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Mitt Romney picked Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate Saturday, a decision that could spark enthusiasm for the Republican ticket among conservatives and all but ensures the election will turn to deep philosophical divisions between the two parties over spending, taxes and entitlements. In Mr. Ryan, 42 years old, the Romney campaign gets a conservative who has spent recent ... Read More »

Dinner party conversation can be difficult, but for Seth Horvitz, the high-caliber assault rifle he mistakenly received through Amazon.com was the perfect centerpiece. Horvitz was immediately suspicious of the package that arrived on his doorstep Tuesday because its size and shape didn’t appear to match the flat screen television he’d ordered. Expecting a used Westinghouse 39-inch LED television that he ... Read More »

Kofi Annan who was the special peace envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League for Syria has resigned due to frustration on unable to make any progress on the Syrian conflict. In an announcement tinged with bitterness and regret, Mr. Annan said at a hastily organized news conference at the United Nations’ Geneva offices that he could no ... Read More »

India plunges into darkness as almost half of India population is without power. This has happened due to multiple grid failures across 19 states! This is the largest and biggest power outage ever in the world, congrats to India you just registered your name in history. Stretching from Assam, near China, to the Himalayas and the northwestern deserts of Rajasthan, ... Read More »

An Olympic Reporter was kissed by a over-zealous soccer fan. She just came out of nowhere planted a kiss on the reporter and left the scene. The weird part is the reporter is a Muslim who was reporting for Sky News, he was also observing fasting when he will have to refrain from all food and drink, as well as ... Read More »

Hyundai may be planning on recalling around 221,630 cars in the U.S. according to U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s website. The recall is due to a possible defect in the airbags. Hyundai’s Santa Fe vehicles produced between April 19, 2006 and July 7, 2008, and Sonata passenger vehicles produced from Jan. 24 through Jun. 21 are affected, the posting ... Read More »

Marissa Mayer is the new CEO Of Yahoo. She quit Google today and starts her new job tomorrow. Mayer was Google’s first woman engineer. She managed its search product for years. She also led development of iGoogle, Google News, and Gmail. (Check out more on her impressive career here.) In 2010, she switched to Google Maps and other local products. ... Read More »