Some War on Voting updates: as early as this week, Pennsylvania could pass legislation requiring voters to show photo ids at the polls, http://bit.ly/lWc05S. Also, The New York Times has published an editorial addressing the recent wave of restrictive voting legislation, http://bit.ly/kbNk5b.
Today, the turmoil in Syria heightens; John Edwards was almost a jail bird; Rick Santorum wants to be your president; Katie Couric has gone from NBC to CBS and now to ABC. In tech news, anti-matter matters when studying the universe, and Apple unveils a whole new bunch of shiny, irresistible, Mac stuff.
Caitlin
CRUCIAL:
Syria Says 40 Police Dead in Ambush in Tense North, http://yhoo.it/ljUj1k
On their way to aid hurt civilians, 40 Syrian police officers were killed in an ambush by armed groups.
Prison Sentence Doomed Edwards Plea Deal, http://bit.ly/jhEjlZ
John Edwards was offered a plea deal of six months in prison for using campaign money to cover up his affair and secret child with Rielle Hunter. Edwards and his team negotiated and considered the deal until turning it down a mere few minutes before his indictment.
Rick Santorum Will Run for President: ‘We’re in it to Win it,” http://abcn.ws/muzWbP
Former Pennsylvania Senator, Republican Rick Santorum announced on Good Morning America that he will run for president in 2012. Santorum currently lags behind Romney and Palin in Republican nominee polls.
For Couric, ABC’s Pitch Proved Best, http://nyti.ms/kwcuEa
An in demand Katie Couric announced today that she will join the ABC network and host her own syndicated talk show. Couric will be a co-owner of the show and share in part of its profits.
Scientists Trap and Study Elusive ‘Anti-Matter,’ http://bit.ly/j8rCC7
In an effort to study the origins of the universe, scientists have used an accelerator to trap and store anti-matter for 16 minutes.
Apple’s Jobs Takes to WWDC Stage, Unveils iCloud, http://cnet.co/jMeomK
Steve Jobs announced the content of this year’s WWDC. Jobs unveiled the new Apple syncing program iCloud, its updated desktop operating system: Mac OS X Lion, and a new mobile operating system: iOS5.
Peter A. Diamond on “When a Nobel Prize Isn’t Enough,” http://nyti.ms/ijd7AC
CULTURAL:
MTV Movie Awards 2011: The Complete Winners List, http://bit.ly/iCtQxI
Facebook Party Spins out of Control, http://apne.ws/mujzWi
(via POLITICO Playbook) “William and Kate to live in Diana palace” – AFP/London: “Prince William and new bride Catherine will within the coming months move into Kensington Palace, the London residence once shared by the prince and his late mother Diana, St James’s Palace said Sunday. The newly-titled Duke of Cambridge and his brother Prince Harry lived in the palace after Diana and Prince Charles divorced in 1996, but the newlywed couple will move into a different property within the grounds. A spokesman from St James’s Palace said: … ‘A number of options for longer term solutions are still being considered. The couple’s main home will continue to be their house on Anglesey, and their Household Office will continue to be based at St James’s Palace’ … The duke and duchess currently live on the north Wales island of Anglesey, where the prince works as an RAF search and rescue helicopter pilot.”
(via Cynopsis) The cast of Jersey Shore traveled to Florence, Italy to film its fourth season now slated to premiere on MTV August 4 at 10p. Even before the fourth season opens, Jersey Shore begins production on season five this month going back to where it all began, on the beach at Seaside Heights. MTV also airs a one-hour Jersey Shore special on July 28 at 10p documenting the rise of the show and its cast into a pop culture phenomenon.
(via Cynopsis) After some back and forth, it now appears Cheryl Cole will be joining the cast of The X Factor here in the US. It was reported just a week ago she was dropped from the show – reasons included her accent may be difficult for Americans to understand, and that she would be returning to the UK version of the show. None of those reports were officially confirmed. Simon Cowell’s camp told the BBC News website he was in talks with the US producers Fox and FremantleMedia to bring Cole back. She is expected to return to the show later this week, joining her fellow judges in New Jersey for auditions.
