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Greece went to the polls on Sunday, and the first exit polls are projecting a victory for the incumbent Prime Minister and Syriza. The radical left-wing party was catapulted into power in January this year, in opposition to the country's European bailout deals and austerity policies. Eight months later, after months of torturous negotiations, capitulation, the resignation of former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis and the calling of new snap elections, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is now heading up a pro-bailout party. The anti-bailout hard left of Syriza are running under a separate banner, as a bloc called Popular Unity.  The polls have generally given Syriza a narrow lead, but it's been uncomfortably close to New Democracy, the centre-right party that previously headed up a coalition.  We'll have more as the results come out.

Berkeley professor and economist  Robert Reich argues  in The New York Times that the big tech industry has become too powerful, and suggests that more government intervention is necessary to stop giants like Google, Facebook, and Amazon from amassing more power. His argument is utterly wrong, across the board. If you believe Reich, you'd have to argue that almost every other sector in the U.S. economy deserves even  more government intervention. Because, in fact, the tech industry — by which we're actually referring to information technology, not other kinds of "tech" like biotech — has seen more turnover in power in a shorter amount of time than any other U.S. industry.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton says she'll roll out a new plan this week to control the cost of prescription drugs. The 2016 Democratic presidential front-runner said on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday that she often hears complaints about the "skyrocketing" costs of prescription drugs. She added that the proposal is an effort to improve on President Barack Obama's signature national health care law, which she says is working well. Republican presidential candidates want to get rid of the law, which has been upheld by the Supreme Court and survived dozens of votes in Congress to repeal it.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton says she'll roll out a new plan this week to control the cost of prescription drugs. The 2016 Democratic presidential front-runner said on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday that she often hears complaints about the "skyrocketing" costs of prescription drugs. She added that the proposal is an effort to improve on President Barack Obama's signature national health care law, which she says is working well. Republican presidential candidates want to get rid of the law, which has been upheld by the Supreme Court and survived dozens of votes in Congress to repeal it.

SIMI VALLEY, California (AP) — Here's a look at how the eleven Republican candidates for president participating in the main-event debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Southern California fared on Wednesday night.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Court records show Caitlyn Jenner has filed paperwork to make her name and gender transition official. The Olympic gold medalist who was born as Bruce Jenner filed a name and gender change petition on Tuesday in Los Angeles. The filing seeks to officially change her name to Caitlyn Marie Jenner and gender to female. The filing says the 65-year-old Jenner is seeking the change to better match her identity. It was released Wednesday so a judge could consider Jenner's request to file portions of the application under seal. Some details in the released petition were redacted after Jenner's attorneys sought to keep certain personal details private, citing concerns about threats made against her. Jenner won a gold medal in the men's decathlon at the 1976 Olympics.

On Monday,  Disney  announced that it was developing a new live-action musical adaptation of  Mary Poppins , which immediately sparked debate on which leading lady would play the magical nanny! Mere speculation is fun, but some fans are so serious they're actually placing bets on which actress will snag the role! On Tuesday, Ireland-based online betting firm  BoyleSports  announced that  Anne Hathaway  is the current favorite to take over  Julie Andrews 's famous role, with 6/4 odds! Not bad! Other stars who bettors think would be in the running feature many A-list actresses with vocal talent, like  Emily Blunt (5/2),  Amy Adams  (7/2),  Anna Kendrick  (10/1), and  Kristen Bell  (11/2) -- who already played the nanny in a  FunnyOrDie sketch! Other possible actresses to take the role include  Amanda Seyfried  (12/1),  Gugu Mbatha-Raw  (16/1),  Lea Miche...