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How Newsweek would cover a zombie attack (with screen caps)

It's one of the burning questions of our decade: How would major news organizations like Newsweek cover a massive Zombie invasion of the United States?

Well, now we know. For a limited time (in IE and Chrome browsers only) you can go to www.newsweek.com, type in the old Konami video game cheat code (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, enter) and you see a mock Newsweek homepage breaking down a (hopefully) fictitious undead invasion.

Dear President Obama: Looking for an ass to kick? Start with your own

Barack Obama came out with his strongest public statements yet regarding the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, venting on the Today Show that he was looking for an "ass to kick" over the spill.

Well, here's a tip for you, Barry, free of charge. In your quest for hides that need a good tanning, start with a good, long look in the mirror.

You are the one who spear-headed an expanded push for offshore drilling just weeks before the Deepwater Horizon blew up in your face. You took in more political contribution dollars from BP than any other candidate in the past 20 years, and you are authorizing more off-shore drilling before the leaking well is even capped.

This sports journalist found his swagger covering the Gulf of Mexico oil spill

It's been more than a month now since my first trip to the Gulf of Mexico to report on the Deepwater Horizon/BP/Transocean oil spill/leak/explosion/debacle. Covering this ongoing story has been the highlight of my journalistic career (eclipsing even a college football national championship game), yet it has only come as a result of a national tragedy, the scope of which is barely being realized.

It was easy, even a pleasure to tell the story of people like Mike Reynolds, Alabama's Turtle Tsar. The Gulf Shores real estate broker has given countless hours of his time over the past six years organizing an army of volunteers to identify and protect sea turtle nests.

Reynolds' regiment of retirees marches over 47 miles of Alabama coast line every morning before most tourists get out of bed, marking new nests with protective barricades and signs warning the frolicking masses of the $100,000 fine imposed on those who disturb the nests. It's a purely volunteer organization, run with a precision that would make Nicholas II proud.