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The Red Tape Chronicles: Children pulled from rubble at Oklahoma school flattened by tornado
Several children and teachers were pulled alive Monday from the ruins of an elementary school in Moore, Okla., but rescuers were searching for more survivors.A little girl was lifted out of the debris by several rescuers, while a small boy was carried to ...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 4:45pm -07:00T (68 words)
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The Red Tape Chronicles: Tumblr's teenage wasteland: Wait till Mom and Dad find out
Let's face it: Part of Tumblr's popularity is that it's been sort of a porn Facebook for teens. With Yahoo's purchase for $1.1 billion, it seems, that won't be going away. At least according to Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, who says Yahoo has no plans to mess ...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 4:45pm -07:00T (70 words)
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The Red Tape Chronicles: Ray Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies at 74
Ray Manzarek, the legendary keyboardist who founded The Doors in 1965 with fellow UCLA film school alum Jim Morrison, died of cancer Monday at age 74. Manzarek had fought a long battle with bile duct cancer."I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 3:31pm -07:00T (70 words)
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The Red Tape Chronicles: White House aides learned of IRS details in April, but didn't tell Obama
The White House first learned of a draft report detailing abuses by IRS officials in targeting conservative groups in late April, though the top administration spokesman maintained on Monday that President Barack Obama was not notified of the emerging con...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 1:01pm -07:00T (62 words)
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The Red Tape Chronicles: Arizona killer Jodi Arias set to take stand in defense of her life
Jodi Arias, the woman convicted of the frenzied murder of an ex-lover in Arizona, was due back in court Monday as jurors consider whether she should be executed for the crime.Arias, 32, was found guilty on May 8 of the first-degree murder of Travis Alexan...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 9:15am -07:00T (73 words)
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The Red Tape Chronicles: Albert Pujols doesn't matter anymore
The thing that’s strange – the thing that’s sad – is how little excitement there is now when he comes to the plate. Let’s go to a moment in Sunday’s Angels-White Sox game. The count is 3-0, and Albert Pujols has the green light. There should b...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 9:15am -07:00T (75 words)
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The Red Tape Chronicles: Hot-air balloons collide near Turkish tourist hotspot; 1 dead, 24 hurt
ISTANBUL- A hot-air balloon flying over a tourist destination in central Turkey crashed after colliding with another balloon on Monday, the Anatolian news agency reported.A Brazilian passenger was killed and 24 other people were injuried when the accident...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 5:45am -07:00T (61 words)
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The Red Tape Chronicles: Yahoo agrees to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash
Yahoo said Monday it will buy blogging website Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, in a bold move to make itself more relevant amid the explosion in social media on the Internet.In the press release announcing the deal, Yahoo said it "promises not to screw it u...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 5:45am -07:00T (69 words)
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The Red Tape Chronicles: Boeing Dreamliners back in the air after lengthy grounding
After 123 days being grounded and then repaired to ensure its battery systems do not catch fire, Boeing 787 Dreamliners are about to once again make commercial flight in the United States. A United Airlines 787 will fly from Houston to Chicago Monday morn...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 5:45am -07:00T (64 words)
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The Red Tape Chronicles: ADHD in childhood linked to adult obesity, study finds
A typical boy with ADHD can appear to be in perpetual motion, but that activity doesn’t guarantee a healthy weight when he grows up. A long-term study released Monday finds that men diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder as children are...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 12:45am -07:00T (65 words)
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The Red Tape Chronicles: Taylor Swift is a hit as others miss at Billboard Music AwardsÂ
Taylor Swift managed to pick up six awards before the Billboard Music Awards even started on Sunday night, so it's no surprise that she came away from the MGM Grand as the show's biggest winner. The pop/country superstar not only took home the most trophi...
Dateline: 2013-05-19 11:30pm -07:00T (71 words)
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The Red Tape Chronicles: Union of immigration enforcement officers to oppose Senate bill
A union representing 12,000 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers will publicly oppose the Senate Gang of Eight immigration plan Monday, giving critics of the overhaul effort additional political ammunition as they work to defeat legislation ...
Dateline: 2013-05-19 11:30pm -07:00T (57 words)
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The Red Tape Chronicles: How to prepare for your parents' retirement
When Eileen Crehan thinks about her parents’ retirement plans, she worries.The 27-year-old PhD candidate, like many young adults, knows that her parents’ future finances aren’t only a source of concern for them—they directly impact her life as wel...
Dateline: 2013-05-19 5:30pm -07:00T (63 words)
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The Red Tape Chronicles: In Syria, 'winning' is a relative term
News analysisDAMASCUS, Syria – It's early Friday morning, a holy day in Syria's capital. But war is no respecter of dawn or devotion; dense smoke is rising from several suburbs and the birdsong is punctured by the thud of falling artillery shells.This i...
Dateline: 2013-05-19 5:30pm -07:00T (68 words)
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The Red Tape Chronicles: Tornadoes tear through Kansas, Oklahoma
People in two states were taking shelter amid wailing warning sirens Sunday as tornadoes were confirmed to have touched down in Kansas and Oklahoma as part of an extreme weather system plowing through the nation's midsection.The system, which stretched fr...
Dateline: 2013-05-19 4:15pm -07:00T (64 words)
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