January 04, 2014

Who wins in the GOP civil war?
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/03/opinion/brazile-gop-civil-war/
Mitt Romney and other federal candidates in 2012, the U.S. Chamber of Congress joined efforts with Rove recently to elect candidates who favor big business and to defeat tea party, evangelical and libertarian candidates. "Our object is to avoid having ...


'Doctor Who' delivers big for BBC
http://nypost.com/2014/01/03/doctor-who-delivers-big-for-bbc/
?Doctor
Who? gave BBC America a really nice Christmas present. The Christmas episode of the iconic BBC series, ?Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor,? snared nearly 2.5 million viewers Dec. 25 on BBC America ? making it the most-watched telecast in the ...


Americans Who Fought in Fallujah Watch al Qaeda Make Comeback
http://abcnews.go.com/International/americans-fought-fallujah-watch-al-qaeda-make-back/story?id=21411639
What little peace this city has seen in the past decade came at the expense of dozens of American Marines who fought al Qaeda-backed insurgents in two battles in 2004. They finally eliminated the al Qaeda forces in a house by house, alleyway by ...


Meet the Americans Who've Lost Their Unemployment Benefits: "I'm Thoroughly ...
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/unemployment-benefits-stories
These emergency benefits?which Congress let expire shortly after Christmas?are part of a 2008 program that allows workers who have been out of the job for more than six months to receive an emergency extension on their payments up to 47 weeks.


Doctor Who and Spider Phobia
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2014/01/doctor-who-and-spider-phobia/
From those experiments, we know that there is a large component of learning in phobias; most people who are afraid of spiders have family members that are also afraid, or had a specific experience as a child that primed them to become phobic. We also ...


Who's at the Door? Oh, It's Gorbachev
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/door-gorbachev-21405685
The newly released papers also contain Thatcher's confidential note to Reagan describing the five hours she spent at her country home, Chequers, in talks with Gorbachev, a rising star in the Soviet system who would take over its leadership the ...


Celebrities Who Have Lost Siblings
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/celebrities-lost-siblings/story?id=21400916
Spike Lee had a rough start to the new year with the death of his younger brother. "Mr. Christopher Lee R.I.P December 23,1958-December 30,2013. Chris Is My Brother Born Right After Me," the famed director wrote on Instagram. "Not A Good Way To Start ...


Week in Review: Who's up & down in Big Ten?
http://btn.com/2014/01/03/week-in-review-whos-up-down-in-big-ten/
It's finally here: My first edition of Big Ten Three-Pointers, my weekly fun and informative look back and forward around the Big Ten hardwood. We offer up scoreboards and other features like BTN Connect daily, of course, but I like to take a ...