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Today is Friday, May 17, the 137th day of 2013. There are 228 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 17, 1973, a special committee convened by the U.S. Senate began its televised hearings into the Watergate scandal. On this date: In 1510, Early Renaissance painter Sandro.... |
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Today is Friday, May 17, the 137th day of 2013. There are 228 days left in the year. |
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Depending on whom you ask, Andy Kaufman either died on this day 29 years ago, or he pulled off one of history's greatest hoaxes. As evidence for the latter, they'll point to his career. Not the obvious one -- his "Taxi" gig or his quick-flaming stint on "Saturday Night Live" (which ended with the.... |
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"Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it," said the great 18th century writer Jonathan Swift in his essay, The Art of Political Lying. |
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FORT WORTH, TX -- (Marketwired) -- 05/16/13 -- Just in time for Maker Faire Bay Area, RadioShack announced a major partnership expansion with Maker Media, the creators of MAKE Magazine, Makezine.co... |
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Pontiff says politicians need to be bold in tackling the root causes of the economic crisis Pope Francis has hit out at unbridled capitalism and the "cult of money", calling for ethical reform of the financial system to create a more humane society. In an impassioned appeal, the Argentinian pontiff.... |
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The Vatican Bank, a centre of scandals for decades, is to launch its own website and publish its annual report in an effort to increase transparency, its new president said. |
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HARARE – Flamboyant preacher, Prophet Uebert Angel Mudzanire, may be living on borrowed time, amid revelations that Zanu PF businessman, Philip Chiyangwa, is the bankrolling baron behind his Spirit Embassy church in Harare. Sources close to Chiyangwa allege the controversial multi-millionaire lured.... |
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By Dena Aubin NEW YORK (Reuters) - A crisis engulfing the U.S. Internal Revenue Service over its scrutiny of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status adds to a long history of scandal and abuse - both real and alleged - at the tax agency. Here are some high-profile cases over the past 80 years,.... |
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Catholic leader urges world leaders to do more to help the poor as secretive Vatican Bank plans to boost transparency. |
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In this morning's Mass, Francis spoke about Saint Paul's apostolic zeal. "Paul is a nuisance. He is a man who, with his preaching, his work, his attitude irritates others, because he bears witness to Jesus Christ". We can ask the Holy Spirit "to give us all this apostolic fervour to be nuisance in.... |
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