Harry Reid Pushing to Legalize Online Gambling
As a lame-duck Congress winds down and a small army of Democratic legislators prepare to vacate their offices in Washington, U.S. Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is quietly pushing a...
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University Drops Award That Honors Controversial Journalist
Michigan’s Wayne State University has dropped an award honoring legendary — and highly controversial — journalist and former White House bureau chief Helen Thomas, after the former “First Lady...
FCC Commissioner Blasts TV News for Ignoring Public Interest
FCC commissioner Michael Copps said the state of television news in America is in an "hour of grave peril," telling the Betty Kay of the BBC's World News America...
Illinois Legislature Passes Bill Legalizing Same-Sex Civil Unions
The Illinois legislature has passed a bill legalizing civil unions in the state, including homosexual partnerships. When Democratic Governor Pat Quinn signs the bill, which he indicated he would...
Federal Appeals Court Hears Case Against California Marriage Amendment
California’s Proposition 8, a state constitutional amendment passed by voters in 2008 that defines marriage as between a man and a woman, went before a three-judge panel of the...
NIV Bible Update Comes Under Fire
The world’s best-selling Bible has been revised, but its critics remain unimpressed with the editors’ efforts to address what many scholars say are significant problems. ...
Study Finds Parents Overdosing Kids on Liquid Meds
Are parents unintentionally over-dosing their children with over-the-counter (OTC) medicines? Apparently only costly studies by professionals at medical schools can answer that question, and, of course, only the Food...
“Ella” Abortion Drug Now on Sale in U.S.
A controversial “birth control” drug, approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) despite evidence that it induces abortion in women who take it, is now on sale in...
SPLC Targets 18 “Anti-Gay” Pro-family Groups
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has released its latest list of groups it accuses of pursuing “anti-gay” agendas by propagating falsehoods and “pumping out demonizing propaganda aimed at...
400 Years Later, KJV Bible Still Going Strong
As the Protestant Christian world gears up to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible, which many historians call the “single most important publication...
Internet TV Giving Cable, Satellite a Run for the Money
Are online TV alternatives prompting a mass exodus of viewers from cable and satellite television services? That depends on who you’re talking to. With the influx of such Internet-based...
News Baron Murdock Set to Launch Daily iPad Paper
Media mogul Rupert Murdock, whose News Corp. owns and operates scores of daily newspapers, including such standards as the Times of London, the Wall Street Journal, and the gossip-flavored...
Corn Syrup Makers Seek Name Change for Sweetener
With high-fructose corn syrup suffering from years of bad press, and consumption of the popular sweetener falling to a 20-year low over concerns it might be a factor in...
First Living Medal of Honor Recipient Since Vietnam
The White House has announced that a 25-year-old soldier who braved enemy fire to rescue two comrades during a 2007 military operation in Afghanistan will become the first living...
FBI Says Violent Crime Fell in 2009, But …
The FBI has reported that for the third straight year incidents of violent crime have declined across the United States. According to the federal police agency, violent crime declined...