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Minnesota Republican rep.: LGBT ‘lifestyle’ is ‘an unhealthy, sexual addiction’
Minnesota state Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen (R) says that he opposes marriage rights for LGBT people because he believes that homosexuality is a choice and a “sexual addiction.” Supporters of same sex...
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Homeland Security chief calls for immigration overhaul after mass releases
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano affirmed that security at the U.S.-Mexico border is tighter than ever and encouraged a more comprehensive approach to immigration report in an interview...
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Vatican issues postage stamp marking Benedict XVI’s departure
The Vatican post office Friday issued a set of stamps for use during the “Sede Vacante”, or Vacant See, created by the historic resignation of pope Benedict XVI. The unusual interregnum stamps, a...
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Warren Buffett chides ‘hand wringing’ bosses in shareholders letter
Berkshire Hathaway’s billionaire investment guru says he is looking for more American acquisitions and others should do the same Billionaire investor Warren Buffett admonished “hand wringing” bosses on...
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Samaritans in Taiwan turn plastic junk into items for the needy
Some 40 people stand ankle-deep in used plastic bottles in the yard of a recycling station in Taipei, stamping them flat in the first step of a process that will transform the junk into usable goods....
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‘Gollum’ impressionist releases Tears For Fears cover
A young man with a burgeoning fanbase online has released his second video on Friday mixing the Lord of The Rings saga with another popular franchise. James Walters, or “IJamesWalters,” as he is known...
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Obama signs ‘sequester’ spending cuts into effect
President Barack Obama signed the spending cuts he lambasted as “dumb” on Friday night, forcing the enactment of the so-called “sequester” as of midnight. According to NBC News, the White House...
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Peter King warns New Yorkers not to support Marco Rubio
Rep. Peter King’s (R-NY) feud with his own party continued on Friday, as he urged his constituents not to support the presidential ambitions of Republican lawmakers like Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) after...
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New Defense Secretary Hagel scolds budget cuts
Major budget cuts will endanger the US military’s ability to conduct its missions, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel warned. His comments came hours before President Barack Obama authorized cuts in domestic...
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Paul Krugman: Sequester ‘was designed to be stupid’
Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman used some of President Barack Obama’s language on Friday in describing the spending cuts the president signed into effect. While the federal sequester isn’t...
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Maher on conservatives spurning Chris Christie: ‘Do they have a death wish?’
During a discussion on his show Friday, HBO host Bill Maher and his guests raked the organizers of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) over the coals for not inviting New Jersey Gov....
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Weather could force 2022 World Cup to be played in the winter
FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke on Saturday confirmed the 2022 World Cup in Qatar could be moved to the winter if research shows holding the tournament in the region’s intense summer heat would be...
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Officials call off search for Florida sinkhole victim
Officials in Florida announced on Saturday that they have called off the search for the 36-year-old man who was swallowed by a sinkhole under his bedroom late Thursday night. NBC News reported that...
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American musician stars in top film at African film festival
A French-Senegalese director’s film about a man who knows he will die at the end of the day took the top prize Saturday at Africa’s largest film festival, Fespaco in Burkina Faso. “Aujourd’hui” (Today)...
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Recovered portrait of early English feminist to be shown at Dutch art fair
Lady Anne Clifford is still celebrated as a campaigner for women’s rights A lost, original portrait of Lady Anne Clifford, one of the first English aristocrats to demand equal land rights with men...
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Mission to Mars will use feces as radiation shield
Astronauts in a privately-funded expedition to Mars in 2018 will use their own feces to protect themselves against cosmic radiation. New Scientist reported on Friday that the Inspiration Mars project,...
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Gay mayoral candidate’s friend charged with his murder
Police in Mississippi charged a 22-year-old man with the murder of a gay mayoral candidate on Thursday, amid conflicting accounts about the nature of the two men’s relationship. WPTY-TV reported on...
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Obama appoints new coordinator for Middle East and other regions
President Barack Obama has appointed a new coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa and the Gulf, the White House announced Saturday. Philip Gordon, a veteran foreign policy expert, will take up...
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Long slog to 2014 begins for Senate’s ‘red state’ Democrats
The agony of the 2014 election cycle has already begun for incumbent Democrats from “red” states. That became apparent Thursday, when three Democratic senators from conservative-leaning states – Mark...
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Is Massachusetts more racist than Mississippi, as Chief Justice John Roberts...
Massachusetts officials came out swinging this week after Chief Justice John Roberts argued in a hearing on the constitutionality of a part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that Mississippi may be more...
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