The comedian has been friends with Elizabeth “Mimi” Haist since the 1990s and later helped her out of homelessness
Prachi Gupta Monday, May 20, 2013 7:17 PM UTC
Entertainment Zach Galifianakis, Homelessness
After a flip apology, one warns the network is "in danger of losing a lot of credibility"
Alex Seitz-Wald Monday, May 20, 2013 7:15 PM UTC
Politics ABC, Jon Karl, Benghazi, Media
A former Philadelphia police officer who was once seated next to first lady is held on bail for raping two women
Natasha Lennard Monday, May 20, 2013 7:05 PM UTC
News Philadelphia, Police
An 18-year-old high school senior is facing felony charges for a consensual, same-sex relationship with a classmate
Katie Mcdonough Monday, May 20, 2013 7:04 PM UTC
Life LGBT Rights, Gay Rights
Its Exempt Organizations division has been horribly dysfunctional since the agency was restructured in 1998
Kim Barker and Justin Elliott, ProPublica Monday, May 20, 2013 6:55 PM UTC
Business ProPublica, IRS, Tea Party
Biowarfare consultant prodded government to stockpile antidote, bringing $334 million to his biotech company
Natasha Lennard Monday, May 20, 2013 6:19 PM UTC
Business anthrax, Pentagon, Lobbying
Ron Wyden believes sequestration is a blessing in disguise, giving Congress a chance to reevaluate its priorities
Joe Conason, AlterNet Monday, May 20, 2013 6:17 PM UTC
Politics AlterNet, Senate, Oregon, Ron Wyden
Conservatives don't want you to misunderstand their position on the BSA: Gays are fine -- if they stay closeted
Katie Mcdonough Monday, May 20, 2013 6:06 PM UTC
Life Boy Scouts of America
The "Family Guy" creator says his schedule won't allow for it
Prachi Gupta Monday, May 20, 2013 6:06 PM UTC
Entertainment Seth MacFarlane, Oscars
Three Chicago teens are charged with a horrible sexual assault. They allegedly posted the video on social media
Mary Elizabeth Williams Monday, May 20, 2013 6:04 PM UTC
Life Rape, Social Media, Chicago
Martha Shoffner is accused of taking at least $36,000 from a broker who invested state money
Jillian Rayfield Monday, May 20, 2013 5:26 PM UTC
Politics Arkansas, Martha Shoffner
Thank lax regulations for increased levels of arsenic in our chicken and unsafe conditions in our plants
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, BillMoyers.com Monday, May 20, 2013 5:04 PM UTC
Business BillMoyers.com, New York Times
A recent analysis of census data reveals that suburban poverty is growing faster than ever
Katie Mcdonough Monday, May 20, 2013 5:01 PM UTC
Life suburbs, suburbia, poor, Poverty
The president gets personal at Morehouse College, as hard questions loom for black men and his presidency
Rich Benjamin Monday, May 20, 2013 4:58 PM UTC
Politics Black, Race
A new study reveals that men diagnosed with the disorder in childhood are twice as likely to be obese in middle age
Tara Haelle, Scientific American Monday, May 20, 2013 4:57 PM UTC
Life Scientific American, ADHD
Daniel Sbarra's unit was repeatedly charged with violence, racial profiling -- yet he was made lieutenant
Natasha Lennard Monday, May 20, 2013 4:54 PM UTC
News NYPD, stop-and-frisk, Ray Kelly
Ben Affleck's monologue was work to get through -- and not "the best kind of work" VIDEO
Daniel D'Addario Monday, May 20, 2013 4:45 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, Ben Affleck
The president's inclusive remarks were about "setting an example for what it means to be a man," Obama said VIDEO
Katie Mcdonough Monday, May 20, 2013 4:36 PM UTC
Life Video, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer promises not to bungle a good thing. Easier said than done
Andrew Leonard Monday, May 20, 2013 4:25 PM UTC
Technology Yahoo, Tumblr, GeoCities
Guinness World Records allowed him to have one five-minute break each hour
Associated Press Monday, May 20, 2013 4:24 PM UTC
Life Associated Press, ferris wheel
Though he insists his show is returning next year, Donald Trump got bad ratings news today
Daniel D'Addario Monday, May 20, 2013 4:21 PM UTC
Entertainment Celebrity Apprentice
Federal aid like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is proving to be a sweet deal for softdrink groups
Stan Cox, AlterNet Monday, May 20, 2013 4:15 PM UTC
Business AlterNet, Soda, SNAP
Canadian jazz singer Alexis Normand bungled the "Star-Spangled Banner," but she's hardly the first VIDEO
Prachi Gupta Monday, May 20, 2013 4:13 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, national anthem
The rapper's incendiary "SNL" performance delivered condemnations of the prison industrial complex worth unpacking VIDEO
Natasha Lennard Monday, May 20, 2013 4:10 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, SNL, Kanye West
On Tuesday, Tea Partiers are planning "to protest the IRS’ complete abuse of power"
Jillian Rayfield Monday, May 20, 2013 4:03 PM UTC
Politics Tea Party, Tea Party Patriots
My family has a history of breast cancer. If my time comes, I won't have the luxury of preventive surgery
Deborah Johnstone, The Weeklings Monday, May 20, 2013 3:51 PM UTC
Life The Weeklings, Angelina Jolie
Virginia Sen. Mark Obenshain wants to send women to jail who don't report their miscarriages to the police
Katie Mcdonough Monday, May 20, 2013 3:24 PM UTC
Life Reproductive Rights, Virginia
The comedian delivered a funny and uplifting speech to the Class of 2013 VIDEO
Prachi Gupta Monday, May 20, 2013 3:21 PM UTC
Life Video, Stephen Colbert, UVA
Minnesota safe schools initiative dies after right balks, and local archdiocese calls it an "Orwellian nightmare"
Mary Elizabeth Williams Monday, May 20, 2013 2:52 PM UTC
Life LGBT, Bullying, Minnesota
It's the company's biggest acquisition since it bought the online search engine Overture for $1.3 billion
Michael Liedtke, Associated Press Monday, May 20, 2013 2:49 PM UTC
Technology Associated Press, Tumblr, Yahoo
Last night, we moved closer to the season's epic conclusion -- and Salon writers are discussing it all now!
Daniel D'Addario Monday, May 20, 2013 2:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Game of Thrones
After failing to stop Colorado from legalizing it, pot foes now want to criminalize drug images and media content
David Sirota Monday, May 20, 2013 2:00 PM UTC
Politics marijuana, Colorado, Pot
After three quiet months, cyberattacks traceable to a military unit have resumed, despite U.S. warnings
Natasha Lennard Monday, May 20, 2013 1:45 PM UTC
Technology China, Unit 61398
A new PPP poll shows her Dem challenger with a slight lead
Jillian Rayfield Monday, May 20, 2013 1:27 PM UTC
Politics Michele Bachmann
Weeks before an audit went public, the chief attorney knew about conservative targeting by the agency
Jillian Rayfield Monday, May 20, 2013 1:20 PM UTC
Politics Barack Obama, White House, IRS
The FBI is working on expanding its database of faces, but big business may be more aggressive VIDEO
Prachi Gupta Monday, May 20, 2013 1:15 PM UTC
Technology Video, faceprint
Ten years after America invaded Iraq, we're finally emerging from the dark shadow cast by the neocon movement
Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch.com Monday, May 20, 2013 1:00 PM UTC
Politics TomDispatch.com, Barack Obama
“I think it’s coming back big-time," he said
Jillian Rayfield Monday, May 20, 2013 12:57 PM UTC
Politics Mitch McConnell, Kentucky
No arrests have been made in a Friday attack that saw thousands hurl rocks and assault participants at a gay rally VIDEO
Katie Mcdonough Monday, May 20, 2013 12:55 PM UTC
Life Video, anti-gay violence
Sunday's music ceremony was entertaining for all the wrong reasons VIDEO
Prachi Gupta Monday, May 20, 2013 12:54 PM UTC
Entertainment Video, billboard music awards
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