0 President Obama’s 2012 address to U.N. General Assembly

OBAMA: Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to begin today by telling you about an American named Chris Stevens. Chris was born in a town called Grass Valley, California, the son of a lawyer and a musician. As a young man, Chris joined the Peace Corps and taught English in Morocco, and he came to love and respect the people of North Africa and the Middle East. He would carry that commitment throughout his life. OBAMA: As a diplomat, he worked from Egypt to Syria, from Saudi Arabia to Libya. He was known for walking the streets of the cities where he worked, tasting the local food,...

0 Ahmadinejad tells U.N. ‘uncivilized Zionists’ are threat to Iran; U.S. boycotts address

UNITED NATIONS — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, addressing the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday for what was likely to be the last time, denounced military threats against Tehran by “uncivilized Zionists” and attacked Western leaders as handmaidens of the devil. But, for all the rhetoric, the Iranian leader’s speech was decidedly less provocative — and less notable — than his previous seven appearances at the U.N. The Iranian leader’s U.N. visit comes at a time of heightened tension between Israel, which has warned that Tehran is close to becoming a nuclear power, and Iran, which insists that its nuclear program is peaceful....

0 5 Leadership Takeaways From Michelle Obama

First Lady Michelle Obama has been actively in the news for two things. The first would be her fashion sense. But the second and most defining are her leadership skills and community activism. Mrs. Obama’s recent speech at the Democratic National Convention has been praised for being subtle and succinctly supporting her husband while using personal anecdotes. Now, I’m not trying to get political. But why has it been touted as a great speech? I’d argue it’s due to her leadership skills. So regardless of your political stance, there are a few undeniable leadership qualities to admire about the First Lady. A Los Angeles high school...

0 The Forbes 400 Summit: Bill Gates, Warren Buffett And The Greatest Roundtable Of All Time

Exactly 30 years ago Malcolm Forbes’ most enduring brainchild–a ranking of the richest people in America–came to fruition. The Forbes 400 proved a phenomenon as soon as it launched. Three decades later it’s an American icon. Each of the 400 stories testifies to the American Dream. When measured together, they serve as an annual marker for the dynamism of free enterprise. For this 30th Anniversary Issue, we decided to raise the bar : Rather than congregate only on the printed page, what if we actually summoned the 400 to come together in person? Specifically, what if the most financially successful people in America, leveraging their...

0 Romney Reveals He Paid 14% Rate in ’11 Tax Return

  Mitt Romney responded to months of political pressure on Friday by making public his most recent tax return and limited information from previous years, asserting that he had paid a double-digit federal income tax rate for more than two decades. Mr. Romney’s return for 2011 showed that he paid an effective federal income tax rate of 14 percent last year, or a little more than $1.9 million on adjusted gross income of about $13.7 million. A letter from his accountants said his tax rate from 1990 through 2009 had never fallen below 13.66 percent but did not disclose the amount of tax paid. Mr. Romney’s 2010 return,...

0 Why Fiona Apple, Armie Hammer and Other Stars Are Gettin' Busted for Pot in Same Texas Town!

  Why are so many stars getting busted for pot in a tiny town in Texas? What are Fiona Apple and Armie Hammer doing out there in the desert to begin with?—B.T. Cruel, via Facebook You speak of Sierra Blanca, a tiny town, as you put it, which sits about 85 miles east of El Paso. The town also has witnessed the arrests of stars ranging from Fiona Apple and Armie Hammer to Snoop Dogg, Willie Nelson and Paul Wall. And I found out why. ...

0 Giants vs Panthers: Mistakes Show Cam Newton Is Regressing as an NFL Quarterback

  Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton likes to think of himself as the Man of Steel, as he playfully opens the invisible shirt over his jersey on each scoring play to reveal the Superman "S" on his chest. With five interceptions so far in this young 2012 season, maybe we should change the spelling of his nickname to the Man of Steal. The Panthers lost their Thursday Night Football tilt with the New York Giants, 36-7, and Newton tossed three interceptions and not one touchdown. He did cross the goal line on his feet as he rushed six times for six yards, but with his interception...

0 Go Daddy outage hits small businesses hardest

Thousands and possibly millions of websites hosted by Go Daddy.com went down for several hours on Monday, causing trouble for the mainly small businesses that rely on the service. A Twitter feed that claimed to be affiliated with the "Anonymous" hacker group said it was behind the outage, but that couldn't be confirmed. Another Twitter account, known to be associated with Anonymous, suggested the first one was just taking advantage of an outage it had nothing to do with. Go Daddy spokeswoman Elizabeth Driscoll said the outage began at around 1:25 p.m. EDT.  By around 5:43 p.m. EDT, the GoDaddy.com website was back up and service...