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Mitt: I'll Have to Check on My Tax Rate

He can't recall if he has paid less than 13.9%

(Newser) - Amid the buzz of his world travels, ABC brought Mitt Romney back to his old Achilles heel: taxes. Asked last night if he has ever paid less than the 13.9% rate he paid in 2010, Romney said he'd have to check his records. "I haven't calculated...

London Scrambles as Seats Sit Empty
 London Scrambles 
 as Seats Sit Empty 
OLYMPICS
Jul 29, 2012 1:20 PM CDT

London Scrambles as Seats Sit Empty

Hundreds of seats unfilled as ticketholders don't show

(Newser) - For months, tickets for London 2012 events have been so impossible to lay hands on that organizers have had to resort to ... filling vast swaths of empty seats with servicemembers? Yesterday's first full day of competition showcased hundreds of unfilled seats, even in primetime events such as swimming and...

USA Basketball Romps Over France
 USA Basketball 
 Romps Over France 
OLYMPICS
Jul 29, 2012 12:14 PM CDT

USA Basketball Romps Over France

Plus, US gymnast Jordyn Wieber fails to qualify, Queen's granddaughter competes, and more

(Newser) - With Michelle Obama cheering them on, Lebron James, Kobe Bryant and the US men's basketball team tidily put France away today in a preliminary game, reports the New York Times , in the first step to defending their gold medal. Though France is led by Tony Parker and five other...

London Cops Bust 182, Charge 4 in Olympic Protests

Activists on bicycles tried to get through security cordon

(Newser) - London police arrested 182 activists on bicycles who tried to breach the Olympic Park's security cordon during the Opening Ceremony, officials said today. Four people were charged with various offenses during Friday night's protest, while the rest were released pending further questioning, Scotland Yard said. Police said that...

Opening Ceremony Reviews: Weird but Fun

After grandiosity of Beijing, London opts for goofy, fanciful

(Newser) - After Zhang Yimou's spectacular cast of thousands opened the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the pressure was on London to have an opening ceremony at least as memorable. And after seeing Oscar-winning Danny Boyle's $42 million spectacle, the verdict is ... well, weird. But entertaining:
  • The Hollywood Reporter calls Boyle a
...

Opening Ceremony Begins
 Let the Games Begin 
olympics
Jul 27, 2012 6:55 PM CDT

Let the Games Begin

London hosts lavish opening ceremony

(Newser) - Britain opened its Olympics with a royal entrance like no other. London greeted the world in a celebration of Old England that was stunning, imaginative, whimsical, and dramatic. Cheeky, too, with a stand-in for Queen Elizabeth II parachuting into Olympic Stadium, accompanied by James Bond, no less. Brit director Danny...

Carl Lewis on Romney Gaffe: He Should 'Stay Home'

Olympic legend joins the crowd pummeling Romney for criticizing games

(Newser) - Mitt Romney got yet another high-profile tongue-lashing for having the effrontery to suggest that London wasn't ready for the Olympics—while in London. "Every Olympics is ready, I don't care whatever he said," nine-time US gold medalist Carl Lewis told the Independent . "I swear, sometimes...

Romney's London Trip a Winner... for Obama

Candidate makes gaffe after gaffe: Nicholas Watt

(Newser) - Mitt Romney has been doing his opponent some serious favors during his trip to London. He's managed to offend the British public with remarks about Olympic preparedness , prompting a witty comeback from David Cameron. He let slip that he'd met with the boss of MI6 . And he called...

These Games Will Be Quite British

 These Games 
 Will Be Quite 
 British 
olympics
Jul 27, 2012 8:57 AM CDT

These Games Will Be Quite British

London 2012 will celebrate UK—without going overboard

(Newser) - Don't expect a rerun of Beijing: This year's Olympics will have a more understated character, better suited to their host country, organizers say. "What you’re going to get, generally speaking, is an image of the UK as it is, warts and all," says a promoter....

Michelle Leads Team USA in London

 Michelle Leads 
 Team USA in 
 London 
olympics
Jul 27, 2012 5:41 AM CDT

Michelle Leads Team USA in London

Will attend Olympic events, Queen's reception

(Newser) - Michelle Obama has quite the packed London weekend ahead as leader of the US Olympic delegation. First, she's breakfasting with US athletes. Afterward, she'll be joined by more than 1,000 kids for a healthy-living event. Then it's a Buckingham Palace reception with the queen, and finally...

Romney Blabs About Secret MI6 Meeting

Rather!

(Newser) - I say there, old bean, that's not quite the way it's done. Mitt Romney put his foot in his mouth again across the pond. After irking the Brits with some comments about Olympic preparations yesterday, he also "blabbed" about a meeting with the head of British intelligence...

London Mayor Bashes Romney
 London Mayor Bashes Romney 
Jul 26, 2012 5:36 PM CDT

London Mayor Bashes Romney

Olympic comments offend allies across the pond

(Newser) - Britain isn't getting over Mitt Romney's comments questioning its handling of the 2012 Olympics. London Mayor Boris Johnson, for instance, mocked the presidential candidate in front of a 60,000-strong rally today, the Huffington Post reports. "There are some people who are coming from around the world...

London Eye to Be Twitter-Driven 'Mood Ring'

Brit tweets will determine 'mood color' during the Olympics

(Newser) - Want to gauge the mood of Brits during the Olympics? Just check out the London Eye. The Ferris wheel will be turned into a huge "mood ring" for 30 minutes each night. The wheel will light up in different colors, depending on the nation's attitude about the day'...

How Olympics Hurt Host Cities More Than Help

3 reasons cities should avoid Games: Andrew Zimbalist

(Newser) - Cities go nuts trying to bring the Olympics home—and they may not be doing themselves any favors. Sure, if everything runs smoothly, the Games might offer a "small windfall." But the economic reality is far more complicated, writes Andrew Zimbalist at the Atlantic :
  • Private companies, not cities,
...

Madonna's Week Just Getting Worse

London concert 'worst ever,' Poland and Australia mad at her...

(Newser) - Madonna's week hasn't gotten much better since news broke that she's being sued for using a swastika image during her concerts: The Daily Mail reports that hundreds of fans walked out of her gig last night in London, with some deeming it the worst concert ever. The...

Tetra Pak Heir Charged With Not Burying Wife

Rausing may have lived with corpse for weeks

(Newser) - Billionaire Tetra Pak heir Hans Kristian Rausing has been charged with preventing the lawful and decent burial of his wife, Eva, whose body may have lain in the couple's luxury home for weeks before it was discovered. Rausing, who was arrested last week on suspicion of murder, is being...

London Pulls Plug on Springsteen, McCartney

The Boss blew past Hyde Park's curfew

(Newser) - Telling a spellbound crowd of 60,000 that "I've been trying to do this for 50 years," Bruce Springsteen brought Paul McCartney onstage in London last night, with the grinning duo blazing their way through "I Saw Her Standing There" before launching into "Twist and...

UK Military Drafts Vets to Guard Olympics

Contractor says there's a 50-50 chance bomb would slip past security

(Newser) - The British military has been forced to hold an "emergency draft" to add another 3,500 troops to its Olympic security contingent—most of them soldiers just returning from Afghanistan—after the private security company hired to protect the games came up thousands short of the number of guards...

Tetra Pak Heir Arrested After Wife's Death

Hans Kristian Rausing had first been busted on drug charges

(Newser) - The body of Eva Rausing, one of the richest women in Britain, was found in her London home Monday, and her husband Hans Kristian Rausing, heir to the Tetra Pak packaging firm fortune, has been arrested in connection with the death. Authorities said that a 49-year-old man was busted on...

Britain's Financial Authority Never Policed Libor

As scandal builds, UK parliament decides to hold banking inquiry

(Newser) - The growing scandal over the rigging of benchmark Libor rates raises a fundamental question: Why didn't Britain's Financial Services Authority see anything was amiss? Mainly because the FSA hadn't policed Libor for years, reports the Wall Street Journal . Worse, bank executives had warned the FSA about Libor...

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