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White House Denies ’09 Fort Hood Victim’s Request For Meeting With Obama

Source: Lee Ferran / ABC News As President Obama spoke of old “wounds” at Fort Hood this week, the White House declined a request from a survivor of the 2009 massacre there to meet with Obama for a few minutes so the veteran could explain face-to-face how he believes the government has mistreated and disrespected the […]

Jon Stewart Puts The NCAA On Blast On ‘The Daily Show’

Source: Kyle Newport / Bleacher Report Another NCAA tournament is in the books, and this year’s March Madness will only help student-athletes make a push to receive a share of the profits. Connecticut’s Shabazz Napier—who was ultimately named the Final Four’s Most Outstanding Player—caused quite a bit of buzz when he revealed that he doesn’t […]

Colin Kaepernick On Sexual Assault Allegations: Story ‘Completely Wrong’

Source: ESPN San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick took to Twitter on Friday morning to address a TMZ report that alleges sexual assault, calling the story “completely wrong.” (1/3) The charges made in the TMZ story and other stories I’ve seen are completely wrong. They make things up about me that never happened. - Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) April […]

France Bans Work E-Mail After 6 PM

Source: John Johnson / Newser / USA Today France already has a 35-hour work week, and a new rule is designed to make sure that it doesn’t start shading toward 40 hours because of work-related e-mail. The Guardian reports that the rule forbids workers from checking their phones or computers for work stuff after 6 p.m., […]

President Obama Signs Actions Taking Aim At Gender Pay Gap

President Barack Obama signed two executive orders Tuesday aimed at reducing the gender pay gap. The actions make it easier for employees of federal contractors to get information about wages and find out how much colleagues are making. (April 8)

Chicago Police Underreported Aggravated Assaults, Batteries In 2012

Source: Jeremy Gorner / Chicago Tribune Chicago police did not report about a quarter of the aggravated assault and aggravated battery victims in its crime statistics in 2012, an audit by the city’s top watchdog found. The department failed to follow state guidelines by counting each aggravated assault or battery as one incident, not each victim […]

U.S. Bacon Prices Rise After Virus Kills More Than 6 Million Piglets

Source: AP / CBS News MILWAUKEE – A virus never before seen in the U.S. has killed millions of baby pigs in less than a year, and with little known about how it spreads or how to stop it, it’s threatening pork production and pushing up prices by 10 percent or more. Estimates vary, but one […]

Man Cleared Of NYC Murder After 25 Years In Prison

Source: AP / CBS News NEW YORK, N.Y. - Jonathan Fleming, a man who spent almost a quarter-century behind bars for murder, was freed in New York City on Tuesday and cleared of a killing that happened when he was 1,100 miles away on a Disney World vacation. Fleming, 51, was in tears as he hugged […]

Support Swells For Single Mom Arrested For Allegedly Leaving Kids In Car

Source: Alyssa Newcomb / ABC News Amanda Bishop doesn’t know Shanesha Taylor, the single mother who was arrested for allegedly leaving her kids in a car during a job interview, but she felt compelled to do something to help her. “There are some of us that feel that Shanesha was in an unfortunate situation that, […]

WTH?! Florida Woman Goes On Naked Rampage At McDonald’s In Viral Video

Source: Lee Moran / New York Daily News Astonishing surveillance footage has emerged of a naked woman going on the rampage in a Florida McDonald’s. The diner, who’s wearing just a pair of panties, is seen tearing apart what’s reported to be a St. Petersburg location. Slamming her head on the counter, she throws cash […]