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John Boehner has a Real Reason to Cry, Is Voted Most Unpopular Member of...

Long reviled by Democrats, John Boehner is now getting some hate from his own party. Yes, the tearful and fearless leader of the Republicans in the House is learning the hard way that having a complete...

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Burgeoning Genre Face-Off: "New Adult" vs. "Coming of Old Age"

If there is one thing that brings joy to my heart, it is charting the growth of newly invented genres. You can argue over whether trend pieces about "new adult" fiction or "baby boomer" literature are...

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Court Stops Ban on Gay Conversion Therapy

A new California law that planned to put a stop to conversion therapy for gay minors was put on hold this week. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the law could not take effect on...

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Papal Pardons, In Order

The pope met with his former butler today in order to pardon him for turning over embarrassing confidential Vatican papers to an Italian journalist. As official Church pardons go, it was "intense and...

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Millions of Mental Health Records Go Missing as Americans Stock Up on Guns

There's more news this weekend of gun stores doing better business in the wake of the Newtown shootings. The New York Times reports that gun stores all over the country can't keep up with the increased...

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Don't Feel Bad, Mitt Romney Never Wanted to be President

Since November's election, Mitt Romney has been leading a strange and relatively normal life. He's been spotted pumping his own gas, catching a showing of "Breaking Dawn", having turkey chili with an...

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Tina Brown Ran Out of Ideas for the Last Newsweek Cover Ever

This week's issue of Newsweek is special because it's the last one ever. Yes, as promised, after this issue the magazine is switching to an all digital format. Newsweek just released the issue's cover....

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Lindsay Lohan is Really Upset About the Scary Movie 5 Trailer

The trailer for future Academy Award winner Scary Movie 5 is finally here and it features the scene we've all been waiting for. Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen's "love scene." From the early looks of...

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Cory Booker Once Fisted a Man's Gunshot Wound

Here's a picture of Cory Booker reacting to Peggy Noonan on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos. This was his expression when he heard her say that video games were to blame for gun violence in...

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The Times Shows us the World of Rich Kids Buying Apartments for their Parents

In today's New York Times there's an article called "The Ultimate Amenity: Grandparents." It examines the lives of a few young New Yorkers who recently purchased apartments, not for themselves, but for...

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West Antarctic Ice Sheets Warming Twice as Fast as Previously Thought

Considering 2012 was the hottest year on record pretty much anywhere, this should come as no surprise but: over the past 50 years, temperatures in West Antarctica have risen almost twice as much as...

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Your Belly Button Is Filthy

Here's some happy news for germaphobes: your belly button, or "umbilicus" as scientists call it, is absolutely filthy, with over 2,000 different types of bacteria living in it. As ABC News puts it,...

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Mormon Republican Senator Michael Crapo Arrested for DUI

Michael Crapo, the unfortunately named Republican senator from Idaho, was arrested early Sunday morning in Alexandria, Virginia for drunk driving. After reportedly running a red light and failing...

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Petition to Deport Piers Morgan Over Gun Control Stance Gains Enough...

"6,600 Americans have currently signed the petition to deport me - meaning 311,993,400 clearly want me to stay," CNN personality Piers Morgan tweeted on Saturday in response to a We the People...

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Gunman Shoots Firefighters Responding to Large Residential Blaze in Western...

While "gun advocates" are urging the government to deport Piers Morgan over his demand for stricter gun laws, reports are coming in that yet another egregious mass shooting event has taken place. At...

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Behold: Michael Jackson's Frightening Driver's License Picture

Take a deep breath and gaze directly into the eyes of Michael Jackson: the Prince of Pop, the King of Staring Contests. This frightening image was taken in 2005, just four years before Jackson's...

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The 15 Most Powerful Chuck Grassley Tweets of 2012

.twt-reply{display:none;} Chuck Grassley, the Iowa Republican, is one of the Senate's most tech-savvy members. He's been on Twitter since 2007, connecting with constituents and sharing his thoughts on...

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High School Sics Police on Student Who Had Drawings of Weapons in His Notebook

A New Jersey high school student was taken into police custody last week after he was turned in by a teacher for drawing pictures of weapons in his notebook. Administrators at Cedar Creek High School...

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Prince William, Heir to the Throne, Will Spend Christmas with His Plebeian,...

Come Christmas morning Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, will awake - not in his royal bed of roses, a traditional Christmas morning figgy pudding waiting on a silver serving tray by the bed - but...

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Surfer Honored for Heroics During Hurricane Sandy Dies in Surfing Accident

23-year-old Dylan Smith of Belle Harbor, New York, who risked his life to save his Rockaway neighbors at the height of Hurricane Sandy, was found dead over the weekend after an apparent surfing...

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