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Why The Fight Over Obamacare Was Completely Unprecedented

The individual mandate was unprecedented.Never before had Congress compelled individuals who chose to do nothing to buy a product. The legislative process to enact Obamacare was unprecedented.Never...

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The Stories From Inside North Korea's Prison Camps Are Horrifying

The prison camps of Nazi Germany only existed for 12 years before their remaining survivors were freed following World War II. In the years that followed, many learned of horrifying conditions,...

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A Dating Site's Facebook Ad Used A Photo Of A 17-Year-Old Girl Who Hanged...

Facebook banned a dating website from advertising on its site after it posted an ad featuring a photo of Rehtaeh Parsons, a 17-year-old Canadian who hanged herself after photos of her alleged rape were...

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Missing Georgia Girl Found Alive After Being Abducted From Her Home By Armed Men

A 14-year-old girl who was abducted from her home Tuesday by a group of armed men has been found alive, according to the FBI, HLN reports.Ayvani Hope Perez was allegedly kidnapped by two gunmen who...

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Beanie Babies Creator Charged With Federal Tax Evasion, Could Pay $53 Million

CHICAGO (AP) — The creator of Beanie Babies stuff animals has been charged with federal tax evasion for allegedly failing to report income earned in a secret offshore account, and he's agreed to pay a...

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Federal Court Rules That Facebook 'Likes' Are Protected By The US Constitution

A guy who got canned for "liking" the wrong sheriff's candidate on Facebook won a victory Wednesday when an appeals court said his "like" is constitutionally protected speech.The ruling by the Fourth...

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Why The Businessmen I Met In Prison Didn't Think Of Themselves As Criminals

I served 26 years in federal prisons of every security level. During that time, I made efforts to learn as much as possible from the men around me. Besides wanting to understand more about adjustment...

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HOBBY LOBBY CEO: Here's Why Obamacare Is A Total Affront To My Religious Beliefs

Editor's note: This statement from Hobby Lobby's CEO David Green has been reprinted with his company's permission. Crafts chain Hobby Lobby is one of the main opponents of Obamacare's mandate that...

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France Is Close To Passing A Law That Could Get Pageant Moms Thrown In Prison

The French government has moved to ban beauty pageants for girls under the age of 16 in an attempt to fight child "hyper-sexualization," according to France 24 news.The possible penalty for those who...

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U. Of Texas-Arlington Fraternity Shut Down After 3 Sexual Assaults Are...

The Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity chapter at the University of Texas at Arlington has been shut down by their national organization after three sexual assaults reportedly took place at the house in less...

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Fox News Gets An Interview With Bashar Al-Assad

Fox News interviewed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday, the second such interview Assad has granted to American media in the past month. The interview, conducted by contributor Dennis...

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High-Ranking Naval Officer Charged With Swapping Millions Of Dollars In Perks...

A career Naval officer has been arrested for his role in a bribery scandal where he allegedly traded perks for prostitutes and luxury travel, Erik Slavin with Stars and Stripes has reported. Cmdr....

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Navy Yard Shooter Reportedly Carved Messages Into The Guns He Used For Massacre

Aaron Alexis, the man police believe went on a shooting rampage at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. and killed 12 people, carved messages into the guns he used for the massacre, ABC News reports.He...

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College Professor: I Lost Tons Of Critical Files Because Of Dropbox

Here's a scary story that shows how dangerous it can be to sync Dropbox across all of your devices, even when you are being very careful.Until this week, Northeastern University Professor Dr. Heidi...

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The GOP Civil War Just Exploded Messily Into The Public

Republican divisions over the party's strategy in budget battles exploded into the public sphere Wednesday evening.In feelings that have been brewing privately for some time, House Republicans let...

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This High-Speed Chase Ended In A Fatal Crash And A Shootout [VIDEO]

Four people died today by the end of a high-speed chase in Miami county, reports the Miami Herald.Forty-eight-year-old Antonio Feliu killed a mother and her daughter over a relationship dispute, then...

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Police Searching For Suspect After Shots Fired At University Of...

Police have arrested two male suspects on suspicion of robbery following a report of shots fired and campus-wide search at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, local WISC-TV is reporting.The university...

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John McCain's Response To Vladimir Putin's Op-Ed Is Finally Here, And It Is...

In a much-anticipated response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's op-ed in The New York Times last week, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) delivered a blistering op-ed in the Russian publication Pravda in...

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How Conservative Clarence Thomas Befriended A 20-Year-Old Democrat

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is speaking Thursday at the University of Portland, and the Oregonian reports he struck up an unusual friendship one of the students there.That student,...

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This Bizarre Experiment Shows Why You Shouldn't Insult Southern Men

While researching a story on why the South is more violent than the rest of America, we came across this strange study on the Southern "culture of honor."The study — "Insult, Aggression, and the...

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