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Facebook changes rules to own member content forever

CNN’s Alina Cho reported that a little-noticed change in Facebook’s terms of service says that Facebook retains the right to use content uploaded by members even after the member removes the content from their Facebook page. The change in Facebook’s terms of service was first reported by The Consumerist. This…

O’Reilly cites bogus poll to defend attack on Helen Thomas

Fox’s Bill O’Reilly is now using an online poll to defend referring to Helen Thomas as a witch. One of O’Reilly’s guests doubted the validity of the poll. “It’s a self-selected poll for Bill O’Reilly.com,” said conservative blogger Mary Katherine Ham. “You have to take those with a grain of…

Isikoff: Torture memo authors may face punishment

During the Bush administration, some of their lawyers wrote memos, later rescinded, that were basically trying to let the president do whatever he wanted. Will former President Bush’s legal enablers be held accountable for their actions? Rachel Maddow is joined by Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff. This video is from MSNBC’s The…

Bristol Palin: Abstinence-only ‘not realistic’

Fox’s Greta Van Susteren talked with Bristol Palin, the 18-year-old daughter of Sarah Palin, about being a teen mother. Palin told Susteren that she differed with he mother on abstinence-only programs. “Everyone should be abstinent but it’s not realistic… [sex] is more and more accepted among kids my age,” said…

Sheriff: Phelps won’t be prosecuted

The South Carolina sheriff who was investigating Michael Phelps for allegedly smoking a marijuana pipe now says that the gold medallist won’t be prosecuted. RAW STORY has more details here. This video is from MSNBC’s News Live, broadcast Feb. 16, 2009. Download video via RawReplay.com…

Climate change: ‘Feedback’ triggers could amplify peril

PARIS (AFP) — New studies have warned of triggers in the natural environment, including a greenhouse-gas timebomb in Siberia and Canada, that could viciously amplify global warming. Thawing subarctic tundra could unleash billions of tonnes of gases that have been safely stored in frosty soil, while oceans and forests are…

Peanut whistleblower warned of rodent infestation

ABC’s Dan Harris talked to a manager who is blowing the whistle on contamination at a peanut factory in Plainview, Texas. Kenneth Kendrick told ABC that he became aware of rodent infestation while he was working at Peanut Corporation of American. Kendrick brought his concerns to the attention to Peanut…

Religious group outraged over lesbian wedding on TV

Focus on the Family’s Glenn Stanton is speaking out against a lesbian wedding depicted on a daytime television drama. Stanton said, “There are a lot of things people don’t want to see and don’t want coming into their home and lesbian weddings are one of them.” This video is from…

Mayor tells Doocy: ‘Start telling the truth’

When the producers of Fox’s morning show invited the mayor of Stamford, Connecticut to their show they may have been trying to make a point that spending in the stimulus bill was wasteful. Mayor Dan Malloy may have gotten the best of Fox’s Steve Doocy. “You just have to start…

Bill Clinton slams GOP economic record

CNN’s John Robert talked with Bill Clinton about President Obama’s economic policy. Clinton said that Obama is doing exactly what he would do in the same situation. Clinton took shots at the GOP for attacking Obama’s bipartisan efforts. “He has reached across and it takes two to tango. I find…