His predecessor left office to become President but Rick Perry has now become the longest-serving and most powerful governor in the history of the state of Texas. That is very much due to his use of wide-ranging appointment powers that have allowed him to dominate state boards, commissions and courts that control many aspects of daily life in Texas
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Phillips’ incest claim draws attention to taboo
After actress Mackenzie Phillips spoke about her sexual relationship with her musician father, online and telephone calls to an anti-sexual assault hot line surged.
Tila Tequila quiet on Twitter after incident
Reality TV star Tila Tequila first came to fame via social networking, thanks to her popularity on MySpace. Later, she became known as one of the most voracious celebrity tweeters, boasting more than 242,000 followers on Twitter.
The Rage over Goldman Sachs
Lloyd Blankfein, the 54-year-old chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, is powerfully perplexed. In the past six months, his investment-banking and securities-trading firm has roared ahead in profitability by taking risks — that other firms would not — for itself and its clients in an edgy market. It has paid back the billions of dollars, and then some, of taxpayer money the government forced it to take last October; raised billions of dollars in capital from private investors, including $5 billion from Warren Buffett; and urged its cadre of well-paid and high-performing executives to show some restraint on the conspicuous-consumption front.
Dolly Parton: ‘I know I’m a bit over-exaggerated’
"Never wear your make up to bed," implore the beauty editors. But Dolly Parton was never one for following conventional advice on looking good. She sets her own standards, from her striking sculptured hair to the bright lashings of eyeshadow caked on a face that she has admitted in the past owes a lot to modern surgery
Ford to report July sales jump, company official says
Ford Motor Co. saw an increase in domestic sales this July over last, a Ford official told CNN Radio on Sunday
Couple boogies into spotlight with viral wedding video
Sometimes, the effects of fame can ripple like a stone dropped in a pond. Take the case of Minnesota residents Kevin Heinz and Jill Peterson. The couple had a fun idea for their wedding party to do a nontraditional procession to a catchy tune, “Forever” by Chris Brown.
G-8 leaders have ambitious environmental goals
Leaders of the world’s most powerful economies pledged to seek huge cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions at a summit in Italy on Wednesday.
World leaders arrive for G-8 quake zone summit
Leaders of the world’s most powerful economies were Wednesday gathering in the center of an Italian earthquake zone for a summit that, despite an agenda tackling the financial crisis, world poverty and climate change, is not expected to produce seismic results. U.S.
Jackson’s sanctuary in Gulf kingdom short-lived
Michael Jackson’s sudden death has thrown the peculiar path of his later life back into the spotlight. He spent much of the past four years flitting from one part of the globe to another, failing to put down permanent roots.