In today’s must-read links for your lunch break: Goths at Disneyland, Obama the stalker and 10 surprising facts about our friend the mosquito.
obama
Trayvon Martin Gets the Shepard Fairey Treatment
The ‘Hope’ poster artist has immortalized the dead Florida teen in a new work for Ebony magazine.
Obama’s Football-Filled NATO Weekend
The commander in chief caught a Champions League final on Saturday and tossed a pigskin around Sunday. You know, since he wasn’t busy.
Graduation Season Is Upon Us: Notable 2012 Commencement Speeches (Thus Far)
Ah, the ancient art of commencement addresses. Here’s a look at some of 2012’s influential graduation speakers
Who Was Our First Gay President?
It’s not Obama, that’s for sure: historians say the most likely candidate is James Buchanan.
Former Obama Speechwriter to Pen White House Sitcom
The Washington-Hollywood connection strikes again
Wednesday Words: Supermoon, Store d’Oeuvres and More
NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary includes useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).
Dear Mr. President: Which Jeezy Would You Be?
At the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Obama joked that while his first term saw him singing Al Green, his second term will be all about Young Jeezy. So which hip-hop songs should the President cover? NewsFeed has a few suggestions.
WATCH: President Obama Outshines Jimmy Kimmel at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Do we laugh at the President because he’s funny — or because he’s the President and we have to?
Who’s Who in the Colombia Secret Service Prostitution Scandal
It has all the trappings of a Hollywood movie: a high-profile government agency brought down by allegations of sexual misconduct. Here are the stars of the Secret Service prostitution scandal, both home and abroad.
Ted Nugent’s Remarks Prompt Secret-Service Investigation
Not that the Secret Service is having a great run of publicity right now, but at least they get to investigate the remarks of Ted Nugent as part of their job.
The gun-toting rocker, who has sat on the board of the National …
President Obama: ‘If I Had a Son, He’d Look Like Trayvon’
The backlash against Trayvon Martin’s shooting has swept the nation, with thousands demonstrating in New York and Florida, and millions signing an online petition. And now the awareness has spread to the highest ranks in …