George Ryan Fast Facts
Birth place: Maquoketa, Iowa Birth name: George Homer Ryan, Sr. Father: Thomas Ryan, pharmacist Mother: Jeannette Ryan Marriage: Lura Lynn Lowe (1956-June 27, 2011, her death) – February 7, 2009…
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This State GOP Lawmaker Is Waging A War Against Yoga Pants
Montana state Rep. David Moore (R) is not a fan of yoga pants. According to the AP, the Republican introduced a bill Tuesday that would extend the already-existing indecent exposure…
Tennessee Lawmaker Wants Bible To Be The State Book
WASHINGTON — A Tennessee state legislator has introduced a bill to make the Bible the official state book, after two other Southern states considered similar moves in recent months. –…
‘Better Call Saul’ Needs To Seriously Rethink How It Treats The Working Class
Middlebrow is a recap of the week in entertainment, celebrity and television news that provides a comprehensive look at the state of pop culture. From the rock bottom to highfalutin,…
Obama Sends Letter to Congress Seeking Authorization of ISIS Fight
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday sent a formal letter to Congress asking for authorization of military action against the Islamic State. The request would prohibit the use of “enduring…
Kelly Renee Gissendaner To Be Executed For Plot To Murder Husband
The only female inmate on death row in the state of Georgia is scheduled to die by lethal injection later this month. – The last woman to be executed in…
President Xi Jinping to Visit U.S. in September, Chinese Agency Reports
HONG KONG — The first state visit by President Xi Jinping of China to the United States will take place in September, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday. –…
Kansas governor erases protections for LGBT state employees with executive order
In 2007 Sibelius issued an order expanding workplace protections to include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees of the state. – “If you work for the state and have felt…
Negotiate against, not with terrorists
Mueller’s grace, demonstrated in the letter she wrote to her family while being held by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, was inspiring. And although the letter was clearly…
Obama to Seek War Power Bill From Congress, to Fight ISIS
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has informed lawmakers that the president will seek a formal authorization to fight the Islamic State that would prohibit the use of “enduring offensive ground…
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback Rescinds Anti-Discrimination Protections For LGBT State Workers
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) on Tuesday unilaterally rescinded rules that had protected state workers from discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. Brownback said an anti-discrimination order issued…
Obama To Ask Congress For New War Authorization With Limited Ground Troops
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is expected to ask Congress as soon as Wednesday for new authority to fight Islamic State militants, including the ability to deploy limited U.S. ground…
Baptist Pastor Officiates One Of Alabama’s First Same-Sex Weddings
Ellin Jimmerson, a Baptist pastor in Huntsville, Alabama, said she was surprised when she was asked to perform one of Alabama’s first same-sex wedding ceremonies after the state overturned its…
Key Premise Of Obamacare Lawsuit Contradicted By Email Senate Aide Sent In 2010
The premise of the latest legal attack on Obamacare has always been shaky. An email that a key Senate staffer wrote in January 2010 would appear to make it even…
There Were More Female Movie Protagonists In 2002 Than There Were In 2014
If you want a guaranteed annual bummer regarding the state of women in Hollywood, today’s the day. San Diego State University’s Center for the Study of Women in Television and…
16 Times The Obama Administration Lied About The President’s Position On Same-Sex Marriage
WASHINGTON — It can now, apparently, be told: During his run for the presidency and his first years in the White House, President Barack Obama deceived the American public about…
Parents of Kayla Mueller, ISIS Hostage, Confirm She Is Dead
The parents of Kayla Mueller, the American aid worker abducted in 2013 by the Islamic State, issued a statement Tuesday confirming her death, four days after the militant group claimed…
Kayla Mueller’s Parents Say They Have Been Notified Of Her Death
The parents of an American woman held by the Islamic State group have been notified of her death, the Associated Press reports. – –This is breaking news. Check back later…
United Arab Emirates Resume Airstrikes Against ISIS
WASHINGTON — The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday launched a series of airstrikes in Syria, returning to combat missions against the Islamic State for the first time since December. A…
One Democrat Wants To Bring The Death Penalty Back To Michigan — But It Won’t Be Easy
A Democratic lawmaker wants to bring the death penalty back to the first English-speaking territory to abolish capital punishment, but experts — and one of the lawmakers he needs to…
India’s Modi gets first political bloody nose in Delhi
Since winning a broad mandate in national elections last May, and then repeating the feat in state elections across the country, India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has suffered a…
Zuckerberg says his neighbor is trying to extort him
A trial date in a California state court is scheduled to be set next month. Related: The 3 places where Facebook censors you the most
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner Blocks Unions From Collecting ‘Fair Share’ Fees
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) continued his campaign against labor unions on Monday, using executive authority to block public employee unions from collecting mandatory fees from workers. – Rauner’s move…
U.S.-Cuban Relations Aren’t Normalizing As Fast As You Might Think
The U.S. and Cuba joint announcement on Dec. 17 that they would work toward re-establishing diplomatic relations seemed to symbolize the dawning of a new era for the Cold War…
After Criticism, India Police Arrest 8 in Haryana Rape-Murder
NEW DELHI — Under mounting criticism for their slow response to a missing persons report filed last week, the police in the Indian state of Haryana arrested eight men on…
2-carat diamond found in Arkansas park
That’s where Dean Filppula, an offshore steward from Shreveport, Louisiana, found a yellow 2.01-carat diamond last week. It’s finders, keepers at the state park’s 37-acre search field, which is named…
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf Launches Medicaid Expansion
NEW YORK, Feb 9 (Reuters) – The state of Pennsylvania has launched an expansion of the Medicaid health insurance program, its governor Tom Wolf said in a statement on Monday….
Same-sex couples to wed in Alabama despite efforts to block them
State Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, who was ousted from his first chief justice post in 2003 after refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the Alabama Judicial…
Here’s How Japan Marketed Its Sprawling Red-Light District Hundreds Of Years Ago
It was a stroke of marketing genius on the part of the madams and pimps of Japan’s 17th century red light district to call their digs the Floating World. Ukiyo…
Same-Sex Marriages Proceed in Alabama as State Judge’s Order Is Defied
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama became the latest state to allow same-sex marriage Monday, as many probate judges defied an order by the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and…