August 31, 2012: Holiday
By The Morning News
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- IAEA says Iran has doubled its uranium enrichment capacity at an underground facility south of Tehran.
- A visit to the Nevada Test Site.
- Pentagon considers legal action against former Seal, publisher for divulging classified information in Osama bin Laden book.
- The fourth episode of TLC's Honey Boo Boo draws more viewers than the Republican National Convention.
- The two speeches…seemed to signal the arrival of a new kind of presidential campaign, one in which concerns about fact-checking have been largely set aside.
- People are mocking Chris Christie's RNC speech for being overly self-serving, but he didn't actually say "I" that much.
- In our latest Weekender: Closing the door on the 2012 RNC, a look back at the party of Lincoln.
- Catholic leader claims sex abuse victims are often the seducers, and first-time offending priests don't intend to commit a crime.
- One of the earliest companies on the S&P 500, Sears will be replaced by a Dutch chemicals company next week.
- Trotsky's grandson reminisces on life with his grandfather, on the run from Stalin's henchmen.
- Schoolboy finds whale vomit worth nearly $65K.
- Tanned and rested, the French government returns to flat growth and high unemployment, and Hollande's rating drops to 49%.
- Rosecrans Baldwin investigates the current state of Franco-American relations by traveling to Parises across the U.S.
- Pro-church activists crash Pussy Riot protest event.
- Count von Count's favorite number is 34,969, which is 187 squared—theories about as to why that's special.
- A roundup of reactions to Roddick's retirement announcement.
- Orbital performs with Stephen Hawking at the Paralympics Opening Ceremony.
- How the U.S. poet laureate is selected.
