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Fox News host Bill O’Reilly is no stranger to offending a wide swath of people during his program, “The O’Reilly Factor.” And this time, his…
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders bruised by the defeat of a massive farm bill last month are working to quickly revive the measure with a vote on a pared-down version that avoids an immediate showdown on food stamp cuts. Just hours before Thursday’s expected floor vote, it was still unclear whether GOP leaders had […]
PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) — A former honors student who was convicted of plotting to have her father stabbed to death when she was 17 years old was sentenced Thursday to life in a Michigan prison without parole — the same punishment she first received in 2011. Tia Skinner returned to court after a U.S. […]
My God, do these House Republicans not know when to take the L and move on to the next? The answer is no. On…
Whether George Zimmerman is found innocent or guilty of murder in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, Florida authorities are urging all possible protesters…
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has surpassed the United States in levels of adult obesity, a dubious distinction that experts attribute to Mexicans abandoning their traditional diet for processed snack foods and drinks. Almost one-third of adult Mexicans, 32.8 percent, are obese compared to 31.8 percent ofAmericans, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, […]
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A three-judge panel has found a man not guilty by reason of insanity in the death of a homeless man he admitted…
43-year old Madelyn Sheaffer claims she was kicked out of a local water park for being too sexy in her bikini. Sheaffer claims staff members at Adventure Oasis Water Park told her she had to put shorts on because her bikini was too small. The park’s supervisor also asked her to cover up or exit […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The defeat of a student loan bill in the Senate on Wednesday clears the way for fresh negotiations to restore lower rates, but lawmakers are racing the clock before millions of students return to campus next month to find borrowing terms twice as high as when school let out. Republicans and a […]
Christie Dawn Harris, 28, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after she tried to smuggle a loaded gun in her vagina and crystal meth in her buttocks, reports the Smoking Gun. The police also found crystal meth, a gun, ammo and drug paraphernalia in Harris’ car. The gun found in her vagina was […]
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment and the 94-year-old’s condition remains critical but stable after more than a month in the hospital, South Africa’s president said Wednesday. President Jacob Zuma visited the anti-apartheid leader Wednesday evening. “We are encouraged that Madiba is responding to treatment and urge the public to continue providing […]
BOSTON (AP) — His arm in a cast and his face swollen, a blase-looking Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing in a seven-minute proceeding that marked his first public appearance since his capture in mid-April. As victims of the bombing looked on, Tsarnaev, 19, gave a small, lopsided smile to […]
