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Rep. Joe Walsh: No abortion exceptions because pregnant women don’t die
Tea party-backed Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) suggested on Thursday that exceptions to abortion bans were not necessary to protect the mother’s health because science had advanced to the point that pregnant women can’t die. In their final debate before the November election, Democratic challenger Tammy Duckworth noted that Walsh did…
Colbert: Obama endorsements like episode of ‘Dancing with the Stars’ with actual stars
Thursday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert discussed the phenomenon of celebrity endorsements for politicians, and how the right endorsement can change everything in a political race. “Ladies and gentlemen,” said Colbert, “We’re only 19 days away from the election, and President Obama’s Hollywood allies are already trying…
Gangnam fever ‘just the beginning’ for new Korean entertainment wave
The phenomenal success of “Gangnam Style” is just the start of a new surge of attention for Korean entertainment, according to the man responsible for some of South Korea’s biggest films. “When you look at Korean music or Korean films they are very Hollywood-like in terms of production standards,” said…
Obama to Jon Stewart: Congress needs to rein in the presidency
During an appearance on The Daily Show, President Barack Obama reaffirmed his belief that Guantanamo Bay should be shut down and said Congress needed to “rein in” presidential power. “There’s some things that we haven’t gotten done, I still want to close Guantanamo, we haven’t been able to get that…
Reddit troll ‘Violentacrez’ apologizes for treating Internet ‘like a game’
Michael Brutsch, known by his online pseudonym Violentacrez, on Thursday said he regretted his controversial online behavior. Considered the top “troll” of the social networking site Reddit, 49-year-old Brutsch had set up hundreds of sub-forums on the site, dedicated to topics like bestiality, provocative pictures of minors, rape jokes, images…
Rep. Ellison calls his Republican challenger ‘a gutter dweller’ in heated debate
The debate between Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison and his Republican opponent Chris Fields suffered from an extreme lack of civility on Thursday. About half-way through the heated debate, which was hosted by radio station KFAI, Fields accused Ellison of publicizing a restraining order his ex-wife filed against him in 2006.…
Watch: Commerical for Glenn Beck’s line of ‘American blue jeans’
Conservative pundit Glenn Beck this week launched his own line of “American blue jeans,” complete with a patriotic video advertisement for the new “1791 Denim” pants. “These were the first American blue jeans, the jeans that built America,” a man says in the ad. “And they were built in America,…
WATCH LIVE: Obama, Romney speak in New York
On Thursday evening, President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will speak at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York. Watch video, courtesy of NBC News, below: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Former TransCanada engineer warns of widespread safety violations
The Canadian government said recently that former TransCanada engineer Evan Vokes was right to raise alarms about inspectors not being trained well enough to spot shoddy work that’s not up to code. Speaking to CBC News, Vokes said he was fired after repeatedly raising concerns that some of the company’s…
80-year-old woman arrested for stealing posters of Obama with Hitler mustache
An 80-year-old Connecticut woman who lived through the Second World War was arrested last week for taking down posters that likened President Barack Obama to Adolph Hitler. Nancy Lack told WVIT-TV that she felt the need to act when she saw fringe presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche’s supporters putting up posters…
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