New "pod cars" debut at Heathrow Airport. Mineta San Jose Intl Airport may be next.

TPM is hiring a Designer/Developer and a Technology Fellow to join our news app development team in our New York City office. Details here.

IBM creates new silicon computer chip which emulates the function and processes of the human brain rather than relying on basic computer chip architecture that has remained roughly the same since the 1940s. And they've taught it to play pong.

Darrell Issa staffer: No, I didn't change my name to conceal that I used to work for Goldman Sachs -- I did it to honor my Transylvanian heritage.

After Perry dismisses evolution as a "theory that's out there," Huntsman jumps on twitter and says "I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy."

A story just moved in the Tulsa World that has the Senator saying some odd things about Medicare and then some kinda unfortunate things about President Obama.

First, back to the future with Chicken Care ...

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Global population has officially passed the one billion mark. Of cars, that is.

I'm really just flagging what David noted in the post below. But it's worth two posts or more. Wall Street is telling us (now noting Morgan Stanley's explanation of its growth outlook downgrade) that two key factors in the increasingly gloomy outlook for the economy are Washington's high-wire antics (i.e., Republican hostage taking on the budget) and the prospect of fiscal tightening in the USA.

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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the Texas education system: "I feel very, very badly for the children there."

You can't say it often enough: As the economy verges on sliding into another recession, policymakers are making things worse. It's excruciating to watch.

We're 15 months out from the 2012 general election, and there's already enough bad political coverage for a Jon Stewart rant. Watch.

Hard to believe Obama still out-polls the GOP presidential field given these atrocious polling numbers on his economic performance -- until you actually look at the GOP field.

Well we've now seen the much-ballyhooed Christine O'Donnell Piers Morgan walk-off. And it actually manages to be even better than advertised. Watch.

Staring down a repeal referendum on par with the recall movement in Wisconsin, Gov. Kasich (R-OH) asks state unions for a compromise on collective bargaining in exchange for calling off the referendum. Big story.

Reminds of this point.

Not sure what to make of this but apparently Christine O'Donnell walked off the set of her interview with Piers Morgan after he probed her on the topics of witchcraft and gay marriage.

Fitch downgrades New Jersey's credit rating.

Perhaps we should just raffle the presidency off to the governor with the highest credit rating. Or maybe just personal credit score.

Did Facebook really try to block Google+ invites on Facebook?

You've been hearing all about the Texas Miracle and all Rick Perry's job creation. But I guess no one has bothered to notice yet that it's mostly built on government jobs.

A new report has it that Chris Christie's political team is focus-grouping an entry into the 2012 presidential contest. Whether it happens or not one thing to note is Fox News' Roger Ailes apparent nudging of Christie to get into the race. That's the Murdoch primary for you.

Video of Gov. Perry claiming climate change is a hoax cooked up by scientists looking to make money.