Clik here to view.
Daily Show’s Samantha Bee investigates women’s disruption of military bro-hesion
Monday night on The Daily Show, correspondent Samantha Bee investigated how women disturbed the fragile “guy-namics” of warfare. The Department of Defense lifted the ban on women serving in combat last...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tenn. lawmaker: Cut parent’s welfare benefits if child gets poor grades
Tennessee State Sen. Stacey Campfield (R) on Tuesday defended his proposal to tie a family’s welfare benefits to their children’s academic success. “We have a three legged stool for education,” he...
View ArticleClik here to view.
South Carolina lawmaker offers free concealed carry classes to teachers
South Carolina state Sen. Katrina Shealy (R) announced Monday that a local gun club was offering free concealed weapon permit classes to teachers and school officials. “In light of the tremendous...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Volkswagen sticks by ‘racist’ Super Bowl ad
Volkswagen of America said Tuesday it’s going ahead with a Super Bowl ad that some critics are calling racist because it depicts a cheerful white office worker speaking in a Jamaican accent. Titled...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Obama warns Republicans against blocking immigration reform
Barack Obama has warned Republicans that if they attempt to block his drive towards comprehensive immigration reform he will send his own legislation to Congress and force them to vote on it. In a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Colin Powell asks O’Reilly: Why do you only see me as an African-American?
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell chided Fox News host Bill O’Reilly on Tuesday night for focusing on his ethnicity when discussing his support of President Barack Obama. At the beginning of a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anti-whaling group intercepts Japanese fleet
Anti-whaling activist group Sea Shepherd said Wednesday it had intercepted the Japanese fleet in its annual Southern Ocean hunt “before a single harpoon has been fired”. Sea Shepherd claims to have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
U.S. ranked 32nd in press freedom index
Reporters Without Borders on Wednesday launched a new indicator measuring global press freedom by aggregating the scores of its annual index, from perennial table-topping Finland to worst offenders...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Neil Heslin on gun advocates at hearing: It didn’t really phase me
Neil Heslin, the father of a 6-year-old boy who was murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School last month, said Tuesday night he wasn’t particularly troubled by gun advocates at a recent legislative...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wall Street optimism gives economy a break from the doom and gloom
For the first time since last April, Wall Street bond investors are seeing the economic glass as half-full. Interest rates on Treasury bonds have been rising slowly and subtly over the past week – and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jon Stewart mocks Glenn Beck’s centrally planned nostalgic Marxist utopia
On his show Tuesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart ruthlessly lampooned “freedom fetishist” Glenn Beck, pointing out his proposed “Independence” city was not very independent. Beck unveiled his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sen. Alexander: Video games a bigger problem than guns
Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee said Wednesday that violent video games were a bigger problem than guns in the United States. When asked on MSNBC about proposals to reduce gun violence,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Obama’s Pentagon pick faces Senate grilling
The Vietnam War veteran picked to lead the Pentagon, Chuck Hagel, will face a tough grilling Thursday from Republicans who have painted him as hostile toward Israel and ready to appease Iran. When...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jon Stewart: GOP talks about amnesty like it’s a deviant sexual practice
On his show Wednesday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart ripped into Republicans for changing their stance on immigration based purely on a cynical political calculation. Stewart observed that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
With 42 homicides, Chicago sees most violent January in 11 years
With 42 homicides, Chicago sees most violent January in 11 years One month into the new year Chicago has already set an ignominious record for homicides. By late Tuesday, the Chicago Police Department...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dr. Phil: Man behind ‘fake girlfriend’ Ronaiah Tuiasosopo was ‘romantically...
A man who pretended to be the online girlfriend of the US college footballer Manti Te’o for more than a year, is said to have fallen “deeply, romantically in love” with the star. In an interview with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New York Times says they were victim of hackers possibly tied to China’s...
The New York Times said it had fallen victim to hackers possibly connected to China’s military, linking the attacks to its expose of the vast wealth amassed by a top leader’s family. The hackers have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Beijing hospital visits rise due to pollution
Doctors in Beijing said Thursday that hospital admissions for respiratory complaints rose in recent days during the latest bout of pollution, as air quality in the city began to improve. The US...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Australian sprinter banned over racism claim
An Australian sprinter who claimed ahead of the London Olympics he was racially abused by officials and accused the athletics federation of discrimination has been banned for six months. John...
View ArticleClik here to view.
HRW condemns Russia’s ‘worst post-Soviet crackdown’
Human Rights Watch on Thursday condemned the Russian authorities under President Vladimir Putin for unleashing the toughest crackdown against civil society since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991....
View Article