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Texas Leads Nation in Online Education

HOUSTON, Texas — A new study by OnlineColleges.com shows that Texas is the best state for students to receive an online college education. Texas ranked number one due to a variety of factors, including the state’s earning potential, low unemployment rate, and

Texas Leads Nation in Online Education

Bummer of the summer: HBO's "The Leftovers"

Aficionados of horror fiction must occasionally deal with the inherent flaw of the genre: a horror film or book can succeed so well at being frightening, disturbing, or repulsive that it fails as entertainment.  The audience response is, “Wow, that

Anti-Hamas Statement Signed by Hollywood's Brightest Expected to Grow

Nearly 200 of the entertainment industry’s biggest names have signed on to a statement that unequivocally condemns the U.S. government-designated terrorist group Hamas and “ideologies of hatred and genocide which are reflected in [their] charter,” while advocating a “commitment to peace and

Anti-Hamas Statement Signed by Hollywood's Brightest Expected to Grow

Abstraction, Unnerving: Matthew Carter's Scary Clowns

Geometric forms typically add a kind of serenity to art. Matrices, grids, and colors establish comforting patterns that draw the viewer into a contemplative state.  Not so Matthew Carter’s hellequinharlequinclown paintings, on exhibition at the Luis De Jesus Los Angeles gallery

Abstraction, Unnerving: Matthew Carter's Scary Clowns

California Prison Early Release Turns into Flood

Governor Jerry Brown’s ongoing “realignment” response to court orders requiring a reduction in California’s prison crowding is sending all but the worst criminals flooding back to county jails for a brief visit and then back on the streets. A Los

California Prison Early Release Turns into Flood

Salon Calls Kevin Sorbo's Anti-Looting Post 'Racist'

Did you know harshly criticizing the looters who are ransacking the businesses of innocent, hard-working Ferguson, MO residents is both “racist” and “insane?” So says Salon.com, dealing the race card against conservative actor Kevin Sorbo for daring to call out

Salon Calls Kevin Sorbo's Anti-Looting Post 'Racist'

Federal Judge Takes Extraordinary Steps in IRS Lawsuit

The order from U.S. District Court Judge Emmett Sullivan was certainly clear enough. In a landmark victory for Judicial Watch, the federal judge ordered the IRS to submit sworn declarations detailing what happened to Lois Lerner’s “lost” emails and what

Federal Judge Takes Extraordinary Steps in IRS Lawsuit

Tina Fey Produced Comedy Won't Make Fox's Schedule

Looks like Fox won’t be bringing Tina Fey’s latest comedy into living rooms nationwide. Variety reports that the network is passing on Cabot College, a show co-produced by Fey set in college. Project from Universal TV had received a series

Tina Fey Produced Comedy Won't Make Fox's Schedule

Garcetti Expects $400 Million In Hollywood Corporate Welfare

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti returned from a trip to Sacramento and announced that he expects somewhere around $400 in corporate welfare for Hollywood to be approved by the state legislature. Currently, Hollywood enjoys $100 in million corporate welfare.  Since

Garcetti Expects $400 Million In Hollywood Corporate Welfare

White Students No Longer to Be Majority in School

KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — The cheerful sign outside Jane Cornell’s summer school classroom in Pennsylvania’s wealthiest county says “Welcome” and “Bienvenidos” in polished handwriting. Inside, giggling grade-schoolers who mostly come from homes where Spanish is the primary language worked

White Students No Longer to Be Majority in School

How Pat Roberts and the GOP Lost Kansas

If you want to truly understand politics, especially of the Right-leaning variety, you’ll have to look beyond the dumbed-down, self-congratulatory so called journalism of Beltway establishment publications like Politico. Here is their headline out of Kansas: How Pat Roberts beat

Megan Fox to 'TMNT' Naysayers: 'F*** Off'

Megan Fox is one of Hollywood’s most stunning stars, but she can say some ugly things when prompted. Fox previously compared director Michael Bay, whose Transformers franchise made her a household name, to Adolf Hitler. The two later reconciled. Now,

Megan Fox to 'TMNT' Naysayers: 'F*** Off'

Fort Worth ISD Owes State Nearly $40 Million

The Fort Worth Independent School District (ISD) uncovered a very costly mistake, literally. They’ve been receiving overpayments from the state since 2010 and now will have to pay back somewhere between $37 million and $39 million dollars. It’s an error

Fort Worth ISD Owes State Nearly $40 Million

Dale Jr. Completes Season Sweep at Pocono

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. took the lead off the final restart with three laps left and won Sunday to complete a season sweep at Pocono Raceway. Earnhardt held off the hard-charging Kevin Harvick to win for

Dale Jr. Completes Season Sweep at Pocono

Social Media Sizzles as 'Sharknado 2' Audience Grows

(AF) Whimsical TV disaster movie “Sharknado 2” reeled in 3.9 million viewers, the Syfy specialty channel said Thursday, one day after the sequel’s broadcast. The followup to last year’s instant cult classic about a freak weather system that rains a

Social Media Sizzles as 'Sharknado 2' Audience Grows

Feds Sending Illegals to Maryland Sanctuary County

The Obama administration is preparing to dump illegal immigrant juveniles in one of the nation’s most prominent sanctuary counties in Maryland just weeks after Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley (D) reportedly begged the White House not to ship illegal immigrants to

Feds Sending Illegals to Maryland Sanctuary County