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Jon Stewart highlights Bullsh*t Mountain’s history of hysteria to mock...
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart on Wednesday mocked Fox News for over-hyping yet another congressional hearing on the attack in Benghazi. Fox News pundits and Republicans alike had promised Wednesday’s...
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Obama ditches ‘doom and gloom’ of Washington to make new jobs push
Barack Obama ditched the “doom and gloom” of Washington Thursday to seek out dynamic job-creating hotspots of the US economy, which remains broadly sluggish four years into his presidency. Obama...
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House Republicans pass restrictive debt ceiling bill
The US House passed a Republican bill along party lines Thursday that lawmakers say would remove the threat of default, while requiring the government to prioritize its debt and pension payments. The...
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California sues JPMorgan for allegedly harassing credit card customers
The US state of California filed suit Thursday against JPMorgan Chase, accusing the Wall Street bank of illegally abusing credit-card customers and misusing the court system to harass them with...
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Minnesota lawmaker and minister: Marriage equality foes always cite the Bible
Minnesota state Rep. Tim Faust (DFL-District 11B) on Thursday said the Bible was no argument against marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples. “Not too long ago, I probably would have voted ‘no’...
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Bangladesh’s collapsed building death toll passes 1,000
The death toll in Bangladesh’s worst industrial disaster on Friday soared past 1,000 after more bodies were found in the rubble of a collapsed nine-storey building outside the capital Dhaka. Army...
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Rand Paul touts Benghazi conspiracy involving secret CIA arms trade
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Thursday night offered a fresh conspiracy regarding the attack in Benghazi, claiming the Obama administration could be trying to hide a secret arms trade. “I never have quite...
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Jon Stewart mocks ‘tragedy tick’ Nancy Grace for sadistically feeding off...
On his show Thursday night, The Daily Show host Jon Stewart ruthlessly lampooned Nancy Grace of CNN Headline News. Remarking on her coverage of the Jodi Arias case, Stewart remarked that Grace drew...
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Traces of water in moon came from Earth: study
Lunar rocks brought home by US astronauts contain droplets of water chemically identical to that on ancient Earth Traces of water inside the moon were inherited from ancient Earth, according to a fresh...
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Meteorite crater reveals future of a globally warmed world
Lake sediments recorded the climate of the Arctic during the last period when CO2 levels were as high as today The future of a globally warmed world has been revealed in a remote meteorite crater in...
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Fannie Mae to pay $59.4 billion back to U.S. taxpayers in move seen to...
Repayment will boost Treasury coffers ahead of 18 May expiration of political deal over national debt limit The government-backed mortgage giant Fannie Mae is to pay $59.4bn back to US taxpayers, in a...
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New studies say immigration reform is too late to fix one long-term U.S....
Immigration reform too late to fix one big problem, studies say (via The Christian Science Monitor) Copyright ImageClick to View A Mexican worker holds workers petition forms as he lines up outside the...
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Co-author of conservative anti-immigration report resigns
The co-author of a conservative think tank’s report accusing Latino immigrants of having a “substantially lower” average IQ than white Americans resigned on Friday. According to The Washington Post,...
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Reshma: A ray of hope for Bangladesh amid the ruins
“I called but nobody heard me. I heard noises, but nobody listened to me.” But when a rescue worker finally heard her faint cries 17 days after the collapse of her factory, Reshma became an instant...
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Michael Jackson’s make-up artist: ‘Everybody was lying after he died’
Michael Jackson’s make-up artist warned in the 1990s that the star could die due to his drug addiction, she testified Friday, adding that people were initially lying after his 2009 death. Karen Faye,...
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Theater uses fake gunmen for ‘Iron Man 3′ publicity stunt
While a movie theater in Jefferson City, Missouri issued a public apology on Friday for using fake gunmen during a showing of Iron Man 3, the theater’s manager said he did not regret the promotional...
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Desmond Tutu: I won’t vote for Mandela’s party
Desmond Tutu will not vote for South Africa’s ruling African National Congress, which brought Nelson Mandela to power exactly 19 years ago, the Nobel Peace laureate said in an article published Friday....
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Report: Sebelius asking health industry for help with Obamacare
Faced with repeated congressional interference, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has gone to the health care industry and other civic leaders for financial help in promoting...
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Jay Smooth: Now is not the time to auto-tune Charles Ramsey
While the saying “now is not the time” is often used regarding politically-based analysis of public events, hip-hop activist and DJ Jay Smooth pointed out on Wednesday, the ongoing story of Charles...
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Pakistan kicks New York Times bureau chief out for ‘undesirable activities’
By Amanda Holpuch Veteran Pakistan correspondent Declan Walsh received order to leave country at midnight local time for ‘undesirable activities’ The New York Times’ Pakistan bureau chief has been...
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