Thursday, June 07, 2012
Chipper Jones, Tim Tebow to open facility in Orlando | ajc.com - "I haven't met Tim. I hope to in the very near future," Jones said before Wednesday's game at Miami. "He's probably the most recognizable figure in America right now. We're from the same area in Jacksonville. I know he comes from a good family.
Wisconsin Exit Polls: Obama, (Pretty) Big - The Daily Beast - Michael Tomasky - The political outcome I really cared about was the exit poll question showing Obama beating Romney. By how much it's hard to say. The first wave had Obama plus six, then later on MSNBC I saw plus 12, which I also saw here, at Business Insider. The Washington Post put it at nine. So let's be conservative and call it seven. Folks, if ever there was a day in the history of Wisconsin polling that should have shown Romney within spitting distance of Obama--or even ahead, given the obviously massive pro-Walker turnout--it should have been yesterday, which was the biggest and most enthusiastic day for Republican politics in recent state history. Yes, Romney should have been ahead, or at the very least tied. Instead, the same electorate that gave Walker this huge win said it would reelect the president handily. On the presidential level, Wisconsin is a blue state. Let's look at a few numbers.
Teachers at elite New York City prep school accused of sexually abusing students for DECADES | Mail Online - A former student of an elite New York City prep school has revealed decades of sexual abuse at the institution, accusing a string of teachers of vile behaviour while suggesting others covered it up. In New York Times Magazine, Amos Kamil, who graduated from Horace Mann in the Bronx in 1982, gives a harrowing insight into the hellish school years for scores of boys.
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
At Annual Meeting, Wal-Mart to Confront Shareholder Unrest - NYTimes.com - As Wal-Mart celebrates its 50th anniversary at its annual shareholders’ meeting on Friday, the company is expected to face some of the staunchest opposition in years to the continued tenure of several board members and its chief executive, as well as some corporate policies. While no one expects shareholder discontent to provoke management or policy changes — about half of Wal-Mart stock is owned by the founding Walton family and executives — analysts say the meeting will expose a measure of unhappiness among investors after recent revelations of a bribery scandal at the company’s Mexican subsidiary. The authorities in the United States and Mexico are investigating possible violations by the company of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, among other things.
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