FCC fines Verizon Wireless $25M for spurious fees
Provider's inadvertent data charges lead to the largest fine in the commission's history
Topics: Wireless 3 Comments
Straight couples in the U.K. are fighting for their right to the "other" kind of marriage
"Predators" meets "Sin Nombre" in a moody, gripping road-movie romance set in alien-infested Mexico
Topics: Our Picks: Movies, Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy 2 Comments
The GOP leader wants to be Speaker of the House badly, and he's not going to let a little Nazism get in his way
Topics: John Boehner, R-Ohio, 2010 Elections 1 Comments
Ezra Klein reviews H.W. Brands' new book about the transformative years between 1865 to 1900
Topics: Nonfiction 0 Comments
People take advantage of me. I keep getting into these awful situations
Also: Does this incident represent the new glass ceiling for female politicians?
The Big Dog nearly convinced Kendrick Meek to drop his Senate bid -- a move that could have stopped Marco Rubio Video
Topics: Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio, Bill Clinton 6 Comments
The video every pundit should see before declaring Barack Obama politically dead next week Video
Topics: 2010 Elections 19 Comments
Ilario Pantano, the ex-Marine who killed two Iraqi prisoners, snags two high-profile endorsements in House race
Topics: Ilario Pantano, Rudy Giuliani, Sarah Palin 10 Comments
An anonymous source tells the piggish tale of his "one-night stand" with the candidate
Topics: Christine O'Donnell, Gawker 68 Comments
Lisbeth is sidelined, but the massive conspiracy is exposed as the "Girl Who ..." trilogy hits a powerful last note
Topics: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Stieg Larsson, Our Picks: Movies 13 Comments
Old, white Republican Al Reynolds rips the lid off African-Americans who sell drugs rather than go to college Video
Topics: This Week in Blackness, Race 6 Comments
The gales of November came early on Lake Superior this year. Who could have predicted it? Video
Topics: Global warming 39 Comments
Each night in bed, I lay paralyzed with fear as he stared. He wasn't real -- but he felt like he was
Topics: Real Scary Stories, Halloween, Life stories 15 Comments
Provider's inadvertent data charges lead to the largest fine in the commission's history
Topics: Wireless 3 Comments
It's actually not that hard to understand what's happened to American politics since 2008
Topics: Tea Parties, 2010 Elections, Barack Obama 50 Comments
Yet they remain largely divided on the issue of illegal immigration itself, according to Pew report
Topics: Immigration Reform, Immigration 6 Comments
Meet the untrained, unvetted, non-English speaking Nepalese contractors guarding the U.S. embassy in Kabul Video
Topics: Military contractors, Afghanistan 8 Comments
High-rolling political investors don't need to spend a dollar more in order to exert overwhelming influence
Topics: U.S. Economy, 2010 Elections 23 Comments
A new survey shows her Democratic opponent holding a commanding 21-point lead
Topics: Christine O'Donnell, 2010 Elections 10 Comments
The country is nominated for the U.N.'s Commission on the Status of Women
Topics: United Nations, Iran 22 Comments
A man does an extreme diet to prove the nutritional value of spuds. But he's losing his mind
Topics: Food Psychology, Food Art 38 Comments
While they're down in "ground zero" states such as California, they're up in previously non-affected cities
Topics: Great Recession 2 Comments
A private corrections company helped write and lobbied hard for a draconian bill that'll help fill their cells
Topics: Immigration Reform, Immigration, Crime 35 Comments
An Arkansas school official's anti-gay Facebook rant prompts a disturbing Web backlash -- and a legal hornet's nest
Topics: LGBT 163 Comments
Prince Alwaleed has urged backers of the proposed Islamic center not to "agitate the wound" of 9/11
Topics: Park51, Islam 12 Comments
No California gubernatorial candidate has won after trailing by 10 points this close to election day in 50 years
Topics: California, 2010 Elections 24 Comments
A businessman who is being sued by Attorney General and Senate hopeful Jack Conway is funding Rand Paul Video
Topics: Campaign Finance, 2010 Elections 20 Comments
Our awards for the most egregiously race-baiting campaign ads of the year Video
Topics: Sharron Angle, Park51, Immigration Reform 17 Comments
A Virginia man allegedly planned to attack the Washington Metro system, but how big a role did informants play? Video
Topics: FBI, Terrorism 46 Comments
"When we promised 'Change You Can Believe In', it wasn't 'Change You Can Believe In, in 18 months'" Video
Topics: Jon Stewart, The Daily Show, Barack Obama 52 Comments
The list of public misconceptions about Obama is long and politically crippling
Topics: Great Recession, Tea Parties, 2010 Elections 163 Comments
Also: A school board member takes to Facebook to argue that gays should all just go ahead and kill themselves
I took Eli to an epic gaming convention to glimpse an amazing future, and I was reminded how a father can shape it
Topics: Real Families, Gaming, Fatherhood 31 Comments
I was 10 years old and foolish enough to think life was fair. Then came the costume contest that proved me wrong
Topics: Halloween, Children 44 Comments
D.C. broadcasters say they have no choice but to air candidate Missy Smith's spots featuring aborted fetuses
Topics: Abortion 87 Comments
Climate skeptics reach a new low. Their goal: Don't let scientists influence policy, period.
Topics: Science, Global warming 148 Comments
Campaign manager demands WDEL turn over interview footage; assumed questions would not be videotaped
Topics: Christine O'Donnell 21 Comments
The New York Times offers a ridiculous explanation for the success that several veteran pols are enjoying this year
Topics: 2010 Elections 12 Comments
Come trick-or-treat day, everyone's got their favorites to steal from their kids' haul. Here are ours
Topics: Halloween, Sacrificial Lam, Slide Shows 56 Comments
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