First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Jill Biden were booed at the Homestead-Miami Speedway Sunday, where they were present to Grand Marshall the final races of the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
They were also visiting to raise support for a White House initiative that encourages businesses to hire veterans.
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Saturn may have a flyby clip from pictures taken by the Cassini spacecraft, but its neighboring planet Jupiter boasts a stunning photo op caught on video of its very own. The footage is composed of images taken using a camera and a one meter telescope during five days of observation (from October 10 to 15) on Pic du Midi — a mountain in the French Pyrenees known for its observatory 2,800 meters above ground level.
Pic du Midi'svery stable atmospheric conditions is ideal for observing heavenly bodies — hence the high-resolution photos of Jupiter. Watching the video, you'll see a number of the gas giant's details including the famous Great Red Spot as the planet rotates on its axis. If you have a great affinity for the biggest planet in our solar system, this clip may just tide you over until we get an even closer view of Jupiter when Juno arrives on the planet in 2016.
Pic du Midi via Discover Magazine
This article was written by Mariella Moon and originally appeared on Tecca
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Manipulating the laws of nature can carve you a place in history
While much of the world spends its evenings watching dancers, singers, and trivia junkies battle it out in front of live studio audiences, teams of scientists from all corners of the earth are engaged in a much more heated competition. Their goal? To be the first to create the heaviest elements in the universe — and gain all the scientific fame and fortune that such a discovery brings.
The two weighty elements in question are numbers 119 and 120 on the periodic table, with those numeric values equalling the number of protons their atoms contain. It may sound like a complicated task, and while the science behind creating new elements is complex, the basic concept is rather straightforward. In order to create element 119, researchers are slamming a titanium metal plate with atoms of the element berkelium, hoping that titanium's 22 protons and berkelium's 97 protons will combine to create an atom with 119 protons.
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Cain's Secret Service agents
Cain, the first Republican candidate to receive Secret Service protection this election cycle, rolled up to the pre-arranged spot with three Chevy sport utility vehicles, a heavy-duty pick up truck and one mini-bus. Agents immediately jumped out of the vehicles and dispersed, warding away any supporters who tried to get too close.
Although Cain spent several minutes answering questions from reporters and even gaggled after the official press conference, it was clear that the era of open candidate-access that marked the first months of Cain's initial lower-tier candidacy is definitively over.
Cain's campaign requested the agents after several contentious skirmishes with reporters in the wake of allegations that he sexually harassed co-workers during his tenure at the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. In an interview with The Washington Post this week, campaign spokesman J.D. Gordon cited the media swarm as a reason for requesting the Secret Service detail, but Cain on Friday denied that he was trying to keep reporters away from him.
"No," Cain said in response to a question about whether the media were responsible for his new armed guards in dark suits. "It was just that it was time because of the popularity of the campaign. It was just time to go to that next step. And I'm just glad we were given that opportunity so we're delighted to have it."
Confidential documents posted to Facebook by a group called WikiLeaks Libya show that a motley group of Washington fixers-for-hire mounted an 11th-hour push in April to revive Moammer Gadhafi's sagging Washington reputation. And all they asked for their services was the nominal fee of $10 million from the Libyan strongman, who was killed by rebel forces last month in his hometown of Sirte. The story was first reported late Thursday by the New York Times' Scott Shane and Penn Bullock.
The confidential documents, addressed to Your "Excellency Moammar Khaddafi," and dated April 17, "contained a shock for the Americans: a three-page letter addressed to Colonel Qaddafi . . . [offering] the Libyan dictator the lobbying services of what he called the 'American Action Group' to outmaneuver the rebels and win United States government support," Shane and Bullock reported.
"Our group of Libyan sympathizers . . . would like to help to block the actions of your international enemies and to support a normal working relationship with the United States Government," a letter signed by a Belgian member of the proposed lobbying group, Dirk Borgers, said, Shane and Bullock reported.
"Our group . . . working inside the different services, Intelligence, Military, Congress and Administration, of the American government, since 30 plus years," can help "block the actions of your international enemies" and "support a normal working relationship with the United States government," the proposal to Gadhafi stated.
Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll show you how to use Google Latitude on your Android phone.
Google Latitude lets you see where your friends and family are via their Android-based phone. By configuring certain settings, which we show you how to in our video, you'll be able to let your friends and family not only see where you are, but also check out where they are. And don't worry about privacy — there's lot of settings to only let those you want know where you are.
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Committee co-chairs Hensarling, left and Murray, right (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
In yet another race against the clock for Congress, time is quickly running out for the supercommittee of budget-conscious lawmakers to reach an agreement over how to cut a minimum of $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit over the next 10 years.
But why does it matter if they reach their deadline or how they do so? And who exactly is calling the shots?
Below, we explain the nitty-gritty of the super committee and why the next few days are so crucial for this panel.
Avoid the pitfalls of ugly pictures and capture happy memories
One of the most popular traditions around the holidays is the family photo. While you certainly could go to a professional portrait studio to have a photo taken with your nearest and dearest, sometimes that's just impractical (not to mention expensive). But too often, a family photo taken at home means a poorly lit, blurry, or boring mess that just gets stuck in an album and forgotten.
But with advances in digital cameras making it relatively easy to take great pictures, there's no excuse for a terrible family photo. Just follow a few simple guidelines, and you'll be able to create holiday memories you'll be proud to display.
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If your goal is to get a photo with all the aunts and uncles and cousins who are coming over for Thanksgiving dinner, be sure to let everyone know ahead of time. That will give them the opportunity to make sure they've done their hair, put on a bit of makeup, and chosen the pants without a hole in the knee. People appreciate some warning for these Read More »
Day laborers in Phoenix, Arizona (AP)
Arizona provides a case study for the effects of a tough E-Verify law on the labor market.
According to a study released this year by the Public Policy Institute of California, about 92,000 or 17 percent of the Hispanic non-citizen population of Arizona left in the year after the state passed E-Verify legislation. The researchers say most of them were illegal immigrants, and determined that the recession was not the cause of the exodus by comparing the migration patterns to those of other states.
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"Some people ask, why has the show stayed on so long? And I think it's answered to me every time people tell me why they watch it. They watch it, they say, because it makes them feel better. And it can't get better than that. It makes them happy and I'll never be able to top that. And I'll never be able to answer all of the cards and letters and messages that have poured in, especially in the last few weeks, but I'll always remember spending these mornings with all of you. So thank you very much for these great years together. God bless you all, and I hope I see you again real soon."
-- Regis Philbin's final words on Friday's "Live With Regis & Kelly," his final broadcast after 28 years on morning television. The 80-year-old TV icon did not cry, but his co-host, Kelly Ripa, fought back tears during Philbin's send-off.Read More »
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