After all the speeches and advertisements, the polling and robocalls, the 2012 presidential election will hinge on the ballots cast by voters in swing states like New Hampshire, Florida and Colorado.

Meet voters living in states that could make a difference in this election and sort them according to demographic categories.

According to the Irish Film and Television Network, Andre Benjamin bka Andre 3000 is set to star in the Jimi Hendrix biopic, All is By My Side. There has long been a rumor that this film was slated to be made, but last year, the Experience Hendrix estate halted the project. The film that will now be made will chronicle the recording of Hendrix’s debut album, Are You Experienced?.

Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive, says the company’s new effort is not about selling clothes at deep discounts but at prices that ensure “the designer brands are happy.”

Amazon is so serious about its next big thing that it hired three women to do nothing but try on size 8 shoes for its Web reviews. Full time.

The online retailer is shooting 3,000 fashion images a day in a photo studio using patent-pending technology.

The CIA thwarted a plot by Al Qaeda's Yemen affiliate to bomb a US-bound airplane around the first anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death, the Associated Press reported.

A counter-terrorism official tells CBS News a device was recovered and it has the hallmarks of previous devices used by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The work is believed to be that of bomb maker Ibrahim al-Asiri.

US officials said the plot was an improvement on the design used by the underwear bomber around Christmas 2009 on an airplane near Detroit.

elle datent probablement d'il y a plus de 30 000 ans, selon de nouveaux travaux français publiés lundi 7 mai aux Etats-Unis.

Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard

Zuck: Just ask.

Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS

[Redacted Friend's Name]: What? How'd you manage that one?

Zuck: People just submitted it.

Zuck: I don't know why.

Zuck: They "trust me"

Zuck: Dumb fucks.

Mixing sex and Foursquare-like technology may seem a bit questionable, but the goal is to encourage condom usage and prevent STDs and unplanned pregnancies. The idea is to show that using condoms is commonplace and not something to be nervous about. Planned Parenthood has stated that it is definitely not trying to encourage or discourage sexual activity, only ensure that it is practiced safely.

Scanning the barcode on the condom wrapper will let a person upload their approximate location and a generalized, anonymous description of their *ahem* experience to the website. Each of these is tracked on a map at WhereDidYouWearIt.com, so anyone can see just how many people are using protection.

In a coordinated international effort by Interpol, the global security agency arrested 25 people accused of belonging to the hacker collective Anonymous in four countries in Latin America and Europe Tuesday night.

Forget Iran and its nuclear program, the Middle East and its intractable conflict, North Korea, global warming or famine.

According to the French far-left, “the United States of America are the world’s biggest problem.”

This assertion earned Jean-Luc Melenchon, figurehead of the Front de Gauche, the applause of more than 2,000 supporters assembled in the southwestern city of Talence in December.

Releasing genetically modified, spermless male mosquitoes into the wild could in future help to prevent malaria transmission and reduce the chances of large outbreaks of the killer disease

From Arabic to Mandarin Chinese, from an angry tweet to a thoughtful blog, the analysts gather the information, often in native tongue. They cross-reference it with the local newspaper or a clandestinely intercepted phone conversation. From there, they build a picture sought by the highest levels at the White House, giving a real-time peek, for example, at the mood of a region after the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden or perhaps a prediction of which Mideast nation seems ripe for revolt.

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During Herman Cain’s tenure as the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s, at least two female employees complained to colleagues and senior association officials about inappropriate behavior by Cain, ultimately leaving their jobs at the trade group, multiple sources confirm to POLITICO.

The women complained of sexually suggestive behavior by Cain that made them angry and uncomfortable, the sources said, and they signed agreements with the restaurant group that gave them financial payouts to leave the association. The agreements also included language that bars the women from talking about their departures.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/67194.html#ixzz1cNocSYr5 

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Talitha van Zon partied with Mutassim Gaddafi night before rebels attacked Tripoli
Dictator's son swirled ice cubes in whiskey and boasted of a victory
Bragged of spending $2m a month on hedonistic lifestyle
Dutch model leapt from hotel balcony to escape fighting


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2031074/Glamour-model-Talitha-van-Zon-escaped-rebels-partying-Gaddafi-son.html#ixzz1WSfoU4ug 

Mark Zuckerberg was named worst-dressed man in technology by GQ magazine, beating out Apple’s Steve Jobs and proving that astronomical sums of money can’t buy style.