July 17, 2014 Archive July 2014

I was poor, but a GOP die-hard: How I finally left the politics of shame

Jill Abramson: Government repeatedly told us we'd have "blood on our hands"

A giant hole appeared in Siberia, and no one's sure what caused it

Teenage boys just want to be loved

"The Cold Lands": New music by Dub Gabriel, set to bonus footage from the film

Obama says U.S. working hard to secure Israel cease-fire

Elon Musk is changing the course of electric cars with the Model 3

"Sex Tape": Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel's R-rated Apple infomercial

From "True Blood" to "The Strain": Vampire-ifying stories is ruining perfectly good plots

Empathy, gentleness, patience: The right way to respond to parents who accidentally leave kids

Virginity pledges don't work -- unless you're super religious

NC gov defends his self-published poet laureate

10 Things to See in Sports: AP's top sports photos

Israeli military says it foils attack by 13 Palestinian infiltrators from Gaza.

British Open underway with all eyes on Tiger

CHP seizes medical records of woman seen punched

Israel police: 2 rockets fired from Gaza during humanitarian cease-fire

Robert Reich: Deadbeat 1 percenters endanger U.S. democracy

Let's all annoy Ann Coulter! Seven things to irritate the conservative performance artist

GOP's sales-pitch swindle: Why Dems need to push Obamacare harder

"Las Patronas": Meet the women helping child migrants as they make their way to the U.S.

Dawson's Creek is flooded with raw sewage

Drug trafficking and gmail: Now our email is needed to fight common crime?

The truth about Rupert Murdoch's new plot for world domination

Must-see morning clip: Stephen Colbert relentlessly mocks Rick Perry's new look

Conservative media hysteria explodes: Muslims! Ebola! A xenophobic fiasco

"Wish I Was Here": Zach Braff's controversial Kickstarter comeback

A major leap backwards: Australia repeals tax on biggest carbon pollutors

The horrific consequences of American adventurism: "Life in Iraq has become impossible"

Bill O’Reilly wants the U.S. to build its own Berlin Wall

Jon Stewart digs into to new CIA revelations -- "informant" sounds a lot like Jerry Seinfeld

The right's favorite new quack: Terri Lynn Weaver's dangerous baby "science"

Stephen Colbert accuses Mayor de Blasio of ferrying the city back to the '80s: "Squeegee men and the rampant crime"

Chris Christie's strange video obsession: Why "Morning Joe" is his war room

Todd Akin: I only said "legitimate rape" because it's an abbreviation and I'm a busy guy!

FDA discovers hundreds of vials of infectious agents it forgot it had

Lucy Flores doesn't regret her abortion -- and she doesn't regret talking about it

A barf bag got me a book deal: A mom offers up her questionable parenting advice

Bowe Bergdahl thanks Obama for “saving his life”

I watched the ESPY Awards and hated it: Last night's bizarre carnival of straight maleness

"Weird Al" Yankovic perfectly parodies Iggy Azalea's "Fancy"

GOP candidate wants to open up drilling in Yellowstone National Park

Border demagogues outdo themselves: Inside the "$50 Million Illegal Alien Resort Spa" myth

How to get an abortion in Texas

Report: Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shot down near Russia-Ukraine border

7 useless items that aren't worth the money

6 celebrity Twitter accounts that follow exactly one person

Right-wing radicals' sick victory lap: What's really happening to kids in Oracle?

Answers about immigration checkpoints

Here's what we know about today's Ukraine disaster

Strippers sue San Diego police over nude "regulatory" photos

Volunteer villain: How Ted Cruz's hard-line immigration stance helps Democrats

Fox News pundits seize on Ukraine disaster to blame Obama, Putin

Good-bye, Elaine Stritch: Why every fan should watch her "30 Rock" episodes

Rush Limbaugh has an unhinged conspiracy theory about the Ukraine disaster