If you stop to admire a cactus in Paradise Valley, Ariz, smile -- you might be taking a "selfie." The city has been openly installing cameras in fake cactus but officials won't say why. Speculation is they'll be used for license plate checks.


Conservatives won in the British elections with the help of a former aide to President Obama. Tories secured a decisive victory for Prime Minister David Cameron, who used Jim Messina, Obama's 2012 campaign manager, as a political consultant. Another Obama heavyweight, David Axelrod, advised the losing Labour Party.


Former taxpayer watchdog Tom Coburn has left the Senate but the Oklahoma Republican's efforts are being continued by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. McCain released a report identifying more than $1.1 billion in questionable government spending.