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U.S. sailors sue Japanese utility over Fukushima radiation
A group of eight former and current U.S. Navy personnel have filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government-owned utility in charge of the failed Fukushima nuclear power plant, accusing government...
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Harris-Perry holds ‘Was that racist?’ lightning round
Melissa Harris-Perry held a “Was that racist?” lightning round on her show with a panel of comedians, in a look back at some of the more questionable moments of 2012. The panelists started with Arizona...
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Israel court overturns ban on Arab politician
Israel’s Supreme Court on Sunday overturned a decision by the Central Elections Committee banning Arab-Israeli politician Haneen Zuabi from standing in next month’s snap general election. “Following a...
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Sen. Mitch McConnell: ‘I need a dance partner’ to solve fiscal cliff
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) ended a speech with a unique metaphor on Sunday, as he lamented the fact that his office sent in a fiscal cliff offer Saturday evening in an attempt to...
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German weekly publishes Bush Sr.’s obit by mistake
The Germany weekly Der Spiegel published an obituary for George H. W. Bush by mistake, reported the AP/CBS New York. The former president was hospitalized on Nov. 23. He was temporarily put in an...
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GOP backs off Social Security in fiscal cliff talks
Republicans have decided to take a proposal to alter Social Security off the table in an attempt to reach an agreement on the fiscal cliff, reported the Huffington Post. Many Republicans in Congress...
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Brazil pledges to clean up decades of pollution for Olympics
Near Rio’s future 2016 Olympic village the Marapendi lagoon emits a foul stench from waters that have been turned into a cesspool by unfiltered sewage from surrounding upscale condominiums. Brazil has...
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Hillary Clinton hospitalized with blood clot
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in the hospital after a blood clot stemming from a concussion was discovered during a medical exam, reported the AP. Doctors found the clot during a follow-up exam...
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Mexico City launches trash-for-food program
Mexico City creates over 12,000 metric tons of garbage daily. But the city’s government is combating the mountains of trash with a program that allows residents to exchange recyclables for healthy...
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US drone strike kills 3 Qaeda suspects in Yemen: official
A US drone strike has killed three suspected Al-Qaeda militants in the central Yemen province of Al-Bayda, in the fourth such attack in a week, a local official said on Sunday. The unmanned plane fired...
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Steve Kornacki: ‘A lot of the speculation now’ says sequestration cuts will...
Chair of the House Progressive Caucus Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) and guest host Steve Kornacki discussed sequestration, John Boehner’s House speakership, and what exactly drives the lack of compromise...
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Amazon apologizes for outage that sidelined Netflix
Amazon on Monday said it was sorry for a Web Services mishap that put online film streaming service Netflix out of commission on Christmas Eve. “We want to apologize,” Amazon said in a message posted...
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Why the price of Buffalo wings has spiked 52 percent in 2012
Feeding guests at your Super Bowl party could get a little expensive this year. Why? The price of Buffalo wings has spiked 52 percent in the past year, and analysts expect that to continue. “The wings...
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Pentagon braces for sweeping budget cuts
The Pentagon is bracing for deep spending cuts that will affect every facet of the US military if lawmakers fail to agree to a deal to avert dramatic budget reductions, officials said Monday. The...
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Language gurus add ‘fiscal cliff’ to annual ‘List of Words to be Banished...
Language gurus at a Michigan college doubled down on the fiscal cliff Monday in their year-end bucket list of trending words and phrases that ought to be kicked down the road in 2013. Lake Superior...
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Lindsay Graham: U.S. Senate is ‘where ideas go and die’
Monday on Fox News, Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) said that the U.S. Senate no longer functions as a governing body, but is rather “where ideas go and die.” He called the Senate’s performance with regards...
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Dried squash holds guillotined French king’s blood: study
Two centuries after the French people beheaded Louis XVI and dipped their handkerchiefs in his blood, scientists believe they have authenticated the remains of one such rag kept as a revolutionary...
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Florida woman ‘mortified’ by valet ticket calling her ‘fat’
A woman in Boca Raton, Florida picked up her car from a valet service earlier this month only to find an insult scrawled on the stub of her parking ticket. “I was mortified,” Sharyn Peoples told...
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Space travel can accelerate Alzheimer’s: U.S. study
Long journeys into deep space, including a mission to Mars, could expose astronauts to levels of cosmic radiation harmful to the brain and accelerate Alzheimer’s disease, said US research Monday. The...
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Oscars voting extended after online poll gripes
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said it has extended voting for the 2013 Oscars, after reports of problems with a new online polling system. The elite movie industry body is giving its...
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