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Black Homeownership Hits 18 Year Low

In a report released Tuesday, Bloomberg reports that black homeownership has collapsed to an 18 year low. Bloomberg buries this brutal fact under a nonsensical headline that makes it look like a local Chicago story: “Black Homeownership Dying Where Obama

Black Homeownership Hits 18 Year Low

Anthony Weiner Explodes at Jewish Voter

During a campaign stop Wednesday, New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner lost his temper with a Jewish voter who criticized the disgraced congressman’s decision to stay in the public eye after the revelations about his sexual deviancy. Collapsing in

Anthony Weiner Explodes at Jewish Voter

NSA Launched 4,000 Probes For Suspicious Employee Activities

National Security Agency (NSA) documents obtained by the Washington Post reveal that last year the NSA planned to open at least 4,000 probes into suspicious or abnormal staff activity “after scrutinizing trillions of employee keystrokes at work.” The Post obtained

NSA Launched 4,000 Probes For Suspicious Employee Activities

Weiner Grasps Giant Sausage

Anthony Weiner posed wistfully with his favorite friend for a picture at an Arthur Avenue Deli on Saturday–a giant sausage. The New York Daily News said Weiner pressed the meat at Mike’s Deli as he made a campaign stop. Owner

Weiner Grasps Giant Sausage

Senate to Narrow Syria Resolution

The Senate will reportedly narrow the draft authorization for military force against Syria that President Barack Obama submitted after announcing on Saturday he would seek congressional approval for military strikes against Syria.  According to The Hill, Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT),

Senate to Narrow Syria Resolution

Prosecutors Seek Arrest Warrant for Red Bull Heir

(AP) BANGKOKThai authorities are seeking an arrest warrant for an heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune after he failed to appear for his indictment in a hit-and-run case in which a policeman was killed. Prosecutor Ruecha Krairiksh says Vorayuth

Prosecutors Seek Arrest Warrant for Red Bull Heir

Iowa Board of Medicine Votes to Halt 'Webcam' Abortions

While Iowa Democrat gubernatorial candidates were praying for abortion rights last week, the state’s Board of Medicine voted 8-2 to adopt new regulations that would ban “telemed” or “webcam” abortions, i.e., the practice of distributing abortion pills over an Internet

Iowa Board of Medicine Votes to Halt 'Webcam' Abortions

U.S. Aid to Syrian Opposition Tops $1 Billion

According to USAID (United States Agency For International Development), the federal agency in charge of distributing the vast majority of foreign aid monies to other countries, United States taxpayers are now footing a bill of over one billion dollars in

U.S. Aid to Syrian Opposition Tops $1 Billion

Sell Out: GOP May Cave on Debt Ceiling Due to Obama Syria Move

President Barack Obama’s decision to punt a possible strike against Syria to Congress has reshuffled the congressional calculus on Washington’s looming debt-ceiling debate and made Republican concessions more likely, say GOP congressional aides. A House Republican aide told Reuters that

Sell Out: GOP May Cave on Debt Ceiling Due to Obama Syria Move

Syria Mocks 'Historic American Retreat'

With President Barack Obama’s announcement on Saturday that he will, after all, go to Congress for authorization to use force against the Assad regime in Syria, Syria is celebrating. President Bashar al-Assad stated that Syria could confront any action from

Syria Mocks 'Historic American Retreat'

Judge Plans to Appoint Monitor for Sheriff Joe

By BRIAN SKOLOFFAssociated PressPHOENIXA federal judge delayed a ruling in the racial profiling case against Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office Friday as both sides remain at odds over key remedies to ensure the agency adheres to constitutional requirements. U.S. District Judge

Judge Plans to Appoint Monitor for Sheriff Joe

Obama Clamps Down on Guns, Loosens Restrictions on Marijuana

While President Barack Obama placed new restrictions on legal gun ownership Thursday, the Department of Justice loosened federal restrictions on marijuana “to mark a retreat from guidelines of the past.” The new guidelines give “recreational users” a pass and instead

Obama Clamps Down on Guns, Loosens Restrictions on Marijuana

Aetna Pulls Out of Another Obamacare Health Exchange

America’s third largest health insurer, Aetna Inc., has announced it will not sell insurance on New York’s Obamacare health insurance exchange, the fifth state the company has pulled out of in the last few weeks. The other states Aetna has

Aetna Pulls Out of Another Obamacare Health Exchange

Fast-Food Workers Strike Across U.S.

Fast-food workers, who do not see their jobs as entry-level jobs but instead believe that the jobs are worthy of higher pay, carried out a huge strike on Thursday across the nation.  McDonald’s Corp., Wendy’s Restaurants LLC, Burger King Worldwide Inc., and

Fast-Food Workers Strike Across U.S.

Cameron Humiliated: UK Parliament Votes No on Syria

In what Reuters calls a humiliating defeat, British Prime Minister David Cameron lost a parliamentary vote meant to have Britain join in any potential military strike on Syria. The vote “appeared to all but rule out British involvement in such

NFL Agrees to $765M Settlement Deal in Concussion Suit

(Reuters) – The National Football League has agreed to a $765 million settlement deal with thousands of former players who sued the league, accusing it of hiding the dangers of brain injury while profiting from the sport’s violence, according to

NFL Agrees to $765M Settlement Deal in Concussion Suit

Germans Ditch US Email Providers in Wake of NSA Scandal

Germans are giving up their American email providers and opting for German-based email companies in the wake of the National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance scandal, reports Spiegel.  German web hosting company 1&1, which owns email providers GMX and web.de, says

Germans Ditch US Email Providers in Wake of NSA Scandal

Russia Police Seize Painting of Putin in Women's Lingerie

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Aug. 27 (UPI) — A painting portraying Russian leaders Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev in women’s underwear was seized from a gallery in St. Petersburg, police said Tuesday. Police said they also confiscated paintings depicting arch-conservative lawmakers

Russia Police Seize Painting of Putin in Women's Lingerie

Boehner Vows 'Whale of a Fight' over Debt Ceiling

On Tuesday, Obama Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said President Barack Obama refuses to compromise or negotiate on spending cuts in exchange for an agreement to raise the nation’s $16.7 trillion debt ceiling. “The president will not negotiate conditions on the

Boehner Vows 'Whale of a Fight' over Debt Ceiling

France Ready to 'Punish' Syria for Chemical Weapon Attack

President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday France is prepared to “punish” those responsible for gassing innocent civilians in Damascus.  Speaking to an annual meeting in Paris of dozens of French ambassadors posted around the world.  “France is ready to punish those

Vatican Prefect on Egypt: Anti-Christian Violence 'Unacceptable'

Acknowledging their “fraternal closeness” to Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II and giving “a special thought” to the Coptic Catholics suffering during the violence in Egypt, the Vatican Prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches also expressed that “dialogue and reconciliation”

Vatican Prefect on Egypt: Anti-Christian Violence 'Unacceptable'

Arab Media Shaming Obama into Syria Intervention

The Jerusalem Post reports “Gulf backed pan-Arab media [is leading a] media blitz” that includes articles focused “on shaming Obama into action” in Syria. These calls for U.S. intervention have hit “a fever pitch” since photographs of Syrians allegedly killed

Arab Media Shaming Obama into Syria Intervention

Australian Islamic Cleric Incites Violence

An online video of an Australian Islamic cleric calling for Hindus and Buddhists to be killed is under investigation by South Australian police. “The YouTube clip is an edited version of a longer sermon. Police will examine the entire content of the

Australian Islamic Cleric Incites Violence