Could Jason Collins' Self-Outing Impact Biopic of Gay Baseball Star?

NBA player Jason Collins' announcement that he is gay rocked the sports world. Will the news also impact the proposed biopic of gay baseball star Glenn Burke? 30 Apr 2013

'Hating Breitbart' Hollywood Screening Maxed Out, Overflow Theater Booked

This week's Hollywood screening of "Hating Breitbart," the chronicle of late media pioneer Andrew Breitbart's war against media bias, filled up so fast a second theater had to be booked. 30 Apr 2013

Russian Source: Tamerlan Under Surveillance, 'Suspicious' Departure Without Passport

According to an AP source, Russian agents placed Tamerlan Tsarnaev under surveillance during a six month visit to Russia last year. 30 Apr 2013

Graham, McCain Call for Senate Select Committee on Benghazi after Intimidation Reports

On Tuesday, Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and John McCain (R-AZ) called for a Senate select committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the Benghazi terrorist attack of September 11, 2012 that resulted in the death of four Americans including Libyan Ambassador Chris Stevens. 30 Apr 2013

LAUSD Wants to Buy iPads for 660K Students

The California school system spends thousands of dollars per year per pupil. But if Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy has his way, that number will skyrocket. Deasy wants to purchase iPads for some 660,000 LAUSD students. According to Steve Lopez of the Los Angeles Times, “people with ties to tech companies were among the major donors to a political action committee that supports Deasy-friendly school board candidates …. Deasy appears in a promotional video for Apple in which he says tablets are ‘phenomenally going to change the landscape of education.’” 30 Apr 2013

CA Pushes Bill to Let Boys Use Girls' Bathrooms Based on 'Gender Identity'

California Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D) has been a busy beaver since the beginning of the latest legislative term. First, he helped author a “Homeless Bill of Rights.” Now, he’s pushing a bill that would allow public school students to pick the bathroom of their choosing based on their “gender identity.” 30 Apr 2013

Patricia Heaton: Gosnell Trial 'Less Sanitary Version' of Every Day Abortion Services

Actress Patricia Heaton is horrified by the revelations coming out of the trial of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell, but she says it's not much different than what goes on in other abortion centers. 30 Apr 2013

'New Day': CNN Morning Show to Debut June 10

"CNN’s new morning program co-hosted by Chris Cuomo and Kate Bolduan will bow June 10. The network made the announcement Tuesday along with the show’s title: New Day." 30 Apr 2013

NY Dem Congresswoman: Background Checks Would Have Stopped Tsarnaev Shootout

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) said Monday on MSNBC that if only Congress approved universal background checks, the massive shootout between Boston bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and police could have been prevented. 29 Apr 2013

Report: CIA Seeks Al-Qaeda 'Inspire' Magazine Editor

Two weeks after the devastating Boston Marathon bombings, the UK Telegraph now reports that the CIA is seeking the editor of Al-Qaeda’s English-language Inspire magazine, the source from which the Tsarnaev brothers apparently learned how to build pressure cooker bombs. The prior editor was killed by US drones in 2011 in Yemen. 29 Apr 2013