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World Rock-Paper-Scissors Champ Crowned

A Michigan man has won the world Rock Paper Scissors championship in Toronto. Tim Conrad clinched the title after five hours of play and nine matches at the Steam Whistle Brewery on Saturday night. Facing off against his best friend in the first ...

From AMERICAN1ST, Drudge ReTort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs,  19 Nov 2009

Byrd Becomes Longest Serving Member of Congress

Washington (CNN) -- When Robert Byrd came to Congress from West Virginia, a postage stamp cost 3 cents and kids were clamoring for a new toy called Mr. Potato Head. On Wednesday, almost 57 years later, Byrd became the longest-serving member of Congress ...

From AMERICAN1ST, Drudge ReTort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  U.S. Senate,  Robert Byrd,  U.S. Democratic Party

Fannie Mae Gets $15 Billion More

The Treasury Department will pump $15 billion more into Fannie Mae, the company announced last night. That brings Fannie's total bailout to $59.9 billion together with its sibling Freddie Mac, the toll has risen to $110.6 billion. Fannie lost $18.9 ...

From AMERICAN1ST, Drudge ReTort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Fannie Mae,  United States Department of the Treasury,  Freddie Mac

Liberal Site Tracks Conservative Money Men

A liberal advocacy group is launching Conservative Transparency, a new web site to document the financial and political ties of conservative groups. The site is being run by the Media Matters Action Network and uses Internal Revenue Service filings to ...

From AMERICAN1ST, Drudge ReTort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Internal Revenue Service

Hagel to Lead Obama's Intel Oversight Panel

Former Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel will soon be named co-chair of President's Intelligence Advisory Board. In that capacity, Hagel will be charged with overseeing the work of the intelligence agencies for the president and investigating violations of ...

From AMERICAN1ST, Drudge ReTort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush

1968 Pan Am Hijacker Arrested at JFK

After 41 years, federal officials have arrested a man wanted for the hijacking of a 1968 Pan Am flight out of New York to Cuba. Luis Armando Pena Soltren was arrested yesterday after arriving at JFK International Airport on a flight from Havana. ...

From AMERICAN1ST, Drudge ReTort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs,  12 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Luis Armando Pena Soltren

Ethics Committee Expands Rangel Probe

The House Ethics Committee announced plans Thursday to expand its investigation of Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), who in August amended his congressional financial disclosure forms to acknowledge hundreds of thousands of dollars in previously unreported ...

From AMERICAN1ST, Drudge ReTort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs,  9 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Charles Rangel,  Ways and Means Committee

Cancer Spreading Gene Discovered

Scientists have pinpointed a gene, NRG1 (neuregulin-1), linked to more than half of all breast cancers and many bowel, prostate, ovarian and bladder tumors. A Cambridge team showed that the gene -- which helps to suppress the growth of cancer -- is ...

From AMERICAN1ST, Drudge ReTort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs,  5 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Paul Edwards

US Started Iran's Nuclear Program

For all the recent uproar over Iran's nuclear program, little attention has been paid to the fact that the country which first provided Tehran with nuclear equipment was the United States. In 1967, under the "Atoms for Peace" program launched by ...

From AMERICAN1ST, Drudge ReTort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs,  3 Oct 2009

Researchers Map Spud's Genetic Code

A global team of researchers has mapped the genetic code of the world's most popular vegetable -- the potato. "The potato is the most important vegetable worldwide," said Robin Buell, a Michigan State University plant biologist who worked on the ...

From AMERICAN1ST, Drudge ReTort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs,  29 Sep 2009

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