Must-see morning clip

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg discusses Sandy relief and gun control with Jimmy Fallon VIDEO


Friday, Jan 4, 2013 2:09 PM UTC
Video, mayor bloomberg

Hugo Chavez fighting severe lung infection

Speculation increases that Venezuela's president will not be well enough for his swearing in ceremony next week VIDEO


Friday, Jan 4, 2013 1:56 PM UTC
Video, aol_on, Venezuela

Court upholds right to give police the finger

A New York man can seek damages following a disorderly conduct arrest when he "flipped the bird" at police VIDEO


Friday, Jan 4, 2013 1:50 PM UTC
Video, Police, New York, insults

Indian politician accused of rape is stripped and publicly beaten

Local television stations released footage of women tearing off Mr. Brahma’s shirt and hitting him


Friday, Jan 4, 2013 1:44 PM UTC
Rape, Crime, delhi gang rape, India

Economy added 155,000 jobs in December

The figure met analyst expectations


Friday, Jan 4, 2013 1:37 PM UTC
Unemployment, Jobs, Statistics

Women’s history pioneer Gerda Lerner dies at 92

Lerner was a founding member of NOW and created the nation's first graduate program in women's history

, Associated Press
Friday, Jan 4, 2013 1:34 PM UTC
Obituaries, women's history

Taliban shooting victim Malala Yousufzai leaves UK hospital

The 15-year-old Pakistani girl shot for promoting girls' education has been released from the hospital

, Associated Press
Friday, Jan 4, 2013 1:09 PM UTC
Malala Yousufzai, Pakistan

Four dead in Moscow airliner crash

Eight people were aboard the twin-engine midrange jet. The other four passengers are severely injured


Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 3:48 PM UTC

Do media vultures perpetuate mass shootings?

We remember the killers' names, but not the victims, mourns the daughter of a teacher at Columbine


Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 2:00 PM UTC 21

Dick Armey apologizes to me

On Facebook. Really. Where he also called my anti-FreedomWorks comments a "cheap shot." Read our exchange


Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 12:09 AM UTC 50
Dick Armey, Freedomworks

“I still want to get this done”

Obama's statement on the fiscal cliff VIDEO


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 11:08 PM UTC
Video, President Barack Obama

Indian rape victim dies in hospital

A statement by Singapore's Mount Elizabeth hospital said the 23-year-old "died peacefully" early Saturday


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 10:47 PM UTC
Associated Press, India

Dumb tweet: Hopefully they forget about guns

A Nascar fan hopes Congress is too occupied with fiscal cliff to look at gun control


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 10:32 PM UTC
Dumb tweet of the day, Guns

Paintings suggesting gay clerics sow outrage in Pakistan

The journal that published the works shut down, pulled the issue from stores and dissolved its editorial board

, Associated Press
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 10:00 PM UTC 16
From the Wires, Pakistan

Congressional leaders quietly leave White House

Pelosi called fiscal cliff meeting "constructive" but no sense was given about progress in negotiations


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 9:45 PM UTC
Fiscal cliff, Barack Obama

China tightens Internet restrictions

As of Friday, Internet users will be forced to give their real names to service providers

, GlobalPost
Friday, Dec 28, 2012 9:28 PM UTC
GlobalPost, China, New York Times

Soldier suicides outnumber combat deaths

In 2012, suicide rates worsened and 212 troops died in combat in Afghanistan


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 9:24 PM UTC
U.S. Military

Weird news: Pet chicken fire alarm

A Wisconsin couple say clucks alerted them to the blaze in their home


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 9:18 PM UTC
Weird news of the day, Pets, Fire

House Dems to propose large-capacity gun magazine ban

It would not include equipment that is already legally owned


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 9:09 PM UTC 15
Gun Control, Assault weapons

Doodles lead to high schooler’s arrest

Police were called when a 16-year-old made no threats but drew what may or may not have been weapons in a notebook


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 8:17 PM UTC 10
Doodling, Orwell, Police

Mexican traffickers grow pot in U.S. national forests

Marijuana farms linked to Mexico have been found in 67 national forests across 20 U.S. states


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 7:09 PM UTC
The Fix, Mexico, marijuana, Drugs

Syrian regime using more precise Iranian missiles

U.S. officials say two short-range ballistic missiles were fired this week


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 6:40 PM UTC
Syria, Iran, Ballistic missiles

Wal-Mart’s Sam’s Club pulling smoked salmon over listeria fears

The retailer's warehouse stores are recalling the fish from 42 states


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 6:38 PM UTC
Walmart, Sam's Club, fish, Fishing

Marilyn Monroe, communist?

New data from previously lost FBI files reveals the famous starlet's leftist leanings VIDEO


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 5:52 PM UTC 19
Video, aol_on, Marilyn Monroe

Chicago homicides hit grim milestone

While murder numbers in New York were at a record low this year


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 5:42 PM UTC 13
Guns, Chicago, New York City

Longshoremen strike averted, for now

The union extended its contract for 30 days, avoiding a strike that would cripple East Coast ports


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 5:16 PM UTC
Strike, Longshoremen, Unions

Even this bleeding-heart liberal believes gun owners have a right to privacy

A newspaper exposes the addresses of its local gun owners — which violates our rights as much as shoddy gun laws


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 4:58 PM UTC 69
Guns, NRA, Newtown shootings

Report: Obama to propose compromise package to avoid cliff

The president will offer to keep the Bush tax cuts in place for those making less than $400,000, Bloomberg reports


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 4:54 PM UTC 14
Fiscal cliff, Republicans

What’s wrong with drug testing pregnant women

The rights of women are under attack in blue states as well as red ones


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 4:43 PM UTC 23
women, Drug testing, personhood

Israel establishes university in illegal West Bank settlement

International condemnation falls on deaf ears as Ariel University is accredited


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 4:23 PM UTC 17
Israel, west bank

“Thelma and Louise,” Waylon Jennings: The best fiscal cliff tweets

Journalists and commentators offer nuggets of humor and confusion as a deal is not nigh


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 4:17 PM UTC
Twitter, Fiscal cliff

Equity crowdfunding waits on the SEC

Kickstarter-like platforms that connect small investors to new businesses could be a bold experiment


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 4:09 PM UTC
JOBS Act, SEC, President Obama

The CIA’s expanding contractor security force

Global Response Staff, a secret security force created after 9/11, is illustrative of CIA militarization


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 2:05 PM UTC
CIA, GRS, Washington Post

Private equity investor: “We didn’t build that”

A leading technology investor says his success depended on government funding


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 1:52 PM UTC
Venture Capital, Warburg Pincus

Indian gang-rape victim fights for her life

Another rape victim recently committed suicide and pressure mounts against authorities belittling rape


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 1:29 PM UTC
India, Rape, Sexual assault

White House meeting a last stab at fiscal deal

Congressional leaders meet with Obama, but no sign of agreement on legislation


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 12:57 PM UTC
Fiscal cliff, White House

Salon’s Joan Walsh describes right wing honcho Dick Armey in plain English

"A pox on all of their houses" VIDEO


Friday, Dec 28, 2012 3:16 AM UTC 22
Video, Joan Walsh, Dick Armey

Hang tough, Mr. President

Boehner calls the House back on Sunday while McConnell rants and raves, but Obama still holds all the cards


Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 11:51 PM UTC 42
Fiscal cliff, Tea Party

Top 10 Wikipedia pages of 2012

A Swedish computer science student collected the data


Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 10:29 PM UTC
wikipedia, technology, Internet

FBI arrests woman for alleged Newtown fundraising scam

The FBI says a Bronx woman pretended to be a victim's family member, and solicited donations for the funeral


Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 10:01 PM UTC
Newtown school shooting

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