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Kentucky church bans interracial marriage
The Sideshow - 11 hrs agoA small Kentucky church has chosen to ban marriages and even some worship services for interracial couples. The Gulnare Freewill Baptist Church, located in Pike County, made the vote in response to a longtime member who is engaged to a man whose birthplace is in Zimbabwe. Other pastoral leaders in the area were quick to [...] More » - 2
Your Smartphone Is Spying on You
The Atlantic Wire - Wed, Nov 30, 2011An Android developer recently discovered a clandestine application called Carrier IQ built into most smartphones that doesn't just track your location; it secretly records your keystrokes, and there's nothing you can do about it. Is it time to put on a tinfoil hat? That depends on how you feel about privacy.Related: Facebook and Google Join Forces to Oppose Privacy Bill More » - 3
Man is accidentally shot by his own dog
The Sideshow - Wed, Nov 30, 2011Dogs are man's best friend. Except, you know, when they're shooting a gun at you. And strangely enough, that's what really happened to a hapless dog owner in Brigham City, Utah. The man in question--a 46-year-old hunting enthusiast who is not named in local news reports on the incident--got a behind-full of birdshot courtesy of [...] More » - 4
Kentucky church votes to ban interracial couples
Reuters - Wed, Nov 30, 2011TOMAHAWK, Ky (Reuters) - A vote to bar interracial couples from a small church in eastern Kentucky has triggered hand-wringing and embarrassment. Nine members of Gulnare Freewill Baptist Church backed their former pastor, with six opposed, in Sunday's vote to bar interracial couples from church membership and worship activities. Funerals were excluded. The vote was taken after most of the 40 people who attended Sunday services had left the church in Pike County, near the border with West Virginia. Many members left to avoid the vote. ... More » - 5
Expert: Mexico glyphs don't predict apocalypse
AP - Wed, Nov 30, 2011The end is not near. More » - 6
Residents in Alaska city could get $9-a-gallon gas
AP - 14 hrs agoThe residents of Nome, Alaska, could be looking at a very costly winter: $9-a-gallon gasoline. More » - 7
Wash. governor wants DEA to reclassify marijuana
AP - 14 hrs agoWashington Gov. Chris Gregoire and Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee have filed a petition with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration asking the agency to reclassify marijuana so doctors can prescribe it and pharmacists can fill the prescription. More » - 8
Digging into China’s nuclear tunnels
The Washington Post - Wed, Nov 30, 2011The Chinese have called it their “Underground Great Wall” — a vast network of tunnels designed to hide their country’s increasingly sophisticated missile and nuclear arsenal.More » - 9
US Embassy in Iran? Michele Bachmann’s ‘Oops’ Moment
ABC News - Wed, Nov 30, 2011ABC News’ Molly Hunter reports: Did Michelle Bachmann have her “oops” moment? In light of the British Foreign Ministry pulling all U.K. nationals out of the British embassy in Tehran after students stormed the building in protest, GOP presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann told a crowd... More » - 10
How Republicans are being taught to talk about Occupy Wall Street
The Ticket - 15 hrs agoORLANDO, Fla. -- The Republican Governors Association met this week in Florida to give GOP state executives a chance to rejuvenate, strategize and team-build. But during a plenary session on Wednesday, one question kept coming up: How can Republicans do a better job of talking about Occupy Wall Street? "I'm so scared of this anti-Wall [...] More » - 11
Horses could soon be slaughtered for meat in US
AP - Wed, Nov 30, 2011Horses could soon be butchered in the U.S. for human consumption after Congress quietly lifted a 5-year-old ban on funding horse meat inspections, and activists say slaughterhouses could be up and running in as little as a month. More » - 12
Action Comics 1 sells for $2.16 million in auction
AP - 16 hrs agoA rare and pristine copy of the first issue of Action Comics, famed for the first appearance of Superman, has set a record Wednesday for the most money paid for a single comic book: $2.16 million. More » - 13
Anonymous 'Secret Santa' Brings Christmas Cheer
Good Morning America - Wed, Nov 30, 2011A businessman who identified himself only as “Secret Santa” brought Christmas cheer to Reading, Pa., one $100 bill at a time. Reading has the highest poverty rate of cities across the nation with more than 65,000 residents, according to figures from the U.S. Census Bureau.... More » - 14
Video: Pig learns to walk upright on its front legs
The Sideshow - 9 hrs agoBelow is an incredible video of a pig born without its hind legs that has learned to walk on its front legs. And while that might sound like an arduous and sad struggle, it actually turns out to be pretty amazing--and more than a little inspirational. The pig doesn't just hobble around on its front [...] More » - 15
Ron Paul Hits Gingrich On "Serial Hypocrisy"
ABC News - 19 hrs agoRon Paul has released a new web ad that portrays Newt Gingrich as a serial hypocrite. The 150-second ad showcases some questionable conservative stances made by the former speaker of the House, such as his agreement with Nancy Pelosi that “our country must take action... More » - 16
Dentist Threatens to Sue Patient for Negative Yelp Review
ABC News Blogs - 16 hrs agoRobert Lee went into Dr. Stacy Makhnevich’s New York dentist office for a sore tooth, but the year that followed turned into what one Public Citizen senior lawyer called an “unconscionable practice.” The controversy began in 2010, when Lee went into Makhnevich’s office for a... More » - 17
FDR warned of Pearl Harbor attack days in advance
The Sideshow - 12 hrs agoA new book reports that two days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that officially brought the United States into World War II, President Roosevelt was warned about such a possible attack in a memo from naval intelligence. U.S. News' Paul Bedard writes more about the story: In the newly revealed 20-page memo from [...] More » - 18
Can social conservatives forgive Gingrich’s messy personal past?
The Ticket - 12 hrs agoNewt Gingrich has worked hard to overcome one of his biggest liabilities in his pursuit of the Republican presidential nomination: his two failed marriages, both of which ended, in part, because of his infidelity. The former House speaker has been contrite about his personal failings, repeatedly offering mea culpas for his bad behavior in interviews [...] More » - 19
Former “sheriff of the year” arrested and sent to jail named after him
The Sideshow - Wed, Nov 30, 2011Every civil servant wants to experience his or her legacy firsthand--but not the way that onetime Arapahoe Sheriff Patrick J. Sullivan Jr. has. Sullivan, a nationally renowned law enforcement leader, was arrested on drug charges and is now being detained in the Denver area jail that bears his name. Sullivan, who in 2001 was named [...] More » - 20
'Don't Say Gay' Eighth Grader PSA Goes Viral
ABC News Blogs - 8 hrs agoA half-minute Don’t Say Gay PSA has gone viral after YouTube user playahata646 and his little brother demonstrated a funny and pithy way to discourage people from using the phrase. “In 8th grade we had a PSA project. ( Public Service Announcement) Don’t Say Gay.... More »
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