Katie Holmes To Play Jackie Kennedy

American Voices

May 3, 2010 | ISSUE 46•17

Actress Katie Holmes will portray former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy in a TV miniseries about the life of John F. Kennedy. What do you think?

I can see that. They both have brown hair and husbands whom people want to kill."

Jeff Cropper
Systems Analyst
I'd say this choice is slightly better than Lindsay Lohan, but slightly worse than the corpse of Jacqueline Kennedy."

Paula Dunn
Diving Instructor
Are they doing open calls? Friends say I do a bang-on Robert McNamara."

Ward Axton
Human Resources Director

U.S. Census Overcounted By 36,000

05.24.12 | ISSUE 48•21

A survey revealed that the 2010 census counted an extra 36,000 people, or 0.01 percent, because of duplicate forms and deaths, which is down from the 0.49 percent overcount in the 2000 census.
Egypt Holds First Presidential Elections

05.23.12 | ISSUE 48•21

Fifteen months after Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak was deposed, Egyptians voted in their first-ever free presidential elections.
Catholic Orgs Sue Over Birth-Control Rule

05.23.12 | ISSUE 48•21

Several Catholic institutions, including Notre Dame, are suing the federal government over the Obama administration’s birth control funding mandate.
Posthumously-Conceived Children Get No Benefits

05.22.12 | ISSUE 48•21

The Supreme Court ruled that a set of twins conceived with frozen sperm through in vitro fertilization 18 months after the father's death are not eligible for Social Security survivor benefits.
Karzai Thanks U.S. Taxpayers For Covering Cost Of War

05.22.12 | ISSUE 48•21

In an address given during the NATO summit in Chicago, Afghan president Hamid Karzai thanked the people of the United States for bearing the cost of the war.