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Politics
Cleveland rescuer of abused women did jail time — for domestic abuse
In a TV interview following his rescue on Monday of three women held captive in a Cleveland house of horrors,…
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Sports and Culture
Strange perversion: Men shelled out money to watch scantily clad fat woman eat
In one of the most bizarre fetishes to come along, male viewers got their jollies watching a barely clothed, morbidly…
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Unyielding
Rare newsreel footage shows Hindenburg disaster in breathtaking detail
Despite modern innovations in video technology, which is able to capture startlingly lifelike moving images down to the last pixel,…
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Education
HS students suspended for ‘twerking’
For those who may otherwise find the story hard to follow, Urban Dictionary defines the verb twerk as “to work…
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Media
Dan Rather: Obama's opponents 'want to cut his heart out’
It’s a pretty gruesome image — wanting to cut out a man’s heart and feed his liver to the dogs.…
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Law and Government
China’s state-owned newspaper suppressing jokes in re its phallic new headquarters
Move over, Georgia O’Keeffe. A new work of architecture is currently being — er … erected in Beijing that will dwarf…
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Sports and Culture
Latest thrill-seekers perform death-defying subway stunts, post videos online
There were 55 subway-related deaths in New York City in 2012. This year’s list of fatalities appears destined to dwarf…
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Unyielding
SC Dem: Let's send ‘Nikki Haley back to wherever the hell she came from'
The party of tolerance and civility strikes again. Mail Online reports that on Friday, Dick Harpootlian, South Carolina Democratic Party…
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National Security
Tamerlan’s family, Boston cemeteries don’t want his remains
Talk about being unwept, unhonored, and unsung. Cemeteries in Massachusetts are refusing to accept the body of Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev…
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Economy
Youth unemployment at 16.1%, highest sustained rate since WWII
The April jobs report was released this morning, showing that the economy added 165,000 jobs in April as unemployment ticked…
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Sports and Culture
NZ couple banned from naming their child Anal
What’s in a name? The answer depends on a number of factors including who’s asking and who or what is…
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Media
Liberal blogger charged with faking her own hate crime
If you can’t beat ‘em, frame ‘em. That in a nutshell would appear to be the motivation behind Think Progress…
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Education
Detroit mom objects to reading of Anne Frank’s diary as too ‘pornographic'
The mother of a seventh-grade student at a school in suburban Detroit has launched a crusade to get Anne Frank’s…
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Education
Female teen expelled, arrested when ‘science project’ explodes
Luckily, no one was hurt when a mixture of household chemicals brought to school on Monday by a 16-year-old student…
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Economy
Want to know what Michelle Obama is wearing? There’s an app for that
If you care what the First Lady is wearing and have a buck burning a hole in your pocket, Apple…
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Sports and Culture
Man who claimed his intention was to rape but not kill 6-month-old is executed
An Ohio man who admitted to killing his girlfriend’s 6-month-old daughter but insisted there were extenuating circumstances — that he…
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National Security
CA woman arrested for sneaking alcohol-laced juice bottles into Starbucks
Although her motives are as yet unknown, a San Jose, Calif., woman is under arrest on charges that include attempted…
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Media
Media Matters VP thanks fan who offers him BJ for getting Glenn Beck canceled
“What do you say to a naked lady?” That was the title question of a movie made years ago by…
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Education
Study: Children taught tolerance in school more likely to be intolerant outside
Ouch! Some bad news for those who believe that schools should be used as moral incubators in which young people…
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Sports and Culture
Aussie mom who woke to find children dead in shower target of investigation
The way Miranda Hebble tells it, her problem was sheer exhaustion, brought on by lack of sleep from her infant…
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Sports and Culture
Man survives jump from Empire State Building
According to the old joke, a man leaps from the top of the Empire State Building and lives to tell…
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Politics
Cop fired for drunk driving sues city, saying alcoholism is a ‘disability’
Remember the prison inmates who sued manufacturers of beer, wine, and spirits, claiming that “demon rum” was responsible for their…
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Foreign Affairs
MSNBC’s Harris-Perry: Marathon bombing got ‘action,’ while Newtown brought 'inaction'
Like the massacre at Sandy Hook School, the Boston Marathon bombing was an act of extreme violence that resulted in…
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Law and Government
SC woman ran up $400K tab using EMS ambulance as private chauffeur
Audrey Ferguson, 51, of Charleston, S.C., knows how to live in style. When she wants to go downtown, she takes a…
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Law and Government
Dem lawmaker calls for background checks on dog owners
Whether or not you believe that instituting background checks on prospective gun owners will cut down on gun violence, you’ll…
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