A massive swarm of people filled the Rosslyn metro station in Washington, D.C. during a service interruption on Tuesday. The delay occurred after a person was struck by a train at Clarendon station and pinned underneath it. The person was freed and rushed to a local hospital. Watch video, uploaded…
The majority of street lights have been removed from one Michigan city that was having trouble paying its electricity bill. DTE Energy Company has already repossessed 1,400 street lights in Highland Park as a part of a deal to forgive $4 million in unpaid bills going back at least five…
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell said Monday night that libertarian’s message of less government spending could lead to tragic unintended consequences. As an example, he cited Topeka, Kansas, which may stop prosecuting domestic battery cases because of budget cuts. Watch video, courtesy of MSNBC, below; Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world…
Meet “Sausage the Riot Dog”. Reuters reports that in Athens, Greece, a stray ginger mutt from the streets has become a celebrity and a mascot of the protests that have been sparked by the Greek government’s increasingly draconian austerity cuts. Some people call him “Cinnamon”, but most refer to him…
A Japanese company is marketing a family-sized earthquake and tsunami escape pod to clients who fear a repeat of the disasters that hit Japan earlier this year. The bright yellow, spherical fiberglass pod is manufactured by New Cosmo Power. and has been named “Noah.” It costs $3900 for the four-person…
Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky on Fox Business warned Thursday that the “Occupy Wall Street” protest in New York City could become violent thanks, in part, to President Barack Obama. “As far as this Occupy Wall Street movement goes, you know I see it sort of like a Paris…
Republicans have begun to line up against the “Occupy Wall Street” movement that began on September 17. During an appearance Thursday on ABC’s Top Line, Republican Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia claimed the protest was an attack on freedom. “Well, if you look at what they’ve been telling in the…
A California man was arrested after two teenage burglars broke into his home and inadvertently stumbled upon his child pornography stash, according to Fox 40. The two burglars broke into the man’s home on September 12 and stole around 50 CD-Rs, which they believed to be blank. But after trying…
The Nation scribe and MSNBC contributor Melissa Harris-Perry set off a firestorm of criticism with her recent column in which she argued that structural racism, in which white liberals unconsciously hold a black politician to a higher standard, might doom President Obama to a single term. The responses from white…