Southern Baptist Convention kicks out church for being too tolerant of LGBT members

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Cannon backfires at Fort McHenry in Baltimore

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GOP finds its 2014 message: Obama held a coffee cup, hates military!

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David Boies' sorry lesson: Why defending LGBT marriage alone doesn't make you a pro-gay hero

Jon Stewart asks: Is Wall Street's favorite new company just Craigslist with better graphics?

Fox News host calls female fighter pilot who led Syrian airstrikes "boobs on the ground"

Stephen Colbert destroys Fox & Friends over their reaction to Obama's "latte salute"

Bill Clinton’s stunning statement on charter schools: Why it's more striking than it looks

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Breaking: Eric Holder reportedly stepping down as AG

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FBI: U.S. mass shootings more than doubled in past five years

Sierra Leone quarantines 1 million people due to Ebola outbreak

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Eric Holder’s complex legacy: A civil rights hero who defended the national security state

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7 things you think you know about money — that are actually completely untrue

Who will replace Eric Holder? The thorny politics of selecting a new attorney general

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$554 million: U.S. government gives record settlement to Navajo Nation for gross mishandling of resources

Updated: Pennsylvania is literally blaming a woman for her own rape

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Neocons' Ferguson freakout: Why their latest attack on Obama makes them look so silly

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7 different types of non-believers

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Your free speech isn't being oppressed, anti-vaxxers

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