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WA Lawmaker Apologizes for Calling Arizona 'Racist Wasteland'

WA Lawmaker Apologizes for Calling Arizona 'Racist Wasteland'

Joe Fitzgibbon, the Washington state lawmaker, apologized on Monday evening for saying the state of Arizona was a “desert racist wasteland” after the Arizona Cardinals defeated the Seattle Seahawks in Seattle on Sunday.  Fitzgibbon, a Democrat, claimed he was thinking about

Reports: Twitter Blocking Links to Pro-'Duck Dynasty' Site

Reports: Twitter Blocking Links to Pro-'Duck Dynasty' Site

Multiple news outlets are reporting that Twitter is preventing users from linking to a site in support of suspended Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson. The pro-Robertson website iStandwithPhil.comhas been flagged on Twitter, prohibiting users from posting messages containing links to the

China Surges to Top Spot of Newly Admitted NYC Immigrants

China Surges to Top Spot of Newly Admitted NYC Immigrants

A new report out this week finds that Chinese immigrants comprise the second-highest immigrant population in New York City after Dominicans from the Dominican Republic and, should numbers hold, will be the biggest immigrant population in the most populous city

Duck Dynasty: Major Media Trash Christianity as 'Anti-Gay'

Duck Dynasty: Major Media Trash Christianity as 'Anti-Gay'

Nothing “Duck Dynasty” patriarch Phil Robertson said was anything close to anti-gay. It might have been characteristically blunt, but Robertson neither singled out homosexuals nor questioned the humanity of gay people. Robertson focused on sexual behavior, including the sexual behavior

Google Acquires Major Military Robot Developer

Google Acquires Major Military Robot Developer

Google is buying robot maker after robot maker, and its latest purchase, is a military robot maker called Boston Dynamics, which makes robots tough enough to run up to 29 mph, travel over rocky terrain and throw cinder blocks up

Gallup: For Americans, Government Is the Biggest Problem

Gallup: For Americans, Government Is the Biggest Problem

The country’s top problem, according to Americans, is the U.S. government, the latest Gallup poll shows, in which “dissatisfaction with government” topped even health care and the economy as the top problem facing the nation today. Gallup asked Americans to name the

Blue State Blues: How to Interpret Fake Sign Language

Blue State Blues: How to Interpret Fake Sign Language

Fake sign language interpreter Thamsanqa Jantjie told a local radio station on Wednesday: “I’ve been interpreting for the quite number of events. And then now–I’m very sad now, because they are the ones who are supposed to protect me….They are supposed

Weinsteins Sue Warner Over 'Hobbit' Profits

Weinsteins Sue Warner Over 'Hobbit' Profits

(AFP) Studio giant Warner Bros accused Hollywood producers Bob and Harvey Weinstein of “trying to rewrite history” on Wednesday by suing for a share of profits from the blockbuster “Hobbit” movies. The Weinstein brothers filed a lawsuit against New Line

Fox Sports 1 Hits Ratings High in November

Fox Sports 1 Hits Ratings High in November

November was Fox Sports 1’s most-watched month as the upstart network tries to challenge ESPN. According to Variety, the network that launched in August “averaged 457,000 viewers in primetime from Nov. 1-30, according to Nielsen, more than double its average

'Fast and Furious 7' Delayed After Paul Walker's Death

'Fast and Furious 7' Delayed After Paul Walker's Death

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2 (UPI)–Production on the seventh installment of Hollywood’s “The Fast and the Furious” film series will be delayed following Paul Walker’s death, Variety said. The blockbuster franchise’s 40-year-old star died as the passenger in a car crash