Filed under: Downloads , Demos , Action This the playable demo for Battlestations: Pacific , the history-themed action game that lets players command either Allied American forces or Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater. The full game is scheduled to release on May 12th.Continue reading after the jump for system requirements. The Battlestations: Pacific demo features: In-game tutorials One action-packed mission (Divine Winds of Leyte) from the US campaign Two m

DC says farewell to the man who will architect the gubernatorial campaign of Bill Haslam: And, last night Sen. Lamar Alexander’s longtime COS, Tom Ingram, held a rather festive farewell party at The Monocle. It was a packed house, with Sens. Lamar Alexander, Mitch McConnell, Mark Warner, Bob Corker and Former Labor Sec Elaine Chao, plus Minority Leader John Boehner, Rep. Marsha Blackburn, the White House Legislative team, Chuck Schumer’s CoS Mike Lynch, new staff director of the SRC Ryan

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LG is teaming up with fashion icon Heidi Klum to promote LG Rumor2 ( available through Sprint and Alltel ), and the idea that “mobile phones have become an expression of personal style.” As part of the deal, Heidi Klum — hired as LG’s Ambassador of Style — designed five butterfly back plates and skins that express her personal style. Similarly, LG and Sprint ( NYSE: S ) are offering the same customization service to the end users, who can design plates and skins by themselves. The promotion

You have just one day left to submit your story to The Big Read , a book that will be translated and distributed in over 100 countries as a tool for promoting literacy and good quality, free and public education for everyone. The Global Campaign for Education will present this book to President Obama on June 16. Learn more about the contest and submit your story here . We’re looking for the 1,000-word-or-less story of a ONE member who has something to say about education. Whether you hav

Grayson forms exploratory committee for possible Senate bidSecretary of State Trey GraysonFRANKFORT — Secretary of State Trey Grayson has formed an exploratory committee for a possible run in 2010 for the U.S. Senate seat now held by fellow Republican Jim Bunning.Grayson spokesman Les Fugate released a statement Thursday saying Grayson has formed the committee “to allow me to formally raise and spend funds as I seek support for a bid for U.S. Senate.”The statement said Grayson has “no plans” to

Cass Sunstein is a brilliant progressive lawyer whose views on regulation are, if anything, somewhat more conservative than those of most Democrats. He’s friendly to cost-benefit analysis, and a proponent of the idea that public policy should try to “nudge” people as an alternative to more heavy-handed intervention. Barack Obama has nominated him to head up the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs where that’s what he’ll be working on. Naturally, elements on the right have embarked on

Debt Ski News Posts Debt Ski video game challenges students to manage debt – San Francisco Chronicle With that in mind, mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network, and the Peter G. Peterson Foundation have rolled out a new game called Debt Ski aimed at teaching primarily college students how to identify and manage their debt. …. Time Waster: Debt Ski – San Jose Mercury News Despite looking more like a child’s game, Debt Ski tackles a serious issue. It’s an attempt to r

Admits She Is Trying To “Scare You To Death” “ The hate crimes bill that’s called the Matthew Shepard Bill is named after a very unfortunate incident that happened where a young man was killed, but we know that that young man was killed in the commitment of a robbery.  It wasn’t because he was gay.  This – the bill was named for him, hate crimes bill was named for him, but it’s really a hoax that that continues to be used as an excuse for passing these bills.” So said Rep. Virginia Foxx

Hugh Jackson: The GOP’s purists have no interest in making deals While it’s fun to watch the Republican party eat itself, the message to Democrats is clear: the right won’t compromise Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter’s abandonment of the Republican party is being widely interpreted as a wake-up call for Republicans. They must offer something other than obstruction if they are to re-engage America’s middle. Republicans are, as Maine’s Senator Olympia Snowe put it, “head