Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver fails to follow up with a victory at the Preakness Stakes, finishing sixth and dashing the hopes for a Triple Crown for another year. The last Triple Crown champion was Affirmed, 32 years ago. (via CBS News)
“According to the information available to us so far, Google has for years penetrated private networks, apparently illegally,”
— ILSE AIGNER, German consumer protection minister, in a statement condemning Google for monitoring …
TV chef Juan Carlos Cruz is shown in a photograph released by the Santa Barbara, Calif. police department. Police say Cruz, who once hosted a program on the Food Network, has been arrested for allegedly trying to solicit homeless …
“This is certainly thinking outside the bun,”
— BOB SANDELMAN, CEO of restaurant research firm Sandelman & Associates, on Taco Bell’s new plan to create a $2 value meal. Taco Bell will offer a drink, a bag of Doritos chips and …
Juan Carlos Cruz, better known as the one-time TV chef host of Calorie Commando on the Food Network, is under arrest, accused of suspicion of solicitation to commit murder.
The space shuttle Atlantis lifted off on schedule Friday, bound for the International Space Station on its last scheduled mission. Here’s five fast facts about the shuttle’s history.
In a bizarre case out of Washington, a man was acquitted on assault charges Thursday after branding his family with hot iron letters.
From Swampland, TIME’s Michael Scherer posts about the creation of West Wing Week, a new White House video that documents President Barack Obama. “In another circumstance, one could marvel at the access this videographer gets,” …
“The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean. The amount of volume of oil and dispersant we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water volume.”
— TONY HAYWARD, CEO of BP, on the scope of the company’s oil spill. (via …
Thai soldiers are clashing with well-fortified protesters who have blockaded the city’s business district. See the latest pictures from the scene.
(via TIME.com)
The Space Shuttle Atlantis will liftoff for its final mission at 2:20 p.m. EST from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The 12-day trip to the International Space Station will mark the end of Atlantis’ nearly 25 years of service. …
Stephen Colbert isn’t afraid to go after the “Pillsbury Dough Pundit.”
