Northeast Dems Revolt Against Obama’s Proposed Atlantic Oil and Gas Lease Sale
WASHINGTON — A group of Senate Democrats from the Northeast is pushing back on the Obama administration’s proposal to open new areas of the Atlantic Ocean to oil and gas…
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Snowstorm’s Forecasters Were Mostly Right
In the wake of the blizzard that wasn’t, New Yorkers on Tuesday were asking how the weather forecasters could have been so wrong. Read the whole story at New York…
Garcia White Wins Reprieve 1 Day Before Scheduled Execution
Texas’ top criminal court called off Wednesday’s scheduled execution of a death-row inmate linked to five killings in Houston, though attorneys said the court didn’t immediately explain its decision. The…
Yahoo To Avoid Billions In Taxes By Spinning Off Alibaba Stake
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is spinning off the company’s prized stake in China’s Alibaba Group Holding in a move that will let Yahoo avoid paying billions in future taxes. A…
21 Struggles Faced By A Dad Raising A Daughter In A Sexist World
You think handling another human’s warm excrement is bad? Wait until you discover that society has a rigidly pre-defined set of gender norms it’s just waiting to try and force…
Rick Perry Request To Dismiss Charges Denied By Judge
A Texas judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a felony abuse-of-power case against former Gov. Rick Perry on constitutional grounds, rejecting the argument that Perry was acting within his rights…
Watch Some NYU Frat Bros Play Beer Pong In The Street During The Blizzard
On Monday night, as most of New York City huddled inside their apartments hiding from “Winter Storm Juno,” a group of New York University fraternity brothers reportedly played beer pong…
Netflix Just Released The First Teaser For ‘Wet Hot American Summer’
When we were at camp, our favorite activity was arts and crafts, or as we used to call it: arts and farts and crafts. So consider us excited for Netflix’s…
Ronnie Towns Killed Couple Looking For A Mustang On Craigslist, Police Say
A man answering a Craigslist ad from a couple who wanted to buy a 1966 Mustang robbed, shot and killed the husband and wife when they traveled several hours to…
Here’s Who Won The Blizzard Of 2015
Despite travel bans and city slowdowns brought on by Winter Storm Juno, these people (and a dog!) below made snow cones out of snow. From a snowplower doing donuts to…
How Institutional Neglect Affects Kids’ Brains
BY KATHRYN DOYLE Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:28pm EST (Reuters Health) – Kids who were raised in a Romanian institution for abandoned children have smaller heads, smaller brains, and different…
The Argument For Eliminating Military Academies
In a Jan. 5 article for Salon, author and U.S. Naval Academy professor Bruce Fleming laid out arguments for his controversial point: military academies, in their current iteration, no longer…
Charming Time-Lapse Captures Baby’s Magical First Year In Smiles
Dear, Teddy: When you’re old enough, please thank whoever gave you that smile. The young lad packs a year’s worth of adorable grins — and a few sneezes — in…
Peace Gets A Chance: Democratic Hawks Back Off Iran Sanctions Bill
WASHINGTON — Hawkish Senate Democrats are backing off an aggressive push for Iran sanctions legislation, saying they’ll give President Barack Obama breathing room to let international talks play out over…
Nobody Wants Mitt Romney To Snag The GOP Nomination More Than Nancy Pelosi
“Let me put it this way — I hope he’s their nominee,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told The Hill on Tuesday. – The two leading Republicans met privately…
Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon & Leslie Jones Might Be Your New Ghostbusters
The all-female cast of the “Ghostbusters” reboot has reportedly been chosen. The Paul Feig reboot has been buzzed about for months and now The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Melissa…
Warren Hill Faces Execution Despite Numerous Claims He’s Intellectually Disabled
His lawyer said every doctor who’s ever examined him has determined Warren Hill is intellectually disabled, but tonight, unless the Supreme Court intervenes, the Georgia death row inmate will be…
‘Zombie Cat’ Claws Way Out Of Grave And Into Our Hearts
Rest in purrs. – Veterinarians at the Humane Society of Tampa Bay expect Bart to fully recover and be able to return home, although he will lose one of his…
Greek PM Alexis Tsipras Not Backing Down On Dismantling Austerity Measures
Greece’s prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has lined up a formidable coterie of academics, human rights advocates, mavericks and visionaries to participate in Europe’s first anti-austerity government. Displaying few signs of…
Senate Democrats Demand A Clean DHS Funding Bill
WASHINGTON — It’s (even more) official: A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security that also goes after President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration isn’t getting through the…
Pediatricians Oppose Medical Marijuana, With Some Exceptions
By: Rachael Rettner Published: 01/26/2015 10:52 AM EST on LiveScience Although a number of states have legalized marijuana for medical or recreational reasons in recent years, a leading group of…
See Berger From ‘SATC’ Pose With A Recreation Of His Breakup Post-It
It looks like Berger got back together with his breakup Post-It. While attending the Sundance Film Festival, actor Ron Livingston, who played Carrie’s beau Berger on “Sex and the City,”…
Paris-Based Mother Explains Why French Children Are Well-Behaved
Kerry Hardy, a Texas native who is raising two kids in Paris, gives her kids more freedom than is usually accepted in the U.S. Hardy’s first son started riding the…
Mother, 8-Year-Old Son, Shot By Home Intruder: Police
ST. LOUIS (AP) — An 8-year-old St. Louis boy went to school and told an office worker he had been shot, after his mother exchanged gunfire with a man who…
A Blizzard Couldn’t Stop These People From Helping Those In Need
For some New Yorkers, Monday’s blizzard conditions meant braving the cold for the sake of others who needed some help. Although the winter storm fell short of historic expectations when…
Robert Allenby Stands By His Story, Says Truth Will Come Out
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Robert Allenby is standing by his story of a beating and robbery in Hawaii, even though he has no memory of a part of that night….
The iPhone Just Obliterated Sales Records
The iPhone 6 is Apple’s biggest phone ever in terms of screen size — and likely in terms of sales, too. Apple sold 74.5 million iPhones during the last three…
New SAT, New Problems
In his announcement last spring that a new version of the SAT would be launched in 2016, The College Board President David Coleman drew on a favorite buzzword: opportunity. Read…
Obamacare Nears Major Goal With One Month To Go
More than 9.5 million people have signed up for private health insurance coverage this year using the Obamacare exchanges, the Department of Health and Human Services disclosed Tuesday, putting the…
Mom’s Texts To Her Daughter Will Make You Laugh — Especially If They Hit Too Close To Home
Mom blowing up your phone? This New Yorker can relate. Kate Siegel’s mom loves her a lot. Not only she uproot her own life in Los Angeles to follow Siegel…