Name That Mosque! Ground Zero's Other 'Neighbors'
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(Aug. 15) -- Call it "the ground zero mosque," as some of its critics have, and some people might get the impression that the mosque in question will be located, well, right at ground zero, or at...
How Congress Rolls: House Spends $1.4 Million Per Month on Travel
(July 21) -- It's a truth of political life (not to mention, yes, an unforgivable bastardization of a classic TV catchphrase): Have seat in Congress, will travel. As if your job depends on it....
Congress Is a PC: Expense Review Shows Just $22,000 in Apple Purchases
(July 21 -- Legislating: There's an app for that. Commissioned by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., it's called GovWatch, and it aggregates the social media feeds of the GOP members of the House Committee...
Congress' Expense Report: $4.4 Million for House Interns and Pages
(July 21) -- Nice work, if you can get it. But chances are you can't, unless you happen to still be in school. Full Report How Congress Spent Your $1 Billion Food Tab: $604K on Bottled Water Interns...
Congress' Old-Media Habit: $1.2 Million a Month on News and Research
(July 21) -- One group of people not contributing to the erosion of paid newspaper subscriptions: our duly elected representatives and their staffs. The hundreds of line items for old-media...
Congress' Food Tab: $604,000 for Bottled Water, $152 at Quiznos
(July 21) -- Crave ribs? Bagels and coffee or doughnuts? Seafood, subs or Chinese? So does Congress! House members spent part of their Members Representational Allowances on these items -- and more...
What Congress Bought Itself With Your $1 Billion
(July 21) -- Congress requires a lot of stuff to keep itself running. Like coffee. And plane tickets. And student loan payments. That's the point underscored (and underscored again) by figures...
Breakdown: Queen Elizabeth's Budget Crunch
Lucas Jackson, AFP / Getty Images
(July 8) -- You know times are tough when even Queen Elizabeth II has to cut back. In a new, painful era of austerity for the British government, Her Majesty has been forced to shed a couple million...
Breakdown: How Apple Blew by Microsoft
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(May 27) -- Thirteen years ago, Microsoft had to prop up its arch-rival Apple with a loan. On Wednesday, Apple's market capitalization became bigger than Microsoft's, completing one of the most...
Breakdown: How Justin Bieber Is Like Apple
Chris Pizzello, AP
(May 25) -- To some, Justin Bieber is a super-sweet, super-dreamy pop star. To others, he's that dude who's ruined Twitter's trending topics. Earlier this year, ShortFormBlog compared Bieber's...
The Breakdown: Is Congress Also Just Too Old?
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(May 19) -- Another way to spin Tuesday night's primary results in Pennsylvania: The fifth-oldest senator will finally be retiring. Arlen Specter's loss has been read as a result of voters'...
Estimating Oil Spill's Size Proves Slippery Task
(May 14) -- To put it simply, it's a lot. The specific estimate of how much oil has been leaking into the Gulf of Mexico from a hole caused by an offshore drilling rig's untimely demise has the...
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