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Study links racism, gun ownership and resistance to gun laws

North Carolina Republican switches party affiliation: ‘I guess being American just isn’t good enough’ for the GOP anymore

Report: Benghazi witness was nowhere near diplomatic compound during terrorist attack

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House gives in to Wall Street and passes Dodd-Frank rollback drafted by Citigroup lobbyists

SOMEONE IS GETTING FIRED...

Text error classifies pedophilia as sexual orientation in medical manual

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Florida sheriff releases drunk driver arrested for concealed weapons violation on ‘Second Amendment’ grounds

'JUST A JOKE'

Coulter: Hillary Clinton behind Rafael Cruz’ call for Obama to go ‘back to Kenya’

CRAY CRAY

Maddow wonders what it takes to be too crazy for the tea party GOP

WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR YOU

Pro-pot comment earns Facebook user an arrest threat from South Carolina police chief

IRRATIONAL DECISION

Virginia minister gets two years in prison for making up hate crime

INSULT, NOT INJURY

Stewart and his choir have a message for the media for using him against Obamacare: ‘Go f*ck yourselves’

THE SOUTH WILL RISE AGAIN

GOP lawmaker speaking to Tennessee neo-Confederate secessionist group

Tennessee state Sen. Frank Niceley (YouTube)

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‘Ender’s Game’ author welcomes attacks on his homophobic beliefs because ‘my sales go up’

Science

Ladybug invasion hits Tennessee

Ladybugs swarming houses in autumn is not a new phenomenon. But this year’s swarms of…

Dogs communicate diffferent feelings with right or leftward tail wagging

A dog can distinguish a happy, friendly pooch from an anxious, threatening one from the…

Supercomputer helps 80-ton ‘virtual reality’ Argentinosaurus dinosaur walk

Supercomputers that always seemed too geeky to be really “super” – at least in the…

Russia and China block bid to create two massive Antarctic ocean sanctuaries

Plans to create two vast ocean sanctuaries in Antarctica to protect the pristine wilderness failed…

Tech News

‘Anonymous’ hacks pro-government Singapore newspaper to protest Internet censorship

Activist group Anonymous hacked a Singapore newspaper website Friday over Internet freedom in the city-state,…

Reception muted as iPad Air hits shops in Asia

For one Japanese man, being at the front of a Tokyo queue as the new…

Media

Religious broadcasters: Miley Cyrus sold her soul to Satan and had sex with a demon

Miley Cyrus used her appearance on this year’s MTV Video Music Awards not to show…

Christiane Amanpour fooled by fake tea party Twitter account: ‘Seriously?’

Reporter Christiane Amanpour responded to a parody Twitter account for a “Tea Party patriot” posing…

U.S. News

Republican Indianapolis mayor takes front row seat at gay wedding

When Democratic councilor Zach Adamson recited his wedding vows at a multi-faith ceremony in Indianapolis…

Senate bill ‘entrenches and codifies’ NSA mass surveillance, privacy advocates warn

Legislation in the Senate to reform the government’s sweeping surveillance powers would do little more…

Geraldo Rivera: Blacks and Latinos being most ‘protected’ by ‘Stop-and-Frisk’

Fox News host Geraldo Rivera asserted on Friday that New York City’s “Stop-and-Frisk” policy “protected”…

Hallmark defends decision to swap ‘gay’ for ‘fun’ on Christmas ornament

Hallmark is defending its decision to drop the word “gay” from a Christmas ornament it’s…

With a 19 percent lead over challenger Barbara Buono, pollster says Chris ‘Christie’s appeal transcends both party and gender’

A new poll has some good news for state Sen. Barbara Buono, the Democratic candidate…

World

China demands ‘clarification’ over spying reports

China has demanded the United States provide an explanation over its spying programme amid reports that Washington’s missions in the…

Former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson were having an affair for much of the time…

Thailand’s lower house of parliament on Friday passed a controversial political amnesty bill that has sparked mass anti-government protests. Lawmakers…

Russia on Thursday dismissed as unacceptable a US decision to blacklist a rock star who counts President Vladimir Putin among…

12 hours of televised knitting? Must-see TV in Norway. (via The Christian Science Monitor) Norwegians apparently find this riveting. Perhaps…

An Egyptian military court has sentenced a journalist to a year in prison for impersonating an army officer over the…

Mexico’s Senate passed a vast fiscal reform on Thursday to increase the government’s lackluster tax revenue through new levies on…

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