Sports and Culture
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Tweet of the Day: Advice for Pete Carroll from beyond the grave
That's some funny, right there.
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Texas sharia court judge delivered invocation for Fort Worth rodeo event (Video)
Because what's a rodeo without an Islamic blessing?
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Worshippers at the altar of gluten-freedom throw a fit over Super Bowl commercial (Video)
Gluten-free doesn’t just apply to food anymore, with one Super Bowl commercial excluding a joke after it offended some wheat…
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Video: ‘Grossest Super Bowl injury’ ever?
Anyone who follows football is talking this morning about what Seattle Times columnist Jerry Brewer called the “worst play call…
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Super Bowl ads that are likely to generate some commotion (Video)
This year’s Super Bowl is already generating more heat and light than most editions of the Big Game, primarily because…
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How did politics get to be so personal? Another take
New York Times op-ed writer Thomas Edsall has an interesting column today titled “How did politics get so personal?” It’s a…
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Rapper facing prison sentence of 25 years to life over violent lyrics (Video)
We have all heard about the illegality of shouting “Fire!” in a crowded movie theater, and learned last December that urging…
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How should the NFL handle ‘Deflategate’?
Fool me once, and all that. In case you’re not a football fan and/or keeping up with the latest scandal…
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Selfies on stolen iPad help crime victim, cops ID thieves (Video)
If you got it, flaunt it — even if you stole it. Meet Dorian, of “the money team.” He and his…
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Horror story: Newborn set on fire, left in middle of road by mother (Video)
“We actually didn’t think it was a baby, we just thought it was a fire, somebody dumping everything down there,…
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Picture of the Day: NYPD cop shot while beating young black man
The entire caption, borrowed from the website of LU friend Allen B. West (which is also the source of the photo),…
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Great news! Al Sharpton calls for ’emergency task force’ after all-white Oscar nominees announced
“Fury as Oscars Go ‘All White’,” proclaimed the main header on today’s Drudge Report in 30-pt type. Clicking on the…
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Video: Woman whose boyfriend won’t kiss her on camera gets revenge
Revenge, it is said, is a dish best served cold. But there is nothing at all cold about the way…
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Walmart refuses to print couple’s engagement photo — you’ll never guess why (Video)
A North Dallas Walmart refused to print an engagement photo depicting a young, clean-cut couple embracing in an outdoor setting…
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Bedtime story: Couple nabbed for shoplifting fail to mention to cops their young kids are locked in car
What parent can’t sympathize? We’ve all been there. You and the wife (or husband) need a few odds and ends for…
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South Carolina considers mandatory gun education at school
A pair of bills filed in each house of South Carolina’s legislature aim to eliminate the zero-tolerance attitude toward guns…
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Sharpton’s Viagra prescription found in home of accused rapist; Al ain’t talking
While searching the home Monday of attorney Sandy Rubenstein during the course of an investigation that eventually cleared the lawyer…
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Schools in San Francisco to offer ‘black lives matter’ resource guide for classrooms
Students in public high schools in San Francisco are already offered ethnic studies courses. But that’s no longer enough in a nation where…
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St. Louis area Family Dollar Stores ask customers to ‘remove hoods before entering’ (Video)
It sounds straight out of “the Onion,” but KMOV in St. Louis is serious about a sign posted in the city’s Family…
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Free speech advisory: Student receives death threats for reporting anti-cop tweets
When Khadijah Lynch, a coed at Brandeis University, tweeted her lack of sympathy for the two NYPD officers shot to death by a…
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What were the most googled topics in 2014?
A blog called Estately claims not only to have the answer but to have it broken out by state. From the blog: Using Google…
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Picture of the Day: ‘You turned your back on us first’
Today, thousands of uniformed police personnel from all across the country assembled in the New York City borough of Queens…
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Why name of another black teen shooting victim won’t become protesters’ next rallying cry (Video)
His name for starters was Jawaad Jabbar. He was 16 years old and lived in or near Dayton, Ohio. He was…
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FDA intends to allow gay men to donate blood
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday plans to remove the long-standing prohibition on blood donations from gay men. As…
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