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Racism is a socially-constructed disease of the mind. Racism is an infectious disease that is caused by a specific form of ignorance: a groundless, pre-scientific belief that race is based in fundamental biological diffe...

Connecticut lawmakers pass wide-ranging gun control law in response to Newtown school shooting

And you thought zombies were only in it for brains. A zombie whose job is to stalk the streets of New York City put his undead instincts on hold Saturday to save a cat that was darting through traffic. What 22-year-old J...

New technologies could pave the way for these extinct creatures to make a comeback.

Little Annie is the star of a YouTube video in which she pays tribute to cinema classics.

The long-rumored Facebook phone might finally be ready to make its debut.

Everything is wrong about this. The natural order of things has been disrupted. Run for the hills!

Saudi Women Can Now Ride Bicycles

Ask any fan of Star Wars: There's a new Moff in town. Although Disney acquired LucasArts on October 30, 2012, Disney has made some sweeping changes gradually, such as cancelling the long-running Cartoon Network televisio...

A man who pushed a woman out of a third-story window to her death in the summer of 2011 did so after she stabbed him when as the two were doing drugs, prosecutors said.

President Obama assessed the beauty of California's attorney general Kamala Harris, calling her "the best looking attorney general," during remarks at a fundraiser in Atherton, California. "She's brilliant and she's dedi...

Nothing goes together quite like Las Vegas, wedding chapels, gambling ... and now Denny's. Nancy Levandowski and Steven Keller of Ames, Iowa, both in their 50s, became the first couple to tie the knot at Denny's new in-h...

Roger Ebert, Beloved Film Critic and Champion of Cinema, Dies at 70

The televised image of Louisville's Kevin Ware breaking his leg has heightened interest in one of the many issues confronting college athletics: health insurance coverage.

Princeton Professor and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman must be feeling the heat. In a recent blog he referred to David Stockman's March 31 brilliant NY Times OpEd was "pathetic and embarrassing." Why do I say Stoc...

What looks to be a 1990s website of Mark Zuckerberg's has surfaced.

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Joanne Barrow, nanny extaordinaire, was looking after three girls, ages 10-12, on vacation with their well-off family in Aspen. During a big party at the family's mountain home, Barrow went to check on the girls and the ...

This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website. In 2007, a financial firestorm ravaged Wall Street and the rest of the country. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy obliterated a substantial chunk of the Atlantic seaboard. We ...

Six nations and Iran prepare for fifth round of talks in two years as the country pushes for "right to enrich".

Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus released an "autopsy" a couple of weeks ago that suggested the party's woes were mostly due to poor optics and weak use of technology. Apparently the NRCC, the committee that fund...

Hewlett-Packard announced a new look for its board of directors after the closing bell Thursday. Chairman Ray Lane will give up that role, but remain on the board, while fellow directors Ken Thompson and John Hammergren ...