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Pippa Middleton is Vanity Fair's newest editor -- but can she write?

Vanity Fair has added yet another high-profile name to its list of contributing editors: Pippa Middleton. Too bad she's much more well-known for her derriere than her writing. Still, wanting to give Pippa, the sister of Kate Middleton, the duchess...

Published Wed, Jun 05 2013 4:00 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: Fun Stuff

Missing U.N. chief: Haiti was "at a turning point"

Veteran Tunisian Diplomat Hedi Annabi, chief of the U.N. stabilization mission in Haiti, is among those still missing in the wreckage of the U.N. headquarters in Port-au-Prince. Several official sources have reported him dead. The Wall Street Journal'...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 8:39 AM by FP Passport

The latest on Haiti

Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive says that more than 100,000 might have died due to the earthquake and its aftershocks, calling the death toll "unimaginable." Emergency services are on the ground and on the way. The United States might...

Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 11:21 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: On Pacific trip, Clinton downplays tension with Japan and China

On Pacific trip, Clinton downplays tension with Japan and China Top story: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is kicking off a nine-day tour of the pacific region with a meeting in Hawaii with her Japanese counterpart, Foreign Minister Katsuyo Okada....

Published Tue, Jan 12 2010 5:22 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Fog of hookers: The story behind the Post-Daily Caller spat

This morning, visitors to the Daily Caller 's homepage were greeted by the headline "Hooker Headache" -- an apt way to sum up the reporting feud between the Daily Caller and the Washington Post over New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, Dominican...

Published Tue, Mar 05 2013 3:43 PM by FP Passport

Britain's Batman isn't the only superhero living among us

Earlier today, police in the British city of Bradford reported that a man dressed as Batman had walked into a local police station and delivered a wanted man. Ever since, the media has been buzzing with questions: Who is this caped crusader? How did he...

Published Mon, Mar 04 2013 3:45 PM by FP Passport

Is the Pirate Bay now hosted in North Korea, or are they messing with us?

Visitors to the filesharing megasite Pirate Bay today might be surprised to see a North Korean flag on the page's usual Pirate Ship logo. The image links to the following post on the site's blog : The Pirate Bay has been hunted in many countries...

Published Mon, Mar 04 2013 10:34 AM by FP Passport

Introducing 'War of Ideas'

A very exciting housekeeping announcement today. My new blog for FP , War of Ideas , has just launched. Here's what I wrote for the blog's intro post : Rather than following the day's headlines, my goal here is to explore the theory, data...

Published Wed, Mar 06 2013 11:47 AM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: Maduro to be sworn in as leaders gather for Chavez funeral

Maduro to be sworn in as leaders gather for Chavez funeral Top news: More than 30 world leaders, including Raul Castro and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have arrived in Venezuela for the funeral of Hugo Chavez. The government has announced that Chavez's body...

Published Fri, Mar 08 2013 5:49 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Morning Brief: Russia expels U.S. diplomat accused of spying

Russia expels U.S. diplomat accused of spying Top news: Russia expelled a low-level U.S. diplomat accused of sprying and trying to recruit a Russian security official as a U.S. agent, but the bizarre circumstances of the arrest have raised questions over...

Published Wed, May 15 2013 5:41 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

The New Yorker takes a page from WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks may have launched as a venue for publishing sensitive leaked information, but it eventually began working more closely with established media outlets to showcase its scoops. Today, with the unveiling of its new Strongbox feature, the New Yorker...

Published Wed, May 15 2013 8:40 AM by FP Passport

This is, hands down, the scariest part of the NSA revelations

Forget PRISM, the National Security Agency's system to help extract data from Google, Facebook, and the like. The more frightening secret program unearthed by the NSA leaks is the gathering and storing of millions of phone records and phone-location...

Published Mon, Jun 10 2013 4:20 AM by FP Passport

Egypt's Islamists Turn Violent After Morsy's Fall

CAIRO - Rallies in support of Mohammed Morsy were smaller than they had been previously during the day today, perhaps because supporters of the deposed president stayed away out of fear of violence. But while the numbers may have been down, reports of...

Published Thu, Jul 04 2013 2:01 PM by FP Passport

Morning Brief: U.S. soldiers and children killed in Pakistan school bombing

U.S. soldiers and children killed in Pakistan school bombing Top news: A bomb planted outside a girls' school in the Lower Dir district of Pakistan Northwest Frontier Province killed three U.S. soldiers, three children and a Pakistani soldier on Wednesday...

Published Wed, Feb 03 2010 5:59 AM by FP Passport

Filed under: Morning Brief

Sen. Richard Shelby and the horrible hold

The big news in Washington -- aside from Snowpocalpyse Part II/#snOMG/Snowmageddon 2/panic caused by relatively common weather -- comes from the office of Sen. Richard Shelby, Republican of Alabama. Yesterday, TPM reported, Shelby slapped a hold on all...

Published Fri, Feb 05 2010 12:56 PM by FP Passport

Filed under: U.S. Congress

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Pippa Middleton is Vanity Fair's newest editor -- but can she write?

Missing U.N. chief: Haiti was "at a turning point"

The latest on Haiti

Morning Brief: On Pacific trip, Clinton downplays tension with Japan and China

Fog of hookers: The story behind the Post-Daily Caller spat

Britain's Batman isn't the only superhero living among us

Is the Pirate Bay now hosted in North Korea, or are they messing with us?

Introducing 'War of Ideas'

Morning Brief: Maduro to be sworn in as leaders gather for Chavez funeral

Morning Brief: Russia expels U.S. diplomat accused of spying

The New Yorker takes a page from WikiLeaks

This is, hands down, the scariest part of the NSA revelations

Egypt's Islamists Turn Violent After Morsy's Fall

Morning Brief: U.S. soldiers and children killed in Pakistan school bombing

Sen. Richard Shelby and the horrible hold