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Sen. Bernie Sanders pushes to allow states to label genetically engineered foods

Ted Cruz: ‘I don’t trust the Republicans’

E.W. Jackson speaks in Fredericksburg, Virginia (YouTube)

Virginia lt. gov. nominee: Not sorry for hate speech ‘because I’m a Christian’

Conspiracy talk show host Alex Jones explains how he believes the mafia wants to kill him. Photo: Screenshot via YouTube.

Alex Jones pushes tornado truther theory: ‘There’s weather weapon stuff going on’

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South Carolina governor appointed a white supremacist to her steering committee

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer tells atheist tornado survivor: ‘You gotta thank the Lord’

Jessica Carpenter (left) and Rachel Lowe, charged in Virginia for allegedly inducing an abortion. Photo: Screenshot via WTKR-TV.

Two Virginia women charged over homespun herbal abortion

HELLO FACE, MEET PALM

Anti-abortion leader faces criticism after comparing rape to car accidents

OUTRAGEOUS ANALOGY

Beck: ‘The American people have just been raped’ by Benghazi, IRS scandals

KNIFE CRIME ISLAND

Soldier ‘beheaded’ in London during broad daylight machete attack

A police siren. Photo: Shutterstock.com.

AWESOME ATHEISM

Atheist Arizona lawmaker quotes Carl Sagan for House opening prayer

Arizona Democratic state Representative Juan Mendez speaks at press conference

'LOSERS'

Tesla Motors pays off government loan 9 years early

PSYCHEDELIC SCIENCE

FDA approves first study on ecstasy for social anxiety in autistic adults

GUN CONTROL

Colorado man opens fire on officer with AR-15 at traffic stop for no headlights

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FRISK'D

NYPD data: Whites much more likely to be carrying drugs and guns than minorities

A New York City police officer on Wall Street. Photo: Stuart Monk / Shutterstock.com.

Science

Scientists optimistic of AIDS cure for some

Top AIDS scientists were optimistic Wednesday of finding a cure for the disease that has…

UN secretary general warns the world is on track to run out of drinkable water

By John Parnell for RTCC, part of the Guardian Environment Network Freshwater supply and water quality under…

Japanese specialist tests non-surgical ‘heavy ion radiotherapy’ breast cancer therapy

A Japanese cancer specialist said Wednesday she has started the world’s first clinical trial of…

New PTSD drug may allow vets to reprogram traumatic memories

Researchers claim to have found a promising new therapy in the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress…

Tech News

Facebook becomes member of Internet freedom group

Facebook on Wednesday became a full member of the Global Network Initiative, a non-governmental organization…

American teenagers doing more to protect online privacy: study

American teenagers are sharing more information about themselves on social media sites, but taking steps…

Media

23 leading academics, authors and film-makers accuse New York Times of treating Latin American political leaders differently

Chomsky, Stone and Moore sign petition urging editorial inquiry Here’s a story that the New…

David Bowie’s ‘Spiders From Mars’ bassist Trevor Bolder dies

Trevor Bolder, the bass guitarist in David Bowie’s Spiders From Mars band, has died at…

World

Sunbathing crocodile sends hundreds fleeing from Indonesian beach

Hundreds of sunbathers fled a popular Indonesian beach in panic when a four-metre (13-foot) crocodile laid down next to them…

MADRID, Spain — Spain’s oldest flamenco festival will visit India in 2014, retracing the origins of the classic Spanish musical…

France’s lower house will start debating a proposal Wednesday to introduce more courses in English at universities, amid a storm…

Italian lawmakers on Wednesday gave their final approval to a law that allows limited use of a controversial type of…

Unknown gunmen shot dead at least seven women and five men at a brothel in Baghdad on Wednesday, security and…

U.S. News

IRS director Lois Lerner refuses to testify at House hearing

The head of the IRS office that oversees non-profit groups refused to testify Wednesday at…

‘Family’ group: Obama’s order to ‘embrace homosexuality’ drove rise in military sexual assaults

A right-wing “family” group announced to its members on Tuesday that President Barack Obama is…

West Point sergeant accused of secretly filming female cadets

A sergeant first class and officer in charge of the “health, welfare and discipline” of…

Mall ejects sisters over ‘Fu*k Cancer’ shirts days after mom’s death

Two sisters say security guards at a mall in Pennsylvania ejected them from the building…

Swiss banks face massive fines over Americans’ hidden bank accounts

Swiss banks holding US citizens’ funds that are not declared to American tax authorities are…

IRS official pleads the Fifth: ‘I have not done anything wrong’

The official who was in charge of Internal Revenue Service division that admitted scrutinizing the…

Massachusetts Lt. Governor resigns to take job at local Chamber of Commerce

Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Tim Murray (D) is expected to resign in June 2013 in the…

‘The Rendition Project’ sheds new light on U.S. government’s global kidnap and secret detention program

Online project uncovers details of way in which CIA carried out kidnaps and secret detentions…

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