Ben Bernanke has been approved to serve a second four-year term as chairman of the US Federal Reserve, the country’s powerful central bank. Superhero Ben Bernanke Photo Credit To FreakingNews.com The US Senate voted 70-30 in favour of Mr Bernanke, handing him the narrowest victory ma...

Plenty of current and former U.S. senators had memorable professions before they got to Washington: country fiddler (Robert Byrd of West Virginia), astronaut (John Glenn of Ohio), jewelry-maker (Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado). But none were dogged by a satirical persona, as is already ...