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Jon Stewart ‘apologizes’ for mocking ‘f*cking crazy’ war on Christmas
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart gave a faux apology on Wednesday night for mocking the so-called war on Christmas. “We’ve had a bit of fun here over the years concerning what is commonly referred to...
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’9/11 Truthers’ adopt a highway in Missouri
A group of people who question the official version of the September 11 terrorist attacks has adopted a stretch of highway in Missouri. The “St. Louis 9/11 Questions Meetup Group” has agreed keep 5,000...
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NASA video debunks Mayan doomsday myth
Time to retrieve that resignation letter from the boss’s desk, return the life savings to your bank account and attempt to return to normal life – Nasa has announced that the world will not end on 21...
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Human rights court: CIA beat and sodomized wrongly detained German citizen
CIA agents tortured a German citizen, sodomising, shackling, and beating him, as Macedonian state police looked on, the European court of human rights said in a historic judgment released on Thursday....
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Attorneys release video of fatal California police shooting
Attorneys representing the family of Ernest Duenez Jr. on Wednesday released dash cam video of a fatal police shooting, in which the 34-year-old man was shot to death by police. Police in Manteca,...
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Senate Intelligence Committee decries CIA torture as ‘terrible mistakes’
The US Senate intelligence committee on Thursday approved the findings of an investigation into CIA “enhanced interrogation” — techniques the panel’s leader decried as “terrible mistakes.” The...
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NASA probes set to smash into Moon
NASA will smash two tiny probes into the Moon on Monday after they spent months gathering data from orbit miles above the lunar surface, the US space agency said Thursday. “We’re not expecting a big...
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Many Americans see hint of Apocalypse in extreme weather
A third of Americans believe the intensity of recent natural disasters is linked to the Apocalypse described in the New Testament, according to a poll released Thursday. Many more blame global warming,...
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Republican senators say Susan Rice right to withdraw
The US Republican senators who fiercely opposed Susan Rice’s bid to become secretary of state welcomed her decision to back down Thursday, while Democrats voiced their disappointment. The UN...
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Eliot Spitzer slaps down Lou Dobbs for ‘right-to-work’ falsehood
Current TV host Eliot Spitzer called out Fox Business host Lou Dobbs on Thursday night for falsely claiming that so-called “right-to-work” laws prevented employees from being forced to join a union....
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Jon Stewart mocks ‘slippery sodomy slope Scalia’
On his show Thursday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart ripped “bullshit slippery slope” arguments that conservatives touted to defend their opposition to same sex marriage. Stewart noted that Sen....
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American Muslims launch campaign to reclaim ‘jihad’
US Muslims launched an advertising and social media campaign Friday in the hopes of reclaiming the word jihad from extremists who insist on equating the spiritual quest with terrorism. The campaign...
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VIDEO: Gun control advocates gather near White House
Gun control advocates gathered near the White House, many holding white candles, in a demonstration calling for a renewed discussion of gun control policy after a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary...
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News outlets to fight Romney campaign over food, travel expenses
While the election ended over a month ago, relations between news outlets and the Romney campaign may become even more fraught in the near future. Multiple organizations are preparing to file an...
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Obama signs Russian human rights law, angers Putin
President Barack Obama Friday signed legislation that sanctions alleged Russian human rights abuses, which outraged Moscow after being coupled with a bill granting it normal trade relations. Obama...
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Majority of governors opt out of creating health insurance exchanges
The majority of governors let the Obama administration know on Dec. 14 that their states would opt not to begin building their own state health care exchanges, which means that the federal government...
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Hockey owners file lawsuit after players consider disbanding union
The National Hockey League pressed a legal case against the players union on Friday amid talk players would vote to disband the union as a tactic in the money dispute that has shut down the NHL. Club...
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Public’s view on Mormonism unchanged after Romney candidacy
While a major party, for the first time, nominated a Mormon candidate for president, attitudes in general about Mormonism remained essentially unchanged, according to a Pew Research Center poll...
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Tuition-free ‘cowboy’ college prepares to enroll women
As it prepares for its first female students, Rory Carroll visits a college that teaches philosophy, international relations, riding and cattle herding The same year that Lenin’s Bolsheviks stormed the...
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Foundation says Justice Department should investigate beer monopolies
The New America Foundation is calling on Congress to push the Justice Department on the question of whether major beer producers like Anheuser-Busch InBev are violating antitrust law, reported the...
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