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Iranian mother of two faces death by stoning over alleged adultery
A 42-year-old Afghan woman convicted of adultery in 2006 is set to be stoned to death shortly, according to human rights activists. Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani, a mother of two, convicted of adultery, could be stoned to death under Iranian law. Iran’s penal code is extremely severe: in 2005, the country…
Arlington, Texas couple get years in prison for enslaving Nigerian, mother of six
A US federal judge sentenced a Texas couple Friday for forcing a widowed Nigerian mother of six to serve in domestic servitude, holding her as a slave for over eight years. Prosecutors said the victim was recruited in Nigeria and lured to the United States with promises she would receive…
Fired-up Kucinich: We’re reducing earth to a ‘smoking, glowing, oily mess’
As gallons of oil continue to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) invoked God on the House floor Friday in an impassioned 90-second plea to end our dependence on fossil fuels and preserve “mother earth” with a clean energy economy. “The creator gave us a paradise,”…
Mom: Son who threatened Pelosi got radical ideas from Fox News
It may not be a story you’ll hear about if you watch America’s “fair and balanced” news network. In an interview on a California ABC News affiliate, the mother of a man arrested for threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) blamed Fox News for exacerbating her son’s mental illness, saying…
Shock, anger rock town after teen bullying suicide
Shock and anger spread Tuesday through a rural Massachusetts town where prosecutors have charged nine teenagers with bullying an Irish immigrant girl who later committed suicide. Parents in South Hadley were struggling to deal with the tragedy in which the authorities have accused students of hounding pretty, 15-year-old Phoebe Prince…
Conservatives target ‘human kiddie shield’ whose mom died from lack of insurance
An 11-year-old boy whose mother died after losing her health insurance has become an advocate for health care reform — and opponents of reform are gunning for him. Marcelas Owens of Seattle lost his mother in 2006 after the 27-year-old woman was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension, a condition that can…
Family Guy actress hits Palin for carrying son around ‘like a loaf of bread’
The actress who played a prospective girlfriend with Down syndrome on Family Guy has lashed back at former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, saying she doesn’t understand sarcasm for a remark during the program where she said her mother was the “former governor of Alaska.” Palin attacked the shows’ writers for…
Report: Bristol Palin may become a political consultant
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow has looked into online claims that Bristol Palin, the 19-year-old daughter of Sarah Palin, has launched a political PR and consultancy firm — and has found the claims to be true. But that doesn’t mean the 19-year-old Bristol — mother of Tripp, now the focus of a…
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