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May 10, 2012 | | Not So Nice Mitt Romney apologized Thursday for his behavior during his teenaged years after a report came out in The Washington Post that painted him as a bully during his prep-school days. According to several former classmates, Mitt, so distressed by one quiet, oft-teased, and presumed gay student’s unconventional hairdo, led a mission to capture the boy and cut his hair as “his eyes [filled] with tears.” Romney said he does not recall the specific incident, but he said that he ’participated in a lot of dumb hijinks and pranks during high school and some might have gone too far.” Plus, The Daily Beast’s Andrew Sullivan says President Obama’s support of gay marriage was a day “for those who didn’t live to see it, including Romney’s young victim.”quot; WARNINGS Alexis Tsipras, the head of Greece’s Radical Left Coalition, said Thursday that Greece must stay in the Euro and that the an exit would cause problems for both the Greece and Europe. Tsipras, who is struggling to put together a coalition to lead Greece, also argued that the austerity measures put in place by international creditors are far too intense and will eventually destroy the euro if they are not revised. He also warned that stopping European financial assistance to Greece would damage social cohesion in Europe. FAST CASH Within 90 minutes of the impromptu announcement that he thinks ’same-sex couples should be able to get married,’ President Obama raised $1 million. Now he’s on his way to George Clooney’s Hollywood home for “the biggest fundraiser so far to date—ever,” which is expected to bring in $15 million for Obama’s reelection campaign. DEADLY Twin explosions rocked Damascus on Thursday, killing at least 55 people and injuring 300, according to Syrian state television. The blasts occurred near an intelligence building for the security forces, and they ripped the façade off the building although the structure of the building remained intact. There were reports of bodies strewn in the streets, and the explosions could be heard throughout the capital city. The Syrian government blamed “terrorists” for the attack, but the leading opposition group said the Syrian government itself is to blame, but a retired Lebanese army general suggested al Qaeda or a satellite group may be to blame. PHONE-HACKING Andy Coulson, the former communications director for British prime minister David Cameron, took the stand Thursday in the Leveson Inquiry, the government’s investigation into the illegal wiretapping at several top News. Corp tabloids in London. Coulson was the editor of the News of the World when it hired the investigative reporters who hacked the phones of aides to Prince Harry and Prince William, and continued to receive payments from Murdoch after he went to work for Cameron. In the hearing Thursday, Coulson was grilled about his connections to various political figures and his severance pay. | | 
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