October 03, 2013 Archive October 2013

Grover Norquist slams Ted Cruz

The opposite of "death panels": How the ACA could lead to a better way of dying

A Bitcoin libertarian disaster: The Silk Road gets busted

Florida's toxic waters

Photos capture the disgusting reality of Florida's water pollution

U.S. asks court to ignore Google, Microsoft bid to release spying data

Obama on GOP: "I'm exasperated"

Ibragim Todashev's girlfriend held in solitary

Dave Eggers says he has never read the book he's accused of plagiarizing

Despite improving relations, new Iran sanctions likely

5 people who are psyched about National Kale Day

NSA director admits to misleading public on terror plots

Angry right gets mad when you accuse it of race-baiting!

Vladimir Putin nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

"All Is Bright": Christmas with Canadian losers

My embarrassing picture went viral

"Don Jon's" narrow, conservative view of sex

Solar Decathlon 2013

"I'm an instrument that will avenge": The stories of women who fight back

GOP's grim shutdown legacy: How the 1995 debacle turned states blue

McDonald's' bogus health initiatives are bad for everyone

The right's new lie about its shutdown intentions

Texas fundamentalists want to teach Garden of Eden in science class

Aryan Brotherhood leader sentenced to 30 years

Don't stuff your sorries in a sack

Eight dead in Tennessee bus crash

US, Japan to deploy new radar, drones in next year

Apple wins patent for spiral glass staircase

Grand bargain extortion?: Liberals fear Social Security cuts are coming

Openly gay, secretly undocumented

Rdio offers free music stations

10 past Republicans who'd never make it in today's crazy GOP

Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart calls GOP "self-righteous Orwellian zebra queefs"

The oceans are deteriorating more quickly than we thought

Yet another radioactive leak at Fukushima

Jennifer Lawrence refuses to diet for Hollywood, stays awesome

GOP refusal to expand Medicaid leaves millions uninsured

Fox News, Republicans overjoyed that the EPA's been shut down

GOPer's quote of the day: "We have to get something out of this. And I don’t know what that even is”

Stephen Colbert on the government "slimdown"

Bob Odenkirk: "Better Call Saul" will be dark

New York Times public editor slams New York Times headline

GOP senators attack Ted Cruz

How "Scandal" won me over

The Pentagon is turning Italy into a military base

Sinead O'Connor warns Miley she's being "pimped"

Russian imam wants to boycott Elton John, calls him "devil’s work in the shape of a pederast"

Shutdown will cost many Americans their food

Service industries are growing slower than forecast

Christine Lagarde urges US to solve debt ceiling

Wind energy tax break talk is back

Tom Clancy's 5 big rules for writing and life

The right's bogus attack on Wendy Davis

How Ted Cruz is coordinating the (incoherent) conservative shutdown strategy

California bans NDAA, indefinite detentions

World's most fuel-efficient car finally comes to the U.S.

Britney Spears claims she's being pushed to be too sexual

10 incredible houses from the 2013 Solar Decathlon

U.S. consumer confidence drops

Chris Matthews: When are we going to get "Killing O'Reilly"?

Tsarnaev being held in "total isolation"

GOP Congressman hits on CNN anchor, mansplains government shutdown

Lavabit founder fought the surveillance state

Gas from garbage hits the market

Tell us: Will you use the ACA marketplace?

Breaking: Shooting incident on Capitol Hill

Shots fired on Capitol Hill

Stephen King's "The Shining" sequel is his best novel yet

Fiery collision very bad for Tesla’s "safest car" image