Good News! Obamacare Will Cost Less than Projected

As long as we're on the subject of healthcare, have you heard about the conservative discovery that Obamacare is going to cost $111 billion more than originally projected? No? Good for you. It means you have a life.

But I don't, and in case you have heard about this you might also want to hear the actual story. Jonathan Cohn has you covered:

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The U.S. Air Force Dares You to Laugh At Their Biofuel

Republicans recently had themselves a good laugh over President Obama’s enthusiasm for biofuel made from algae, but they might want to stifle that chuckle when it comes to another modest-seeming but potentially important feedstock for biofuel, camelina.

The weedy little plant is slowly but steadily growing a fan base in the U.S. Air Force.

As reported by the Air Force’s Tech. Sgt. Mareshah Haynes on Wednesday, the Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing has been conducting extensive field tests of a 50-50 blend of camelina biofuel and conventional fuel on F-16 fighter jets and so far the results are promising.

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Students visit White House :: 'I feel amazed'

Learn more about the President's Educational Accomplishments

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Born This Way Foundation launches anti-bullying, pro-kindness campaign at Harvard

The Born This Way Foundation, Lady Gaga's new organization, launched at Harvard University on Wednesday, with the aim to create safe communities for young people who are being bullied or abused.
The Born This Way Foundation is inspired partly by Gaga's own experiences with bullying and cruelty as she was growing up.

“I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my schoolwork suffered at one point,” Gaga told Nicholas Kristof in an interview for the New York Times. “I didn’t want to go to class. And I was a straight-A student, so there was a certain point in my high school years where I just couldn’t even focus on class because I was so embarrassed all the time. I was so ashamed of who I was.”

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