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White House responds as GOP continues Sotomayor attacks
Republicans kept the pressure on the president’s Supreme Court pick Friday, pushing the idea that Judge Sonia Sotomayor is an activist judge who will bring a leftist agenda to the bench. Meanwhile, the White House tried to soften remarks Sotomayor made in 2001 that have rankled conservatives, who say her assertion that her experiences as a Latina woman might make her judgments more sound than those of a white man brands her as a racist. “I’m sure she would have restated it, but if you look at the entire sweep of the essay she wrote, what’s clear is that she was simply saying that her life experiences will give her information about the struggles and hardships that people are going through that will make her a good judge,” President Obama said in an interview with NBC’s Brian Williams.
Nokia’s Application Store Faces Apple Dominance
Nokia is the world’s largest handset company. It has been late to the high-end smart-phone market, but it has distribution leverage all over the world because of its 37% global market share
A Brief History of Memorial Day
Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer, and it may conjure images of picnics, barbecues or just a lazy day off. But originally the holiday was charged with deeper meaning—and with controversy. The exact origins of Memorial Day are disputed, with at least five towns claiming to have given birth to the holiday some time near the end of the Civil War
Impressive Rangers secure Scottish title
Rangers ended Celtic’s three-year reign as Scottish champions on Sunday with an impressive 3-0 victory at Dundee United. Going into the final matches of the season, Walter Smith’s side led their Glasgow rivals by two points and needed a victory to guarantee the title coming back to Ibrox for the first time since 2005
120 degrees + 150 miles – toilet = fun
Let’s just say it. The whole thing sounds insane. For six days, people from across the world — accountants, school teachers, farmers, CEOs — will run 150 miles, the equivalent of five consecutive marathons, across one of southern Africa’s most remote landscapes.
Real Madrid defeat hands Barcelona title
Barcelona were crowned Spanish champions for the first time since 2006 after Real Madrid were beaten 3-2 at Villarreal on Saturday night. Madrid twice came from behind to draw level, but goalkeeper Iker Casillas’ error in stoppage time gifted Villarreal the victory which leaves Juande Ramos’ side eight points behind Barca with just two games left
Filly Rachel Alexandra flies past all-male field to win Preakness
Preakness Stakes favorite Rachel Alexandra lived up to her billing Saturday, thundering past an all-male field of competitors and becoming the first filly to win the Triple-Crown’s second jewel since 1924. “She’s the greatest horse I’ve ever been on in my life,” jockey Calvin Borel said after the race. “She did not handle the track 110 percent and still won.” Long-shot Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird fell short in his improbable bid to compete for horse-racing’s Triple Crown, but showed his Derby victory was no fluke — charging hard to finish second.
Button wins Spanish Grand Prix in Brawn one-two
World championship leader Jenson Button was completely dominant at the Spanish Grand Prix Sunday. Button led a Brawn GP one-two, with team-mate Rubens Barrichello finishing second after starting third on the grid
Man who wouldn’t walk again finishes marathon
British soldier Phil Packer was told a year ago that he would never walk again, but on Saturday he finished the London Marathon.