If you thought Mitt Romney was a robotic cyborg programmed by the Republican Party solely to give Barack Obama a run for his money, think again. It is now being reported that the GOP frontrunner once did something — gasp — human! According to a nearly two-decade old Boston Globe article that has been unearthed by Buzzfeed, at one time the presidential hopeful wasn’t the stiff, white bread, robot-like... 

Fruitful research: The light is depicted as travelling in waves across the scene The first stunning images of moving bullets appeared around 50 years ago – now a team of snap happy scientists have trumped that achievement by photographing streaks of light. Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) needed some very specialised equipment to pull off the feat, as light travels... 

President Obama went to the airwaves early Friday urging people to prepare for an apocalyptic nightmare that could strike the East Coast this weekend as Hurricane Irene encroaches across America. Issuing a warning on Friday morning, the president urged Americans to take heed of what he says will go down as a “historic hurricane” that will prove to be both extremely dangerous and costly. “I... 

Shakira, Colombian born Grammy-winning singer and songwriter, holds the plaque naming her the Harvard Foundation Artist of the Year, which was presented to her by Harvard Foundation Director Allen Counter, left, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Colombian singer Shakira was honored Saturday by Harvard University for her artistic and humanitarian work. She later said some U.S. states’... 

Mitt Romney New Hampshire Republicans elected a tea party figure as their leader and rejected the establishment-backed candidate, a sign that activists in this early voting presidential state have embraced the anti-government message that helped them make major gains in November’s election. Former gubernatorial candidate Jack Kimball edged businesswoman Juliana Bergeron in a race that pitted... 

An employee of Akamai, one of the world’s largest Internet content delivery providers, was arrested and charged with wire fraud after he allegedly tried to sell confidential company data to a foreign government. Elliot Doxer, 42, of Brookline, MA, worked in Akamai’s finance department where he had access to customer information, contracts and invoices. According to the authorities, in... 

The caller introduced herself as Cathy from Massachusetts. She had a couple of modest points to make about the benefits of a national health service but Glenn Beck, one of America’s most ferocious right-wing broadcasters, was in no mood for a discussion about “socialist medicine”. “Cathy, get off my phone,” he yelled, his voice rising several octaves. “Get off my phone, you little pinhead.... 

A four month old puppy needs surgery after being brutally beaten by his owner. Police arrested Chad Benjamin, 31 of Taunton, Massachusetts, Monday for severely abusing his pit bull pup. An eyewitness, as well as the responding officer, observed the probable abuse. Benjamin was seen striking the puppy and dragging and lifting it by its leash as he walked the animal along a city street. The pit bull... 

Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage in California, faced a constitutionality test but was upheld. California’s highest court upheld a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages Tuesday but allowed about 18,000 unions performed before the ban to remain valid. Supporters of November ballot initiative Proposition 8 hailed the ruling, but about 1,000 advocates of same-sex marriages who gathered... 

The suspect in the shooting of a Wesleyan University student is in police custody, police in Meriden, Connecticut, said Thursday. A spokesman in Meriden said Stephen Morgan had been in custody there, but was transferred to police in Middletown, seven miles away. No other details were available. An arrest warrant was issued earlier for Morgan, charging him with murder in the death of Johanna Justin-Jinich... 

Its budget meltdown has California taking a look at legalizing marijuana as a means to revive its depleted treasury. But common sense, not economic need, should persuade Americans it’s past time for a sober look at our mad “reefer madness” laws. The Golden State legislator pushing the idea, Tom Ammiano of—plug in the appropriate joke—San Francisco, says licensing and taxing legal marijuana... 

Len Saxe, professor of Jewish community research and director of SSRI A reassessment of the American Jewish population indicates that it is almost 20 percent larger than previously estimated. Over six million Americans currently identify as Jewish or are children of Jewish parents, according to a study released today by the Steinhardt Social Research Institute (SSRI) at Brandeis University. The Steinhardt...