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Lance Armstrong 'Whistleblower' Suit Could Blow Up The Day His Oprah...

The New York Times reports today that one person will be watching Lance Armstrong's Thursday interview on Oprah interview very closely: Thomas Weisel, co-owner of the disgraced cyclist's U.S. Postal...

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Conspiracy Theorists Are Harassing A Man Who Sheltered Students After Newtown...

Conspiracy theories have flooded the Internet since Adam Lanza gunned down 20 first graders in Newtown, Conn. last month.The Sandy Hook elementary "truthers" have even begun harassing a man who was...

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More Gruesome Allegations Come Out During 'Cannibal Cop' Hearing

An NYPD officer who's accused of conspiring to eat a woman allegedly salivated while plotting his crime, The New York Post reports.Accused "cannibal cop" Gilberto Valle's lawyer appeared before a...

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Ohio Teacher Says She Was Illegally Fired Because She Had A Fear Of Young...

CINCINNATI (AP) — A former high school teacher suing the school district where she used to work is accusing its administrators of discriminating against her because of a rare phobia she says she has: a...

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Judge Slams News Outlets That Grabbed Haiti Earthquake Photos From Twitter

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A judge has found that two news organizations improperly used images that a photojournalist had posted to Twitter in one of the first big tests of intellectual property law...

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Any Photos You Take While Hanging Out With Justin Bieber Will Now Be His...

As if child-stars gone wild was some kind of surprise, Justin Bieber fans are freaking out over the possibility that the 18-year-old could be – gasp! – smoking pot and drinking alcohol, after pictures...

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New NRA Video Calls Obama An 'Elitist' and 'Hypocrite' For His Children's...

The NRA released a new video tonight that calls President Barack Obama an "elitist" and "hypocrite" for opposing the NRA's plan to install armed guards in every school, while his own children receive...

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How Australia And Other Developed Nations Have Put A Stop To Gun Violence

The debate over gun control in the United States doesn't take place in a vacuum.Other countries all over the world play the same video games and have the same mental health problems as the United...

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Which Supreme Court Justice Is Most Likely To Die In The Next Four Years?

As the public perceives the U.S. Supreme Court as being more politicized, the question of which president gets to replace the next justice becomes more important.Supreme Court justices can only be...

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Middle School Science Teacher Fired Because She Used To Be A Porn Star

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — A middle school teacher who was fired after students learned she had appeared in pornography has lost her appeal to return to the classroom, her lawyer said Tuesday.A three-judge...

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The MTA Says Subway Drivers Who Slow Down To Save Lives Are Breaking The Law

The leaders of New York City's largest subway union have told train operators to slow down to 10 mph as they enter a station, sparking the ire of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which says...

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Biglaw Staffer Charged With 'Making An Illegal Business' Out Of Stealing...

A former Biglaw staffer has been accused of stealing more than $376,000 worth of copy machine ink from the firm and selling it on the black market. Adrian Rodriguez, a former staffer at Fried, Frank...

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Jon Stewart And CBS' Bob Schieffer Lament 'Skewed' Gun Control Coverage:...

Daily Show host Jon Stewart had CBS' "Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer on as his guest Tuesday, where the two anchors lamented the "skewed" media coverage that has dominated much of the recent...

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Sheriff Tells Joe Biden He'll Refuse To Enforce A Ban On Assault Weapons

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon sheriff has sent a letter to Vice President Joe Biden saying his department will not enforce any new gun laws it considers unconstitutional.Linn County Sheriff Tim...

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In Just One Month, The NRA Has Torpedoed Its Reputation

The overall favorability rating of the NRA has plunged in the last month, putting its image in a negative light for the first time.In separate polls conducted by Public Policy Polling and the...

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Former Armani Assistant Says She Was Sexually Harassed By Her Female Boss

A former executive assistant for the Giorgio Armani Corporation has filed a lawsuit claiming the luxury brand ignored her sexual harassment complaints and then illegally fired her.In a wrongful...

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White House Blasts NRA's Anti-Obama Ad As 'Repugnant And Cowardly'

The White House responded harshly to an NRA ad that accused President Barack Obama of being an "elitist hypocrite," saying it unfairly targeted his children."Most Americans agree that a president's...

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Here Are The 23 Executive Actions That Obama Is Taking Immediately To Reduce...

From a White House factsheet, via The NYT, here are the 23 "executive actions" that Obama will take to reduce gun violence.For full coverage of Obama's announcement today, see here.There's very little...

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Here's The White House's Full Gun Control Proposal

The White House today unveiled a sweeping proposal to curb the nation's rash of gun violence and boost school safety, including a list of 23 executive actions. Here are the key points in the plan,...

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Aaron Swartz's Father Says His Son Was 'Killed By The Government'

On Friday evening, 26-year-old Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz tragically died.Swartz, who also co-wrote RSS and was an Internet activist, hanged himself in his apartment. He had battled depression and...

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