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Waitress in anti-gay tip affair fired
At first, Dayna Morales’ claim that a couple stiffed the New Jersey waitress on a tip and left an anti-gay note on the receipt fit a disturbing pattern. Her story went viral. Morales, a former Marine,...
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Kim Jong Un’s uncle, North Korea’s second-in-command, sacked
North Korea confirmed on Monday that Jang Song Thaek, the uncle of leader Kim Jong Un, had been dismissed for committing “criminal acts”. Jang had previously been considered to be the second most...
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Volcker Rule limiting bank risk-taking goes to agency vote Tuesday
A major cornerstone of financial services reform — limits on the proprietary trading done by regulated banks — faces a ratifying vote by government agencies Tuesday after years of internal wrangling...
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Should journalists help catch sources who commit crimes?
Last night, Paul Carr pointed to a tweet by Pierre Omidyar, the founder of a new investigative journalism outlet that employs Glenn Greenwald, that read, “Anybody who publishes stolen info should help...
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Amnesty International suspects British intelligence surveillance, will take...
Human rights group says it is ‘highly likely’ its emails and phone calls have been intercepted by British intelligence The human rights group Amnesty International has announces that it is taking legal...
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Controversial French auction of Hopi and Apache artifacts will go on
A Paris auction of sacred objects from the Hopi and San Carlos Apache Native American tribes will go ahead Monday despite objections from the United States and activists, auctioneers EVE said. The U.S....
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Westerners fighting in Syria use social media to encourage others to join them
Western Muslims fighting in Syria are emerging from the shadows and using social media to share their experiences of the conflict and encourage others to join them. On sites including Twitter, blogging...
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‘It wasn’t love at first sight,’ says widow who made a ‘decent man’ of Mandela
Nelson Mandela’s widow Graca Machel, who barely left her husband’s bedside in the final six months of his life, has hardly been seen in the wake of his death. Machel maintained a near round-the-clock...
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Couples tie knot en masse in Rio’s first same-sex marriages
A total of 130 couples said “I do” in a mass wedding at Rio de Janeiro’s Superior Court of Justice, marking the city’s first gay civil marriages. In mid-May, Brazilian courts determined that public...
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Tech giants call on U.S. to limit surveillance: ‘This undermines the freedoms...
Eight leading U.S.-based technology companies on Monday called on Washington to overhaul its surveillance laws following revelations of online eavesdropping by fugitive U.S. intelligence leaker Edward...
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Real-life spies infiltrated World of Warcraft and Second Life to gather...
NSA and GCHQ collect gamers’ chats and deploy real-life agents into World of Warcraft and Second Life Read the NSA document Exploiting Terrorist Use of Games & Virtual Environments To the National...
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TSA agent seizes ‘John Wayne’ sock monkey’s toy gun from woman’s sewing bag
Airport security agents confiscated a toy pistol from a sock monkey based on a John Wayne’s character in “True Grit.” Phyllis May, of Redmond, Wasington, said she and her husband were traveling from...
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Newt Gingrich: Mandela’s death is ‘just another excuse for the left to smear...
Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Monday blasted MSNBC hosts and other liberals because he said that they had “used” the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela...
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Gun-rights battle could backfire on town leaders in Rhode Island recall
Call it a double whammy. Four town councilmembers in Exeter, R.I., not only failed in their bid to get the state to take over concealed-carry permitting for their town, but now they face a recall...
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Man who tried to behead UK soldier says he loves Al-Qaeda
A man accused of the gruesome murder of a British soldier told his trial on Monday that he loves Al-Qaeda and considers the Islamic militants to be his “brothers”. Michael Adebolajo, 28, sat surrounded...
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Tech giants back gossip site’s appeal of disgraced cheerleader and teacher’s...
The world’s biggest tech companies have filed court briefs recently supporting the appeal of a gossip website owner who was successfully sued by a former NFL cheerleader and teacher convicted of having...
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Putin appoints notorious anti-LGBT news anchor to head Russia Today
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday unleashed a wave of controversy by dissolving the renowned state news agency RIA Novosti and naming a news anchorman notorious for his anti-gay views to head...
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Dick Cheney: Iran nuclear freeze deal is bad because Obama lied about health...
Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday warned that a deal to freeze Iran’s nuclear program for six months was dangerous because President Barack Obama told a deliberate “lie” about the health care...
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Predatory tax lien buyer spreading misery across U.S., but who’s behind it?
Yesterday, the Washington Post published Michael Sallah and Debbie Cenziper’s exhaustive account of their attempt to identify the owners of a firm that threatened to foreclose on hundreds of residents...
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Ted Cruz coloring book for children says Obamacare ‘worse than any war’
Just in time for the holiday season, a controversial publisher has released a new coloring book for children about Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). The Missouri-based publisher, Really Big Coloring Books,...
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