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Ohio mom accuses other parents of bullying her transgender daughter
A central Ohio woman says other parents are using social media to harass her and her transgender child. Emily LeVan said she legally changed her daughter’s name last week from Keaten to Keat to reflect...
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Olympic skater Johnny Weir calls LGBT activists ‘idiots’ for opposition to...
Flamboyant former Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir lashed out Monday at LGBT activists who oppose the United States’ participation in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, calling them “idiots.”...
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Georgia school: We were ‘terrorized’ by Fox News’ false ‘Christmas card...
A school district in Georgia blasted Fox News on Tuesday and said that they had been “terrorized” after one of the network’s radio hosts falsely reported that Christmas cards had been “confiscated.” In...
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Pope Francis calls for prayers for nuns held hostage in Syria
Pope Francis on Wednesday called for prayers for a group of nuns seized from their convent in Syria and for all hostages held in the war-torn country. “I invite you all to pray for the nuns of the...
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Nigerian police free 16 pregnant girls held captive in ‘baby factory’
Nigerian police said on Wednesday that they raided a home and freed 16 pregnant girls and young women allegedly being forced to have babies to be sold. “We carried out a raid on a residence in Owerri...
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Men Do Not Need Guns Or Violence To Be Men
For all the reasons Adam Weinstein notes here, I’m not going to give this gun seller a video embed for the ad they’re pretending was too hot for the Super Bowl, one that suggests that the AR-15 is good...
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Tea party radio host misses felony court date because he was in jail for...
A Michigan tea party activist missed a scheduled court appearance in Wisconsin because he spent Thanksgiving weekend in jail on felony charges in the Upper Peninsula. Doug Sedenquist was arrested last...
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How bureaucrats thwart compassionate release of elderly and terminally ill...
Former inmate Veronica Barnes had three years left to serve in federal prison when she found out in January 2011 that her husband John was dying of pancreatic cancer. Doctors said it was inoperable....
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Putin backs amnesty proposal that could free Pussy Riot members from Russian...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said he backed proposals for an amnesty for thousands of prisoners who, according to his rights advisor, could include ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and...
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Oil exploration in the Arctic ‘a new menace to polar bears’
Oil exploration and increased sea traffic in the Arctic are encroaching on polar bear habitat, adding to the existing climate change risk, representatives of Arctic nations said at a Moscow conference...
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Secular activists who defied Egypt’s new protest laws released from jail
A Cairo court on Wednesday freed on bail 23 Egyptian protesters from secular youth movements who were detained last week for holding an unauthorised demonstration, judicial sources said. The protesters...
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Atheist group: Take back Christmas from Christians!
The group American Atheists, Inc. unveiled a billboard with the group’s holiday message on Wednesday, asking why anyone needs “Christ” in their Christmas at all. “This season is a great time of year...
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Cops: Pennsylvania coach told student to ‘forget about the rape and it will...
A Pennsylvania high school field hockey coach has admitted that she covered up the rape of one of her students because she didn’t want to lose her job. Court documents obtained by CNN indicated that a...
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Conservative group ALEC pushes stealth tax on homeowners who install solar...
An alliance of corporations and conservative activists is mobilising to penalise homeowners who install their own solar panels – casting them as “freeriders” – in a sweeping new offensive against...
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Obama cites Pope Francis to attack income inequality and call for minimum...
Conservatives angered by Pope Francis’ recent attacks on capitalism and wealth inequality aren’t going to like hearing President Barack Obama’s approval of them. The president said Wednesday that...
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Canada’s prime minister wants to claim the North Pole
Canada’s prime minister has ordered the inclusion of the North Pole in the country’s Arctic claim after it was excluded from a proposed UN submission, a newspaper reported Wednesday. Canada will still...
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Discovery of 400,000-year-old DNA raises questions about human evolution
Researchers have read strands of ancient DNA teased from the thigh bone of an early human that died 400,000 years ago in what is now northern Spain. The genetic material was pieced together from a...
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Alleged ‘Anonymous’ hacker denied bail in Singapore
A Singapore court on Wednesday denied bail to a man charged with hacking the district website of the Prime Minister, using the symbol of international hacker group Anonymous. Singaporean James Raj was...
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Indiana University display used negative stereotypes to ask: Can Santa Claus...
The University of Indiana ordered the removal this week of a racially charged bulletin board display from a residence hall lobby. Messages intended to spark discussion are sometimes posted on the...
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Pat Robertson: God approves of sex changes but homosexuality should be a...
Televangelist Pat Robertson on Wednesday struggled to understand why homosexuality was no longer considered a mental illness, but said that he approved of gender reassignment surgery. In response to a...
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