Planned Sarah Palin CSU speech stirs California protest (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - A controversy is erupting over Sarah Palin’s June speaking engagement at a campus of California State University.
Get ready to pay more for iPad apps (Christopher Null)
Christopher Null - On the surface, the iPad looks like a pretty good deal. After all, just $499 gets you in the door with the entry-level model, which seems plenty capable for most users.
Gaming Apps Increase Spam, Phishing by 50 Percent (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Gamers beware the next person you add to your gaming social network could be a spammer or phisher.
Wanted: Investors to turn Saddam’s villas into gold (Reuters)
Reuters - Saddam Hussein made his palaces a desert paradise, but now his hometown is seeking foreign investors to turn the late dictator’s playground into a tourist mecca.
Committee backs banning veil in public (Reuters)
Reuters - A Belgian parliamentary committee voted Wednesday to ban the full Islamic face veil, a move that, if ratified, could make Belgium the first country to enforce such a ban.
“Ned Kelly” painting sells for record (Reuters)
Reuters - Australia’s most expensive painting, a Sidney Nolan “Ned Kelly” work, was given away on Wednesday only days after setting the nation’s art record.
Obama, Sarkozy push for UN sanctions on Iran (AP)
AP - With the president of France at his side, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday he hopes to have international sanctions against Iran in place “within weeks,” not months, because of its continuing nuclear program. But he acknowledged he still lacks full support at the United Nations.
Obama takes care in sizing up ‘tea party’ movement (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama stepped carefully when talking for the first time about the conservative tea party movement, acknowledging it has legitimate concerns about federal reach and spending, but he contended the core of the loose anti-government network is “on the fringe.”
Nissan will sell electric car for just over $25K (AP)
AP - Nissan’s new electric car will cost just over $25,000 when it goes on sale in the U.S. in December, aiming to bring gasoline-free technology within reach of mainstream drivers.
Republicans say Steele will survive nightclub flap (AP)
AP - Democratic groups tried Tuesday to make a campaign issue out of news that the national Republican Party spent $1,946 at a sex-themed California nightclub, but GOP activists said party chairman Michael Steele will weather the hubbub.