January 27, 2012: Afternoon
- Egypt blocks American pro-democracy workers from leaving.
- Alan Gross, a 62-year-old U.S. citizen, has been imprisoned in Cuba since December 2009.
- it is now a matter of fundamental faith among conservatives that the GOP went astray during the Bush years by betraying its conservative principles.
- Former colleagues say Ron Paul read, signed off on racist newsletters in the '90s.
- President John Tyler, born in 1790, has two living grandchildren.
- Shopping at the Pentagon's mall.
- Canada sends first Lego man into space.
- "School-bus-sized" asteroid to make a close pass by Earth today.
- The womanly art of imaginary self-protection.
- As Google merges its users' online identities, it's worth asking: How crisp do you want your portrait?
- Tech firms begin replacing resumés with links representing "online presence."
- By promoting virtual consumption, social bookmarking sites like Pinterest could make users shop less, not more.
- Friendly neighborhood drug dealers save the day for a couple of Philadelphia hipsters.
- Phony diplomatic pouches stuffed with 30 pounds of cocaine turn up at the United Nations.
- Brian Lam: Happiness takes a little magic.
- Nickelback strikes back.