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Newly Released Documents Shed Light On Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Shooting

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — As authorities investigated the rampage that killed six people and wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, they compiled nearly 3,000 pages of documents that include everything from...

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Awesome Photos Of The Gay Marriage Protest Circus Outside Of The Supreme...

As the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the Defense of Marriage Act Wednesday, the debate over gay marriage carried on in full force outside of the building. Throngs of gay marriage supporters and...

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The Supreme Court Actually Ruled For Gay Rights More Than 50 Years Ago

The U.S. Supreme Court heard two major gay marriage cases this week, but it actually handed down a pretty big victory for gay rights more than 50 years ago, the Wall Street Journal reports.In 1958, the...

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Colorado Movie Theater Shooter Offers Guilty Plea To Avoid The Death Penalty

DENVER (AP) — Lawyers for Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes said Wednesday he would plead guilty and serve the rest of his life in prison to avoid the death penalty.The offer sets up a...

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Joe Biden Signals The Obama Administration Has A New, Two-Pronged Approach To...

Vice President Joe Biden signaled Wednesday that the Obama administration would likely move forward on gun control by focusing on a two-part strategy that Biden called a possible...

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Judge Rules That Oscar Pistorius Can Travel Abroad For Competition

A judge has amended the bail conditions for Oscar Pistorius so that the Olympic sprinter can travel abroad to compete, the Mirror reports.Pistorius is charged with murder in the shooting death of his...

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Michael Bloomberg's Gun Control Group Releases A Devastating New Ad Featuring...

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's gun control group released a new ad Thursday morning featuring family members of those killed in the elementary-school massacre in Newtown, Conn.The ad comes on...

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TIME: 'Gay Marriage Has Already Won'

This week's Time magazine cover declares that "Gay Marriage Has Already Won," no matter how the Supreme Court decides in a pair of high-profile gay marriage cases it heard earlier this week.The...

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Investigators Find A Book On The NRA And Bloody Corpse Photos In Adam Lanza's...

The state of Connecticut released search warrants today revealing Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter Adam Lanza had photos of an apparent corpse in his house.Twenty-year-old Adam Lanza killed 20...

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15 Major Brands That Unabashedly Support Gay Marriage

While the Supreme Court heard arguments regarding the legalization of gay marriage this week, some of the biggest companies in the world risked isolating its conservative consumer base to come out in...

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Investigators Found Books On Autism And The NRA At The Home Of The Newtown...

The state of Connecticut on Thursday released a round of court documents detailing what investigators found in Newtown, Conn., shooter Adam Lanza's home shortly after he killed 27 people in a horrific...

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Judge In SAC Insider Trading Settlement Is Sounding Skeptical Of The Deal

Bloomberg is reporting: The $616 million settlement SAC Capital reached with the SEC over insider trading allegations may not be a done deal.Judge Victor Marrero, presiding over the insider trading...

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High School Teacher Investigated For Saying 'Vagina' During A Bio Class

A high school science teacher in Idaho is under investigation by the state’s professional standards commission because he reportedly used the word “vagina” during a biology lesson.Tim McDaniel, who...

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OBAMA: 'How Often Do 90 Percent Of Americans Agree On Anything?'

Making the case for strengthening the nation's background check system for purchasing guns, President Barack Obama pointed Thursday to recent polls showing that nine out of 10 Americans offer support...

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The NRA Is Complaining That People Are Accurately Reporting About The Newtown...

The NRA issued a statement Thursday responding to the release of dozens of official police documents on Newtown, Conn., shooter Adam Lanza, saying that one of the items police found is not accurate.In...

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The Supreme Court Was Highly Skeptical Of Obama's Weird Gay Marriage Argument

The Obama administration proposed a weird (and kind of clever) argument for legalizing gay marriage that would effectively legalize it in eight more states.But not one justice seemed to buy that...

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Lawyer Explains What It's Like To Defend Clients Who Are Almost Certainly Guilty

A Quorauser recently presented the question: "What is it like to be the defense attorney of someone you strongly believe committed the crime?"One user got 1548 votes for his candid answer to the...

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This Might Be Why Justice Scalia Was So Tame During The Gay Marriage Fight

Justice Antonin Scalia has a history of making deeply offensive comments about gay people, but he was fairly restrained during the highly anticipated gay marriage arguments this week.Scalia did ask a...

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Cody Wilson Is Disrupting The Entire Gun Control Debate

The partisan debate over gun control is no match for Cody Wilson, founder of Defense Distributed.He's leading the way in creating weapons with 3-D printers, as we've covered in the past. With his legal...

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These 4 Major Brands DON'T Want To Be Associated With The Gay Marriage Movement

Four major companies asked to distance themselves from the gay marriage campaign. While many brands have publicized marriage equality movement, a Tumblr called Brand Equality" has added various company...

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