a political scientist at Notre Dame, say they have collected... Sign in to see full entry.

Silicon Valley billionaire funding creation of artificial libertarian islands By Liz Goodwin | The Lookout Pay Pal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel has given $1.25 million to an initiative to create floating libertarian countries in international waters, according to a profile of the... Sign in to see full entry.

By Sarah B. Weir and Lori Bongiorno Posted Mon Aug 8, 2011 2:04pm PDT More from Green Picks blog Guess how much protein is in a juicy, 8-ounce cheeseburger washed down with a milkshake? This single meal contains two to three times as much as most people need per day. It’s no great surprise that... Sign in to see full entry.

By Walter Brandimarte and Melanie Lee Saturday August 6, 2011, 10:23 am EDT NEW YORK/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China bluntly criticized the United States on Saturday one day after the superpower's credit rating was downgraded, saying the "good old days" of borrowing were over. Standard & Poor's cut the... Sign in to see full entry.

By Maria Tsvetkova LAKE SELIGER, Russia (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the United States Monday of living beyond its means "like a parasite" on the global economy and said dollar dominance was a threat to the financial markets. "They are living beyond their means and... Sign in to see full entry.

By Liz Goodwin | The Lookout: Hundreds of job opening listings posted on Monster.com and other jobs sites explicitly state that people who are unemployed would be less attractive applicants, with some telling the long-term unemployed to not even bother with applying. The New York Times' Catherine... Sign in to see full entry.