Art & Soul

Russian adoption ban means U.S. families in an agonizing limbo

2013-05-22T03:09:00Z

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The LA Times reports:

Andy and Bethany Nagel left photos of themselves at the orphanage for the little boy with Down syndrome who was going to be their son. We'll be back, they told 4-year-old Timofey, blowing kisses from the doorway and retreating anxiously into the chilly street.

Their whole life was in the album they left that day in October: pictures of the room they'd fixed up for Timofey at their home in suburban Maryland; grinning images of their two American sons, ages 6 and 13, who would be his brothers. The book sat beside Timofey's bed in Baby Home No. 13, and staffers would help him thumb through the pages.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Russian-adoption-ban-means-U.S.-families-in-an-agonizing-limbo/146688952144869988.html

Exorcisms back in the Catholic Church?

2013-05-21T16:54:00Z

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The AP reports:

The question has been swirling ever since Francis laid his hands Sunday on the head of a young man after celebrating Mass in St. Peter's Square. The young man heaved deeply a half-dozen times, shook, and he then slumped in his wheelchair as Francis prayed over him.

The television station of the Italian bishops' conference said it had surveyed exorcists, who agreed there was "no doubt" that Francis either performed an exorcism or a prayer to free the man from the devil.

The Vatican was more cautious Tuesday. In a statement, it said Francis "didn't intend to perform any exorcism. But as he often does for the sick or suffering, he simply intended to pray for someone who was suffering who was presented to him."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Exorcisms-back-in-the-Catholic-Church/-442106131766876113.html

Hotel bans disabled children

2013-05-21T16:54:00Z

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Breitbart reports:

A hotel in Spain has come under fire for refusing to let a group of children with Down syndrome stay the night because they "might annoy other guests."

Hotel CaboGata Plaza Suites in Almeria refused a reservation for a group of children with Down syndrome who were planning on celebrating the end of their school year, The Local.es reported.

The hotel said it would not board the children because "these kinds of people might annoy other guests."

Management at the hotel has apologized for the incident, saying it was "a misunderstanding," adding, "In 35 years of business we have never refused access to guests with Down syndrome," who the hotel management said, "have been, are, and always will be very welcome."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hotel-bans-disabled-children/942266031258619298.html

Daily Show doesn't know where the line is

2013-05-21T16:53:00Z

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The Daily Mail:

She thought she was making a topical political joke, but a co-creator of ‘The Daily Show’ managed to enrage many of her followers after tweeting joke about the Oklahoma tornado’s political motivations.

‘This tornado is in Oklahoma so clearly it has been ordered to only target conservatives,’ wrote comedian Lizz Winstead, in a tweet, around 3:30 Monday afternoon.

The tweet was an apparent attempt at using the occasion of the May 20 twister to comment on the scandal currently plaguing the IRS and Obama administration.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Daily-Show-doesnt-know-where-the-line-is/-63786936543936283.html

TV show pulls tornado-related storyline

2013-05-21T16:52:00Z

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The Hollywood Reporter:

“Due to the tragic events this afternoon in Oklahoma, we are pre-empting tonight’s season finale of Mike & Molly, which has a related storyline," CBS said in a statement.

Originally scheduled for 9:30 p.m. Monday, the third-season closer featured a tornado hitting Chicago. Here's the official description for the finale: "Mike and Carl get stuck working at the Renaissance Faire after their boss, Patrick, gets dumped by Mike's mother. Later, as a tornado descends on Chicago, Mike and Molly each confess important news to each other."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/TV-show-pulls-tornado-related-storyline/729141958141296175.html

Scholars in Bondage

2013-05-21T04:49:00Z

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The Chronicle Review:

Once confined to the murky shadows of the sexual underworld, sadomasochism and its recreational correlate, bondage and domination, have emerged into startling visibility and mainstream acceptance in books, movies, and merchandising. Two years ago, E.L. James's Fifty Shades of Grey, a British trilogy that began as a reworking of the popular Twilight series of vampire novels and films, became a worldwide best seller that addicted its mostly women readers to graphic fantasies of erotic masochism. Last December, Harvard University granted official campus status to an undergraduate bondage and domination club. In January, Kink, a documentary produced by the actor James Franco about a successful San Francisco-based company specializing in online "fetish entertainment," premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Scholars-in-Bondage/659372165270581723.html

Founding member of The Doors dies at 74

2013-05-21T04:42:00Z

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The Sacramento Bee:

Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison's gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock's most enduring songs, has died. He was 74.

Manzarek died Monday in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his family, said publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald. She said the musician's manager, Tom Vitorino, confirmed Manzarek died after being stricken with bile duct cancer.

The Doors' original lineup, which also included drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robbie Krieger, was only together for a few years and they only made six studio albums. But the band has retained a large and obsessive following decades after Morrison's death, in 1971. The Doors have sold more than 100 million records and songs such as "Light My Fire" and "Riders On the Storm" are still "classic" rock favorites. For Doors admirers, the band symbolized the darker side of the Los Angeles lifestyle, what happened to the city after the sun went down and the Beach Boys fans headed home.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2013/05/20/5434754/publicist-founding-member-of-the.html#storylink=cpy

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Founding-member-of-The-Doors-dies-at-74/25851456551599835.html

Bieber booed while accepting award

2013-05-20T16:17:00Z

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The Hollywood Reporter:

Recognized at age 19 with the Milestone Award (after also taking top male artist and top social artist), the singer took the stage -- and the opportunity -- to make a statement.

Said an emotional Bieber: "I'm 19 years old. I think I'm doing a pretty good job. And basically, from my heart, I just really want to say it should really be about the music. This is not a gimmick. I'm an artist and I should be taken seriously, and all this other bulls--t should not be spoken of."

The declaration prompted both cheers and boos, and it wasn't immediately apparent whether his message got through.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Bieber-booed-while-accepting-award/-379702977175088388.html

Chinese detain gay protesters

2013-05-20T16:16:00Z

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Fox News:

Police in central China have detained the 18-year-old organizer of a gay pride march in a sign of the government's nervousness over a growing civil society movement and demands for stronger individual rights.

The man, identified only by his surname Xiang, was detained following the Friday event in the city of Changsha and ordered to serve 12 days in a detention center for organizing an illegal march, according to a notice on the local police's microblog account.

Changsha newspaper Xiaoxiang Morning News quoted Xiang as saying before the march that he hoped it would make people question discrimination against gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people, and "let more people have a correct understanding of us."

China requires prior police approval for all marches and street demonstrations and permission is rarely granted. Reports said about 80 people took part in the march along a riverfront park, carrying anti-discrimination banners and a giant rainbow flag, and there was no mention of problems with police at the time.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Chinese-detain-gay-protesters/-690860649006293394.html

Queer young adult books?

2013-05-20T16:15:00Z

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The LA Times:

Michelle Tea has been a horoscope writer, an activist and a sex worker. She never graduated from college, but she has written a novel, a poetry collection and four memoirs — one of which, "Valencia," is being made into an independent film by 21 filmmakers. As co-founder of the literary performance group Sister Spit, she's led troupes of performance poets and artists across the United States and Europe.

On a Sunday afternoon at a Polish restaurant in lower Manhattan, over a plate of pierogis and vegetarian borscht, she describes what might be her most unlikely project yet: a trilogy of young adult novels about a "radical Polish mermaid," the first of which, "Mermaid in Chelsea Creek" (McSweeney's McMullens, $19.95), will be published this month.

"I was kind of burned out on writing memoir," Tea says. "I wanted to write something really different." A friend persuaded her to read "His Dark Materials," Philip Pullman's fantasy trilogy for young adults, and she was hooked. "I thought, how liberating to not have to try to find a way to tell the truth but just go totally bonkers and use your imagination."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Queer-young-adult-books/-193393756329917437.html

Men desperate to cure hairy 'hobbit feet'

2013-05-20T03:28:00Z

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The Daily Mail:

Rising numbers of men are having laser treatment to remove hair from their ‘Hobbit feet’, according to doctors.

They say trends for wearing flip-flops and sandals have made men increasingly self-conscious about the look of their legs.

At one private clinic in London, the numbers coming forward for the £700 treatment to remove hair have doubled in the past year.

Dr Michael Prager, a dermatologist based just off Harley Street, says he performs two sessions each day on men worried about looking like Hobbits from JRR Tolkien’s fantasy novels, in which they are described as having feet covered with curly hair and thick, leathery soles, making shoes unnecessary.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Men-desperate-to-cure-hairy-hobbit-feet/-728278376197067440.html

Google XXX: Porn industry planning to use Google Glasses technology to make films

2013-05-17T18:39:00Z

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The Daily Mail:

Porn directors are planning to use Google Glass eyewear for X-rated films to explore the 'full potential' of the technology.

The adult film industry is said to be interested in using the specs for point-of-view shots in a 'truly hands-free fashion' as opposed to having one hand on the camera.

Amateur producers are especially keen to get their hands on a pair as they shoot high quality video and make it even easier to film your own porn movie.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Google-XXX:-Porn-industry-planning-to-use-Google-Glasses-technology-to-make-films/-423070031970673671.html

Fecal matter found in public pools

2013-05-17T18:39:00Z

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The NY Times:

More than half of water samples from about 150 public swimming pools in Atlanta contained traces of fecal matter, a level of contamination that is most likely similar to levels across the country, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found in a study.

They found E. coli bacteria in 58 percent of water samples from the filters of the pools. E. coli is an indicator of feces in the water, but does not necessarily cause infection, the researchers said.

Only three of the water samples contained germs that might cause infections.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fecal-matter-found-in-public-pools/-247139731961447885.html

Amid scandals, White House announces star-studded concert in East Room

2013-05-17T18:38:00Z

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The Daily Caller:

Amid sequester and scandal in Washington, the White House announced Friday that the president and first lady will be hosting another concert as part of their “In Performance at the White House” series later this month.

The event will be held in the East Room of the White House and honor singer and songwriter Carole King, who will be awarded the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. King will be the first woman to receive the award, the White House noted in their announcement.

The program — to be streamed on the White House website and broadcast on PBS stations the evening of May 28 — will also feature performances by Gloria Estefan, Billy Joel, Jesse McCartney, Emeli Sandé, James Taylor, Trisha Yearwood and King herself.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Amid-scandals,-White-House-announces-star-studded-concert-in-East-Room/-800267246694542842.html

Dancing with drones?

2013-05-16T15:26:00Z

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US News:

Drones have been used to kill terrorists overseas, to help arrest American citizens and to survey nature. Now, they're being used for what might be their most difficult role yet: Dance partner.

For the past several years, researchers at MIT and the modern dance company Pilobulus have teamed up to explore the interactions between humans and robots as the line between man and machine continues to blur.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dancing-with-drones/769117472161673041.html

Watch your purse obsession

2013-05-16T15:25:00Z

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CBS New York:

Many ladies love their handbags and will spend a lot of money for the latest and greatest, but a new study says what is inside those bags may be covered in germs worse than what you’ll find in the bathroom.

As CBS 2′s Cindy Hsu reported Wednesday, the study said your purse may, in fact, have more bacteria than your average toilet seat.

Some people admit that the inside of the purses is less than orderly. Susan Ecker said hers is a disaster.

“You’ll find chocolate that’s fallen out of its wrapper and all sorts of things that are buried at the bottom,” she said.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Watch-your-purse-obsession/-424727254383016546.html

Finally some justice for science experiment indicted teen

2013-05-16T15:24:00Z

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Cnet:

It's more enjoyable when sense doesn't prevail.

It allows for so much more humor and head-shaking.

However, Kiera Wilmot has probably shaken her head enough lately and will now be grateful for a little stillness.

Should you have been unaccountably arrested for expectorating in your high school cafeteria recently, you might not have heard about Wilmot.

One morning at Bartow High School in Florida, she put toilet cleaner and aluminum foil in a water bottle to see what might happen. It was just, she said, an experiment.

Even her school principal admitted that it merely sounded like a firecracker.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Finally-some-justice-for-science-experiment-indicted-teen/-196198432408245686.html

Real men vote republican

2013-05-16T15:23:00Z

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The Daily Mail reports:

Men who are physically strong are more likely to take a right wing political stance, while weaker men are inclined to support the welfare state, according to a new study.

Researchers discovered political motivations may have evolutionary links to physical strength.

Men's upper-body strength predicts their political opinions on economic redistribution, according to the research.

The principal investigators - psychological scientists Michael Bang Petersen, of Aarhus University in Denmark, and Daniel Sznycer, of the University of California in the U.S., believe that the link may reflect psychological traits that evolved in response to our early ancestral environments and continue to influence behaviour today.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Real-men-vote-republican/-597988220415415992.html

Remastered 'Rock Show' From McCartney & Wings'

2013-05-16T02:55:00Z

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Let's go back to 1976, shall we? In that year, Paul McCartney and his post-Beatles band Wings had released their groundbreaking live album Wings Over America, documenting their North American tour.

Now--back to 2013, and a spectacular re-release of the album is on tap for May 28, including new and remastered material from the epic UK group. We at Yahoo! Music have the first listen to the remastered version of "Rock Show," which features the '76 lineup of the band including McCartney's beloved late wife Linda.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Remastered-Rock-Show-From-McCartney--Wings/-254564515681625532.html

In defense of non-pc gays

2013-05-15T16:12:00Z

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The rush to embrace and console every gay man who comes out is infantilizing and condescending—but it's a script written and promoted by GLAAD and reinforced by a sanctimonious establishment of gay men that rewards those who play by the rules—and punishes those who don't. Novelist Bret Easton Ellis on why he refuses to take his bitch-slapping lying down.

Was I the only gay man of a certain demo who experienced a flicker of annoyance in the way the media treated Jason Collins as some kind of baby panda who needed to be honored and praised and consoled and—yes—infantilized by his coming out on the cover of Sports Illustrated? Within the tyrannical homophobia of the sports world, that any man would come out as gay (let alone a black man) is not only an LGBT triumph but also a triumph for pranksters everywhere who thrilled to the idea that what should be considered just another neutral fact that is nobody’s business was instead a shock heard around the world, one that added another jolt of transparency to an increasingly transparent planet. It was an undeniable moment and also extremely cool. Jason Collins is the future. But the subsequent fawning over Collins simply stating he is gay still seemed to me, as another gay man, like a new kind of victimization. (George Stephanopoulos interviewed him so tenderly, it was as if he was talking to a six-year-old boy.) In another five years hopefully this won’t matter, but for now we’re trapped in the times we live in. The reign of The Gay Man as Magical Elf, who whenever he comes out appears before us as some kind of saintly E.T. whose sole purpose is to be put in the position of reminding us only about Tolerance and Our Own Prejudices and To Feel Good About Ourselves and to be a symbol instead of just being a gay dude, is—lamentably—still in media play.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/In-defense-of-non-pc-gays/732035157533751682.html

The Hill thinks Obama needs a Drudge

2013-05-15T16:11:00Z

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The Hill:

As media controversy about the Benghazi attack swirls across official Washington and throughout major media, President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should consider why so many in mainstream media have joined the conservative press in the stampeding herd that now puts them on the defensive.

The GOP has begun a full-court press to make Obama a lame-duck president, and Republicans have begun their inevitable political war against Clinton for the 2016 campaign. Real but not scandalous mistakes in the original managing of the Benghazi aftermath, coupled with message mismanagement, have exaggerated an atmosphere of scandal that is given credence even by mainstream media insiders who now breathlessly join the attacking herd.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Hill-thinks-Obama-needs-a-Drudge/-196628302049619227.html

Weiner next NY Mayor?

2013-05-15T16:11:00Z

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The NY Post:

Anthony Weiner’s bid to rise from the political dead is ready to begin in earnest — the disgraced former congressman will announce he is running for mayor as early as next week, according to sources.

“He’s definitely running,” one Weiner ally told The Post.

After weeks of hinting at a run, Weiner has taken a major step toward firing up his campaign by hiring a manager to guide his mayoral bid, according to a report.

Weiner has tapped political adviser Danny Kedem, who recently worked on a Staten Island congressional race, to run his impending mayoral campaign, according to a report on Politico.com.

Kedem, who worked on Democrat Mark Murphy’s failed congressional run, has worked on mayoral campaigns in the past.

Sources expect Weiner will make the announcement in the next 10 days, sometime before Memorial Day on May 27 — which happens to be the second anniversary of the day he sent out on Twitter a picture of his manhood that embarrassed him into resigning from Congress.

Some think he may already have waited too long.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Weiner-next-NY-Mayor/118370421772508030.html

HBO greenlights (another) gay-themed show

2013-05-14T20:37:00Z

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Breitbart reports:

Four gay-themed broadcast shows recently got the ax, but HBO is trying to reach that demographic with a new comedy set in San Francisco.

The premium cable network has handed out series orders to its untitled Michael Lannan project, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The eight-episode dramedy hails from Bored to Death's Sarah Condon and Lannan and stars Glee and Bossalum Jonathan Groff as one of three friends in San Francisco who explore the fun and sometimes overwhelming options available to a new generation of gay men.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/HBO-greenlights-another-gay-themed-show/845872245806527830.html

Seniors (in nursing home) arrested for drug, prostitution ring

2013-05-14T15:43:00Z

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North Jersey.com reports:

Some of the activities taking place at Englewood’s senior citizen housing complex were a long way from canasta, police said.

A man, 75, and a woman, 66, suspected of using cocaine and running a prostitution ring out of their apartments at the Vincente K. Tibbs Senior Citizen Building have been arrested after residents complained about vagrants, drunks and addicts invading their building, authorities said.

The suspects and an alleged accomplice are believed to be behind a recent rise in crime that had residents afraid to come out of their apartments, authorities said. Their growing fears prompted an undercover investigation and new round-the-clock police patrols of the complex.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Seniors-in-nursing-home-arrested-for-drug,-prostitution-ring/671723010408182426.html

Still trying to lie about Trayvon any way they can

2013-05-14T15:42:00Z

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Click Orlando reports:

State prosecutors in the case against George Zimmerman are pushing to keep Zimmerman's attorneys from bringing testimony about Trayvon Martin's past during the trial.

The state said in motions filed on Friday they want to prevent Zimmerman's attorneys from bringing up Martin's personal life, including his school records, previous suspension from school, fights, text messages sent prior to his death unless related to case and his social media use.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Still-trying-to-lie-about-Trayvon-any-way-they-can/425633797724991129.html

Jolie has preventative double-mastectomy

2013-05-14T15:41:00Z

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The AP reports:

Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.

The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the announcement in the form of an op-ed she authored for Tuesday's New York Times ( ) under the headline, "My Medical Choice." She writes that between early February and late April she completed three months of surgical procedures to remove both breasts.http://nyti.ms/17o4A0f

Jolie, 37, writes that she made the choice with thoughts of her six children after watching her own mother, actress Marcheline Bertrand, die too young from cancer.

"My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56," Jolie writes. "She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Jolie-has-preventative-double-mastectomy/136498237156056713.html

Detroit's RoboCop statue emerges

2013-05-13T17:58:00Z

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The Detroit News:

What's 10 feet tall, could easily power bump with the Joe Louis fist and is on his way to Detroit? RoboCop … or at least the parts needed for a statue of the futuristic crime fighter.

According to the Imagination Station, the disassembled molds of the various parts of Detroit's iconic favorite cop could be delivered to the Venus Bronze Works by the end of the week.

"It's ready to be turned into a 10-foot-tall bronze statue," said Brandon Walley of Imagination Station, a nonprofit group of Detroit supporters intent on turning around the public's perception of the city.

"We're hoping the various parts will be here by Thursday or Friday. Think of something like the 'Rock Balboa' statue in Philadelphia… except RoboCop could kick Rocky's butt."

The idea of a RoboCop statue in Detroit evolved from a puckish tweet to Detroit Mayor Dave Bing in February 2011 asking if likeness of the high-tech crime fighter from the 1980s film would draw attention to the city.

Bing demurred but an online fundraising campaign through Kickstarter raised $60,000 toward putting the Motor City cyborg on display somewhere within Motown.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Detroits-RoboCop-statue-emerges/-496505590146309487.html

Rolling Stones in Las Vegas: A step back in time

2013-05-13T02:51:00Z

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The LA Times:

Even in their dotage, the Rolling Stones look great and sound even better.

Their fans? Time has not been on their side.

At the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night, the crowd was decidedly less hipper than the throngs coming out of Cirque du Soleil’s "Zumanity" across the Strip.

It was as if everyone playing Keno in the casinos suddenly decided, “Let’s go see the Stones!”

The men were resplendent in Triple X-size aloha shirts and T-shirts over dress slacks.

The women -- well, ladies, you all looked fantastic. But if you’re in the 60-plus club, consider going with the Mom jeans and sensible shoes instead of hot pants and platform pumps, no matter how long you’ve been tanning and starving yourself.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rolling-Stones-in-Las-Vegas:-A-step-back-in-time/147290370053688789.html

What is it about music that triggers deep emotions?

2013-05-11T14:06:00Z

Posted By: Staff

There’s a showdown going on in the world of music perception—a question that’s been under investigation for millenia. What is it about music—unlike other types of sounds—that causes it to carry so much emotional baggage?

Forget the message carried by the lyrics of a love song or the chorus of a party anthem. How do the rise and fall of the melody or the pace of the tempo convey emotion? Is there something inherent to music, wrapped up in the way it interacts with our brains and the way we think that causes it to make us feel so many feelings? Or is the wail of the sad trombone just a piece of cultural baggage, something we’ve picked up from societal norms?

On their respective YouTube channels, It’s Okay To Be Smart‘s Joe Hanson and PBS Idea Channel’s Mike Rugnetta square off to tackle the issue. Hanson discusses a bit of new research which shows that similar types of sounds evoke similar emotions, even across cultural barriers.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/What-is-it-about-music-that-triggers-deep-emotions/868815320549264983.html

The truth about 3D guns

2013-05-10T14:57:00Z

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Forbes:

Andy Greenberg‘s been doing some great stuff on the development of the “Liberator“, the plastic gun made (almost) entirely with a 3D-printing machine. In his latest missive on the subject he tells us that the State Department has insisted that the designs be taken down off the internet. Because they breach arms control export regulations:

On Thursday, Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson received a letter from the State Department Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance demanding that he take down the online blueprints for the 3D-printable “Liberator” handgun that his group released Monday, along with nine other 3D-printable firearms components hosted on the group’s website Defcad.org. The government says it wants to review the files for compliance with arms export control laws known as the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, or ITAR. By uploading the weapons files to the Internet and allowing them to be downloaded abroad, the letter implies Wilson’s high-tech gun group may have violated those export controls.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-truth-about-3D-guns/817763856891418761.html

Gatsby not so great

2013-05-10T14:56:00Z

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Philly.com:

YOU KNEW that Baz Luhrmann understood "The Great Gatsby" when he delegated the music to Sean Corey Carter.

A man from humble origins whose idea of himself transcended his upbringing, who devised a life that matched his grand vision of success, and who became a Big Pimpin' icon.

James Gatz reinvented himself as Jay Gatsby. Carter became Jay-Z.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gatsby-not-so-great/144464667913392905.html

On the fly: A Mother's Day tribute to older moms

2013-05-10T11:48:00Z

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The Huffington Post:

With Mother's Day upon us, it feels like an appropriate time to celebrate being an older parent.

Truth is, I don't even have a clue what that means. I'm older than whom? Every other mother in the class? (Well, someone has to be, right?) I'm older than what? Your grandmother, your dog in human years, the tree in your front yard? (I don't know; maybe I should go count my rings -- that would be my tummy rolls, right?)

Yep, I'm 63 and am mother to a 12-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl. Since the wheels in your head are already spinning madly to do the math -- let me make it easy and just say that I chose to build my family through adoption and both my kids were almost school-aged when I brought them home from China.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/On-the-fly:-A-Mothers-Day-tribute-to-older-moms/775250801877222361.html

Could '24' be back?

2013-05-10T11:45:00Z

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The LA Times:

Hey, remember that post-"24" Kiefer Sutherland drama on Fox -- "Touch"? Anyone? That's why the drama is getting scrapped by the network.

The network is canceling the slow thriller drama after two seasons, according to sources. A network spokesman would not confirm the news; Fox will hold its upfront presentation, in which they unveil their 2013-2014 schedule, to advertisers on Monday in New York.

"Touch" was Sutherland's follow-up to the network's high-octane ratings star "24" -- but it never reached such heights. The series, about a widower who struggles to connect with his mute son, launched in a curious way, with a post-"American Idol" special preview in January 2012. It nabbed 12 million viewers. But when it returned as a regular series in March, the viewers seemed to lose touch from there.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Could-24-be-back/-170019662411497606.html

Have American parents got it all backwards?

2013-05-10T11:43:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Huffington Post:

The eager new mom offering her insouciant toddler an array of carefully-arranged healthy snacks from an ice cube tray?

That was me.

The always-on-top-of-her-child's-play parent intervening during play dates at the first sign of discord?

That was me too.

We hold some basic truths as self-evident when it comes to good parenting. Our job is to keep our children safe, enable them to fulfill their potential and make sure they're healthy and happy and thriving.

The parent I used to be and the parent I am now both have the same goal: to raise self-reliant, self-assured, successful children. But 12 years of parenting, over five years of living on and off in Japan, two years of research, investigative trips to Europe and Asia and dozens of interviews with psychologists, child development experts, sociologists, educators, administrators and parents in Japan, Korea, China, Finland, Germany, Sweden, France, Spain, Brazil and elsewhere have taught me that though parents around the world have the same goals, American parents like me (despite our very best intentions) have gotten it all backwards.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Have-American-parents-got-it-all-backwards/-32969159665098670.html

Salon writes love letter to A&F CEO

2013-05-09T16:04:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Salon.com:

Mike Jeffries, the 61-year-old CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, says “dude” a lot. He’ll say, “What a cool idea, dude,” or, when the jeans on a store’s mannequin are too thin in the calves, “Let’s make this dude look more like a dude,” or, when I ask him why he dyes his hair blond, “Dude, I’m not an old fart who wears his jeans up at his shoulders.”

This fall, on my second day at Abercrombie & Fitch’s 300-acre headquarters in the Ohio woods, Jeffries — sporting torn Abercrombie jeans, a blue Abercrombie muscle polo, and Abercrombie flip-flops — stood behind me in the cafeteria line and said, “You’re looking really A&F today, dude.” (An enormous steel-clad barn with laminated wood accents, the cafeteria feels like an Olympic Village dining hall in the Swiss Alps.) I didn’t have the heart to tell Jeffries that I was actually wearing American Eagle jeans. To Jeffries, the “A&F guy” is the best of what America has to offer: He’s cool, he’s beautiful, he’s funny, he’s masculine, he’s optimistic, and he’s certainly not “cynical” or “moody,” two traits he finds wholly unattractive.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Salon-writes-love-letter-to-AF-CEO/-65408832548836032.html

Steve Schirripa says be a parent, not a pal

2013-05-09T16:04:00Z

Posted By: Staff

USA Today:

"It was a big betrayal!" thunders Steve Schirripa in a voice seasoned on the streets of Brooklyn and put to good use in his role as a gangster on The Sopranos. "And by my own daughter!"

In his Manhattan apartment, actor/author/comic Schirripa, 55, is sharing an interview with his daughters, Bria, 21, and Ciara, 17. They're laughing at their tough-guy dad, who's best known for playing Tony Soprano's loyal but dense brother-in-law.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Steve-Schirripa-says-be-a-parent,-not-a-pal/488466692285372437.html

A&F CEO hates "fat chicks"

2013-05-08T16:36:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Anyone who’s been to Abercrombie & Fitch in the last few years has probably noticed that they don’t carry XL or XXL sizes of women’s clothing because they don’t want overweight women wearing their brand.

According to this popular teen clothing retailer, fat chicks will just never be a part of the “in” crowd.

They take a big risk with this tactic because two of Abercrombie’s biggest competitors, H&M and American Eagle, both offer XXL sizes for men and women.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/AF-CEO-hates-fat-chicks/189854740223598443.html

Underwood to sing 'Sunday Night Football' theme

2013-05-08T12:00:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The AP reports:

Carrie Underwood will take over the theme song for "Sunday Night Football," with NBC sticking to the formula of a female country music star for its intro.

Underwood steps in for Faith Hill, who announced last month that she would not be back for a seventh season. Underwood will sing a new version of "Waiting All Day for Sunday Night," the network said Tuesday.

Producer Fred Gaudelli said that after Hill informed him in February, Underwood was the only performer he pursued. She was under consideration for the role when NBC first broadcast the Sunday night NFL games in 2006.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Underwood-to-sing-Sunday-Night-Football-theme/-774259773592075107.html

Love and war inside the Rolling Stones

2013-05-08T01:48:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Rolling Stone:

Perhaps these men, the Rolling Stones, should not be here, at this time in their lives, doing this – doing it so well and so scarily. It is a Friday afternoon, late April, in a rehearsal space the size of a large garage, on the outskirts of Burbank, California. Keith Richards, the band's rhythm guitarist, stands just a few feet in front of white-haired drummer Charlie Watts, who is following intently as Richards plays the intricate and foreboding opening pattern of "Gimme Shelter" with the delicacy of a man edging through hell. When Richards begins the pattern again, Watts joins on drums, just a shadow behind the guitar's beat, and lead singer Mick Jagger moans a high-pitched spooky howl, sounding like the ghost of a future you never want to see arrive yet can't wait for. Then the whole band – Richards, Watts, guitarist Ronnie Wood, bassist Darryl Jones, backup singer Bernard Fowler and keyboardist Chuck Leavell (who is playing with one hand, as his other tries to staunch a steady nosebleed) – bears down on the song with a menacing roar. Jagger paces back and forth in front of the others, in cat-feet movements, making eye contact with nobody, looking at some space beyond the room's walls – that the band sounds capable of battering through – as he sings his mortal plea: "Oh, a storm is threatening/My very life today/If I don't get some shelter/Oh, yeah, I'm gonna fade away." This song is Jagger and Richards' best collaboration in dread – a vision of ruination and a benediction of mercy. In this room, on this afternoon, it also works as a reminder that, in the moments of creating something so frightening and liberating, these men cannot afford to escape their fellowship. In this space, they have to work together and help one another. "The individual components of the band," says producer Don Was, "merge into this one thing that is the Rolling Stones, and when it merges, man, it's really powerful. When you stop hearing the parts and you see the forest from the trees, it's a huge, powerful entity."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Love-and-war-inside-the-Rolling-Stones/81557493000117814.html

Tebow tops Forbes' 2013 list of "America's most influential athletes"

2013-05-07T20:42:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Forbes reports:

Well, this would seem to be a first. The four most influential athletes in America really don’t play. At least not lately.

Idle NFL quarterback Tim Tebow has been back in the news, but not for any heroics: he was recently cut loose by the New York Jets after a one-year experiment as a part-time QB behind Mark Sanchez failed to yield results. The “Tebowmania” days in Denver are only 15 months old, but it seems like 15 years. And yet, when Americans are asked which pro athletes they believe carry the most influence with the public, Tebow’s name tops the list.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Tebow-tops-Forbes-2013-list-of-Americas-most-influential-athletes/298248433823692603.html

Tanning finally tagged by FDA

2013-05-07T16:09:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Gloucester Times:

Tanning beds would be forced to warn young people of the dangers of skin cancer and face tighter oversight under a proposal from U.S. regulators.

The Food and Drug Administration proposed Monday that sunlamp products be recommend against use by those younger than 18 years old and warn frequent users to regularly screen for cancer.

The proposed order would also require sunlamp products seek FDA clearance before sale, the agency said in a statement.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Tanning-finally-tagged-by-FDA/-191485348487729733.html

"Toronto stronger" than Boston strong?

2013-05-07T16:08:00Z

Posted By: Staff

CBC News:

A sign held by a Maple Leafs fan outside the Air Canada Centre on Monday has triggered an avalanche of online outrage.

Before Monday night's Game 3 between the Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins, photos surfaced online of a Leafs holding a sign that read "Toronto Stronger."

The message is a direct reference to "Boston Strong," a campaign that became a mantra in that city after the Boston Marathon bombings. The April 15 explosions killed three people and injured more than 260.

Shortly after the sign appeared, it triggered an angry response on Twitter, with many saying the sign was in bad taste in light of the Boston attacks.

Here is one of the more tame expressions of anger stirred up by the sign:

“Overwhelmingly, the reaction has been that it was done in bad taste, that it was inappropriate, that it was classless,” CBC sports reporter Carly Agro said on CBC News Network Tuesday.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Toronto-stronger-than-Boston-strong/102876298917836284.html

YouTube getting greedy

2013-05-07T16:07:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Telegraph:

Google, which owns YouTube, will charge as little as $1.99 per month (£1.28) for each channel on the new premium selection, the Financial Times reports.

But the BBC and Channel 4, two YouTube media partners previously rumoured to be channels introducing subscription charges, today denied their channels would introduce fees.

Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, a BBC spokeswoman said: "I can confirm that we will not be part of the “premium” specialist channels group that will be charging subscription fees for content.

"We’re currently focused on broadening our audience for advertising-supported shortform and longform across our network of YouTube channels, as well as further developing our original content channels."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/YouTube-getting-greedy/364414018516159170.html

Pope loves the poor

2013-05-07T16:07:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Rapid City Journal:

Pope Francis will visit one of Rio de Janeiro's favelas, or slums, during his weeklong visit to Brazil for World Youth Day, his first foreign trip as pontiff.

The Vatican on Tuesday released Francis' itinerary for the July 22-29 trip to the world's largest Roman Catholic country. It includes a meeting with prisoners and a visit to a Rio hospital as well as events linked to the Catholic Church's youth festival.

The 76-year-old Francis will remain mostly in Rio but will make a daylong side trip to Aparacida to pray at the shrine to the Virgin Mary.

He will also visit the Varginha favela, north of Rio, and deliver a speech.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pope-loves-the-poor/465810291578368080.html

Met gala goes punk

2013-05-07T16:06:00Z

Posted By: Staff

USA Today:

Safety pins and studs? That's the question that was fulminating among New York's fashion almighty in the days leading up to Monday's gala benefiting the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The theme this year: PUNK: Chaos to Couture.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Met-gala-goes-punk/82678723318419467.html

Black Sabbath to play Tampa on July 29

2013-05-07T12:03:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Tampa Tribune reports:

The Black Sabbath Farewell Tour is coming to the Live Nation Amphitheatre at 7 p.m. July 29. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Tampa is the third stop of Sabbath’s 20-city North American tour, which starts July 25 in Houston. The only other Florida show is July 31 in West Palm Beach. Sabbath launched its world tour April 20 in Auckland, New Zealand.

Reserved seats are $119, $79, and $49. General admission lawn seats are $19.

Tickets will be available at www.livenation.com, the amphitheatre box office, Ticketmaster outlets and by phone.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Black-Sabbath-to-play-Tampa-on-July-29/624420110265502050.html

No spring break for 'Girls Gone Wild' creator

2013-05-07T11:48:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The LA Times reports:

"Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis faces up to five years in Los Angeles County jail after a jury convicted him Monday of nearly half a dozen misdemeanor counts in connection with assaults on three women.

Francis, 40, was found guilty after a two-week jury trial on five charges -- three counts of false imprisonment, one count of dissuading a witness from reporting and one count of assault causing great bodily injury -- stemming from the Jan. 29, 2011, incident.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/No-spring-break-for-Girls-Gone-Wild-creator/-534748545723884294.html

Limo fire kills bridal party

2013-05-06T17:20:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The San Francisco Chronicle reports:

They were heading out on what was supposed to be one of the happiest nights of Neriza Fojas' life, a party to cap off the bridal shower she'd been celebrating with eight of her nurse friends. Then the women's stretch limousine headed west over the San Mateo Bridge - and horror erupted.

Just after 10 p.m. Saturday, flames burst out in the back of the 1999 Lincoln Town Car. The driver pulled over, and he and four of the women managed to escape. But the other five passengers, including Fojas, remained trapped.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Limo-fire-kills-bridal-party/-762855023485481980.html

Christie can't Save GOP, but can kill spiders

2013-05-06T17:19:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Herald Standard reports:

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie wasn't in a pardoning mood when an itsy, bitsy spider crawled on his desk while he spoke to a group of schoolchildren.

The students spotted the arachnid near the governor's phone on Friday. Speaking softly, Christie gave the spider a smack down.

The governor told the students that another fun part of being governor is you're allowed to kill any bugs on your desk without getting into trouble.

Christie tweeted that he had "saved a few school children from a spider."

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals President Ingrid Newkirk issued a statement saying Christie probably killed it without thinking. Newkirk said "some people put the spider outside, but spiders are often scary" and that can prevent people from pondering their worth.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Christie-cant-Save-GOP,-but-can-kill-spiders/-897989483196630938.html

Helen Mirren exposes less than "Queen"-like behavior

2013-05-06T17:18:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Telegraph reports:

It was not so much a polite request to keep the noise down as a royal command, with some regal expletives thrown in for good measure.

A troupe of dancing drummers who had been pounding a beat through central London were left open-jawed when they were confronted by the Queen “effing and blinding” as she told them to be quiet.

Closer inspection revealed that it was not in fact Her Majesty giving them a dressing down but the next best thing, Dame Helen Mirren, who had stormed out of the nearby Gielgud Theatre, where she was playing the Queen, in full costume to demand that the drummers stop disturbing her performance.

To make matters yet more bizarre for onlookers, she was joined by David Cameron, played by Rufus Wright.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Helen-Mirren-exposes-less-than-Queen-like-behavior/-737635868201225867.html

Teens attack teens on stage

2013-05-06T17:18:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Mirror reports:

When fans attack! After the popstar was ambushed in Dubai, check out more star's that have come a cropper from supposed fans

There are few things you would expect at a Justin Bieber concert, such as hysterical screams from teenage fans, a two-hour delayed gig and some cheesy pop music.

But you definitely wouldn't expect to witness the unsuspecting twiggy popstar get attacked onstage by a crazed male.

The shocking incident in Dubai has sparked major security concerns for the teenager's safety after he was ambushed from behind by the ‘fan’ midway through a piano performance.

In a video uploaded to YouTube, the attacker is seen storming the stage and grabbing Bieber sending the piano crashing over as the pair tussle to the ground.

The 19-year-old singer freed himself and fled to the other side of the stage as security lunged at the potentially dangerous stage stormer.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Teens-attack-teens-on-stage/504563864110941026.html

Battle wages over "slaughtered in the US" tags

2013-05-03T15:14:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Hill:

Agricultural groups and consumer advocates implored the Obama administration on Thursday to press forward with contentious meat labeling regulations despite the threat of damaging international trade sanctions.

A coalition of farmers and consumer rights groups called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to finalize a strengthened set of rules requiring meat producers to attach country-of-origin labels (COOL) to their products.

At the same time, the group urged President Obama to address the long-simmering issue during his trip this week to Mexico, which, along with Canada, could impose retaliatory tariffs against the United States if no action is taken.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Battle-wages-over-slaughtered-in-the-US-tags/158379472939288212.html

Board to review 'twerking' suspensions

2013-05-03T11:49:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Two San Diego Unified school board members want to review the level of punishment handed down to 31 students at Scripps Ranch High School this week over a video made at school that depicts "twerking," a suggestive manner of dancing.

School board member Scott Barnett said he wanted the twerking incident and the student punishments be discussed in closed session at Tuesday's board meeting. District officials said it would be placed on the agenda for the May 14 meeting.

"I want to make sure I am comfortable that the facts and activity warrant the consequences," Barnett said in a statement.

San Diego Unified board member Kevin Beiser, whose district includes the high school, voiced similar concerns Wednesday.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Board-to-review-twerking-suspensions/-725805765775005310.html

Reese losing her American sweetheart status?

2013-05-02T14:10:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Reese Witherspoon sat down with George Stephanopoulos for a live, Good Morning America interview Thursday, her first since her April 19 arrest in Atlanta. Her husband, Jim Toth, was charged with DUI. She was charged with disorderly conduct.

Getting right to the news, George asked the actress what happened.

"It's one of those nights," said Reese, 37. "We went out to dinner in Atlanta, had one too many glasses of wine. We thought we were fine to drive and we absolutely were not. And it's just completely unacceptable. And we are so sorry and embarrassed. And we know better."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Reese-losing-her-American-sweetheart-status/167824738170578304.html

Miley: Can't be Tamed and Can't be Decent

2013-05-02T14:09:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Miley Cyrus has certainly come a long way since she was the squeaky clean teenage star of Disney's Hannah Montana movies - as her latest edgy photoshoot for V Magazine demonstrates.

The Can't Be Tamed star, now aged 20, shows a generous portion of underboob and roughly half of her backside in the pictures, which were taken by celebrated photographer Mario Testino.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Miley:-Cant-be-Tamed-and-Cant-be-Decent/704335370487363187.html

Nationalistic Giving is Racist?

2013-05-02T14:08:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Fox News:

An attempt by the extremist far-right Golden Dawn party to hand out food to Greeks only in defiance of a municipal ban degenerated Thursday with the city's mayor saying a party lawmaker tried to punch him and draw a gun. The punch missed its target, landing instead on a 12-year-old girl, Greek media said.

Security guards restrained the legislator, Giorgos Germenis, with television footage showing them marching him out of the building.

"The only thing these people know is the language of violence," Mayor Giorgos Kaminis said on state television after the attempted attack at a municipal charity distribution center in downtown Athens that he had been visiting.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Nationalistic-Giving-is-Racist/995405056595091697.html

BBC Broadcaster assaults juvenile girls

2013-05-02T14:08:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Fox News:

BBC broadcaster Stuart Hall has pleaded guilty to 14 indecent assaults on young girls, prosecutors said Thursday.

The 83-year-old sports broadcaster was arrested in January for questioning about alleged crimes committed between 1967 and 1986.

Hall admitted his guilt in court in mid-April but the information could not be made public for legal reasons until Thursday, when reporting restrictions on the case were lifted.

Hall's lawyer Crispin Aylett said Hall is "sorry for what he has done" and wishes to apologize to his victims.

"He is only too aware his disgrace is complete," Aylett said.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/BBC-Broadcaster-assaults-juvenile-girls/-332961786481180987.html

Litany of horrors: Half of TV shows violent

2013-05-02T12:12:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Violence, gore and gunplay were staples on prime-time television even in the most sensitive period directly following the Newtown school shooting.

A study of 392 prime-time scripted programs on broadcast networks shown during the month following Vice President Joe Biden's January meeting with entertainment industry executives on the topic revealed that 193 had some incident of violence, according to the Parents Television Council. Some are cartoonish - quite literally, with Homer strangling Bart for mouthing off on "The Simpsons" - but there is plenty of gunplay, stabbings and beat-downs.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Litany-of-horrors:-Half-of-TV-shows-violent/278799213227195001.html

Scientists Research Depopulation

2013-04-30T15:01:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Livescience.com reports:

It's perhaps not a surprise to parents looking ahead to the cost of college, but economic factors seem to be the main drivers in reducing birth rates and shrinking family size — at least in developing countries.

The study, based on detailed interviews with nearly 800 women from rural Bangladesh, suggests that when it comes to family size, economic factors trump culture and mortality risks, though the precipitous drop was probably the result of a confluence of factors.

"To get these really, really rapid declines in fertility like you're seeing in this area of Bangladesh or that you've seen at different times in European history or American history, you probably need all three of these types of factors to be happening," said study co-author Mary Shenk, an anthropological demographer at the University of Missouri.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Scientists-Research-Depopulation/355180567719830968.html

Congressmen Push for Legalized Marijuana

2013-04-30T15:01:00Z

Posted By: Staff

What if the United States could shrink the federal deficit and get high at the same time? Two congressmen calling for the legalization of recreational marijuana say it's not such a trippy idea.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) say marijuana legalization is a common sense fiscal policy that could save the government billions of dollars through a combination of tax revenues and savings from not pursuing costly enforcement and incarceration.

“We are trying to rationalize federal drug policy,” Blumenauer tells Top Line. “We're spending too much money on enforcement for something most Americans think should be legal, and we're losing revenue. And we're going to create federal train wreck if we don't fix it.”

They say the federal government is behind the curve of states like Washington and Colorado, where recreational marijuana is regulated and taxed.

"Colorado and Washington voters agree, as do I, that the proper policy with regard to marijuana is to regulate it rather than ban it," says Polis.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Congressmen-Push-for-Legalized-Marijuana/-397290905415685846.html

Materialism attacking even infants

2013-04-30T15:00:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Buzzfeed reports:

Thankfully, babies are too adorably clueless to understand what they're being subjected to.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Materialism-attacking-even-infants/-406039449844882016.html

NBA reporter calls homosexuality a sin

2013-04-30T14:59:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Buzzfeed reports:

Earlier today, ESPN announced it was extending its investigative reporting show Outside the Lines one hour to discuss the historic coming out of NBA player Jason Collins. It got weird when Chris Broussard started talking about his religious beliefs.

In 2009, Broussard wrote an article on a former NBA player who came out, John Amaechi, in which he actually said "I think the NBA is ready for a gay player."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NBA-reporter-calls-homosexuality-a-sin/-445071245156805580.html

Comet of the Century Coming

2013-04-29T14:43:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Fox News reports:

The operators of the Hubble Space Telescope say the orbiting observatory has snapped photos of an approaching comet.

The Baltimore-based Space Telescope Science Institute says the Comet Ison is being called the "comet of the century" because it could be brighter than the full moon when it makes its closest pass by the sun in late November.

The institute says the pictures taken earlier this month show the comet slightly inside of Jupiter's orbit, about 386 million miles from the sun. The institute serves as the science operations center for the Hubble.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Comet-of-the-Century-Coming/378996220795549563.html

Teen Mom Now Six Figure Porn Star?

2013-04-29T14:43:00Z

Posted By: Staff

TMZ reports:

Elaborate sex tape scams pay ... just ask "Teen Mom" star Farrah Abraham who finally struck a deal for her on-camera banging session ... in the HIGH six figures.

Last time we saw Farrah she was marching into the Vivid offices with her father and daughter in tow to talk dollars and cents with porn king Steve Hirsch -- who's been interested in buying the "Teen Mom"/James Deen XXX vid from the get-go.

Even though Farrah said she was considering other offers ... sources close to the situation tell TMZ, Farrah finally inked a deal with Vivid ... for close to a million dollars.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Teen-Mom-Now-Six-Figure-Porn-Star/652714813161498093.html

Country Music Legend Dies

2013-04-26T15:30:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Huffington Post reports:

Country music legend George Jones has died at the age of 81.

Jones died on Friday after he was hospitalized in Nashville, Tenn., with a fever and irregular blood pressure, according to TMZ. A cause of death has not been identified.

Jones was hospitalized on Thursday, April 18, and had to cancel concerts in Atlanta and Salem, Va., according to Billboard. He was in the middle of his yearlong goodbye tour, which was set to conclude in November in Nashville. Over the last year, he has had to cancel other appearances due to health issues.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Country-Music-Legend-Dies/443411711629636136.html

Feminists say UConn's New Logo is Pro-Rape

2013-04-26T15:30:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The new logo for the University of Connecticut’s sports teams is a terrifying husky dog that calls to mind images of sexual assault, says one student.

The new logo was unveiled last week, receiving mixed-to-negative reviews from UConn fans who preferred the older, cuter husky dog.

But one student went much further, criticizing the new, meaner logo for being a pro-rape symbol.

In an open letter to UC President Susan Herbst, self-described feminist student Carolyn Luby wrote that the redesigned team logo will intimidate women and empower rape culture.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Feminists-say-UConns-New-Logo-is-Pro-Rape/-540422004986130371.html

Prom averages over $1000 for families

2013-04-26T15:29:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Mail reports:

American families will splash an average of $1,139 on their teenager's prom debut this year, according to new a new survey.

Visa Inc, which conducted the research, revealed that spendings on the annual high school tradition will top last year's budget by five per cent and 2011's by a staggering 41per cent.

Identifying possible reasons for the rising costs, Marshal Cohen, an analyst at market research firm NPD Group, said: 'Dresses are more elaborate . . . They are now buying two pairs of shoes, one to go to prom and one to dance in.'

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Prom-averages-over-$1000-for-families/924405509955399516.html

George Jones Country Legend, Dead at 82

2013-04-26T14:35:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Fox News reports:

George Jones, the peerless, hard-living country singer who recorded dozens of hits about good times and regrets and peaked with the heartbreaking classic "He Stopped Loving Her Today," has died. He was 81.

Publicist Kirt Webster says Jones died Friday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville after being hospitalized with fever and irregular blood pressure.

Known for his clenched, precise baritone, Jones had No. 1 songs in five separate decades, 1950s to 1990s, and was idolized not just by fellow country singers, but by Frank Sinatra, Pete Townshend, Elvis Costello, James Taylor and countless others.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/George-Jones-Country-Legend,-Dead-at-82/-625307609300457102.html

Boston Bombing Video Game...

2013-04-25T15:00:00Z

Posted By: Staff

For some people, tragedy is just a game.

One week after the Boston Marathon bombings killed three spectators and injured at least 264 more, a video game portraying the horrific event has been released.

“Tired of watching the Boston Marathon disaster on TV?” a preview for the game states. “Well now you can live it. It’s a video game!”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Boston-Bombing-Video-Game.../-611067659425106318.html

Bieber Busted with Pot

2013-04-25T14:59:00Z

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TMZ reports:

TMZ has spoken with a rep for the Stockholm PD, who told us .... Around 7:10 PM on Wednesday night, an officer smelled weed coming from Justin's bus, which was parked in front of the Grand Hotel.

Cops say ... when the bus left the hotel and headed toward the Globe Arena, the officer contacted a special narcotics unit, which issued a warrant to search Bieber's bus.

We're told cops searched the bus in the parking garage of the Globe Arena -- no one was on the bus at the time.

Cops say they found a small amount of narcotics (they won't say which drug, but local papers say it's weed) -- along with a taser.

We're told cops have not identified a suspect yet ... and the bus has not been impounded.

Bieber had been seen with his pal Lil Za in the hours before the weed incident ... and FYI, Za is the guy who was seen smoking pot with Bieber at an L.A. home earlier this year.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Bieber-Busted-with-Pot/-82361954897532335.html

Stop the Presses, Clinton has a Twitter

2013-04-25T14:59:00Z

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Mashable reports:

Former President Bill Clinton officially joined millions of other Twitter users Wednesday night, tweeting from the handle @BillClinton.

While comedian and television host Stephen Colbert previously got Clinton to tweet under the handle @PrezBillyJeff, this account, which is verified, will be the forty-second president's actual home on Twitter.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Stop-the-Presses,-Clinton-has-a-Twitter/122754904221320720.html

Only the Good Die Young

2013-04-24T15:03:00Z

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The BBC reports:

It would seem that more and more of us are opting for a bit of help to slow the appearance of ageing.

The idea of growing old gracefully - wrinkles and all - seems anathema to a growing number of Britons.

The cosmetic procedures industry is booming. It has undergone an estimated five-fold increase in turnover in a decade. At any period that would be astounding growth - in the teeth of a recession it is all the more astonishing.

In particular, there has been a surge in non-surgical treatments - such as dermal fillers and Botox.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Only-the-Good-Die-Young/-980914748133486987.html

Amnesty could transform political landscape

2013-04-23T14:06:00Z

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Amnesty will hand the nation to the left on a silver platter.

The immigration proposal pending in Congress would transform the nation’s political landscape for a generation or more — pumping as many as 11 million new Hispanic voters into the electorate a decade from now in ways that, if current trends hold, would produce an electoral bonanza for Democrats and cripple Republican prospects in many states they now win easily.

Beneath the philosophical debates about amnesty and border security, there are brass-tacks partisan calculations driving the thinking of lawmakers in both parties over comprehensive immigration reform, which in its current form offers a pathway to citizenship — and full voting rights — for a group of undocumented residents that roughly equals the population of Ohio, the nation’s seventh-largest state.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Amnesty-could-transform-political-landscape/641020082197490530.html

Apple has identity crisis

2013-04-23T14:04:00Z

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The Wall Street Journal:

As Apple prepares to report what analysts project may be the company's first year-over-year quarterly earnings decline in a decade on Tuesday, it is also grappling with jittery investors and a recent share-price plunge that has wiped about $280 billion off its market capitalization since its stock reached a high of $702.10 last September.

Much of the investor nervousness is rooted in how Wall Street is treating and valuing the Cupertino, Calif., company as a traditional hardware maker. One camp of analysts and some investors said there is strong evidence that Apple should be viewed in a different light: as a software-hardware hybrid.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Apple-has-identity-crisis/660178891076964706.html

University goes overboard on minority issues

2013-04-23T14:03:00Z

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The Daily Caller:

Northwestern University has pulled out all the stops to promote campus diversity, hiring three new diversity administrators and adding a “social inequalities” course requirement.

The efforts are largely a reaction to two campus incidents. In January of 2012, a Latina student was heckled by intoxicated female pedestrians who asked her, “What, no hablas ingles?” And in May, a white man threw eggs at two Asian students at the university tennis courts.

In the wake of the incidents, 150 students participated in a race rally led by Tonantzin Carmona, the heckled Latina student. A subsequent event was held in the House of African-American Student Affairs, where students decided to form an official group to promote diversity and desegregation. They called themselves “The Collective,” according to The College Fix.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/University-goes-overboard-on-minority-issues/-756304385730764428.html

Bill Gates' "disrespectful" handshake to South Korean president

2013-04-23T14:02:00Z

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The Telegraph:

The picture of the meet-and-greet between the Microsoft founder and Ms Park on Monday was front page news across the country. Some newspapers cropped out the offending pocketed hand, but most chose to highlight it.

"Cultural difference, or an act of disrespect?" the JoongAng Ilbo wrote in the accompanying caption.

"Disrespectful handshake? Casual handshake?" the Dong-A Ilbo asked.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Bill-Gates-disrespectful-handshake-to-South-Korean-president/413929493951296147.html

Employees could be forced to give social media passwords

2013-04-23T14:00:00Z

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The Daily Mail:

An attempt to ban US bosses from asking employees to hand over their Facebook login details has been blocked by Congress.

A last minute alteration to the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) that would have prevented employers demanding that prospective employees disclose social media passwords as a condition of employment was voted down in the house of representatives.

The proposal, put forward by Democrat Ed Perlmutter was defeated by a 224-189 majority, according to the Huffington Post.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Employees-could-be-forced-to-give-social-media-passwords/-541028962024392020.html

Taylor Swift, fun., Maroon 5 lead Billboard Music Awards finalists

2013-04-23T00:37:00Z

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Taylor Swift, fun. and Maroon 5 lead the finalists for the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, which will air live on Sunday, May 19 beginning at 8/7c on ABC from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

While all three artists are finalists in a whopping 11 categories this year, Swift and Maroon 5 will also compete for the coveted Top Artist prize at this year's ceremony. Swift is coming off of another blockbuster year in which her album "Red" notched the biggest debut sales week of any album in 2013, while Maroon 5 added more hits to its arsenal with songs like "Payphone," "One More Night" and "Daylight." fun., which scored its first No. 1 single with the anthem "We Are Young," will contend in the Top Hot 100 Artist and Top Duo/Group categories, among others.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Taylor-Swift,-fun.,-Maroon-5-lead-Billboard-Music-Awards-finalists/-653568019461419002.html

This man sold shares of himself

2013-04-22T15:49:00Z

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When faced with a problem or complicated situation it’s not uncommon for a person to ask friends for advice. But would you allow friends to make decisions about how to live your life? In 2008 Mike Merrill decided to split himself into 100,000 shares and set an initial public offering price of $1 per share. Shareholders would get voting privileges and decide what Merrill would do on a daily basis and on a grander scale, no questions asked.

Merrill started out by selling 929 shares to twelve of his friends. He paid $500 to a web developer to create a site with an online trading and voting platform. The share price operates in a free market manner- if shareholders don't like what Merrill is doing, they can simply sell shares and drive the price down. Within five years, Mike sold over 3,700 shares of himself and his stock price, which is calculated in real time, hit a high of $20.

Joshua Davis followed Merrill for over a year for an article featured in the April issue of Wired Magazine. Throughout that period Davis watched shareholders increase their control over many aspects of Merrill’s life.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/This-man-sold-shares-of-himself/-962601840901003263.html

Lesbian kiss encouraged in school for anti-bullying

2013-04-22T15:47:00Z

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A recent anti-bullying presentation at a middle school in New York that focused on homosexuality and gender identity has angered parents after their daughters have come home to tell them they were forced to ask another girl for a kiss.

According to reports, the session occurred last week at Linden Avenue Middle School in Red Hook, New York, near Poughkeepsie. A group of students from Bard College led two workshops for the youth, separated by gender.

During the workshop for girls, the 13 and 14-year-olds were told to ask one another for a lesbian kiss. They were also taught words such as “pansexual” and “genderqueer.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Lesbian-kiss-encouraged-in-school-for-anti-bullying/-943848728766578978.html

The untouchable Tyler Perry & how taboos stifle debate

2013-04-22T11:46:00Z

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The Free Beacon:

There’s an interesting and smart essay in the AV Club on Tyler Perry and the hesitance of white film critics to really lambaste the filmmaker, who most everyone seems to agree is a technically deficient director who traffics in the sort of broad strokes that critics normally despise. Joshua Alston thinks that this hesitance is not only bad for filmmaking, but also the black community:

But even as Perry’s films have had criticism heaped on them, he’s had the luxury of being bashed solely for his films’ hamfisted writing, paint-by-numbers plotting, and visual blandness. Never before Temptation have this many white critics taken care to blast the troublesome, underlying message of a Perry film, completely independent of its artistic or technical shortcomings. …

For white critics, it seems, that’s a conversation best left for the black community to handle internally. I don’t entirely fault them for this conclusion. Perry strikes a nerve with his mostly black female audience specifically because of the elements some find most troubling about his films. Gleiberman clearly took issue with Diary’s unsubtle portrayal of Charles, who emotionally eviscerates his wife with such glee, there isn’t a visible sliver of humanity in him. But if that story resonates with black women, even if there’s a substantive debate to have about what it says about black men or relationships, does a white male critic want to be the one to initiate that debate? There are pitfalls for white critics in this scenario: They could tear Perry up and, like Bianco before them, face a backlash that calls them, at best, wrong for the task at hand, and at worst, racist.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-untouchable-Tyler-Perry--how-taboos-stifle-debate/786969779005023877.html

Bob Dylan returning to Midway Stadium 7/10 with Wilco, My Morning Jacket

2013-04-22T02:57:00Z

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The Star Tribune:

Ask local Dylanologists what the best Bob Dylan concert was in recent years around Minnesota, and chances are good his 2005 set at Midway Stadium will rise to the top. He’s returning to St. Paul’s minor league ballpark July 10 on a special summer tour playfully dubbed Americanarama with Wilco, My Morning Jacket and Richard Thompson -- pretty much a guaranteed grand slam for lovers of rootsy rock music.

Ticket info has not yet been released, but the tour announcement on BobDylan.com says pre-sale offers will start Wednesday morning. Check back at the site for updates. The tour is scheduled to kick off June 26 in West Palm Beach, Fla., and is alternating between other small ballparks and amphitheaters, including a July 11 stop at Chiefs Stadium in Peoria, Ill., and July 12 at Toyota Park in Chicago (the only other dates within driving distance for local fans).

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Bob-Dylan-returning-to-Midway-Stadium-7/10-with-Wilco,-My-Morning-Jacket/-375175085432500158.html

Runner who missed the Boston attack by seconds witnessed Waco's explosion

2013-04-19T15:32:00Z

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The Daily Mail:

A man who narrowly missed twin bomb blasts while running the Boston Marathon barely avoided disaster again two days later when he was rocked by the explosion at a West, Texas, fertilizer plant.

Joe Berti, 43, could be considered the unluckiest man in the world for being so close to both horrific disasters.

Instead, he feels fortunate that he escaped from both tragedies unscathed.

'I was just like, "I can't believe this!"' said Mr Berti, who said he had never witnessed an explosion before. Then he thought: 'I just want to get out of here and get away from all these explosions.'

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Runner-who-missed-the-Boston-attack-by-seconds-witnessed-Wacos-explosion/896821416452984113.html

The politics of dolls - reading too much into toys

2013-04-19T11:57:00Z

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The NY Post:

A doll, it turns out, is never just a doll.

Last week, Mattel came under a barrage of criticism for its new Mexican Barbie. Clad in a fiesta dress and carrying a pink passport and a Chihuahua, the doll is being called insensitive or even racist by critics in the media and the academy.

Jason Ruiz, a Notre Dame professor of American Studies, told ABCNews.com that Mexican-Americans “are tired of being seen as merely colorful. . . The bright pink ribbons? A Chihuahua? That kind of stuff is so easy to use. It sounds to me like Mattel took some shortcuts.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-politics-of-dolls---reading-too-much-into-toys/76325790458577647.html

Boston Bruins fans take over National Anthem before game

2013-04-18T15:31:00Z

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In the first major sporting event held in Boston since Monday’s marathon bombings, the Boston Bruins pregame ceremonies stole the show.

After a video tribute to the first responders aired on the arena’s video board, members of the Boston Fire Department Honor Guard lined up beside Rene Rancourt, longtime Bruins National Anthem singer.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Boston-Bruins-fans-take-over-National-Anthem-before-game/-693731044155666429.html

U.S. Infant Mortality Down

2013-04-18T15:31:00Z

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Finally, some good news. A new CDC report shows that the U.S. infant mortality rate fell by 12 percent from 2005 to 2011, after several years without progress. The steepest decline, 16 percent, was among babies born to black mothers. Researchers cite several reasons for the improvement. The rate of premature births has declined for five years in a row, after peaking at 12.8 percent in 2006. (In 2009, two-thirds of all infant deaths in the United States were among preterm babies.) Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, is down 20 percent, in part due to better education about preventing it. Government programs may have played a role as well. As The New York Times reports, Washington, D.C., which expanded a home-visit program for poor pregnant women and increased other efforts aimed at maternal and child health, saw the biggest drop in infant deaths: from 14.05 per 1,000 births in 2005 to 7.86 in 2010.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/U.S.-Infant-Mortality-Down/544747774480221455.html

Lawmakers criticize media on Gosnell coverage

2013-04-18T15:30:00Z

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The Daily Caller: Seventy-two House lawmakers Wednesday sent letters to ABC, NBC, and CBS to express “how profoundly appalled” they are that the networks have “largely ignored” the gruesome trial of disgraced abortionist Kermit Gosnell, as well as Planned Parenthood’s apparent support of infanticide in testimony before the Florida legislature late last month. “The broadcasters’ blackout of the Planned Parenthood infanticide lobbying scandal and the Gosnell ‘House of Horrors’ murder trial are the biggest and most politically-motivated media cover-ups in our nation’s history,” Tennessee Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn said. “Censorship and media bias allows the corrupt abortion industry to profit at the expense of innocent women and children. The mainstream media has a responsibility to report the truth, not turn a blind eye to the biggest civil rights issue of our time.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Lawmakers-criticize-media-on-Gosnell-coverage/-785513742391551002.html

Professor fired for forcing students to sign pledge to vote for Obama

2013-04-18T15:29:00Z

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Brevard Community College (BCC) has fired a professor after a school investigation concluded she required students to sign a pledge to vote for President Obama in the run-up to the 2012 election.

The school’s spokesman John Glisch, said the Board of Trustees voted Wednesday morning to terminate mathematics professor Sharon Sweet with an overwhelming vote.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Professor-fired-for-forcing-students-to-sign-pledge-to-vote-for-Obama/-55158016562101884.html

$40 Million Diamond Family Feud

2013-04-18T15:29:00Z

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The Daily Beast: Unfortunately in the case of the 34-carat pink “Princie” diamond, which fetched a record $39,323,750 at a Christie’s auction in New York on Tuesday, the story is nowhere near as clear as the gem itself. So while its anonymous buyer enjoys his new gem, an Italian court is combing through claims of secret sons, a hidden polyandrous marriage, and a mysterious Swiss sale in an effort to find out if the rightful owner has been robbed.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/$40-Million-Diamond-Family-Feud/866191931667062571.html

All-Star pitcher Jonathan Papelbon: Obama 'wants to take our guns'

2013-04-18T15:18:00Z

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Mediaite:

In a candid interview Wednesday afternoon about the Boston marathon bombing, Philadelphia Phillies all-star pitcher Jonathan Papelbon explained his belief that we are living in tumultuous times because of these attacks and things like how President Obama “wants to take away our guns.”

Papelbon played with the Boston Red Sox for six seasons and lived near the site of Monday’s explosions. He explained to Comcast Sports that watching the events from afar was “surreal” and brought him back to his days living in Beantown. “Families are ruined, lives are ruined. For what? It’s just sad,” he lamented.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/All-Star-pitcher-Jonathan-Papelbon:-Obama-wants-to-take-our-guns/558384699084468172.html

The 10 Greatest Alt-Country Bands Ever

2013-04-18T14:32:00Z

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The Dallas Observer:

With Jay Farrar and Son Volt playing at the Sons of Hermann Hall this weekend, it seems a good time to evaluate the entire Alt-country semi-movement. For all practical matters, Alt-country began with Uncle Tupelo's album No Depression in 1990. Shortly thereafter, the magazine of the same name was published and it seemed that every city had its own selection of Alt-country acts.

Although none of the following bands were commercial blockbusters, all of them have made some incredible music by fusing country, folk, rock and punk and the majority of them are still going strong.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-10-Greatest-Alt-Country-Bands-Ever/796512175592981452.html

NFL player hailed as hero in Boston

2013-04-17T15:41:00Z

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The Daily Mail Reports:

Former NFL player Joe Andruzzi, a prolific Twitter user, made it well known that he was near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday - posting live updates as runners pounded down the home stretch.

So, when his feed went silent for several hours after the bomb blasts, fans feared for him.

When he resurfaced publicly, he emerged a hero.

A Boston Globe photographer snapped the 290-pound football player rescuing a hurt spectator - hoisting her in his arms and carrying her down the sidewalk.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NFL-player-hailed-as-hero-in-Boston/851426798284819268.html

Theater mogul demands fewer 'R' films

2013-04-17T12:10:00Z

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WIRED Reports:

“Make more family-friendly films and fewer R-rated titles,” National Association of Theater Owners (NATO) CEO John Fithian told his audience at during a presentation at CinemaCon, the official convention of NATO and the U.S. movie industry, this morning. Not because of morality concerns, mind you — but because they simply make more money. His other pragmatic recommendations included broadening the target audiences of films, and releasing strong films in all the months of the year. Along with the MPAA, he also announced a new initiative to display more detailed information about the content of films along with their ratings. What could have caused this outbreak of common sense?

Fithian told the assembled audience of movie professionals that despite three times as many R-rated movies as PG releases in 2012, the PG releases collectively made almost as much money than their more mature brethren and suggested that “PG-13 represents the sweet spot” in terms of movie profitability. “Americans have stated their choice,” he said.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Theater-mogul-demands-fewer-R-films/905481369891561027.html

Margaret funeral: David Cameron hails 'fitting tribute'

2013-04-17T11:49:00Z

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The BBC Reports:

The Right Reverend Richard Chartres paid tribute to her forthright character, Methodist upbringing and the compassion she showed to others.

Prime Minister David Cameron has called the funeral a "fitting tribute to a great prime minister".

The Queen is among more than 2,000 dignitaries paying their last respects.

Four thousand police officers are on duty in central London, with large crowds along the route of her funeral procession, which was conducted with full military honours.

There were reports of some protests but the Right Reverend Chartres told the congregation in St Paul's "today is neither the time nor the place" for political debate.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Margaret-funeral:-David-Cameron-hails-fitting-tribute/-14099744700319235.html

Pope Francis to Bostonians: "Do not be overcome by evil"

2013-04-16T16:47:00Z

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Catholic World Report:

Today the Vatican’s Secretariat of State sent a telegram on behalf of Pope Francis to Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley, in response to yesterday’s bombings at the Boston Marathon, which left three people—including an eight-year-old boy—dead and more than 100 injured. Below is the text of the telegram, via Vatican Radio:

His Eminence Cardinal Sean O’Malley
Archbishop of Boston

Deeply grieved by news of the loss of life and grave injuries caused by the act of violence perpetrated last evening in Boston, His Holiness Pope Francis wishes me to assure you of his sympathy and closeness in prayer. In the aftermath of this senseless tragedy, His Holiness invokes God’s peace upon the dead, his consolation upon the suffering and his strength upon all those engaged in the continuing work of relief and response. At this time of mourning the Holy Father prays that all Bostonians will be united in a resolve not to be overcome by evil, but to combat evil with good (cf. Rom 12:21), working together to build an ever more just, free and secure society for generations yet to come.

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone
Secretary of State

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pope-Francis-to-Bostonians:-Do-not-be-overcome-by-evil/-195180922923944813.html

George Bush is a grandpa!

2013-04-15T15:37:00Z

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The Daily Mail reports:

The Bush family today shared the first pictures of its newest member - Margaret Laura 'Mila' Hager.

Jenna Bush Hager gave birth to the healthy little girl in New York City at 8.43pm on Saturday, making former President George W Bush and wife Laura grandparents for the first time.

Intimate images released by the family today show the proud new grandfather cradling the tiny bundle alongside his beaming wife, while another shows Jenna and her mother cooing over the little girl.

There's also some early family bonding as George Bush and his son-in-law Henry Hager are seen holding Mila up to watch the Masters tournament on the hospital television.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/George-Bush-is-a-grandpa!/202314670964964751.html

Britain's Got Sleaze

2013-04-15T14:46:00Z

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The Daily Mail reports:

Britain's Got Talent has been hit by a huge backlash from viewers after broadcasting a performance from an 11-year-old schoolgirl singing a song about a one night stand, and a highly sexualised lapdancing performance - all before the 9pm watershed.

The first episode of this year’s ITV talent contest, which was shown at 7pm on Saturday night and watched by more than 13 million people, was branded ‘totally unsuitable’ by outraged parents.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Britains-Got-Sleaze/181258488951842675.html

B*tch, don't steal my dress

2013-04-15T11:43:00Z

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The NY Post reports:

It’s every teenage girl’s nightmare — showing up to prom in the same gown as another — but now many are taking to social media to avert such a fashion disaster.

This prom season, girls are laying claim to their gowns of choice by posting photos of the outfits — sometimes right from the store dressing room — on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr.

Parents may be alarmed at the titles of some of the online prom-dress groups. Names like “Bitch Don’t Steal My Dress” and “Steal My Prom Dress and I’ll Knock You The F--k Out” are common.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/B*tch,-dont-steal-my-dress/-909952004393332667.html

Can your genes be patented? The Supreme Court to decide

2013-04-12T15:44:00Z

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Slate reports:

Often, it takes many words—too many—to explain what’s at stake in a Supreme Court case. But on Monday, the justices will grapple with a big, seemingly straightforward question: Can a company patent a human gene?

Actually, two genes: BRCA1 and BRCA2. Women with these genes are at higher risk for breast cancer. In the mid 1990s, the geneticist who won the race to find the precise locations of the genes (on chromosomes 17 and 13), and isolate them, founded Myriad Genetics and took out 20-year patents on the genes themselves. Myriad then developed the test women take to discover whether they are BRCA carriers.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Can-your-genes-be-patented-The-Supreme-Court-to-decide/274030898006438015.html

Obama considered to lead US mourners at Thatcher funeral

2013-04-12T15:43:00Z

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The Daily Mail reports:

President Obama and his first lady Michelle are still considering whether to attend Baroness Thatcher's funeral, as the 2,000 written invitations were sent out by Number 10 this morning.

The White House is in talks with Downing Street about who will represent the U.S. government at St Paul's Cathedral next Wednesday.

All living presidents have been invited by Lady Thatcher's family, but neither George W Bush nor his father are able to come, and Hillary Clinton looks likely to represent her husband Bill.

Given the Iron Lady's close relationship with Ronald Reagan, whose wife Nancy is too frail to travel, the Obamas have not ruled out attending to pay their respects.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-considered-to-lead-US-mourners-at-Thatcher-funeral/-733130817208711119.html

14-year-old golfer shoots +1 in first round of Masters

2013-04-12T15:29:00Z

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The Daily Caller reports:

Tianlang Guan is 14 years old and the youngest player to ever qualify for the Masters.

It was a nice story and one that would probably last only two days before the first cut, when he surely would be bounced from the tournament.

Not so fast.

In his first round, Guan shot a 73 (+1) and is very much in the hunt to make the cut.

The kid has a two-shot lead over last year’s Masters champ, Bubba Watson.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/14-year-old-golfer-shoots-+1-in-first-round-of-Masters/521187039762933075.html

10 most talked-about school dress code controversies

2013-04-12T14:46:00Z

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The San Francisco Chronicle reports:

School must be back in session. Stories about students violating dress codes are in the news.

This week, a 5-year-old Oklahoma boy was asked to turn his University of Michigan T-shirt inside-out at school because it featured an emblem for an out-of-state school.

The dress code at Wilson Elementary in Oklahoma City forbids “clothing bearing the names or emblems of all professional and collegiate athletic teams” except for Oklahoma colleges and universities, according to the NY Daily News. The guidelines were created because some sports logos are supposedly associated with gangs.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/10-most-talked-about-school-dress-code-controversies/-252357386733876383.html

Petaluma middle school decides girls' leggings must be covered

2013-04-12T14:17:00Z

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How tight is too tight for school? Administrators and teachers at a middle school in Petaluma, Calif., are asking themselves this question as they implement a new dress code policy around girls’ form-fitting pants.

Kenilworth Junior High has been making national news for prohibiting girls from wearing tight-fitting pants because they’re “distracting to teenage boys,” according to KTVU-TV.

Last Thursday, April 4, all the girls at Kenilworth Junior High were told to skip the last period of the day and instead report to a multi-use room where an administrator expressed concern over the tight-fitting pants female students were wearing to school, according to KTVU-TV. They were reportedly told that they would be sent home if they wore form-fitting pants.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Petaluma-middle-school-decides-girls-leggings-must-be-covered/667146065050925918.html

The Story of Medal of Honor Recipient Father Emil Kapaun

2013-04-12T12:02:00Z

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The Free Beacon reports:

Among the dying, Capt. Emil Kapaun traded his watch for a blanket at a North Korean prison camp—and cut the blanket up and made it into socks for fellow prisoners.

President Obama awarded Kapaun (pronounced Ka-PAWN), an Army chaplain who died in that prison camp in 1951 at age 35, the Medal of Honor Thursday.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Story-of-Medal-of-Honor-Recipient-Father-Emil-Kapaun/-655501881184715554.html

Could cell phone companies help save lives?

2013-04-11T15:27:00Z

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Fox News reports:

When 18-year-old Kelsey Smith was abducted in broad daylight outside a Kansas shopping mall in 2007, the teen's parents spent four harrowing days searching for their daughter, whose body was found after police scoured an area close to a tower where her cell phone last pinged.

But the search for the young woman would have ended much sooner had Verizon Wireless promptly handed over cell phone records to authorities, according to Smith's mother as well as a U.S. congressman – both of whom are calling for legislation mandating all cell phone carriers provide police with a customer's location information in an emergency.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Could-cell-phone-companies-help-save-lives/15912474063920609.html

Iran claims to have built first time machine

2013-04-11T15:25:00Z

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Weasel Zippers reports:

An Iranian businessman claims to have mastered time with a machine that allows users to fast forward up to eight years into the future.

Ali Razeghi, a Tehran scientist has registered “The Aryayek Time Traveling Machine” with the state-run Centre for Strategic Inventions.

The device can predict the future in a print out after taking readings from the touch of a user, he told the Fars state newsagency.

Razaeghi, 27, said the device worked by a set of complex algorithims to “predict five to eight years of the future life of any individual, with 98 percent accuracy”.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Iran-claims-to-have-built-first-time-machine/981791361755883972.html

Carson bows out of John Hopkins Commencement

2013-04-11T14:53:00Z

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The Daily Caller reports:

Neurosurgeon Ben Carson announced his withdrawal as speaker at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine commencement Wednesday.

In an e-mail to Paul Rothman, the dean of the Baltimore-based medical school, Carson, a retiring Hopkins surgeon, explained that his speaking at commencement would be a distraction, given his recent statements in support of traditional marriage.

“Given all the national media surrounding my statements as to my belief in traditional marriage, I believe it would be in the best interests of the students for me to voluntarily withdraw as your commencement speaker this year,” Carson wrote in an email, quoted at CNN. “My presence is likely to distract from the true celebratory nature of the day. Commencement is about the students and their successes, and it is not about me. I want to make certain that remains so.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Carson-bows-out-of-John-Hopkins-Commencement/-13565545769240709.html

Kid Rock on His $20 Tour and 'Dumbass Republicans'

2013-04-11T02:23:00Z

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Rolling Stone reports:

Kid Rock may be one of the most famous Republicans in rock & roll, but he has some surprisingly liberal views about how wealth should be divided between the classes. "Athletes and musicians make astronomical amounts of money," he tells Rolling Stone. "People get paid $100 million to throw a baseball! Shouldn't we all take less and pass some of that money onto others? Think about firefighters, teachers and policemen. We should celebrate people that are intellectually smart and trying to make this world a better place."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Kid-Rock-on-His-$20-Tour-and-Dumbass-Republicans/95933198021629998.html

Scientists discover dark lightning

2013-04-10T16:58:00Z

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The Washington Post reports:

A lightning bolt is one of nature’s most over-the-top phenomena, rarely failing to elicit at least a ping of awe no matter how many times a person has witnessed one. With his iconic kite-and-key experiments in the mid-18th century, Benjamin Franklin showed that lightning is an electrical phenomenon, and since then the general view has been that lightning bolts are big honking sparks no different in kind from the little ones generated by walking in socks across a carpeted room.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Scientists-discover-dark-lightning/510506944079948399.html

Public University forces students to design anti-gun propaganda

2013-04-10T16:57:00Z

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The Daily Caller reports:

An assistant professor of art and graphic design at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas is under investigation for allegedly forcing graphic design students to create anti-gun artwork for her own personal crusade against firearms.

Campus Reform broke the story and confirmed that officials at the public, taxpayer-supported school launched an investigation after receiving a student’s official complaint last week.

According to the complaint, the professor, Jennifer Yucus, required students to produce posters in opposition to certain gun-friendly legislation currently making its way through the Texas state legislature.

“Several of my classmates were uncomfortable with the assignment and either quietly or openly expressed this,” reads the complaint. “Professor Yucus asked students to rationalize objections by thinking of it as a job from an employer (or words to that effect).”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Public-University-forces-students-to-design-anti-gun-propaganda/59939483497626356.html

School teaching Americans don't have right to bear arms

2013-04-09T16:44:00Z

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The Blaze reports:

A Connecticut father is accusing his son’s school district of teaching children that Americans do not have a constitutional right to bear arms. Steven Boibeaux of Bristol, Connecticut, is claiming that his child, an eighth-grader at Northeast Middle School, was given a social studies worksheet that is anti-Second Amendment in nature — or, at the least, opposed to the conservative view of the provision.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/School-teaching-Americans-dont-have-right-to-bear-arms/-756361341202408365.html

Professor attacks Pope for blessing disabled man

2013-04-09T16:42:00Z

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Campus Reform reports:

University of Illinois - Chicago (UIC) Prof. Lennard Davis, attacked newly elevated Pope Francis for blessing a disabled man, in an op-ed published in the Huffington Post on March 21, 2013.

In the op-ed titled “Pope Perpetuates Religious Prejudice by Blessing ‘Disabled Man,’” Davis, who is a professor of Disability and Human Development in the School of Applied Health Sciences at UIC, criticized Pope Francis for stepping out of his vehicle to bless a disabled man while on the way to his coronation.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Professor-attacks-Pope-for-blessing-disabled-man/907461697155093623.html

Cairo clashes at St Mark's Coptic Cathedral after funerals

2013-04-08T11:53:00Z

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BBC News reports:

Mourners leaving St Mark's Cathedral clashed with local residents.

Police fired tear gas to break up the violence. More than 80 people were injured, the state news agency said.

The health ministry said one Christian man was killed. The ambulance service said he was struck with birdshot.

Mourners inside the church had earlier chanted slogans against Egypt's Islamist President, Mohammed Morsi.

Witnesses told local TV stations that the violence started when a mob attacked mourners as they exited the cathedral, pelting them with stones and petrol bombs. There was initially little police presence.

The Christians responded by throwing stones back, the witnesses said, until police arrived and attempted to quell the unrest, firing tear gas into the cathedral compound.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Cairo-clashes-at-St-Marks-Coptic-Cathedral-after-funerals/-563047797521177740.html

The smell of love: Inside a pheromone party

2013-04-08T11:44:00Z

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ABC News reports:

Nick Watt meets singles who sniff each other's dirty laundry until they find a person whose smell they like.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-smell-of-love:-Inside-a-pheromone-party/-134041748332993126.html

Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel considering self-imposed media ban

2013-04-07T22:37:00Z

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The Dallas News reports:

As soon as Texas A&M head football coach Kevin Sumlin took the media muzzle off his freshman quarterback, Johnny Manziel went from a mystery man to a front-page mainstay who even made an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman.

But now Manziel seems ready to start cutting back on the substantial number of interviews he's been doing of late. During an interview with reporters from USA Today and the San Antonio Express-News last week, Manziel said he's talked to Texas A&M media relations officials about a potential self-imposed media ban.

"I was just talking to [Texas A&M assistant media relations director] Brad [Marquardt] just the other day about media stuff and thinking about getting to the point where it was during last season to where I didn’t do anything," Manziel said. "I told him, 'Be very picky with who I do things with from now on.' Before I was just like, OK, I want people to hear my story and hear what kind of person I am. And now with me getting out there, I kind of get mixed around and tossed with whatever the media wants to portray me as. So now I feel like I have people who enjoy sitting down and talking with me and interviewing me, and I’m OK with that. But there are some people that don’t have [the] best intentions."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Texas-AMs-Johnny-Manziel-considering-self-imposed-media-ban/825251589800727875.html

Duped by organic labels

2013-04-05T15:19:00Z

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The Daily Mail reports:

Putting an organic label on ordinary foods can trick shoppers into believing that they are healthier, taste better and have fewer calories, new research suggests.

Known as the 'health halo effect', previous studies have shown that we perceive foods labelled as organic to be healthier.

Now, scientists at New York’s Cornell University have found the label can influence much more than health views - perceptions of taste, calories and value can be significantly altered when a food is labelled 'organic'.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Duped-by-organic-labels/207482987904859191.html

Walking is as good as running for health

2013-04-05T15:17:00Z

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The Daily Mail reports:

A brisk long walk is as good as a run for cutting the risk of heart disease, researchers say.

This is because the most important factor is not intensity but the total energy used.

In the first study of its kind, researchers found that walking briskly can lower the risk of high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes – all problems that can lead to heart disease – as much as running does.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Walking-is-as-good-as-running-for-health/-253386001959411353.html

High school senior's response to college rejection

2013-04-05T15:17:00Z

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The Daily Mail reports:

A high school senior who wrote an open letter to the Ivy League universities that rejected her has sparked a firestorm of anger, with readers accusing her of being 'entitled', 'whiny' and even racist.

But others have praised Suzy Lee Weiss, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the honesty and 'accuracy' of her article, which appeared in the Wall Street Journal on Friday.

She said she wrote the piece after she was rejected from a string of schools in one day.

Despite the teenager's 4.5 GPA, an SAT score of 2120 and work experience as a U.S. Senate page, she was shunned by Princeton, Yale, Vanderbilt and the University of Pennsylvania.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/High-school-seniors-response-to-college-rejection/807422049927881893.html

Jeremy Irons on gay marriage: 'Could a father not marry his son?'

2013-04-04T13:46:00Z

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The Huffington Post reports:

Academy Award winning actor Jeremy Irons said Wednesday that while he doesn't have much of a strong opinion either way on same-sex marriage, he believes it poses interesting questions, including whether allowing same-sex marriage would open the door for interfamilial relationships.

"Could a father not marry his son?" Irons asked HuffPost Live host Josh Zepps. Irons argued that "it's not incest between men" because "incest is there to protect us from inbreeding, but men don't breed," and wondered whether same-sex marriage might allow fathers to pass on their estates to their sons without being taxed.

"It seems to me that now they're fighting for the name," Irons said of advocates for same-sex marriage as opposed to civil unions. "I worry that it means somehow we debase, or we change, what marriage is. I just worry about that."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Jeremy-Irons-on-gay-marriage:-Could-a-father-not-marry-his-son/-993180165204066681.html

Power trio for Sinatra documentary

2013-04-03T11:53:00Z

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NY Post reports:

A modern-day Rat Pack comprising Brett Ratner, Brian Grazer and Graydon Carter is in talks to team up on an HBO doc based on “Mr. S: My Life with Frank Sinatra” by Ol’ Blue Eyes’ longtime valet George Jacobs, sources tell us. The project was once slated as a feature for Ratner to direct, starring Chris Tucker, but has now been reimagined as a TV doc, insiders said. However, others and an HBO rep said no deal is done with the cable network. The book by Jacobs and Hollywood biographer William Stadiem was published in 2003 as a behind-the-scenes look at Sinatra and the original Rat Pack of Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford, and included further anecdotes about Marilyn Monroe, Greta Garbo, Ava Gardner, Mia Farrow, Elvis Presley, Marlene Dietrich and the Kennedy family. Jacobs worked for Sinatra for 13 years, till 1968. Ratner’s produced docs on Woody Allen and ’70s star John Cazale, while Grazer’s currently producing Jay-Z doc “Made in America.” Carter produced the Robert Evans story “The Kid Stays in the Picture.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Power-trio-for-Sinatra-documentary/-607025945782704372.html

Spark of genius?

2013-04-02T15:04:00Z

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Slate reports:

Scientists have rediscovered a centuries-old procedure for supercharging your brain. Depending on how it’s used, it could improve anything from focus to motor control to mathematical or even moral reasoning. It’s simple. It’s relatively cheap. The known side effects are minimal. And it’s so easy that you can do it in your own home, anytime you want. All you need are a pair of electrodes and a power source.

Happy April Fools’ Day, right?

Maybe. Incredible as it sounds, though, every claim in the paragraph above has been supported by experimental evidence. The procedure is called transcranial direct-current stimulation, or tDCS, and the idea has been around for 200 years, though it languished in disrepute until recently. The setup: You attach one electrode to your scalp above the part of the brain you’re trying to stimulate, and another electrode on the other side of your head, to complete the circuit. Then you turn on a milliampere or two of juice, and watch the mental sparks fly—figuratively, if you’re doing it right.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Spark-of-genius/-496026050790325885.html

FCC mulls relaxing policy for TV indecency

2013-04-02T11:53:00Z

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The Hill reports:

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering making changes to its rules that bar TV and radio stations from airing indecent material.

The commission on Monday issued a request for public comment on a proposal that would focus on penalizing only "egregious" cases. The proposal would be a shift away from the agency's past policy, adopted during the Bush administration, of penalizing even "fleeting expletives."

The commission asked for input on how it should handle expletives and brief non-sexual displays of nudity. The rules only cover broadcast TV and radio stations—not cable, satellite or Internet content.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/FCC-mulls-relaxing-policy-for-TV-indecency/-242909811396796482.html

ADHD on the rise

2013-04-01T15:09:00Z

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The NY Times reports:

Nearly one in five high school age boys in the United States and 11 percent of school-age children over all have received a medical diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to new data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

These rates reflect a marked rise over the last decade and could fuel growing concern among many doctors that the A.D.H.D. diagnosis and its medication are overused in American children.

The figures showed that an estimated 6.4 million children ages 4 through 17 had received an A.D.H.D. diagnosis at some point in their lives, a 16 percent increase since 2007 and a 53 percent rise in the past decade. About two-thirds of those with a current diagnosis receive prescriptions for stimulants like Ritalin or Adderall, which can drastically improve the lives of those with A.D.H.D. but can also lead to addiction, anxiety and occasionally psychosis.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/ADHD-on-the-rise/-869749365814188573.html

3 parent embryos

2013-04-01T15:08:00Z

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Slate reports:

Nobody knows how many of them there are, but we know they exist. They are sometimes called "three-parent offspring," which sounds sinister. But if you met one, you would never know him from any other kid.

These children owe their existence to a fertility treatment called ooplasmic transfer, which involves taking an egg cell from an infertile woman and injecting it with the gel-like cytoplasm from another woman's egg. For some reason this can reverse infertility, possibly because it also transfers healthy mitochondria. Since these bits of cellular machinery contain DNA, children conceived this way inherit genes from their mother, father, and the donor, hence the "three-parent" tag.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/3-parent-embryos/549694756567464966.html

America in tears with 'The Bible' Easter Sunday finale

2013-04-01T11:42:00Z

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The Daily Mail reports:

The History Channel's unlikely hit ratings winner 'The Bible' aired its gut wrenching Easter finale on Sunday evening - packing an emotional punch so hard that it reduced many of its dedicated viewers to tears.

The harrowing episode entitled the 'Passion' dramatized the inevitable crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Calvary, leaving many shocked as the full horror of a Roman execution was laid bare for the program's ten million plus followers.

Indeed, Twitter lit up during the visceral scenes of torture, with many declaring the heart-breaking depiction of Jesus Christ's sacrifice had caused them to break out in floods of tears - with some people taking to the social networking site to share pictures of their distress.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/America-in-tears-with-The-Bible-Easter-Sunday-finale/718186637271229622.html

Abortion laws in North Dakota, Arkansas head for court battles

2013-04-01T03:03:00Z

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The AP reports:

Rival legal teams, well-financed and highly motivated, are girding for court battles over the coming months on laws enacted in Arkansas and North Dakota that would impose the nation’s most stringent restrictions on abortion.

For all their differences, attorneys for the two states and the abortion-rights supporters opposing them agree on this: The laws represent an unprecedented frontal assault on the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a nationwide right to abortion.

The Arkansas law, approved March 6 when legislators overrode a veto by Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe, would ban most abortions after the 12th week of pregnancy. On March 26, North Dakota went further, with Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple signing a measure that would outlaw abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, when a fetal heartbeat can first be detected and before some women even know they’re pregnant.

Abortion-rights advocates plan to challenge both measures, contending they are unconstitutional violations of the Roe ruling that legalized abortion until a fetus could viably survive outside the womb. A fetus is generally considered viable at 22 to 24 weeks.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Abortion-laws-in-North-Dakota,-Arkansas-head-for-court-battles/646659749274568219.html

Pope Francis's Easter Homily for the World

2013-04-01T03:01:00Z

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The AP reports:

Following is the official English language translation provided by the Vatican of Pope Francis' Easter Sunday message, delivered in Italian from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.

Dear brothers and sisters in Rome and throughout the world, Happy Easter! Happy Easter!

What a joy it is for me to announce this message: Christ is risen! I would like it to go out to every house and every family, especially where the suffering is greatest, in hospitals, in prisons.

Most of all, I would like it to enter every heart, for it is there that God wants to sow this Good News: Jesus is risen, there is hope for you, you are no longer in the power of sin, of evil! Love has triumphed, mercy has been victorious! The mercy of God always triumphs!

We too, like the women who were Jesus' disciples, who went to the tomb and found it empty, may wonder what this event means (cf. Lk 24:4). What does it mean that Jesus is risen? It means that the love of God is stronger than evil and death itself; it means that the love of God can transform our lives and let those desert places in our hearts bloom. The love God can do this!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pope-Franciss-Easter-Homily-for-the-World/-452724450213601651.html

Pope Francis kisses and washes feet of young inmates

2013-03-29T15:14:00Z

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The Daily Mail reports:

The Lenten season is more than a time to bond with family and friends, or go on a much-desired getaway, because primarily, it is the time for reflection, penance, prayers and renewal of our relationship with God.

Some of us, however, may want to take advantage of the long weekend to unwind.

Here are some tips on how you can spend the long weekend while balancing the time for relaxation and spiritual life.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pope-Francis-kisses-and-washes-feet-of-young-inmates/881552404015248125.html

How to balance your Holy Week

2013-03-29T15:13:00Z

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CBN News reports:

The Lenten season is more than a time to bond with family and friends, or go on a much-desired getaway, because primarily, it is the time for reflection, penance, prayers and renewal of our relationship with God.

Some of us, however, may want to take advantage of the long weekend to unwind.

Here are some tips on how you can spend the long weekend while balancing the time for relaxation and spiritual life.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/How-to-balance-your-Holy-Week/864427066723985529.html

Two dozen Ohio teachers train to take down school shooters

2013-03-29T15:12:00Z

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The Daily Caller reports:

Over three days, two dozen participants in Ohio’s first-ever (and the nation’s first-ever) Armed Teacher Training Program learned tactical maneuvers, basic gun use and how to better stop some maniac who is shooting up a school.

The nonprofit Buckeye Firearm Foundation spent $30,000 to fund the course, reports The Columbus Dispatch.

An outfit called the Tactical Defense Institute trains all comers, including federal agents, in self-defense and weapons use. The course is conducted the training at a rural instruction center.

The 24 participants were selected from a pool of over 1,400 applicants after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Two-dozen-Ohio-teachers-train-to-take-down-school-shooters/-699841422652871092.html

Dodgeball taken out of school

2013-03-29T15:11:00Z

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CBS News reports:

The classic gym class game has been a rite of passage for years, but dodgeball may have met its match in the form of the Windham School board, which at a recent meeting voted 4-1 to end dodgeball and other so-called “human target” activities, games with names like bombardment and slaughter.

“It’s almost turning into a nanny state,” said school board member Dennis Senibaldi, the one school board member who voted against the ban. “What happens when they replace that game with something different that another group doesn’t want to play, do we eliminate that group of games?”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dodgeball-taken-out-of-school/-240467858417638084.html

Love helps a veteran overcome war scars

2013-03-28T16:29:00Z

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CBS News reports:

It was ten years ago this month that U.S. combat forces invaded Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein. For many Americans, the war is fading into history. But not for those who fought it, including Marine Cpl. Tony Porta. His story is about tragedy and triumph.

Tony Porta was a 20-year-old Marine running convoys in Iraq in 2007, when his ordeal by fire began.

"I saw my body just burned," he recalled. "I saw my skin melting. It was like a hot candle."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Love-helps-a-veteran-overcome-war-scars/-412978294994514757.html

Cubs the most profitable franchise in MLB

2013-03-28T11:52:00Z

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The Chicago Tribune reports:

The Cubs are the fourth most valuable franchise in the major leagues at $1 billion, according to Forbe's annual valuation of all 30 teams.

Forbes also estimates the Cubs had an operating income of $32.1 million last year, making them the most profitable team in baseball. Operating income was based on earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Cubs-the-most-profitable-franchise-in-MLB/168614783802918545.html

Germs are good for you

2013-03-27T18:17:00Z

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The Washington Post reports:

A growing body of evidence suggests that all the antibacterial-wiping, germ-killing cleanliness of the developed world may actually be making us more prone to getting sick — and that a little more dirt might help us stay healthier in the long run.

The idea, known as the hygiene hypothesis, was first proposed in 1989 by epidemiologist David P. Strachen, who analyzed data from 17,414 British children and found that those who had grown up with more siblings (and presumably more germs) were less likely to have allergies and eczema. Since then, the theory has been cited as a possible explanation for everything from multiple sclerosis to hay fever and autism. But its particulars aren’t so clean and clear.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Germs-are-good-for-you/-162197075795671684.html

Taxi App keeps drivers from pulling a "fast one"

2013-03-27T18:16:00Z

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The NY Post reports:

It’s the oldest trick in a crooked cabby’s playbook — and it’s about to become obsolete, thanks to a new iPhone app.

Taxi Turvi keeps hacks honest by tracking their route with GPS technology, then checks it at the end of the journey to see if there was a shorter, cheaper way to go.

The free app — the brainchild of a former New York City resident whose Southern accent made her a frequent victim of the trick — was launched two weeks ago.

It works in any city that’s served by Google Maps.

To use it, riders simply press “start” at the beginning of their trip. Then, at the end of the ride, they hit “stop” — and the app displays the route that was taken in a red line.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Taxi-App-keeps-drivers-from-pulling-a-fast-one/-197473080821676043.html

Amanda Knox to face retrial

2013-03-26T18:53:00Z

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The Daily Mail reports:

Amanda Knox has been sensationally ordered to stand a re-trial over the 2007 killing of her British flatmate Meredith Kercher in Perugia.

Miss Knox said the news that the Italian court had overturned the acquittals of her and ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito for the murder was both 'painful' and 'unfair.'

Today Meredith Kercher's family admitted they had 'lots of unanswered questions' but said the ruling represented a step forward for the family who still hope to discover precisely what happened to the Leeds University student on the night she died.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Amanda-Knox-to-face-retrial/-408540660011899369.html

Amazon still features porn as "Teen Books for Girls."

2013-03-26T11:44:00Z

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NBC News reports:

It has been nearly four months since Martha Welter first alerted Amazon.com that a search for “teen books for girls” yielded scores of pornographic books on its website. Not only are the books still there, but dozens more have been added, many of them more graphic than before.

What’s more, it appears that the books' publishers may be intentionally targeting these books to teen girls.

As NBC5 Investigates first reported last December, Welter -- a Chicago grandmother -- logged on to Amazon the Monday after Thanksgiving to look for a Christmas present for her 12-year-old granddaughter.

"I always give books to my grandkids for Christmas," she said at the time.

Welter, a frequent Amazon shopper, began her search by typing the word "teen" into Amazon’s search box. A drop-down menu suggested a search for "Teen Books for Girls," so she clicked on it, and then looked for the newest books available.

"I go through the first page, and that’s fine," she said. "And I go to the second page, and there I find adult picture books -- adult, pornographic picture books."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Amazon-still-features-porn-as-Teen-Books-for-Girls./-475227147703057072.html

FGCU's Cinderella Story

2013-03-25T17:33:00Z

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The Daily Mail:

Florida Gulf Coast University has shocked the nation by staging two massive upsets in the NCAA men's basketball tournament and becoming the first 15-seed team ever to reach the Sweet Sixteen round.

Little-known FGCU beat San Diego State 81-71 on Sunday night, its second NCAA tournament upset of the weekend. Just like in their opening win over second-seeded Georgetown - the Eagles' calling card to the nation - there were plenty of laughs, dunks and dances.

The team's out-of-nowhere success isn't the only stunning thing about the Eagles. Coach Andy Enfield's wife is a retired supermodel who posed on the cover of Maxim magazine and starred in ad campaigns for Victoria's Secret, Armani and Chanel.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/FGCUs-Cinderella-Story/815207726899144547.html

Jeter starts season from the sidelines

2013-03-25T15:35:00Z

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Nobody ever wanted to believe this — that even Derek Jeter would one day have to succumb to Father Time.

But that’s what happened Sunday at Yankee camp when, the day after the Captain had four seemingly painful at-bats as a DH against the Pittsburgh Pirates minor-leaguers, his surgically repaired broken ankle came up sore again and it was agreed by all he’d have to shut it down again for a couple of days. Even worse was Jeter’s tacit concession to GM Brian Cashman that starting the season on the disabled list may be his only realistic option.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Jeter-starts-season-from-the-sidelines/973508120406229455.html

"Murph: The Protector," the story of an American hero

2013-03-25T11:53:00Z

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The story of Lt. Michael P. Murphy’s life doesn’t need to be hyped, and Murph: The Protector does a good job of staying out of its way. The documentary, which debuts this weekend, is a straightforward look at the life of an American hero, filled with interviews with family members and friends, and illustrated with photos and videos from his all-too-brief life.

Murphy, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2007, was the sort of kid who would stand up to bullies in high school or put the needs of teammates ahead of self-interest. He loved helping others, working as a lifeguard growing up and giving up his bedroom when a trio of female cousins with nowhere else to go moved into his home.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Murph:-The-Protector,-the-story-of-an-American-hero/468722447737206890.html

Hollywood falls out of love with bedroom scenes

2013-03-25T11:51:00Z

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There was a time when films stood little chance of success unless there was something steamy going on at some point.

These days, however, it seems movie moguls find sex one big turn-off.

Experts say intimate love scenes have been vanishing from movie scripts in the last 18 months.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hollywood-falls-out-of-love-with-bedroom-scenes/-814437851527962946.html

'Mary Tyler Moore' Cast to reunite on 'Hot in Cleveland'

2013-03-25T02:13:00Z

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"Hot in Cleveland" is hoping its new casting gimmick will turn the world on with a smile.

The TV Land hit, which was recently renewed for a fifth season, is staging a reunion of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" cast for an upcoming episode, with Mary Tyler Moore, Cloris Leachman and the ailing Valerie Harper (all in photo at left) joining forces with "MTM" alum and "Hot in Cleveland" star Betty White and recurring cast member Georgia Engel.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mary-Tyler-Moore-Cast-to-reunite-on-Hot-in-Cleveland/-494923475641706475.html

Al Pacino and Helen Mirren shine in 'Phil Spector'

2013-03-23T19:24:00Z

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The Star Tribune reports:

Ever since his Scarface asked us to say hello to his little friend, Al Pacino has had the tendency to chew up scenery like a rabbit tearing through a carrot patch.

That flair for dramatics has served him well on the small screen. He has collected Emmys for playing larger-than-life characters Roy Cohn in “Angels in America” and Jack Kevorkian in “You Don’t Know Jack,” both of which aired on HBO. Now comes “Phil Spector,” another HBO project that allows Pacino to rant and rave without looking like a ham.

The film, written and directed by David Mamet, focuses on the trial in which the legendary hitmaker (“Be My Baby,” “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling”) was accused of murder, with Helen Mirren playing a skeptical defense attorney who is quickly charmed by her client.

Make that too quickly. Mirren’s transformation seems about as fake as the giant afro Spector sports in the courtroom, but it sure is fun hearing a proper Brit slide into the beats and rhythms of Mamet’s witty dialogue. The film is too intimate, too slight, for such a monumental figure and complicated case, but she and Pacino still make beautiful music together

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Al-Pacino-and-Helen-Mirren-shine-in-Phil-Spector/891191336872721399.html

For Blackberry, uphill battle in US

2013-03-22T14:35:00Z

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The Wall Street Journal:

When Research In Motion Ltd.'s BB.T +3.21% new BlackBerry goes on sale in the U.S. Friday after a delay of nearly two months, it will be backed by mostly positive reviews, increased investor confidence and RIM's biggest marketing budget ever for a product rollout.

But it will also confront a much more competitive market than it faced during previous BlackBerry launches—one in which smartphone- market leaders Apple Inc. AAPL +0.78% and Samsung Electronics Corp. 005930.SE -0.14% have rocketed ahead of RIM in both market share and sales. The two also have significantly more cash than RIM to maintain their leads, meaning RIM may no longer be fighting to be a smartphone leader but rather to simply keep a place at the table.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/For-Blackberry,-uphill-battle-in-US/-236150635699838457.html

US has weak teaching standards compared to Europe

2013-03-22T14:34:00Z

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Slate:

The U.S. public education system is trying any number of techniques—from charter schools to presidential initiatives to oil-company-run teacher academies—to catch up to countries like Finland and South Korea in math and science education. But policymakers seem to be overlooking one simple solution: requiring math and science teachers to progress further up the educational ladder before they teach those subjects to kids.

The map above shows the minimum level of education each country requires teachers to obtain before working at the upper-secondary level. The map, based on data collected by Jody Heymann and the World Policy Analysis Center and subsequently published in Children’s Chances: How Countries Can Move from Surviving to Thriving, illustrates that the United States lags behind most other countries in its requirements.

Many U.S. school systems defer to teachers with higher degrees when they hire faculty, and teachers are required to have some kind of state certification along with a bachelor’s degree. However, the precise certification requirements vary, depending on how a teacher enters the profession and what state they teach in. The traditional route to becoming a teacher in the United States usually involves a bachelor’s or master’s degree in education along with a standardized test and other state-specific requirements. But most states have some form of an alternative route, usually involving a bachelor’s degree and completion of an alternate certification program while a person simultaneously teaches full-time. There is no federal mandate for teacher education requirements, according to the World Policy Analysis Center. The federal Improving Teacher Quality State Grants program rewards states with funds when they meet the “highly qualified teacher” requirement set forth in the No Child Left Behind Act.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/US-has-weak-teaching-standards-compared-to-Europe/-765797645593252187.html

'Olympus Has Fallen' a remix of std action fare

2013-03-22T14:33:00Z

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CBS:

A student at Florida Atlantic University said he was unfairly suspended from his Intercultural Communications class because he refused to step on Jesus.

Ryan Rotella, a junior from Coral Springs, said the incident began when his professor, Dr. Deandre Poole, asked students in the class to write the word “Jesus” on a piece of paper, fold it up, and step on it.

Rotella, a deeply religious Mormon, told CBS12 that he was offended and refused to participate in the exercise.

“Anytime you stomp on something it shows that you believe that something has no value. So if you were to stomp on the word Jesus, it says that the word has no value,” said Rotella.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Olympus-Has-Fallen-a-remix-of-std-action-fare/972659501760629318.html

'Olympus Has Fallen' a remix of std action fare

2013-03-22T02:00:00Z

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The LA Times:

A tale neither of ancient Greece nor of a camera company's market share, "Olympus Has Fallen" is instead a typical slab of Hollywood action in which the White House crumbles under attack, the American flag is tattered and tossed aside by baddies, and clichés rise like gods.

Gerard Butler swagger-stars as ex-Secret Service tough guy Mike Banning, who leaps into action from his desk job at Treasury when terrorists initiate a bloody, expertly timed home invasion on 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Once inside, he becomes the only man — or, as he modestly puts it at one point, "the best hope you've got" — to save the president (Aaron Eckhart) before he gives away nuclear codes to a sadistic megalomaniac (Rick Yune).

The commander in chief's young son is missing as well and could become a pawn for the terrorists if he's not found. There's a redemption angle, too, of course: 18 months before, Banning couldn't save the president's wife (Ashley Judd) in a car accident. But really, if you're Special Forces-trained and have extensive knowledge of the White House interior, do you need any motivation besides saving the free world?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Olympus-Has-Fallen-a-remix-of-std-action-fare/-14217226915933803.html

Jay Leno goes after NBC (again)

2013-03-21T14:37:00Z

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Real war broke out this afternoon between NBC and Jay Leno–and for the third time. Yes, it’s World War III. On the “Tonight” show Leno went after NBC for the third night in a row, calling them “extinct” and comparing them to Jurassic Park. “There’s hope for them yet,” he quipped. This was after NBC used the Hollywood media to attack Leno late in the afternoon on two fronts. Crazy stuff since NBC and Leno famously tangled at the very beginning of his run when the network wanted David Letterman to take over the Tonight show. That resulted in a book and a movie for HBO by Bill Carter of the New York Times.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Jay-Leno-goes-after-NBC-again/849594604896275801.html

PETA killed animals deemed "unadoptable"

2013-03-21T14:36:00Z

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The Daily Mail reports:

Animal rights charity PETA killed almost 90 per cent of dogs and cats placed in the care of the shelter at its Virginia headquarters last year, it has been revealed today.

The charity, well-known for attention grabbing publicity campaigns such as the 'I'd rather go naked' anti-fur campaign, euthanized 1,647 cats and dogs last year and only placed 19 in new homes according to the data submitted to the Virginia Department for Agriculture and Consumer Services.

PETA told Mail Online that the animals they take in at the center are 'unadoptable', however 89.4 per cent of pets is much higher than their own approximation that half of animals taken to shelters end up being euthanized.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/PETA-killed-animals-deemed-unadoptable/-175020003655923879.html

Fox developing OJ Simpson mini series

2013-03-21T14:35:00Z

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EW.com reports:

Fox just announced two very different long-form projects in development based on best-selling books: James Clavell’s classic novel Shōgun and legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin’s The Run of His Life: The People vs. O.J. Simpson are both in the works for “event series” treatment.

“These are both epic stories – one fiction, one fact – that have captivated millions of people worldwide,” said Shana C. Waterman, a senior vp at Fox. “They’re riveting and emotional, with unique historic backdrops that lend themselves to the high-quality, dramatic event series we’re looking to make.”

The projects are dubbed “event series” by Fox instead of the traditional term “mini-series.” The distinction: They’re longer (10 to 12 parts) and could hypothetically extend beyond one season (though the Simpson project seems pretty self-contained). The shows have notable auspices on board — Shōgun is from producers Michael De Luca (The Social Network) and Nigel Williams (Elizabeth I); The Run of His Life: The People vs. O.J. Simpson, which chronicles Simpson’s 1995 murder trial, is from Nina Jacobson (The Hunger Games) and Brad Simpson (World War Z).

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fox-developing-OJ-Simpson-mini-series/-883613770272457801.html

March Madness: In the classroom

2013-03-20T17:03:00Z

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The Huffington Post reports:

Professor Michael Magazine is upending the logical world of math with a good dose of March Madness.

Magazine teaches a new class called Bracketology at University of Cincinnati, the home of the 10th-seeded Bearcats, where 33 business students are spending the semester trying to make sense out of what can feel nonsensical at times – the art of filling out an NCAA tournament bracket.

"The life lesson is that we make a lot of decisions that are the right decisions," Magazine says, "but the outcomes don't always come out the way we planned."

And that's why picking the NCAA tournament is so much fun.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/March-Madness:-In-the-classroom/-736956258619893710.html

Couple retires abroad in a new city, monthly

2013-03-20T17:02:00Z

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The Wall Street Journal reports:

I'm 70 years old. My husband, Tim, is 66. For most of our lives, each of us lived and worked in California. Today, our home is wherever we and our 30-inch suitcases are.

In short, we're senior gypsies. In early 2011 we sold our house in California and moved the few objects we wanted to keep into a 10-by-15-foot storage unit. Since then, we have lived in furnished apartments and houses in Mexico, Argentina, Florida, Turkey, France, Italy and England. In the next couple of months, we will live in Ireland and Morocco before returning briefly to the U.S. for the holidays.

As I write this, we have settled into a darling one-bedroom apartment a hundred yards from the River Thames, a 25-minute train ride from the heart of London. We have a knack for moving in. Within a few minutes of plunking down our belongings in new digs, we have made it our own: The alarm clock is beside the bed; my favorite vegetable peeler and instant-read thermometer are in the kitchen; and our laptop computers are hooked up and humming. Together we begin learning how to make the appliances cooperate.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Couple-retires-abroad-in-a-new-city,-monthly/-884737975099630308.html

Rise in autistic children

2013-03-20T17:01:00Z

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The Daily Mail reports:

A government survey of parents says one in 50 US schoolchildren has autism - far surpassing an earlier federal estimate for the disorder.

Health officials say the new number does not mean autism is occurring more often, but instead suggests doctors are diagnosing the condition more frequently - especially in children with milder problems.

The earlier government estimate of one in 88 comes from a study that many consider more rigorous and looks at medical and school records instead of relying on parents.

For decades, autism referred to children with severe language, intellectual and social impairments and unusual, repetitious behaviors - but the definition has gradually expanded and now includes milder, related conditions.

The new estimate released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would mean at least one million children have autism.

The number is important - government officials look at how common each illness or disorder is when weighing up how to spend limited public health funds.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rise-in-autistic-children/-287085916429728990.html

Mars Rover shut down

2013-03-20T17:00:00Z

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Reuters reports:

The Mars rover Curiosity has had a second computer glitch, extending an unplanned work break for the NASA robot that discovered the first life-friendly chemistry beyond Earth, scientists said on Monday.

Engineers had hoped to resume Curiosity science operations on Monday following a problem with the rover's main computer two weeks ago.

But a second computer problem surfaced on Sunday night as the rover was attempting to radio data files back to Earth, said lead scientist John Grotzinger of the California Institute of Technology.

"This is not something that is rare or even uncommon," Grotzinger said at a webcast news conference during the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mars-Rover-shut-down/722538141743388471.html

Smithsonian-affiliated Latino museum

2013-03-19T15:00:00Z

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The LA Times Reports:

Congressional backers of a proposed Smithsonian-affiliated museum devoted to the history and culture of American Latinos didn't succeed the first time around, so they're trying again.

The bipartisan bills resubmitted Friday in the U.S. House and Senate aim to designate an unused, 132-year-old Smithsonian building on the National Mall in Washington as the future site of an American Latino Museum.

If passed, it would not commit the federal government to build and fund the museum. Instead, it would designate the historic Arts and Industries building as its main site, and launch a planning process by the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents to consider design and construction issues and funding.

An earlier bill to secure the site and begin planning, submitted in November 2011, lapsed without being passed by the previous Congress.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Smithsonian-affiliated-Latino-museum/-800265103116235946.html

Motown success on Broadway

2013-03-19T14:59:00Z

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The LA Times Reports:

Motown founder Berry Gordy has another hit on his hands: "Motown: The Musical" cracked the million-dollar mark after its first week of previews on Broadway.

The show grossed $1.03 million after seven performances starting March 11 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York, according to the Broadway League. "Motown" this week starts its eight-performance standard schedule, priming the production to become a regular among Broadway's top earners.

The show charts Gordy's career from boxer to music mogul, punctuated with hits from Motown heavyweights and a romance with Diana Ross.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Motown-success-on-Broadway/-749022358600697843.html

HPV vaccine controversy

2013-03-19T14:59:00Z

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Slate Reports:

American parents are increasingly citing safety concerns in their decision not to vaccinate teenage daughters against HPV. That's problematic: The three-shot vaccination hasn't been linked to any serious side effects. So what's going on?

The study, released Monday in Pediatrics, looks at vaccination rates among American teenagers for a handful of illnesses, including HPV. HPV, the most common sexually transmitted virus in the United States, has been linked to cervical, anal, and throat cancer. Looking at parents' reasons for not vaccinating (or planning to vaccinate) their teenage daughters in 2008 through 2010, the researchers found a startling increase in the number of parents citing "Safety concerns/side effects" as their main decision-making factor. In 2008, that percentage was 4.5 percent. In 2010, it jumped to 16.4 percent.

It gets worse: Despite the serious complications of contracting HPV, vaccination against the virus isn't exactly widespread. In 2010, just 32 percent of girls aged 13-17 were fully vaccinated against HPV. To be sure, that's an improvement on the 17.9 percent of teenage girls vaccinated in 2008, but still substantially lower than, say, the percentage vaccinated against tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough, and bacterial meningitis. That means that parents, according to the study's results, are responding to the HPV vaccine in a unique way. And not in any way that makes obvious sense.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/HPV-vaccine-controversy/93208389076729455.html

Big fines for illegally downloaded music

2013-03-19T14:58:00Z

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The AP Reports:

A Minnesota woman at the center of a long-running court fight over the unauthorized downloading of copyrighted music said there's still no way she can pay record companies the $222,000 judgment she owes after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear her appeal Monday.

The justices did not comment on their decision. Attorneys for Jammie Thomas-Rasset, of Brainerd, argued the amount was excessive.

The music industry filed thousands of lawsuits in the early to mid-2000s against people it accused of downloading music without permission and without paying for it. Almost all the cases settled for about $3,500 apiece. Thomas-Rasset is one of only two defendants who refused to pay and went to trial. The other was former Boston University student Joel Tenenbaum, who also lost and was ordered to pay $675,000.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Big-fines-for-illegally-downloaded-music/610324881418977764.html

Pink Floyd, 'The Dark Side of the Moon' At 40

2013-03-19T02:18:00Z

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Billboard:

"'The Dark Side of the Moon' was an expression of political, philosophical, humanitarian empathy that was desperate to get out," Pink Floyd's Roger Waters states at the start of the "Classic Albums" retrospective dedicated to the record. Revered as one of the greatest rock albums of all time, "Dark Side" -- which tackles weighty themes of greed, conflict, religion, mortality and mental illness -- was first released in the U.S. exactly 40 years ago on March 17, 1973.

Despite only reaching the No. 1 spot for one solitary week, the album continues to hold the record for the most weeks charted on the Billboard 200 (over 800 weeks!) and was a constant feature on the Billboard 200 from its initial release until 1988 – returning to the chart in late 2009 after Billboard revised its chart eligibility rules regarding older releases. It is estimated to have sold over 45 million copies worldwide, while its artistic legacy is arguably even greater.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pink-Floyd,-The-Dark-Side-of-the-Moon-At-40/-266532503732577185.html

Fox deemed more factual than MSNBC

2013-03-18T16:16:00Z

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Mediaite reports:

True to its motto, MSNBC has been leaning forward. To the point that its opinionated programming far outweighs its “factual reporting,” according to a new Pew study. While Fox News, too, had more opinionated programming, the network had a much smaller discrepancy between opinion and straight reporting.

The study — which came as part of Pew Research Center’s annual “State of the Media” report — states that opinionated programming comprised 85 percent of MSNBC’s airtime (versus 15 percent of “factual reporting”). Meanwhile, Fox News had opinion 55 percent of the time, with 45 percent straight news.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fox-deemed-more-factual-than-MSNBC/-247214330610118366.html

Pope Francis is a man of the people

2013-03-18T14:52:00Z

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The Daily Caller reports:

Walking up to crowds, shaking hands with surprised bystanders in the street, mixing his formal speeches with off-the-cuff remarks, Pope Francis stamped his own style on the papacy Sunday.

His humor and down-to-earth manner captivated those filling St. Peter’s Square in Rome to overflowing, and he worked the crowd in a way that had to give his security staff palpitations. Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno, in the square himself, estimated the crowd’s size at 300,000.

“Brothers and sisters, ‘Buon giorno,’” Francis said in Italian in his first welcome from the window of the papal residence, setting an informal tone that has become the defining spirit of his young papacy.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pope-Francis-is-a-man-of-the-people/139738365877224699.html

Can breath tests detect stress?

2013-03-18T14:51:00Z

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A study has identified six markers in breath which could be tested for signs of stress, paving the way for a simple and non-invasive way of measuring the condition.

In experiments at Loughborough University and Imperial College London, breath samples were taken from 22 young adults, in both relaxed and stressful conditions.

Two compounds in the breath - 2-methyl, pentadecane and indole - increased following the stress exercise.

A further four compounds were shown to decrease with stress, which could be due to changes in breathing patterns.

The team, writing in the Journal of Breath Research, say further and larger studies are needed to confirm the results.

But lead author Professor Paul Thomas said: "If we can measure stress objectively in a non-invasive way, then it may benefit patients and vulnerable people in long-term care who find it difficult to disclose stress responses to their carers, such as those suffering from Alzheimer's."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Can-breath-tests-detect-stress/-478013265283975401.html

Pornification of the culture: Health club smut

2013-03-18T11:52:00Z

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The New York Post:

There’s a new woman waiting on the Metro North platform in New Rochelle, and she’s rather underdressed. Every time I need to catch a train — whether I’m with my husband or my 6-year-old daughter or my 4-year-old son — there she is. Wearing a skin-tight dress hiked up to you-know-where, she’s crawling across a pool table, legs spread apart, holding a pool cue and looking intently for a place to stick it. She’s part of a campaign by Equinox gym to make exercise sexy. You may have seen other photos around the city, like the man hovering over another barely clad woman: He’s between her legs and has a video camera pointed at her.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pornification-of-the-culture:-Health-club-smut/265865877851811204.html

Walden and Hallmark team up for family-friendly Fridays

2013-03-15T20:31:00Z

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When the Walden Family Theater series debuts Friday night on Hallmark Channel, it’s rather fitting that the first programming will be a movie with the word “return” prominently included in its title.

Because with the premier of the made-for-TV “Return to Nim’s Island,” Walden Media and Hallmark Channel won’t just be bringing young Nim back to her old stomping grounds she first traversed in the 2008 theatrical release “Nim’s Island,” which grossed $100 million in worldwide box office sales. In a broader sense, Walden and Hallmark will also be launching Walden Family Theater, the initiative they believe can return prime-time television to a bygone era of family friendliness — a time when the entire family could watch high-quality TV together without having to worry about encountering embarrassing or inappropriate content.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Walden-and-Hallmark-team-up-for-family-friendly-Fridays/121050739031297004.html

"Use-by-sight" cell phone

2013-03-15T14:09:00Z

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The range of new features were revealed at the global launch in New York, including a dual camera function that can take two pictures at once and "smart pause", which lets users pause a video by looking away from the screen.

"We have taken technology and innovation forward to help us get closer to what matters in life, to help us live a richer, simpler and more full life," said JK Shin, president and head of IT and mobile communications at Samsung.

The highly-anticipated smartphone is predicted to pose a major threat to Apple and its dominance of the US market.

But investors have largely shrugged off the launch. Shares in Samsung were 2.3% lower in Seoul on Friday.

The device will be on sale in the UK from April 26, and will be available through 327 mobile operators in 155 countries, including Orange, EE and Vodafone.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Use-by-sight-cell-phone/384496134953684964.html

Texting while driving as bad as drunk-driving

2013-03-15T14:09:00Z

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An international inquiry concluded that sending messages on a mobile phone leads to “significant risks”.

Researchers found it was as dangerous as being a quarter over the legal drink-drive limit.

The study, published in the Traffic Injury Prevention journal, also found that having deep, thoughtful conversations while using a hands-free mobile phone was a danger.

In contrast, simple discussions may not carry significant driving risks, according to scientists from the University of Barcelona and several Australian institutes.

“Our results suggest that the use of hands-free devices could also put drivers at risk,” said Dr Sumie Leung Shuk Man, co-author of the study.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Texting-while-driving-as-bad-as-drunk-driving/985487699666299692.html

New NFL safety rules

2013-03-15T14:08:00Z

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A rule proposed by the NFL’s competition committee would make it a foul for a ball carrier to smash into a defender with the crown of his helmet in open space.

It would be the first rule in American football history limiting a runner’s contact with a defender, outside of egregious acts such as punching a tackler, or grabbing his facemask while stiff-arming.

Owners vote next Wednesday at the league’s annual meeting in Phoenix on whether to approve this and five other proposed new rules, announced Thursday by the competition committee on a conference call with NFL writers.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/New-NFL-safety-rules/-871555005864276528.html

Taco Bell created 15,000 jobs

2013-03-14T15:21:00Z

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The Daily Mail reports:

It seems the answer to America's economic woes has been found - and it's a whole lot more delicious than you might have expected.

Taco Bell created 15,000 jobs last year, with the launch of its most popular product ever, the Doritos Locos Taco, as scores of other businesses moaned that regulation, the fiscal cliff and a host of other political factors were inhibiting hiring.

More than 375 million of the neon-orange, meat-and-cheese-filled morsels marched out the door in 2012, or roughly a million a day, helping the fast food chain outpace KFC, Pizza Hut and even McDonald's in terms of growth.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Taco-Bell-created-15,000-jobs/-233193099307890215.html

Why the media falls for hoaxes

2013-03-14T15:20:00Z

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Real Clear Politics reports:

The Daily Currant, run by an entrepreneurial young man in Michigan, is a website designed to make people laugh, and perhaps think, but not to fool them. Its headlines are shrewd enough to be funny, but not really believable:

“U.S. Sends Toy Guns to Syrian Opposition”

“Hugo Chavez Will Remain President of Venezuela”

“Sean Penn Praises Chavez, Calls George Washington a ‘Loser’ ”

There are, of course, millions of extremely literal people out there. And the World Wide Web is, yes, a global medium. So for folks in the vast cyber-audience who don’t speak English perfectly -- or who don’t understand American wit -- the Daily Currant (the name itself is a pun) has an “about” section on its site that begins this way:

Q: “Are your news stories real?”

A: “No. Our stories are purely fictional. However they are meant to address real-world issues through satire and often refer and link to real events happening in the world.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Why-the-media-falls-for-hoaxes/-561172958905549484.html

Physicists have found the "God particle"

2013-03-14T14:49:00Z

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The AP reports:

Physicists said Thursday they are now confident they have discovered a crucial subatomic particle known as a Higgs boson - a major discovery that will go a long ways toward helping them explain why the universe is the way it is.

They made the statement following study of the data gathered last year from the world's largest atom-smasher, which lies beneath the Swiss-French border outside Geneva. The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, said that what they found last year was, indeed, a version of what is popularly referred to as the "God particle."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Physicists-have-found-the-God-particle/-259083050590975878.html

Life could have been sustained on Mars

2013-03-13T14:21:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Mars was capable of supporting microbial life in the distant past, scientists announced today (March 12).

They reached this conclusion after studying the latest observations from NASA's Curiosity rover, which just analyzed the first-ever sample collected from the interior of a Red Planet rock.

Here are answers to a few basic questions about Curiosity's discovery, and what it means about the Red Planet's past and the rover's future.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Life-could-have-been-sustained-on-Mars/-20073919194489778.html

Pros and cons of working from home

2013-03-12T15:53:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The NY Times:

Thank you for a balanced assessment of working at home (“Location, Location, Location,” editorial, March 3). I have been a software developer since 1958, working in several modes: first in the office day and night; then, with a personal computer, at home nights and weekends.

In 1989, my company opened an office in Ireland, and I worked from home full time. We talked daily and exchanged floppy disks by mail, later using the Internet. Both sides were well satisfied.

In 1996, I joined a small company that allowed me to work from home, but I did come to feel overlooked, so I returned to the office. After the company was sold, the local office closed, and working from home was my only option.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pros-and-cons-of-working-from-home/323504573076244784.html

Catholic Conclave started today

2013-03-12T15:52:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The NY Times:

Cardinal Angelo Sodano, celebrating the Mass on Tuesday preceding the conclave to elect the next pope, issued an appeal for unity in the Roman Catholic Church, which has been damaged by Vatican corruption and clerical sexual abuse scandals.

As dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Sodano delivered his homily hours before the prelates were to enter the Sistine Chapel for the conclave to choose a successor to Benedict XVI. It was the last major public statement by a Vatican prelate before the church’s next supreme pontiff emerges.

“St. Paul teaches that each of us must work to build up the unity of the church,” Cardinal Sodano said. “All of us are therefore called to cooperate with the pastors, in particular with the successor of Peter, to obtain that unity of the holy church.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Catholic-Conclave-started-today/-785332671005416779.html

James Holmes to be given truth serum

2013-03-12T15:51:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Mail:

A Colorado judge has ruled that theater shooting suspect James Holmes can be given ‘truth serum’ for his medical examinations if he pleads not guilty by reason of insanity.

Judge William Blair Sylvester issued an order Monday issued the court order Monday.

If Holmes offers a not guilty plea, he could be required to submit to the 'narcoanalytic interview' as part of an evaluation to determine if he was legally insane at the time of the July 20 shootings.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/James-Holmes-to-be-given-truth-serum/614607633062632015.html

Snoop wants to smoke pot with Clinton and Obama

2013-03-12T15:49:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Caller:

Rapper and noted cannabis enthusiast Snoop Lion, formerly Snoop Dogg, has high hopes for smoking some doobies with a couple of the nation’s most powerful men.

In an interview with the entertainment site www.wwtdd.com, Snoop revealed that he would most like to smoke with former president Bill Clinton.

“Bill Clinton,” Snoop responded when asked who he would most like to “smoke out,” “He’s not the f–king president anymore. He can inhale.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Snoop-wants-to-smoke-pot-with-Clinton-and-Obama/-580142763402729079.html

The Bachelor to dance with the stars

2013-03-12T15:48:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Mail:

It looks like Catherine Giudici might have to wait a little while longer to spend some quality time with her new fiance Sean Lowe.

For The Bachelor hunk has been revealed as the final contestant on the upcoming season of Dancing With The Stars.

Joining stars including Wynonna Judd, Kellie Pickler, and Lisa Vanderpump, the 29-year-old will be paired with professional dancer Peta Murgatroyd.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Bachelor-to-dance-with-the-stars/373781441504385132.html

My kinky life as a foot hooker

2013-03-12T11:41:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The NY Post:

It’s hard to get a leg up in this town — so one college student is getting a foot in the door instead.

After responding to a Craigslist ad last year, a 19-year-old NYU student became a “foot prostitute,” offering up her toes to men for the promise of $500 to $800 a week part-time.

“I’m only young and living in New York once,” says Olivia, who declined to give her full name.

The ad, which said, “Girls With Pretty Feet Needed (age 18-30) (Lower East Side),” asked for only her name, phone number and a head shot.

“It only took them four hours to contact me back,” she says. “They told me to get a pedicure and dress like you’re going to a club.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/My-kinky-life-as-a-foot-hooker/-936008170839276318.html

Harvard spies on its staff

2013-03-11T17:39:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Faculty at Harvard University expressed outrage following revelations that administrators had searched through private email accounts of over a dozen university deans.

The university conducted the searches in order to find out who leaked details of Harvard’s response to a cheating scandal to members of the press, according to The New York Times.

“This action violates the trust I once had that Harvard would never do such a thing,” said Mary Waters, a sociology professor.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Harvard-spies-on-its-staff/-807580980623971760.html

Anniversary of the Japan tsunami

2013-03-11T17:38:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Beast reports:

The rice fields along Prefectural Road Route 12 leading to Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant are brown and hard. Trucks and SUVs drive past Usuishi Elementary School—perched silently on a hillside, bereft of the reassuring sound of children’s voices. Wild monkeys cavort next to a small cemetery filled with gray gravestones. Houses, some grand, others ramshackle, sit empty, cars in driveways. Farther up the road, amid picturesque vistas, solitary figures occasionally dot the landscape in towns like Iitate, once famous for its beef—typically, longtime residents too old or set in their ways to care much about any radiation risks. Then suddenly, in Haramachi town, we see kids in blue uniforms and white helmets riding their bicycles from school, and student drivers nervously negotiating a winding Prefectural Road Route 34.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Anniversary-of-the-Japan-tsunami/439548454712688278.html

Trump willing to fund White House tours

2013-03-11T17:37:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Donald Trump said Monday that he’d be willing to foot the bill for the White House tours that President Barack Obama’s administration nixed because of sequestration budget cuts.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Trump-willing-to-fund-White-House-tours/-653793976249506702.html

Raising money for someone you've never met

2013-03-11T17:36:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Why did a bunch of people on the Internet donate $700,000 to a bullied bus monitor?

Last summer, a Toronto nutritionist named Max Sidorov was surfing the Web when he stumbled upon a video titled “Making the Bus Monitor Cry.” It showed a group of young boys aboard a school bus in upstate New York cruelly taunting the 68-year-old woman who was charged with supervising them. The boys call Karen Klein “ugly” and a “fat ass” and, yes, make her cry.

Sidorov felt moved to do something nice for this beleaguered woman he’d never met. He created a donation site on Indiegogo with the stated goal of raising $5,000 for Klein as a token of people’s kindness. “Lets give her something she will never forget,” he wrote to prospective donors. “A vacation of a lifetime!”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Raising-money-for-someone-youve-never-met/104385488139323487.html

Conclave Countdown

2013-03-11T17:35:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The AP reports:

Cardinals gathered for their final day of talks Monday before the conclave to elect the next pope, amid debate over whether the Catholic Church needs more of a manager pope to clean up the Vatican or a pastoral pope who can inspire the faithful at a time of crisis.

There were indications that plenty of questions remained about the state of the church and the best man to lead it heading into Tuesday's conclave: Not all the cardinals who wanted to speak were able to Monday and the cardinals were forced to take a vote about continuing the discussion into the afternoon.

In the end, a majority of cardinals chose to cut short the formal discussion, and the cardinals who did speak shortened their comments, according to the Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Conclave-Countdown/-459144860596363424.html

King Tut stressed! CT scans find vascular disease in ancient mummies

2013-03-11T03:04:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The NY Times reports:

Atherosclerosis — the buildup of fats and cholesterol on the artery walls that can lead to stroke and heart disease — is generally considered a problem of modern times, a result of fatty diets and inactive lifestyles. But a new examination of mummies from ancient cultures suggests that the disease appeared long before the arrival of junk food and flat-screen televisions.

Researchers performed CT scans on 137 mummies, including Egyptians, Peruvians, Aleutian Islanders and ancestors of the Pueblo people of the American Southwest.

The scans were read by seven imaging experts who judged atherosclerosis by the presence of calcification in the walls of clearly discernible arteries or along the expected route of an artery no longer visible.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/King-Tut-stressed!-CT-scans-find-vascular-disease-in-ancient-mummies/654839231375310619.html

New "Oz" skids over the Rainbow

2013-03-08T20:04:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The LA Times reports:

Three years after Disney scored a $1-billion global hit with "Alice in Wonderland," the studio is back with another 21st century take on a beloved fantasy tale: "Oz the Great and Powerful," a sort-of prequel to the 1939 classic "The Wizard of Oz." The film stars James Franco as a small-time Kansas magician who ends up in an enchanted land, where he crosses paths with three witches played by Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz.

Though "Oz" appears poised to cash in at the box office, critics' reviews have been mixed, with many saying it lacks the magic of the original "Wizard of Oz" film.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/New-Oz-skids-over-the-Rainbow/-369638651293333503.html

RG3 to start 2013 season

2013-03-08T18:58:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Caller:

Although Washington Redskins quarterback and 2012 NFL Associated Press Rookie of the Year Robert Griffin III is still recovering from reconstructive knee surgery, team officials believe he will be ready to start by the first week of regulation play later this year.

More than a month has passed since Griffin — or “RG3,” as he has come to be known– underwent reconstructive knee surgery.

“Those who know him insist he is a physical freak, not unlike Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, who was able to rush for 2,097 yards and win the MVP award the season after undergoing major knee surgery,” writes ESPN.

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80% of NYC graduates have difficulty reading

2013-03-08T18:57:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Caller:

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has built quite a legacy for himself cracking down on soda, salt and, just the other day, loud ear buds.

Nevertheless, as CBS New York reports, Bloomberg might want to spare a few minutes to focus on this shocking statistic: Almost 80 percent of all New York City high school graduates who want to enroll in the City University’s community college system must first relearn basic reading, writing and math.

All told, approximately 11,000 would-be students are required to take remedial courses each year.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/80-of-NYC-graduates-have-difficulty-reading/-867762343286765613.html

The rise of the GROOMZILLA

2013-03-08T18:39:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Mail:

Modern grooms are now as hands-on with weddings as brides-to-be - even helping choose the flowers, according to a survey.

Researchers found today's men are more involved than ever before, shattering the old stereotype of 'let me know what time it is and I'll be there'.

Over half the men polled had the final say in the date of their big day while 56 per cent chose the venue.

One in 20 even had a say in the floral arrangements while a third helped choose the cake.

Other jobs grooms took charge of organising included hiring the band, suits for the best men, ushers and dads and choosing the wedding car.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-rise-of-the-GROOMZILLA/430748822465777768.html

Robots in the work place

2013-03-07T17:42:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Washington Post:

At MIT, a management robot is learning to run a factory and give orders to artificial co-workers, and a BakeBot robot is reading recipes, whipping together butter, sugar and flour and putting the cookie mix in the oven. At the University of California at Berkeley, a robot can do laundry and then neatly fold T-shirts and towels.

A wave of new robots, affordable and capable of accomplishing advanced human tasks, is being aimed at jobs that are high in the workforce hierarchy.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Robots-in-the-work-place/176865176317213692.html

Conclave watch: Team America Shut Down

2013-03-07T12:46:00Z

Posted By: Staff

National Review:

During his not altogether serene tenure as papal spokesman and head of the Holy See press office, Father Federico Lombardi, S.J., has perfected a rhetorical style that is redolent of the years of Pius XII and the last heyday of the Papal Court, when the Vatican daily, L’Osservatore Romano, would begin a story based on an interview with the pontiff with the stock phrase, “As we gathered from the august lips . . .”

Thus on March 6, at a Vatican press briefing, Lombardi explained why the wildly popular press conferences the U.S. cardinals were holding at the North American College were being shut down.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Conclave-watch:-Team-America-Shut-Down/344072150330136890.html

George Lucas to build "cultural fantasy" museum

2013-03-06T20:48:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The LA Times:

Will there be portraits of Jar-Jar Binks emerging from a half shell?

George Lucas, the producer of the "Star Wars" movies, is planning to build an art museum in San Francisco. The filmmaker told "CBS This Morning" on Tuesday he hopes to create an institution that would be dedicated to exploring "cultural fantasy."

"It's my big project right now," Lucas told CBS. "There's a world of young people who need to be inspired."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/George-Lucas-to-build-cultural-fantasy-museum/790961780393622524.html

3D printing gaining popularity

2013-03-06T20:46:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Reuters:

3D printing has already changed the game for manufacturing specialized products such as medical devices but the real revolution will come when designers start to rethink the shapes of objects.

3D printing removes the limitations of the manufacturing process from the equation, which means whatever can be designed on a computer can be turned into an object, 3D printing specialists say.

To really start using the technology to its full potential, designers and engineers need to imagine new products.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/3D-printing-gaining-popularity/678639354198854977.html

Culture collapse: E-book porn flourishes on Amazon's Kindle

2013-03-06T12:48:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Amazon has a problem with pornography.

The company created technology to filter smut from its library of video and print offerings and it also pays humans to do the same thing. In spite of that, Kindle users can still download e-books with the same sort of raunchy images and titles normally seen in nudie mags sold at liquor store newsstands.

That's because these salacious e-books are self-published, spawned from sources with names like Camera Erotica Publications and ErotiPics. Some of the milder titles include "The Dirty Blonde 2," which comes with a self-prescribed adults-only warning, a weak attempt at a storyline, and more than 80 photos of a woman posing in various stages of undress. It's yours for only $2.99 or, like many of the titles, you can even borrow it through Amazon Prime's lending library.

Access to e-book porn isn't limited to the Kindle world. Searching for the term "adult picture book" on the Barnes & Noble Nook store also produces a list of hundreds of adult-oriented e-books created by the company's PubIt! Nook Books system.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Culture-collapse:-E-book-porn-flourishes-on-Amazons-Kindle/818308214150923112.html

Mark Burnett's 'The Bible' begets record ratings

2013-03-06T12:46:00Z

Posted By: Staff

History Channel's "The Bible" premiere delivered divine Nielsen ratings Sunday night, thumping all of the major broadcast shows.

The miniseries' two-hour cable network premiere was seen by 13.1 million viewers and scored a 3.3 rating among adults 18-49. That's more viewers and a higher demo rating than any show on the major broadcast networks last night and ranks as cable's most-watched entertainment telecast this year. If you include the show's repeat, the viewership rises to 14.8 million for the night.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mark-Burnetts-The-Bible-begets-record-ratings/-137207438529943272.html

First female tryouts for NFL

2013-03-05T17:46:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Frustrated and maybe a bit embarrassed, Lauren Silberman fought back tears after kicking her way into NFL history.

She became the first woman to try out at a regional combine Sunday, but she lasted all of two kicks _ none of which traveled even 20 yards. The 28-year-old Silberman hurt her right quadriceps while preparing for the tryout earlier in the week, and attributed her struggles to that injury.

“I tried staying off it and waited for today,” she said. “I didn’t even take kicks in warm-ups, and, it’s pretty hard to know that you’ll be in pain, and I wanted to work through it and I certainly tried to, but I just couldn’t do it today.”

While some fans on Twitter praised her for breaking through in a male-dominated sport, others wondered if this was just a publicity stunt. Regardless, the NFL got plenty of attention on a Sunday in March for one of its regional combines _ something most media normally ignore.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/First-female-tryouts-for-NFL/-619326870300579082.html

Caesarean deliveries vary widely

2013-03-05T17:45:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The rate of Caesarean deliveries, the most common operating-room procedure performed in the United States, varies drastically among hospitals across the country, a new study has found, ranging from 7 percent of all births at the hospital with the lowest share of Caesarean deliveries to 70 percent at the hospital with the highest rate.

The study, published on Monday in the journal Health Affairs, was based on federal data of more than 800,000 deliveries at 593 hospitals in 2009. Conducted by researchers at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, the study did not identify the hospitals because their names were not included in the data.

Caesarean deliveries are often performed to improve birth outcomes in high-risk pregnancies, but they can also be performed for the convenience of the mother or the doctor. The rate has increased significantly in recent years, to 33 percent of all births in 2011, up from 21 percent in 1996, the study said, citing numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“Frankly I did not expect to see variations of this magnitude,” said Katy B. Kozhimannil, an assistant professor of health policy and management at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. “It begs a closer look at how we structure and finance childbirth in the United States.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Caesarean-deliveries-vary-widely/308173278709007067.html

Tele-commuting effective?

2013-03-04T18:13:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Click here to see the page in the Wall Street Journal

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Tele-commuting-effective/-573775361005440612.html

Baby-cured of HIV

2013-03-04T18:12:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Wall Street Journal:

A Mississippi baby born with the AIDS virus appears to have been cured after being treated with an aggressive regimen of drugs just after her birth 2½ years ago, an unusual case that could trigger changes in care for hundreds of thousands of babies born globally each year with HIV.

The findings, reported Sunday by researchers, mark only the second documented case of a patient being cured of infection with the human immune-deficiency virus. The first, an adult man known as the Berlin patient, was cured as a result of a 2007 bone-marrow transplant.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Baby-cured-of-HIV/-354261573933759979.html

Student punished for exposing vandals of memorial for aborted babies

2013-03-01T18:27:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Caller reports:

Back in January, on the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a group of 13 students destroyed a makeshift memorial for aborted babies on the main campus of DePaul University. The display — 500 pink and blue flags — was set up by DePaul’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Student-punished-for-exposing-vandals-of-memorial-for-aborted-babies/353497356482656227.html

Paul Allen gives $7.5 million to young scientists with big ideas

2013-02-28T19:28:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Seattle Times reports:

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen awarded $7.5 million to early-career scientists engaged in cutting-edge research at the cellular level. The grants are aimed at research projects that are too risky to get funding elsewhere.

Suckjoon Jun was talking with students when the phone rang, so he cut off the call. The phone rang again. On the third try, Jun, a molecular biologist at the University of California, San Diego, picked up the receiver and found Paul Allen’s Seattle foundation on the line.

“I was absolutely astonished,” said Jun, who discovered he would be receiving a $1.6 million grant from the billionaire Microsoft co-founder.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Paul-Allen-gives-$7.5-million-to-young-scientists-with-big-ideas/-768574460726835307.html

Pope Benedict XVI's Last Day

2013-02-28T16:59:00Z

Posted By: Staff

CNN:

Amid pomp and ceremony, Benedict XVI left Vatican City Thursday for the last time as pope, ahead of his historic resignation as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.

An honor guard of Swiss Guards, the soldiers who traditionally protect the pope, lined up to bid him farewell as he left the papal apartment, alongside senior Vatican officials and staff.

Applause swelled as Benedict, looking frail and carrying a cane, climbed into a car that took him to the helicopter that flew him to the summer papal residence, Castel Gandolfo.

The sound of bells from St. Peter's Basilica chimed across the city of Rome as the helicopter soared overhead, passing above landmarks like the Colosseum.

At 8 p.m. (2 p.m. ET), his almost unprecedented resignation takes effect.

Although Benedict will eventually return to Vatican City to live out his days, he will never again set foot there as pope

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Human Events Ending its Print Publication

2013-02-28T16:58:00Z

Posted By: Staff

National Review:

It will still publish on the Internet, but I admit to a real sense of loss at the news that Human Events will be ending its print publication after 69 years of being a conservative voice in Washington.

The economics of publishing and distributing 40,000 copies of a print publication no longer made sense to Eagle Publishing, which has owned the paper for 20 years.

Human Events was founded in 1944 by some titans of the conservative movement: former Washington Post editor Felix Morley, journalist Frank Hanighen, and publisher Henry Regnery. It attracted many fans over the years, most importantly Ronald Reagan, who began subscribing to it, along with National Review and Reader’s Digest, during the years in which he rethought his politics. Reagan once said Human Events “helped me stop being a liberal Democrat.” Reagan biographer Richard Reeves noted that during his two terms in office, White House aides such as Richard Darman and Michael Deaver “did their best each week to keep it out of the reading material they gave the president.” Reagan responded by making sure multiple copies were delivered directly to his White House residence.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/iHuman-Events/i-Ending-its-Print-Publication/13902371211822222.html

Van Cliburn, the master who wowed the Russians, RIP.

2013-02-28T15:56:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Reuters:

American pianist Van Cliburn, who awed Russian audiences with his exquisite Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff concertos and won fame and fortune back home, died on Wednesday at the age of 78.

Cliburn passed away at his home in Fort Worth, Texas, after suffering from advanced bone cancer, his publicist Mary Lou Falcone told Reuters. Cliburn announced in August 2012 that he had been diagnosed with the disease.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Van-Cliburn,-the-master-who-wowed-the-Russians,-RIP./-194195609240608176.html

Give us your guns and we'll give you Beyonce tickets

2013-02-27T16:28:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Blaze:

There’s a new gun buyback program that’s attracting a fair bit of attention. Hip hop mogul Michael (Blue) Williams is proposing “Guns for Greatness,” a private-sector effort — the first in New York City — that would allow people to trade in firearms for tickets to an upcoming Beyoncé concert and mentorships.

According to the New York Daily News, Williams, who heads Family Tree Entertainment and has managed the careers of Cee-Lo Green, Outkast and other music artists, has already raised $75,000 and is attracting the attention of entertainment industry professionals who believe that his effort is an excellent idea for staving off gun crime.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Give-us-your-guns-and-well-give-you-Beyonce-tickets/461113165934717960.html

Food Stamp for Pets

2013-02-25T16:10:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Caller:

The number of people in America on Food Stamps remains at an all-time high, and now a new program is allowing Fido, Garfield and their peers to get in on the goods.

While the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a federal program administered by the states, Pet Food Stamps is a New York-based nonprofit that helps pet owners who can’t afford to support their animal friends.

“The Pet Food Stamps program … has been created to fill the void in the United States Food Stamp program which excludes the purchase of pet food and pet supplies. In these rough economic times, many pet owners are forced to abandon their beloved pet to the ASPCA, North Shore Animal League or other animal shelters due to the inability to pay for their basic food supply and care,” the organization’s website explains.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Food-Stamp-for-Pets/-46435180302998326.html

America's Toy Story

2013-02-25T15:33:00Z

Posted By: Staff

National Review:

The American dream is hiding in the unlikeliest of places — the toy box.

The toy industry has always been a repository for national culture. And, unlike myriad other economic and social indicators, this one speaks well of America’s future. That was apparent at last week’s 110th Annual Toy Fair in New York City, where the entrepreneurial spirit thrived. Each year at the fair, around 7,500 toys make their debut. While many are introduced by big companies such as Mattel or Hasbro, other toys make it to market because of the creativity and capitalistic ethos of individual inventors.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Americas-Toy-Story/214851183104274928.html

Is smart making us dumb?

2013-02-25T14:56:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Wall Street Journal:

Would you like all of your Facebook friends to sift through your trash? A group of designers from Britain and Germany think that you might. Meet BinCam: a "smart" trash bin that aims to revolutionize the recycling process.

BinCam looks just like your average trash bin, but with a twist: Its upper lid is equipped with a smartphone that snaps a photo every time the lid is shut. The photo is then uploaded to Mechanical Turk, the Amazon-run service that lets freelancers perform laborious tasks for money. In this case, they analyze the photo and decide if your recycling habits conform with the gospel of green living. Eventually, the photo appears on your Facebook page.

You are also assigned points, as in a game, based on how well you are meeting the recycling challenge. The household that earns the most points "wins." In the words of its young techie creators, BinCam is designed "to increase individuals' awareness of their food waste and recycling behavior," in the hope of changing their habits.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Is-smart-making-us-dumb/91019474254882922.html

How many people disliked the Oscars this year?

2013-02-25T14:54:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Blaze:

The Oscars mark one of the most heavily promoted nights of the year, but sometimes all that buildup just leads to a letdown.

This year, a surprising range of bloggers, politicians, authors, and average Americans weighed in with less than favorable reviews.

To begin, a number of host Seth MacFarlane’s jokes were received with groans of embarrassment rather than roars of laughter.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/How-many-people-disliked-the-Oscars-this-year/-640413053646658872.html

Teacher Survey Shows Record Low Satisfaction

2013-02-22T20:22:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Huffington Post:

As school districts continued to cut budgets, increase class sizes, and implement teacher performance evaluations, teachers' job satisfaction plummeted in 2012, reaching an all-time low, according to a survey released Thursday.

"We've seen a continuous decline in teacher satisfaction," said Dana Markow, vice president of youth and education research for pollster Harris Interactive, which conducted the poll for the MetLife Survey of the American Teacher.

Teachers' job satisfaction has declined 23 percentage points in the five years since 2008, according to the long-running survey of educators and principals. Only 39 percent of teachers reported they were very satisfied, the least since 1987, the survey showed. The percentage of teachers who said they were very satisfied dropped five percentage points in 2012.

“This news is disappointing but sadly, there are no surprises in these survey results," said Dennis Van Roekel, president of the National Education Association, the nation's largest teachers' union. "Teacher job satisfaction will continue to free fall as long as school budgets are slashed."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Teacher-Survey-Shows-Record-Low-Satisfaction/-54310285522866858.html

Oscar nominees leave you with a positive vibe

2013-02-22T17:15:00Z

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The Washington Times:

Since the 1968 advent of the movie rating system designed to protect unwitting audiences from offensive content, the cultural divide between Hollywood and the American heartland only widened, as filmmakers pushed the envelope ever further, as if the ratings labels had licensed them to abandon all restraints because, hey — “You can’t say you weren’t warned!”

This disconnect revealed itself in an especially striking way over the past several years, as the TV ratings for the Oscars ceremony — Hollywood’s biggest night, and often the most-watched event of the year next to the Super Bowl — started to plummet. The show’s producers scrambled to recruit hot stars like James Franco and Anne Hathaway to host in hopes of luring more young viewers, and when that expedient failed to break the free fall, they lurched to the other extreme in 2012 by recalling Oscar’s old standby Billy Crystal to active hosting duty for the first time in almost a decade.

What the academy should have been paying attention to, though, was not the Q Scores of its Oscar hosts but the quality and popular appeal of its nominated movies and the messages they were sending. Average, hardworking Americans who ask only to be entertained and inspired, rather than insulted and degraded, when they attend a movie on the weekend clearly had enough.

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/feb/21/oscars-offer-a-best-picture-field-rife-with-upbeat/#ixzz2LeJL5hZi Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Oscar-nominees-leave-you-with-a-positive-vibe/-30006676829587724.html

Can the arts save students

2013-02-22T17:12:00Z

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The Washington Post:

In a second-floor classroom in an Anacostia elementary school, the pupils are about to be exposed to Great Art: The cellist Yo-Yo Ma is bringing in his Stradivarius. The kids have been told how important Yo-Yo Ma is, and one wall is lined with press photographers and TV cameras.

Two kids are wandering around on stilts, costumed as masked scarecrow-like monsters, like unexplained extras in a European art film, their presence somehow part of the whole artistic process. The other children, lined up in ragged but orderly formation, perform the “daily do” — “do” as in do-re-mi, unison scale patterns that have become part of their routine in a new, arts- focused curriculum.

And then they wait. Everyone is fully prepared for art to happen, but Ma has yet to make his entrance. But that’s fine. As many schools are learning these days, art can take a while to pay off.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Can-the-arts-save-students/159662333085503729.html

Women talk more than men

2013-02-21T18:32:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Science World Report:

You know all the times that men complain about women talking too much? Apparently there's a biological explanation for the reason why women are chattier than men. Scientists have discovered that women possess higher levels of a "language protein" in their brains, which could explain why females are so talkative.

Previous research has shown that women talk almost three times as much as men. In fact, an average woman notches up 20,000 words in a day, which is about 13,000 more than the average man. In addition, women generally speak more quickly and devote more brainpower to speaking. Yet before now, researchers haven't been able to biologically explain why this is the case.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Women-talk-more-than-men/-980210380239774736.html

Campus rape victim defends guns

2013-02-21T17:55:00Z

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The Blaze:

Colorado state Rep. Joe Salazar created a firestorm with his recent comments about woman and guns. During a debate last week, he argued that allowing firearms on college campuses won’t make people safer — but his words raised some eyebrows, particularly when he discussed the issue of rape. Salazar subsequently caught the ire of victims who found his views overtly offensive.

On Wednesday, NRA News host Cam Edwards spoke with Amanda Collins, a woman who was violently raped in 2007 at the University of Nevada. Aside from lambasting Salazar’s statements, she defended concealed carry and proclaimed that a gun would have stopped her attacker.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Campus-rape-victim-defends-guns/800250524414280523.html

Sierra Club calls for one child policy in the U.S.

2013-02-21T14:19:00Z

Posted By: Staff

During a Sierra Club sponsored protest against the Keystone XL pipeline on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., last Sunday, several of the protestors expressed support for population control measures including the implementation of a global one-child policy similar to China’s brutal and draconian policy.

“I do believe that our Earth is overpopulated,” one of the protestors said in a video released this week by Americans for Limited Government. When asked if it’s time for a one-child policy, the man replied, “I’m all for that. One child, maybe two child max.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Sierra-Club-calls-for-one-child-policy-in-the-U.S./523178337687092045.html

Zing! Face yoga can make you look younger

2013-02-20T22:50:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Click to watch.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Zing!-Face-yoga-can-make-you-look-younger/-89809594415409760.html

Abortion groups hire consulting firm to grill pro-lifers

2013-02-20T17:40:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Caller:

The pro-abortion organization NARAL Pro-Choice America hired a consulting firm linked to President Barack Obama to conduct extensive video interviews with young pro-life activists in their homes more than a year ago, without informing the pro-life activists that the videos were intended for NARAL’s use.

At least one of the videos was aired this month at NARAL’s Washington dinner introducing the organization’s new president, Ilyse Hogue. The video was presented at the dinner in order to show pro-choice activists the “passion” of pro-lifers on the other side of the issue “in an effort to fire up (NARAL) members.” President Obama also sent a video message to NARAL that was shown at the dinner.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Abortion-groups-hire-consulting-firm-to-grill-pro-lifers/-330631080179494042.html

Robin Roberts Returns

2013-02-20T17:39:00Z

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Mediaite:

“I have been waiting 174 days to say this: Good morning, America!”

On Wednesday, Robin Roberts returned to the anchor chair at Good Morning America — after leaving several months ago to undergo treatment for M.D.S., a rare blood disorder.

“I keep pinching myself,” Roberts said, as colleagues welcomed her back with applause and well wishes. “This is actually happening.”

“Faith, family, and friends brought me to this moment,” Roberts said. “I am so full of gratitude.”

She went on to thank everyone from family, friends, and colleagues, to her doctors and “those who have blazed the trail before me.”

“I share this morning, this day of celebration, with everyone,” Roberts said.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Robin-Roberts-Returns/-993393160268908763.html

Leave Hollywood to the Liberals

2013-02-20T17:36:00Z

Posted By: Staff

National Review:

‘We need to buy a movie studio.”

Amid the umpteen conferences, panels, meetings, and informal conversations in the wake of the presidential election, this idea has been a near constant among conservatives who feel like the country is slipping through their fingers. Mitt Romney and the Republican National Committee combined raised just more than $1 billion, and all we got are these lousy T-shirts. Since conservatives are losing the culture, goes the argument, which in turn leads to losing at politics, maybe that money could be better spent on producing some cultural ammo of our own?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Leave-Hollywood-to-the-Liberals/-788788377082242030.html

Wesleyan University Students trash museum during soiree

2013-02-20T15:01:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Caller:

A Wesleyan University soiree held at a Hartford science museum over the weekend came to an abrupt, early end. The reason: Museum staff allegedly found several students having sex in the bathrooms, doing drugs and scaling a very lifelike dinosaur exhibit — to name just a few indecencies.

Students who attend the fancy-pants private liberal arts college in semi-urban Middletown, Connecticut had journeyed by bus to the Connecticut Science Center in Hartford for an annual tradition called Senior Cocktails, explains the International Science Times.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Wesleyan-University-Students-trash-museum-during-soiree/-147422204177624488.html

Russians question adoptees death

2013-02-20T15:00:00Z

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CBS News:

Russian authorities have blamed "inhuman treatment" for the death of a 3-year-old boy adopted by an American family, but Texas officials say they are still investigating claims that the child was abused before his death.

Russia's Investigative Committee said Monday that it had questions about the death of an adoptee authorities identified as Maxim Kuzmin. The committee is the country's top investigative agency.

Texas Child Protective Services spokesman Patrick Crimmins confirmed the agency had received a report on Jan. 21 of the death of a 3-year-old named Max Shatto, and that the Ector County Sheriff's Office in West Texas was investigating

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Russians-question-adoptees-death/546252789335841219.html

Tony Sheridan dead at 72

2013-02-19T17:32:00Z

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The NY Times:

Tony Sheridan, the British guitarist, singer and songwriter who was the star on the Beatles’ first commercial recording — they were the backup band — died Saturday in Hamburg, Germany. He was 72.

His death was announced by his daughter, Wendy Clare Sheridan-McGinnity.

Though Mr. Sheridan’s involvement with the Beatles was brief, it proved crucial to their career. They met in 1960, when the Beatles — then a quintet that included John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison on guitars, Stuart Sutcliffe on bass and Pete Best on drums — arrived in Hamburg to work as a club band.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Tony-Sheridan-dead-at-72/-737808179748911702.html

Gym is no Longer Just Fun and Games

2013-02-19T17:31:00Z

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The NY Times:

On a recent afternoon, the third graders in Sharon Patelsky’s class reviewed words like “acronym,” “clockwise” and “descending,” as well as math concepts like greater than, less than and place values.

During gym class.

Ms. Patelsky, the physical education teacher at Everglades Elementary School here, instructed the students to count by fours as they touched their elbows to their knees during a warm-up. They added up dots on pairs of dice before sprinting to round mats imprinted with mathematical symbols. And while in push-up position, they balanced on one arm and used the other (“Alternate!” Ms. Patelsky urged. “That’s one of your vocabulary words”) to stack oversize Lego blocks in columns labeled “ones,” “tens” and “hundreds.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gym-is-no-Longer-Just-Fun-and-Games/160993539317833867.html

Going to the Dogs

2013-02-19T17:29:00Z

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Mark Buehrle won't be experiencing the dog days of summer.

While the pitcher is headed to Toronto, his family will split the season between Broward County in Florida and their home in St. Louis. One of their four dogs, Slater, is a mix of bulldog and American Staffordshire Terrier – which is of pit bull lineage. Pit bulls are banned in the province of Ontario.

"He's an awesome dog," Buehrle said Saturday. "That's what's a shame; just the way he looks is why we have to get separated."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Going-to-the-Dogs/234889478107170026.html

Google launching retail stores

2013-02-19T17:28:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Google Inc. GOOG +1.15% has been developing plans to launch retail stores in the U.S., said people familiar with the matter, in another sign the company is studying Apple Inc.'s AAPL -0.52% playbook for building a consumer-electronics brand.

The stores would likely sell Google-branded hardware, these people said. But it isn't clear when or where any stores would open, and one of the people said the Internet giant might not move forward with the plan this year.

Apple's stores have been a big factor in the success of the company's iPhones and iPads, and Microsoft Corp. MSFT -0.11% has also opened its own retail outlets. Inside Google, the idea of opening retail stores has long been debated as the company has become a major player in mobile devices, said people familiar with the discussions.

Google's interest in retail stores was reported earlier by the 9to5 blog network.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Google-launching-retail-stores/785875818370755661.html

The Silver Lining of Silver Linings Playbook

2013-02-19T17:25:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Stories about Little Movies That Could usually center on coincidences involving celebrities and financing—serendipitous, right-place, right time stuff. While our film couldn’t have taken off—or gotten started—without Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, David O. Russell, Harvey Weinstein, or the late Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella, the real steam for its genesis came from long-gone, unfamous people in our own lives. People whose stories we could never forget, because they forever changed our own.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Silver-Lining-of-Silver-Linings-Playbook/-949642195210417017.html

Pope blesses huge crowd in St. Peter's Square

2013-02-18T15:48:00Z

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The AP reports:

His arms outstretched in a symbolic embrace, Pope Benedict XVI blessed tens of thousands of cheering people on Sunday in one of his last appearances as pontiff from his window overlooking St. Peter's Square.

Last week, 85-year-old Benedict shocked the world by announcing his resignation. He will step down on Feb. 28, planning to retreat to a life of prayer in a monastery behind the Vatican's ancient walls.

The noontime appointment in the vast cobblestone square also served as a kind of trial run for how Rome will handle the logistics, including crowd security, as the city braces for faithful to flock to Rome for the election and installation of the cardinal who will succeed Benedict as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.

Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno said upward of 100,000 people turned out Sunday and that everything went smoothly. But while there was still space in St. Peter's Square for more, many couldn't get in - or easily out - because entrances from the main boulevard were just too narrow.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pope-blesses-huge-crowd-in-St.-Peters-Square/-848005707054223208.html

Another college professor rants against Republicans

2013-02-15T16:55:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Randolph Roth, a history professor at Ohio State University, recently gave a campus speech that launched into a massive tirade against Republicans and other subjects in a talk so controversial, even university officials have yet to release official video of it.

But members of the school’s independent, libertarian-leaning student newspaper, The Rubicon, captured the Jan. 24 speech on film and loaded it up on YouTube yesterday.

Deviating from the intended focus of his speech, his recently published book “American Homicide,” which chronicles murder statistics throughout history, Roth instead made a series of bizarre and controversial statements, The Rubicon reports.

“His remarks were so scathing and scattered that it appears the Humanities Institute, which sponsored the event, has no plan to release the official video,” according to the paper.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Another-college-professor-rants-against-Republicans/103013481153011711.html

HHS Secretary linked to late-term abortionist

2013-02-15T16:48:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has ties to late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart, who was involved in the 33-week abortion death of Jennifer Morbelli on February 7, 2013, in Maryland. This connection raises concerns that she may attempt to interfere in ongoing investigations involving Carhart.

Operation Rescue obtained photographs of a secret party held by then-Governor Sebelius in 2007 that honored late-term abortionist George Tiller and his entire abortion clinic staff. Carhart and his wife, Mary Lou, were present at that party.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/HHS-Secretary-linked-to-late-term-abortionist/-646170425584380185.html

Coach hugging shirtless son used to promote game against Penn State

2013-02-15T16:46:00Z

Posted By: Staff

According to CBS Chicago, the photo is of the Illini’s head coach John Groce hugging his shirtless son following the teams’s big win over top-ranked Indiana last week. And it was plastered with the slogan, “No Matter Who’s Your Valentine, Surprise Them With Tickets To The Game.”

The ad doesn’t name the coach or mention that the young boy is his son. One might assume that since the e-mail was being sent to loyal fans, most recipients would likely recognize the two figures. However, many people who see the photo and realize that the game is being played against Penn State, could be reminded of last year’s shocking story of sexual abuse by a Penn State football coach.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Coach-hugging-shirtless-son-used-to-promote-game-against-Penn-State/-748889364959485869.html

Tutoring Only for "Students of Color"

2013-02-15T16:46:00Z

Posted By: Staff

An elementary school principal in Colorado is backpedaling after signup sheets sent home indicated an afterschool tutoring program was for children of color only.

The tutoring program at Mission Viejo Elementary in Aurora, Colo. is part of PASS, a district-wide initiative meant to “address the needs that children of color may need,” Cherry Creek School District spokeswoman Tustin Amole told KCNC-TV in Denver.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Tutoring-Only-for-Students-of-Color/872440567658082918.html

"Sorry, No Same Sex Delivery"

2013-02-14T16:28:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The nation is breathing a heavy sigh of relief this Valentine’s Day, in light of the announcement that Copper Hills High School on the southwestern fringe of suburban Salt Lake City will allow the exchange of “Singing Valentines” between doting students of the same gender.

There had been some confusion about the issue, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Fliers concerning the school’s annual choir fundraiser — in which students make contributions so choir students will belt out love songs for other students — contained the disclaimer: “Sorry, no same-sex delivery.”

Some students and concerned citizens did not like the proviso. To them, it smacked of bullying and anti-gay sentiment.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Sorry,-No-Same-Sex-Delivery/111002294810781627.html

Severe Epidemic of STD's

2013-02-14T16:27:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control released data Wednesday revealing that 20 million new sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are diagnosed each year nationwide, costing some $16 billion in taxpayer funds.

Half of the 20 million new infections affect people ages 15 to 24 - who only make up a quarter of the population,l according to the statistics.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) tops the list as the most common infection followed by chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, herpes, hepatitis B, HIV and trichomoniasis.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Severe-Epidemic-of-STDs/-286692168132957656.html

Michelle Obama Endorses "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

2013-02-14T16:26:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Michelle Obama on Wednesday gushed over the Oscar-nominated film "Beasts of the Southern Wild," calling it one of the "most powerful and most important" movies in a long time in a ringing endorsement delivered less than two weeks before this month's Academy Awards ceremony.

The first lady commented during a Black History Month workshop at the White House for about 80 middle- and high-school students from the District of Columbia and New Orleans. The movie was set in Louisiana.

Students saw the film, then got to question director Benh Zeitlin and actors Dwight Henry and 9-year-old Quvenzhane Wallis. Wallis stars in the mythical tale of a 6-year-old girl named Hushpuppy struggling to survive in the southern Delta with her ailing father as a storm approaches. Her world consists of a tight-knit, shantytown community on the bayou with wild animals, both real and imagined.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Michelle-Obama-Endorses-Beasts-of-the-Southern-Wild/360707787403385690.html

Students told to remove patriotic bandanas and stop "USA" chant

2013-02-14T16:25:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A group of students at a California high school basketball game were told to remove patriotic bandanas and stop chanting “USA, USA” because school administrators wanted to be sensitive to other spectators.

The incident occurred during a basketball last week between Camarillo High School and Rio Mesa High School in Ventura County.

A school administrator pulled aside four boys and told them to either remove their American flag bandanas or leave the game. The boys complied but returned to lead the crowd in a chant of “USA, USA.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Students-told-to-remove-patriotic-bandanas-and-stop-USA-chant/576828317074597830.html

5.8 million women have used the morning after pill

2013-02-14T16:24:00Z

Posted By: Staff

As many as 11% of U.S. women ages 15-44 who have ever had sexual intercourse have used a "morning after" pill at least once, according to the first federal report on emergency contraception, out Thursday.

That's 5.8 million women -- and half say they used it because they feared their birth control method may have failed. The rest say they had unprotected sex.

The National Center for Health Statistics analysis is based on responses collected through in-person interviews with 12,279 women from 2006-2010. Of those, 10,605 said they were sexually experienced.

The FDA approved emergency contraceptive pills in 1998 for use up to five days after intercourse. But experts say there are plenty of obstacles to widespread use.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/5.8-million-women-have-used-the-morning-after-pill/496128026947360050.html

Teacher arrested after bringing gun to school

2013-02-13T18:06:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A Tierrasanta teacher arrested for having a loaded gun on campus once told students that he had the gun to protect the school according to one student.

Farb Middle School teacher Ned Walker, 41, was arrested Monday in the school's parking lot for having a .380 loaded semi-automatic handgun with a 7-round magazine as well as a 2.5 inch locking blade knife in his car.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Teacher-arrested-after-bringing-gun-to-school/-450676357237456475.html

Texas teen sues parents to prevent abortion

2013-02-13T18:05:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A pregnant teenager in Houston, Texas, is suing her parents, claiming that they are trying to coerce her to have an abortion. The 16-year-old, who is reportedly two months pregnant, is being represented by the Texas Center for Defense of Life (TCDL), a pro-life legal organization. For now, the girl and her unborn child are protected by a temporary restraining order, but the battle is far from over.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Texas-teen-sues-parents-to-prevent-abortion/-618237088190671330.html

Patriotic Bandanas Spark Racism Concerns

2013-02-13T18:03:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A group of students at a California high school basketball game were told to remove patriotic bandanas and stop chanting “USA, USA” because school administrators wanted to be sensitive to other spectators.

The incident occurred during a basketball last week between Camarillo High School and Rio Mesa High School in Ventura County.

A school administrator pulled aside four boys and told them to either remove their American flag bandanas or leave the game. The boys complied but returned to lead the crowd in a chant of “USA, USA.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Patriotic-Bandanas-Spark-Racism-Concerns/22051874124011554.html

Pastor blasts gun worshippers

2013-02-13T18:02:00Z

Posted By: Staff

There’s at least one pastor out there who’s not afraid to offend people on both sides of the firearms debate. Shane Idleman of Westside Christian Fellowship in Lancaster, Calif., is pro-gun ownership, but he’s also willing to speak out against some Christians whom he accuses of essentially worshipping weapons.

In a sermon that was delivered this past Sunday, the pastor derided individuals on both sides of the gun debate. He charged that both proponents of firearms control and those who hold dearly to the Second Amendment often misrepresent the issue — a phenomenon that has led to dysfunction and improper handling of the debate as a whole.

At the heart of Idleman’s message was an attempt to get to the heart of the divisive impact the discussion has had on society. Additionally, he challenged those listening to check their relationships with the Lord.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pastor-blasts-gun-worshippers/569496788069782488.html

Cardinal Turkson's Vision for the Church

2013-02-13T18:01:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Cardinal Peter Turkson, a 64-year-old Ghanaian prelate, is the bookmaker's early favourite to succeed Pope Benedict XVI.

He told The Daily Telegraph Tuesday that his biggest challenge, should he be elected, would be to maintain an orthodox Catholic doctrine while "at the same time knowing how to apply it so that you do not become irrelevant in a world that has continuous changes".

Cardinal Turkson, who holds one of the most important jobs in the Roman Curia and has been repeatedly promoted by Pope Benedict, was quick to take a conservative line on gay marriage and other "alternative lifestyles".

"We need to find ways of dealing with the challenges coming up from society and culture," he said, adding that the Church needed to "evangelise", or convert, those who had embraced "alternative lifestyles, trends or gender issues". He added: "We cannot fail in our task of providing guidance."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Cardinal-Turksons-Vision-for-the-Church/-823347207328933875.html

Maker's Mark cutting alcohol volume in bourbon

2013-02-12T19:10:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Caller:

The producer of Maker’s Mark bourbon is cutting — likely permanently — the amount of alcohol in each bottle to stretch every drop of the famous Kentucky whiskey. The alcohol volume is being lowered from its historic level of 45 percent to 42 percent — or 90 proof to 84 proof.

The brand known for its square bottles sealed in red wax has struggled to keep up with demand that more than doubled the past seven years. Distribution has been squeezed and the popular premium brand has had to curtail shipments to some overseas markets.

“Over the last 100-plus days, there are many, many instances across lot of different cities where bars, restaurants, package stores have run low, run out,” Rob Samuels, chief operating officer for Maker’s Mark and grandson of the brand’s founder, said Monday.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Makers-Mark-cutting-alcohol-volume-in-bourbon/-838489461924645251.html

Wrestling dropped from 2020 Games

2013-02-12T19:09:00Z

Posted By: Staff

ESPN:

IOC leaders dropped wrestling from the Olympic program on Tuesday, a surprise decision that removes one of the oldest Olympic sports from the 2020 Games.

The IOC executive board decided to retain modern pentathlon -- the event considered most at risk -- and remove wrestling instead from its list of 25 "core sports."

The IOC board acted after reviewing the 26 sports on the current Olympic program. Eliminating one sport allows the International Olympic Committee to add a new sport to the program later this year.

Wrestling, which combines freestyle and Greco-Roman events, goes back to the inaugural modern Olympics in Athens in 1896.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Wrestling-dropped-from-2020-Games/-342185672902233775.html

Lawsuits for bad grades?

2013-02-12T19:08:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Caller:

Hamburg pointed out that Thode is the daughter of Lehigh finance professor Stephen Thode. One of the perks of that relationship was that she was able to enroll in the Lehigh graduate program tuition-free. The school provided her with a job as well. She also got to attend York College of Pennsylvania at no charge as an undergraduate thanks to her Lehigh connections, says The Call.

Thode was on the witness stand Monday. Another Lehigh attorney, Michael Sacks, grilled her about her free ride.

“Even after you sued Lehigh, you were getting free tuition and working for Lehigh?” Sacks queried.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Lawsuits-for-bad-grades/-958927737044126837.html

What's needed in a 21st-century pope?

2013-02-12T19:07:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Washington Post:

For centuries, the job of a pope was a relatively manageable affair. Candidates were largely Italian, the flock Western. One could even disappear from public, as Pope Pius XI did for a couple of years in the 1930s so people wouldn’t see that he’d been using a wheelchair. In the 13th century, the position was vacant for 31 / 2 years.

By contrast, the cardinals preparing to select a replacement for Pope Benedict XVI are seeking one whopper of a résumé. The role now calls for a spiritual figure able to inspire and unify a 1.1 billion-member global church that’s simultaneously booming and collapsing, and whose flock seems to agree on little. Management acumen is essential, Twitter fluency preferable. Hours: 24-7.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Whats-needed-in-a-21st-century-pope/81345891399537975.html

Larger NFL field could lead to increased player safety

2013-02-12T19:06:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Huffington Post:

The NFL has looked to a lot of places to make its game safer. It even has looked to Canada. And it may continue to look north.

As recently as a year ago, the competition committee kicked around the idea of a bigger field, CFL style. And this wasn’t the first time the committee has broached the subject. Perhaps the committee will broach the subject again when it meets in Indianapolis in advance of the combine.

The Canadian field is 195 feet wide, compared to the 160 foot wide NFL field. The CFL field also is 30 yards longer, but the widening of the field is what really could impact safety regarding head injuries.

“I’m not so sure we shouldn’t think about widening the field,” former competition committee member Bill Polian said. “It’s a radical idea, but I think it’s worth thinking about. You would have more space and perhaps a safer game. I say that based on my CFL experience. There are less collisions of that type in the Canadian game.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Larger-NFL-field-could-lead-to-increased-player-safety/298082820086085121.html

DC ranked first in extra-marital affairs

2013-02-12T19:05:00Z

Posted By: Staff

CNS News:

For the second time in two years, Washington, D.C., has been ranked the number one city for cheaters.

According to AshleyMadison.com, a web site that bills itself as “the world’s leading married dating service for discreet encounters,” the nation’s capital was at the top of the list of America’s Least Faithful Cities with 34,157 sign-ups – more sign-ups per capita in 2012.

“With enormous public attention paid to political cheating scandals this year, including the Gen. Petraeus affair, there was no doubt that Washington residents would be influenced. Living in DC it’s crucial to keep up appearances and therefore adultery has become a way of life for many of the city’s most powerful residents,” said AshleyMadison.com Founder and CEO Noel Biderman.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/DC-ranked-first-in-extra-marital-affairs/112103077793275290.html

Woman dies after botched abortion

2013-02-11T19:07:00Z

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A 29-year old woman died yesterday as the result of fatal complications suffered during an abortion at 33 weeks. Late-term abortion practitioner LeRoy Carhart (left) performed the abortion at the Germantown Reproductive Health Center in Germantown, Maryland.

According to information the pro-life group Operation Rescue released to LifeNews today, the unnamed woman went to the abortion facility for a third trimester abortion from out-of-state and arrived at Germantown Reproductive Health Center on Sunday to start the abortion process. Local pro-life advocates protesting outside saw her every day until yesterday, and described her as appearing “pale and weak.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Woman-dies-after-botched-abortion/654022930445675790.html

"Black People are the most talented people in the world"

2013-02-11T19:05:00Z

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Actor Jamie Foxx is again facing a backlash for making a controversial, racially charged remark, this time for making a statement about black superiority during an NAACP awards ceremony.

Foxx declared that black people are the 'most talented people in the world' at the 44th annual NAACP Image Awards, drawing the ire of conservative critics who took offense to what they considered a racist remark.

As he accepted the Entertainer of the Year Award during the Feb. 1 ceremony, he praised other luminaries such as Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier, saying that he was humbled by the amazing people he shared the stage with.

'Black people are the most talented people in the world. I, it’s, I can’t explain it,' Foxx said. 'You can’t sit in this room and not watch Gladys Knight sing and go like, “Golly, what in the world?”'

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Black-People-are-the-most-talented-people-in-the-world/38184101249771156.html

Remembering four chaplains' heroism

2013-02-11T19:04:00Z

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The LA Times:

For a long time, the story of the four chaplains was everywhere.

In classrooms, posters showed the men of different faiths, arms linked in prayer, braced against the waves engulfing the deck of their torpedoed troop ship on Feb. 3, 1943. They had given their life preservers to frantic soldiers and urged troops paralyzed with fear to jump into the icy North Atlantic before they were sucked down by the sinking ship's whirlpool.

A postage stamp in 1948 honored the two Protestant ministers, the Catholic priest and the rabbi. Streets and schools soon were named after them, a chapel in Philadelphia dedicated to them, books written about them. Testimonials to their self-sacrifice were lavish; President Truman said, "I don't think in the history of the world that there has been anything in heroism equal to this. It was the greatest sermon ever preached."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Remembering-four-chaplains-heroism/-87582549355119921.html

Private Prom for Heterosexuals

2013-02-11T19:03:00Z

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The Daily Caller:

It’s not clear exactly how many gays and lesbians are currently roaming the halls of Sullivan High School in rural Sullivan, Indiana. Nevertheless, a group of students and parents doesn’t want a single one of them at the high school prom this year.

On Sunday, the students and parents met along with a smattering of other community members at the Sullivan First Christian Church, reports WTWO, the NBC affiliate in Terre Haute. They want to raise money for a separate, “traditional” prom that only allows heterosexuals.

Sullivan High School itself presumably would not be involved with a prom that bans certain students from attending.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Private-Prom-for-Heterosexuals/-5385795056194870.html

Another F-bomb for CBS?

2013-02-11T19:02:00Z

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The Hollywood Reporter:

Jack White appeared to drop an F-bomb on the Grammys on Sunday night, but CBS claims he didn't.

White sang what sounded like the F-word during his performance of "Love Interruption" with Ruby Amanfu during the show, which aired live from the Staples Center on the East Coast. While the lyrics to their song don't include the words "f--- me," it appeared that White and/or Amanfu added them in during their live performance.

Many Grammy viewers immediately took to social media to note the apparent utterance of the swear word.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Another-F-bomb-for-CBS/-91038580142283332.html

In 'Fatherless, Dobson portrays bleak future for families

2013-02-10T12:49:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Huffington Post:

Christian conservative leader James Dobson, the founder of the Focus on the Family ministry, has gained a new title: novelist.

Working with co-author Kurt Bruner, a Texas pastor, he's out with "Fatherless," the first of a dystopian trilogy that looks into the future when the elderly outnumber the young, advancing the culture wars to new dimensions.

Dobson, 76, answered emailed questions from Religion News Service about his new project.

Some answers have been edited for length and clarity.

Q: Why did you venture into fiction after writing about real-life parenting for so long?

A: This is my first novel, but not my first foray into fiction. I have always believed in the power of narratives to influence thought and shape the spiritual imagination. While with Focus on the Family I challenged the team to create a radio drama series called "Adventures in Odyssey." My co-author, Kurt Bruner, led that team for several years. We couldn't be more excited about the potential of this new trilogy to embody themes on which I have been writing, speaking and broadcasting for decades.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/In-Fatherless,-Dobson-portrays-bleak-future-for-families/-710552469658938383.html

Art & Soul: Lilly Ledbetter biopic seeks leading lady

2013-02-10T12:48:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Politico reports:

Lilly Ledbetter is meeting later this month with filmmaker Rachel Feldman, who just bought the rights to the activist’s autobiography to turn into a biopic.

Ledbetter — the woman President Barack Obama’s 2009 fair-pay law is named after — inked the deal with Feldman at the end of last month, Feldman told POLITICO. Ledbetter worked as a manager at a Goodyear tire plant in Alabama in the 1980s and ’90s, when the highest-paid male manager earned more than $18,000 annually more than her.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Art--Soul:-Lilly-Ledbetter-biopic-seeks-leading-lady/-459608910783514925.html

How imprisoned terrorists' wives are getting their wives pregnant

2013-02-10T12:46:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Mail reports:

Prison smuggling usually involves sneaking contraband from the outside world to the inmates languishing on the other side.

But at some Israeli jails there is a certain commodity that the prisoners, and more importantly their wives, are said to be desperate to smuggle out.

Many of the men there are serving life sentences having been being found guilty of appalling terrorist attacks.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/How-imprisoned-terrorists-wives-are-getting-their-wives-pregnant/-790116729129787859.html

'You're not invited' alerts: New wedding trend

2013-02-10T12:45:00Z

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Careful: That e-mail from your newly engaged friend may be just the bearer of bad news. It could be to kindly not request your presence at their wedding.

“You’re not invited” alerts are the latest trend for those brides and grooms who feel a need to confirm non-attendance. With some couples looking for more budget-friendly receptions (i.e., smaller guest lists) and social media serving as wedding announcements on steroids, some feel a need to let non-essential pals know they’ll be sitting this one out.

“Nine out of 10 times, it’s because of lack of space – and the couple feels super guilty,” Tatiana Byron, founder of event planning service The Wedding Salon, told TODAY.com. “These are usually people they’re friendly with, but not close to.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Youre-not-invited-alerts:-New-wedding-trend/-697258892812324621.html

Clint Eastwood on Washington gridlock

2013-02-08T17:57:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Hollywood legend and Republican supporter Clint Eastwood told CNBC that Washington gridlock is sending the nation racing towards another contentious debt deadline.

"It's almost like they don't give a damn," he said, in a "Squawk Box" interview that aired Friday.

The Oscar-winning director who's also known for his tough-guy roles asked rhetorically, "If they don't give a damn, why did they expect anybody else to?"

With the deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff" barely in the rearview mirror, President Barack Obama and Republican leaders are on the clock again, scrambling to compromise on a package to replace the already-postponed automatic government spending cuts due to kick-in next month.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Clint-Eastwood-on-Washington-gridlock/-346230466818444801.html

Michelle Obama to attend funeral of 15 year old killed week after the inauguration

2013-02-08T17:57:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Michelle Obama will attend Saturday's funeral for the 15-year-old Chicago girl who was killed after returning home from performing during inauguration festivities for President Barack Obama, according to a White House official.

Hadiya Pendleton was killed in a park close to the Obamas' home on Chicago's South Side. Police say a gunman hopped a fence and opened fire on a group of young people, killing the drum majorette. No arrests have been made.

White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett and Education Secretary Arne Duncan, both from Chicago, also will attend the funeral.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Michelle-Obama-to-attend-funeral-of-15-year-old-killed-week-after-the-inauguration/-16699193952742349.html

Should Pastor apologize for taking part in Sandy Hook Memorial?

2013-02-08T17:56:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A Connecticut Lutheran pastor has apologised for participating in an interfaith prayer vigil for Sandy Hook victims because his church prohibits its clergy from worshipping with other faiths.

Rev Rob Morris of Christ the King Lutheran Church gave the benediction at a prayer vigil attended by leaders from Christian, Muslim and Jewish faiths, as well as by President Barack Obama and relatives of the 20 first graders who were killed.

Morris requested an announcement before the event explaining that participating clergy were not endorsing each other's views.

But in a statement posted February 1, the Missouri Synod president, the Rev Matthew Harrison, said Morris's 'specific and commendable' steps to avoid violating the church's constitution remained insufficient.

He said the event constituted joint worship since other clergy wore their vestments and the vigil included prayers and religious readings.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Should-Pastor-apologize-for-taking-part-in-Sandy-Hook-Memorial/-181390803230114625.html

Harbaugh brothers haven't spoken since The Superbowl

2013-02-08T17:55:00Z

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Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh admitted on CBS’ “The Late Show With David Letterman” Thursday that he hasn’t spoken to his brother, San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, since the Super Bowl.

“We have not had a conversation since,” the Super Bowl winning coach told Letterman. “We will, soon.”

John Harbaugh explained to Letterman that there is no animosity between the two and he believes he will be able to see and talk to his brother within the next couple of weeks.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Harbaugh-brothers-havent-spoken-since-The-Superbowl/564007287592432882.html

90's Dallas Cowboys team used horse ointment

2013-02-08T17:54:00Z

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Ex-Cowboys defensive lineman Tony Casillas joined Elf and Slater on KRLD-FM 105.3. Here are some highlights.

On if PED’s were prevalent during his career:

“When I heard about deer antler spray, I said that’s nothing. We used to use this stuff called DMSO. That’s what veterinarians put on horses’ muscles and we used it in the locker room. We had a bottle and you’d take it. It goes right to the blood stream. I’m not sure about this deer antler stuff, but it was prevalent in our locker room. It’s called DMSO. You get it from the veterinarian. It’s an ointment that’s like anti-inflammatory. You put it on your skin and you put it on a muscle, and I guarantee you, in about 30 minutes you’d feel great. If you’re going to talk about the deer antler stuff, we used DMSO and people knew it. Everyone knew about it.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/90s-Dallas-Cowboys-team-used-horse-ointment/783005546249127956.html

Car Seats lead to lower fertility

2013-02-07T18:53:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Are childrens’ car seats driving down the fertility rate in America?

Jonathan V. Last sees car seats as part of a “huge constellation of factors in modern life” that “nudge” people toward having fewer children, he said during an interview about his book, What to Expect When No One’s Expecting: America’s Coming Demographic Disaster.

Last said car seats effectively create a small “tax on people who want to have more than two kids” by making it harder to fit three kids into a normal sedan, which encourages parents to buy a larger car. This penalty may not dissuade people who already want more children from having them but it makes it “slightly harder to have big families.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Car-Seats-lead-to-lower-fertility/492825186942631175.html

Memorial for aborted babies vandalized by students

2013-02-07T18:52:00Z

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DePaul University has completed its investigation after an apparent act of vandalism destroyed a Pro-Life flag display on the school’s main campus.

As The Daily Caller reported, the display was part of the Flags for Life Project initiated by DePaul’s chapter of Young Americans for Freedom. After reserving space on the campus quad in Lincoln Park, club members set up 500 colored flags — half blue, half pink — to symbolize the lives they believe are lost each day as a result of legalized abortion.

When club members later returned to the quad to remove their display, they found it wrecked. Someone had removed the flags and stuffed them into several trash bins near the entrance to the library on the east side of the quad.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Memorial-for-aborted-babies-vandalized-by-students/-828529099398774476.html

Racial Rabbit in the happiest place on Earth?

2013-02-07T18:51:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Washington Times:

Six-year-old Jason Black Jr., a black boy from San Diego, just wanted a hug from the Disneyland employee dressed as the White Rabbit, from the “Alice in Wonderland” story.

“I went to hug him but he turned his back,” the boy said, according to a story from Fox5SanDiego.com. “It’s made me feel sad because I wanted to really hug him.” Brother Elijah, meanwhile, tried to hold the rabbit’s hand — paw? — but the employee kept pushing the boy’s hand away, according to the report.

So the family sued.

The rabbit is racist, they alleged.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Racial-Rabbit-in-the-happiest-place-on-Earth/690975579238758221.html

FDA's new food labeling rule

2013-02-07T18:51:00Z

Posted By: Staff

According to Fox News on Feb. 6, supermarket and convenience store trips are going to cost everyone more in the near future. A provision of the Affordable Health Care Act, otherwise known as “Obamacare,” mandates that supermarkets and convenience stores put nutrition labels on prepared, unpackaged foods like salad bar components and bakery items.

Supermarket owners are in a tizzy over the new rule and claim that it will cost them $1 billion additional in the first year alone.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/FDAs-new-food-labeling-rule/997617722502775261.html

Another radical Hollywood liberal

2013-02-07T18:50:00Z

Posted By: Staff

As actress Ashley Judd apparently ponders a candidacy for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky, a well-funded conservative super PAC is going up with ads Wednesday in the Bluegrass State portraying her as an ardent Obama disciple who is “aggressively and delightfully radical.”

American Crossroads spokesman Jonathan Collegio said the ad is backed by $10,000 in paid digital advertising, which will run for two weeks in Kentucky. The ad also takes hits at Judd for calling Kentuckians “hillbillies,” for calling Tennessee “home” and for being a “Hollywood liberal.”

Judd has signaled that she’s interested in running for the Democratic nomination to take on Mitch McConnell, the state’s Republican senator and Senate minority leader.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Another-radical-Hollywood-liberal/-411806317164139584.html

No God in the Pledge of Allegiance

2013-02-06T19:10:00Z

Posted By: Staff

MSNBC might be the only place where God can’t get a shout-out from a Baptist minister.

In a recently released commercial for the network, part of its “Lean Forward” series, MSNBC’s “PoliticsNation” host and Baptist minister Rev. Al Sharpton is featured, expressing the need to renew the fight against discrimination. And at the end of his plea, he cites the Pledge of Allegiance, but omits the phrase “under God” from it.

“We must have a renewed fight for many of the things we fought for because voting rights, and women’s rights, and the rights of people against discrimination, whether they’re African-American, Latino, lesbian and gay must be protected, until we have a nation that is really living up to the creed of one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all,” Sharpton said. “Not all of one kind, but all.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/No-God-in-the-Pledge-of-Allegiance/709986247743808178.html

Discount for well-behaved kids

2013-02-06T19:09:00Z

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Fox News:

Following the debacle at an Applebee's restaurant where a pastor not only refused to tip but left a nasty message on the bill-- here's another restaurant receipt that's liable to may put a smile on your face.

Servers at an Italian restaurant in Poulsbo, Washington, offered a family a $4 discount for their "well behaved kids" and took $4 off the bill.

Reddit user Laura King posted a receipt showing the discount. "If only all restaurants did this for people with kids," wrote the mom with kids aged 2,3 and 8. In fact, the children were so well behaved that the server rewarded the family by giving them a free bowl of ice cream to share too.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Discount-for-well-behaved-kids/-63650467075930385.html

Newest DC attorney

2013-02-06T19:08:00Z

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The Washington Post:

Philandering politicos around town, start quaking in your wingtips. And maybe call your lawyer.

Fair warning:L.A.-based Gloria Allred, attorney to many a woman involved in a high-profile controversy, was sworn in on Monday as a member of the D.C. bar. Which means ... well, not much, for the moment.

Allred tells us that she’s not working on any particular case that would bring her to our fair city. But she frequently does business here, she says, and rather than operate on a “pro hac vice” basis (meaning each time she comes before a D.C. judge, she gets a one-time waiver), she decided to go all in.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Newest-DC-attorney/-330053841889259528.html

Armstrong under federal investigation

2013-02-06T19:07:00Z

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The Washington Times:

Back-and-forth comments have clouded the issue, but according to the latest, disgraced U.S. bicyclist Lance Armstrong is facing a federal investigation for various charges related to his doping scandal.

An unnamed but high level source told ABC that “agents are actively investigating Armstrong for obstruction, witness tampering and intimidation.” That statement follows confusion about the state of a federal investigation, after the U.S. Attorney for Southern California, Andre Birotte, said Feb. 5 that he was dropping his criminal inquiry — after two years of investigation, ABC reported.

Newser reports that federal agents reportedly wanted to go forth with an indictment; ABC reported that the unnamed high level source then said, “Birotte does not speak for the federal government as a whole.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Armstrong-under-federal-investigation/-706802691642375990.html

Cat passes go, new Monopoly token

2013-02-06T19:06:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Mail:

The humble cat has beaten off competition from robots, a guitar and a helicopter to become the newest token on the Monopoly board - but the iron is being axed.

Millions of Monopoly fans worldwide voted on Facebook after the manufacturer launched its first public poll to choose which of the eight tokens to ditch, and what to replace it with.

The iron, which has featured in the game since the 1930s, secured just 8 per cent of a vote and will now be removed.

But the cat, regarded as a dead cert to win because of their huge popularity online, came top with 31 per cent of the poll.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Cat-passes-go,-new-Monopoly-token/-664307690558608966.html

Michelle Obama's body draws more criticism

2013-02-05T18:20:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Washington Post:

They’re at it again.

The latest public rant against Michelle Obama’s effort to promote low-calorie school lunches was recently caught on tape in Alabama — the usual protest against the federal government meddling in local business. And then it quickly found its way around to the first lady’s posterior.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Michelle-Obamas-body-draws-more-criticism/677003450438154182.html

Washington DC has worst traffic

2013-02-05T18:18:00Z

Posted By: Staff

When it comes to traffic congestion around Washington, even the good news is bad, and it goes downhill from there.

The city that so hungers to be No. 1 at something — usually on a gridiron or diamond-shaped field — has again risen to the top as the most congested metropolitan area in the United States, a place where the average driver burns 67 hours and 32 gallons of gas each year sitting in traffic.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Washington-DC-has-worst-traffic/776976654188233245.html

Sandy Hook father pro gun rights

2013-02-05T18:17:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Last week while MSNBC was busy deceptively editing a video of Neil Heslin, the father of a child murdered in the Newtown, Connecticut mass shooting, the "Lean Forward" network and the rest of the liberal media failed to notice the pro-gun rights testimony of another Newtown father, Bill Stevens. While he was fortunate enough to not have lost a child that day, Mr. Stevens has a daughter in 5th grade and her classmate's little sister was among those killed. "Charlton Heston made the phrase 'From my cold dead hands' famous and I am here to tell you today, you will take my ability to protect my Victoria from my cold dead hands," Stevens told the panel

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Sandy-Hook-father-pro-gun-rights/-889624668975514787.html

Ultrasound Before Abortion

2013-02-05T18:16:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Women in Tennessee soon may have to get an ultrasound before an abortion, under a bill filed in the state legislature.

State Sen. Jim Tracy, R-Shelbyville, has filed a measure that would require women to undergo a “transabdominal ultrasound” and wait at least 24 hours before going forward with an abortion.

Tennessee does not now require women to have an ultrasound before an abortion, in part because the state constitution has its own privacy clause. That has limited lawmakers’ ability to place restrictions on women seeking to end a pregnancy.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ultrasound-Before-Abortion/-207844927159674037.html

Troggs lead singer Reg Presley dies at 71; sang 'Wild Thing'

2013-02-05T12:54:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Rock star Reg Presley, lead singer of the Troggs on hit songs including the garage-rock classic "Wild Thing," has died. He was 71.

Presley's friend and publicist, Keith Altham, said late Monday night that Presley died after a long bout with cancer.

Altham said the singer died at his home in Andover (70 miles west of London) surrounded by his family and friends.

"My dear old pal Reg Presley of The Troggs died today," he said, calling Presley "one very real person in a sometimes very unreal world."

Presley and the Troggs scored their breakthrough hit "Wild Thing" in the early days of the British invasion started by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.

With its basic three-chord approach and driving beat, it became a hit on both sides of the Atlantic and has been covered by literally hundreds of bands since its 1966 release.

The song was picked up not only by garage bands the world over — the lead guitar riffs were easily copied — but also by icons like Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Springsteen.

The Troggs, all from the Andover area, had several other big hits, including "Love is All Around" and "With a Girl Like You."

They faded in the 1970s but their songs were revived in the 1990s when REM and Wet Wet Wet released covers of the Troggs' "Love Is All Around."

Presley founded the Troggs in the 1960s and they kept touring until his lung cancer was diagnosed just over a year ago. He had recently retired because of the cancer.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Troggs-lead-singer-Reg-Presley-dies-at-71;-sang-Wild-Thing/-466927271771416581.html

Blind-Side Inspiration

2013-02-04T19:23:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The football star who shot to fame because of his role in the hit film 'The Blind Side' now has another title to his name after his team won the Super Bowl.

Michael Oher celebrated on the field amid the confetti with the Tuohy family, who adopted him in high school and helped lead him to both academic and athletic success.

'I came so far from nothing to a Super Bowl champion. I'm in shock right now!' he told Good Morning America's Josh Elliott.

'We won the Super Bowl!' adoptive mother Leigh Ann Tuohy said as she was excitedly celebrating on the field alongside 26-year-old Michael.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Blind-Side-Inspiration/518405667098237387.html

DC teen is best female climber in the world

2013-02-04T19:22:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Daredevil teenager Sasha DiGiulian likes to hang out, literally, half a kilometre up over a plunging rock face.

The 19-year-old, from Washington DC, burst onto the climbing scene at the age of seven and is now the best female climber in world.

And the teenager admits she learnt how to climb before she could walk.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/DC-teen-is-best-female-climber-in-the-world/115270525288737697.html

'Burkas for Babies'

2013-02-04T19:21:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A Saudi cleric has called for all female babies to be fully covered by wearing the face veil, commonly known as the burka, citing reports of little girls being sexually molested.

In a TV interview on the Islamic al-Majd TV, which seems to date back to mid-last year, Sheikh Abdullah Daoud, stressed that wearing the veil will protect baby girls. The Sheikh tried to back his assertion with claims of sexual molestation against babies in the kingdom, quoting unnamed medical and security sources.

Recently picked up on social media, Sheikh Dauod’s statement prompted wide condemnation from his fellow Saudis on Twitter. Some tweeps called for the Sheikh to be held accountable because his ruling denigrates Islam and breaches individual privacy.

Sheikh Mohammad al-Jzlana, former judge at the Saudi Board of Grievances, told Al Arabiya that Dauod’s ruling was denigrating to Islam and Shariah and made Islam look bad.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Burkas-for-Babies/-750357532642721363.html

4 in 10 DC third graders read well

2013-02-04T19:19:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Washington Post:

Only four in 10 third-graders in the District can read proficiently, and only about four out of 10 young adults in the city have a full-time job.

Those sobering statistics are part of a snapshot of D.C. youths to be released Monday by Raise D.C., a coalition of public, private and nonprofit groups Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) convened last year with the aim of improving the lives of the District’s neediest residents from birth through age 24.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/4-in-10-DC-third-graders-read-well/167105924586736334.html

Home-schoolers allowed to play on public school teams

2013-02-04T19:19:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Click to watch the video.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Home-schoolers-allowed-to-play-on-public-school-teams/6351859685507670.html

Beyonce: No lip syncing for the Super Bowl halftime

2013-02-01T17:51:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Determined to silence the criticism aimed at her for lip-synching the national anthem at Obama's inauguration, Beyonce made a move to hush all her haters by belting out the “The Star-Spangled Banner” during the Super Bowl halftime press conference yesterday. She also opened up about why she sang to a pre-recorded track.

Before reporters could get in any questions, Queen B, decked out in all white, belted out the national anthem. She then owned up to her lip-synching scandal and explained the reason behind it.

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Grandma cited for speeding 4X in 1 day

2013-02-01T17:50:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The 49-year-old woman who received no fewer than four speeding tickets last week after flying down on I-90 as fast as 112 mph has been identified.

Loretta Lacy, of Sioux Falls, S.D., was heading to Racine, Wis. and trying to make it in time for her granddaughter’s formal dance that evening.

Lacy was first stopped in Martin County at 2:25 p.m. after authorities received multiple complaints of her speeding, and weaving in and out of traffic. She was ticketed for speeding (she passed the trooper at 112 mph), no insurance and possession of marijuana.

Just 20 miles later, though she did slow down to 99 mph, she was again ticketed for speeding and no proof of insurance. At this point, Minnesota and Wisconsin State Patrols were advised, and on the lookout.

About 70 minutes later, Lacy was ticketed traveling at 88 mph in Freeborn County for speeding and no insurance.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Grandma-cited-for-speeding-4X-in-1-day/-600148561772107273.html

Soledad's viewers 'too ethnic'

2013-02-01T17:49:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The tumult at CNN that has seen several contributors leave the cable news network continued on Wednesday, when Soledad O'Brien's morning show, “Starting Point,” was canceled because her program's small audience was “too ethnic, based on the high concentration of minority viewers.”

Despite ending O'Brien's morning show, a CNN spokesman told Politico on Thursday that "Soledad is very important to the network, and we're discussing various options with her.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Soledads-viewers-too-ethnic/-826542666774406533.html

Sandwich generation

2013-02-01T17:48:00Z

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NPR:

If you're the economic pillar for both your kids and your parents, you're not alone.

One-in-seven adults financially support both their parents and their kids at the same time, according to a Pew Research study released Wednesday.

What's the main reason behind this? Researchers say grown children who are "struggling to achieve financial independence" have become part of their parent's financial responsibility. The study cites the Great Recession and low employment figures as factors for young adults' unsuccessful job retainment. (A 2012 study noted youths were often underemployed, still living at home and had it harder than their parents.)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Sandwich-generation/-520436936309681033.html

Putin hires Boyz II Men

2013-01-31T17:44:00Z

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The Telegraph reports:

One thing you can’t take away from authoritarian regimes is their sense of pizzazz. Every policy problem is approached with a mix of seriousness and show business, elevating even the most mundane issue in to high art. Therefore it’s no great surprise to read that Vladimir Putin’s solution to Russia’s demographic challenge is to hire 1990s vocal group Boyz II Men to promote increased fertility. Why Boyz II Men? I can only guess that East 17 are busy promoting fallout shelters in North Korea.

The story comes from the Moscow Times, which writes: “The stylish trio of Boyz II Men, the most successful R&B group of all time, is coming to Moscow on Feb 6. The group will perform a selection of their classic and new romantic ballads, hopefully giving Russian men some inspiration ahead of St. Valentine's Day.” The Times insists that the band will be lending their “powerful voices” to Putin’s fertility campaign. Whether or not the Russian kingpin personally got on the phone, tracked down their agent and demanded that they “do the show right here” is pure speculation on the newspaper’s part. It’s a little hard to believe … but it’s also not impossible to imagine.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Putin-hires-Boyz-II-Men/891970628232859303.html

Patty Andrews, last of the singing Andrews Sisters, dies at 94

2013-01-31T17:43:00Z

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The AP reports:

Patty Andrews, the last surviving member of the singing Andrews Sisters trio whose hits such as the rollicking “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” and the poignant “I Can Dream, Can’t I?” captured the home-front spirit of World War II, died Wednesday. She was 94.

Miss Andrews died of natural causes at her home in the Los Angeles suburb of Northridge, said family spokesman Alan Eichler in a statement.

Miss Andrews was the one in the middle, the lead singer and chief clown whose raucous jitterbugging delighted American servicemen abroad and audiences at home.

She could also deliver sentimental ballads such as “I’ll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time” with a sincerity that caused hardened GIs far from home to weep.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Patty-Andrews,-last-of-the-singing-Andrews-Sisters,-dies-at-94/752096955476968440.html

Law says lights out at 1am

2013-01-31T17:42:00Z

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Shops and offices throughout France will be forced to turn off their lights overnight in a bid to fight light pollution, the country's environment ministry has announced.

Under the new law, which comes into effect on 1 July, lights in shop window displays will be turned off at 1am. Interior lights in offices and other non-residential buildings will have to be switched off an hour after the last employee leaves. Local councils will be able to make exceptions for Christmas and other special occasions, and in certain tourist or cultural areas.

The move, announced on Wednesday, is expected to save 250,000 tonnes of CO2 – enough energy to power 750,000 French households for a year.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Law-says-lights-out-at-1am/799996665419747153.html

49rs player against gays in NFL

2013-01-31T17:42:00Z

Posted By: Staff

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver has made inflammatory comments regarding homosexuality in football just a few days before Super Bowl XLVII.

Shock jock Artie Lange revealed he had interviewed Culliver at media day Tuesday and aired a segment on his show that night, where the player insisted that any gay players would not be welcome on the team.

"I don't do the gay guys man," said Culliver, whose Niners play the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. "I don't do that. No, we don't got no gay people on the team, they gotta get up out of here if they do.

"Can't be with that sweet stuff. Nah…can't be…in the locker room man. Nah."

When quizzed by Lange whether any homosexual athletes would need to keep their sexuality a secret in football, Culliver responded: "Yeah, come out 10 years later after that."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/49rs-player-against-gays-in-NFL/3454876217314435.html

Democrats for Life

2013-01-30T18:10:00Z

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A group of pro-life Democrats is protesting radical abortion legislation in New York, as well as assertions that there is no place for them in the Democratic Party.

“New York women do not actually need greater access to abortion, but a more supportive system to allow real choice, should they want to bring their pregnancies to term,” said Democrats for Life of America in a Jan. 17 statement.

“Looser abortion restrictions will do nothing to help women who feel financially strapped or who lack family support and often turn to abortion as a last resort,” the group added.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Democrats-for-Life/252028198097219690.html

Afghan Singer's Star is rising

2013-01-30T18:10:00Z

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With a scarf loosely covering a fancy television hairstyle, Latifa Azizi raised her arms in victory after surviving another elimination round on the hit talent show, "Afghan Star".

But the victory pales into insignificance when compared with the larger battle 17-year-old Azizi is fighting - to pursue her dream of becoming a famous singer despite the censure of ultra-conservative Afghan society.

"Whether I win or lose, my family can't go back home, it's too dangerous," Azizi, from the relatively liberal northern capital of Mazar-e-Sharif, told Reuters in the show's dressing room.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Afghan-Singers-Star-is-rising/456773045902111901.html

Barbra Streisand to Perform on Oscars

2013-01-30T18:09:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Barbra Streisand is coming to the Oscars. She’s singing. Imagine a show with Barbra, Adele, and Jennifer Hudson all performing. Holy cow. This will be a good show. Plus, Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, and the tributes to “Chicago,” “Mamma Mia,” “Hairspray,” “Dreamgirls.” Bring a pillow and a blanket!

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Barbra-Streisand-to-Perform-on-Oscars/517130425272813420.html

Smelly French Family ordered out of museum

2013-01-30T18:08:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The couple and a young child were on a free trip to the Musee d'Orsay with a charity that supports hard-up families.

As the group browsed a room with paintings by Van Gogh, security guards told them they had to leave the building because people were "complaining about their smell".

The worker with the Act for Dignity charity said: "I argued with the security man, telling him the family were all decent and properly dressed.

"Not a single other person had complained about us so I refute the idea that it was their smell.

"We moved on to another room, but we were again met by four museum guards who ordered us out of the building."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Smelly-French-Family-ordered-out-of-museum/-541357035767321720.html

Ergonomic desk dangers

2013-01-30T18:07:00Z

Posted By: Staff

CBS Marketwatch:

When John Osborn’s treadmill desk arrived in his corner office last August, the New York CEO of advertising firm BBDO spent nearly 80% of the day working while walking. But soon colleagues began pointing out rampant misspellings in his emails. “You quickly realize how difficult it is to type anything longer than a sentence,” he says. And while he had hoped to drop some weight, he found that after a few weeks, his appetite increased. “The big joke around here was I got the treadmill desk and I put on 6 pounds,” Osborn says.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ergonomic-desk-dangers/-970030468625820515.html

Pro-Life is Social Justice

2013-01-29T17:58:00Z

Posted By: Staff

In recent months Pope Benedict XVI has placed a great emphasis on respect for life of the unborn, noting that it is a cornerstone of the social doctrine of the Catholic Church. However the emphasis is surprising to some who have in the past seen social justice only as pertaining to concerns around poverty, development, peace, and the environment.

In the 2009 encyclical Caritas in Veritate Pope Benedict XVI insisted that “openness to life is at the centre of true development.” In December, the Pope issued a formal legislative document, or Motu Proprio, called, “On the service of Charity” which went so far as to insist that bishops strip the name ‘Catholic’ from charitable agencies which are not being carried out in conformity with Church teaching.

Stressing the point again last week the Pope said, “We must exercise a critical vigilance and at times refuse funding and collaborations that, directly or indirectly, favour actions or projects that are at odds with Christian anthropology.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pro-Life-is-Social-Justice/-924413867713238203.html

Casey Anthony files for bankruptcy

2013-01-29T17:58:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Casey Anthony is broke.

The Orlando, Fla., woman -- acquitted of killing her 2-year-old daughter in a trial that riveted the nation -- has $1,084 in assets and at least $792,119 in debt, according to bankruptcy documents filed in a Florida federal court and obtained by local media.

The bankruptcy documents were filed Friday, the same day an appellate court threw out two of Anthony's four misdemeanor convictions.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Casey-Anthony-files-for-bankruptcy/-72973631070050209.html

Computer predicts 49rs win

2013-01-29T17:57:00Z

Posted By: Staff

CBS:

Super Bowl XLVII will only be played once, and it will be on the field in New Orleans. But with two weeks to fill in between the championship games and the Super Bowl, there’s some time to run some numbers.

PredictionMachine.com, a website that predicts the outcome of sporting events based on computer models, ran more than just “some” numbers. They ran Sunday’s 49ers vs. Ravens match-up through their system 50,000 times to see what the most likely outcome of the game will be.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Computer-predicts-49rs-win/-260753260429182043.html

CA house sells for $117.5 million

2013-01-29T17:56:00Z

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The LA Times:

An estate has sold in the wealthy northern California community of Woodside for $117.5 million, making it one of the highest-priced residential sales ever in the U.S.

Woodside is known for its striking equestrian neighborhoods and billionaire Silicon Valley homeowners, among them Oracle Corp. chief Larry Ellison. It also is the site of Filoli, a landmark country estate designed by Willis Polk, with 16 acres of gardens and another 654 acres of grounds used in the filming of "Heaven Can Wait."

The seller was Tully Friedman, chief executive of Friedman, Fleischer and Lowe, a San Francisco-based private equity firm. The property was purchased in the name of SV Projects LLC.

The neoclassical-style house, built in 2005 and designed by architect Allan Greenberg, has 360-degree mountain views from its hilltop perch of nearly 9 acres. A swimming pool with a pool house, a tennis court and formal gardens surround the main house, which is featured in the book "Extraordinary Homes California: An Exclusive Showcase of the Finest Architects, Designers and Builders in California." Features include an ellipse-shaped garden room with a domed roof and several sets of double French doors.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/CA-house-sells-for-$117.5-million/168221465001633716.html

Nearly half of Americans are overqualified for job

2013-01-28T18:06:00Z

Posted By: Staff

USA Today:

Nearly half of working Americans with college degrees are in jobs for which they're overqualified, a new study out Monday suggests.

The study, released by the non-profit Center for College Affordability and Productivity, says the trend is likely to continue for newly minted college graduates over the next decade.

"It is almost the new normal," says lead author Richard Vedder, an Ohio University economist and founder of the center, based in Washington.

The number of Americans whose highest academic degree was a bachelor's grew 25% to 41 million from 2002 to 2012, statistics released last week from the U.S. Census Bureau show.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Nearly-half-of-Americans-are-overqualified-for-job/-940120980839935656.html

Bishop rebukes Catholic Newspaper

2013-01-28T18:05:00Z

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LifeSiteNews.com reports:

The National Catholic Reporter, a newspaper renowned for its “liberal” editorial stance on numerous doctrinal and moral issues, should not advertise itself as Catholic, according to Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City.

The headquarters of the Reporter (not to be confused with the National Catholic Register) are located in Bishop Finn’s diocese, putting the paper under his ecclesiastical authority.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Bishop-rebukes-Catholic-Newspaper/-904028290394379530.html

School makes students 'sign out' toilet paper

2013-01-28T18:04:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Republican Herald reports:

Vandalism in Mahanoy Area High School boys' bathrooms has resulted in toilet paper being issued by request as needed, a policy that one parent believes is embarrassing for students.

Karen Yedsena, Mahanoy City, spoke during the public portion of Thursday's school board meeting, asking about the policy.

"I'm asking about the high school and why the boys are not allowed to have toilet paper except if they go to the nurse or the office to get it," Yedsena said.

The boys' bathrooms in the high school do not have toilet paper due to vandalism. Any boy needing the bathroom tissue must ask for it and sign it out.

High school Principal Thomas Smith said it was a solution to a major problem.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/School-makes-students-sign-out-toilet-paper/79817952462475483.html

Mennonite pastor in jail after refusing to testify

2013-01-28T18:04:00Z

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LifeSiteNews.com reports:

"I have time for just a short note," wrote Mennonite pastor Kenneth Miller to his supporters as he awaited his inevitable arrest yesterday, "'...Whom having not seen ye love, though now ye see Him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.' (1 Pet. 1:8-9) He is risen. His Kingdom reigns forever. All is well."

Hours later, Miller faced federal judge William Sessions III, and informed him that he would not testify before a grand jury against several acquaintances accused of helping the pastor arrange for the escape of Lisa Miller and her daughter, Isabella, from the United States in 2009. According to the Burlington Free Press, Kenneth Miller told the judge that testifying would be inconsistent with his religious beliefs.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mennonite-pastor-in-jail-after-refusing-to-testify/-279223986581782220.html

Man threatened Liberty Bell

2013-01-28T17:59:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Philly.com reports:

A man threatening to blow up the Liberty Bell was detained Saturday, police said, after leaving two backpacks nearby that he said contained explosives.

Police investigated and found no explosives.

The man was expected to be charged, Officer Christine O'Brien, a spokeswoman for the Philadelphia Police Department, said Saturday evening. He had not been identified as of late Saturday night.

A police source said the man was not from the Philadelphia area and did not appear to have a criminal record.

Sometime before 10:45 a.m., National Park Service rangers stopped the man Saturday morning, after reports that he was threatening to blow up the Liberty Bell. The man also said he had explosives in his backpacks, O'Brien said.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Man-threatened-Liberty-Bell/100074341216243793.html

Off-duty cop's "soul patrol"

2013-01-28T16:25:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Washington Post:

In the twilight of a recent Friday evening, Kevin Copeland was neatly stacking fliers and Bibles on a concrete slab at his ad-hoc post outside the Anacostia Neighborhood Library when he spotted two men walking up Good Hope Road. He seized the opportunity.

“I’m Brother Copeland,’’ he said, smiling broadly as he approached the men and shook their hands.

“Hope y’all are doing all right. Y’all got some job training?” he asked Christopher Taylor, 23, and Lynard Mayrant, 26.

As it happened, the men had just completed a fruitless, day-long, job hunt. They had gone from Eastover Shopping Center in Oxon Hill to Chinatown in the District. They had hit up a McDonald’s, a Downtown Locker Room, a Shoe City. Nothing.

Copeland shoved fliers for a nearby job training program into the men’s hands. Then he quickly pivoted to his true purpose: spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Off-duty-cops-soul-patrol/-662668927871942097.html

Match.com matches woman with murder suspect

2013-01-25T16:44:00Z

Posted By: Staff

CBS News:

An online dating service says a Las Vegas woman has no legal basis for her lawsuit seeking $10 million after she was matched with a man who hid in her garage and brutally attacked her.

Mary Kay Beckman filed suit in U.S. District Court on Friday accusing Match.com of failing to disclose dangers of online dating.

She said she’d known Wade Ridley only eight days when she broke up with him in September 2010. Four months later he stabbed her 10 times.

“There were 10 stab wounds, eight on my physical body, two on my head, and when the knife broke, there was stomping on my head,” Beckman told KLAS-TV. “”I shouldn’t even be here today.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Match.com-matches-woman-with-murder-suspect/543342458471279958.html

Kim calls climate change a priority

2013-01-25T16:43:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The weather in Washington has been like a roller coaster this January. Yes, there has been a deep freeze this week, but it was the sudden warmth earlier in the month that was truly alarming. Flocks of birds — robins, wrens, cardinals and even blue jays – swarmed bushes with berries, eating as much as they could. Runners and bikers wore shorts and T-shirts. People worked in their gardens as if it were spring.

The signs of global warming are becoming more obvious and more frequent. A glut of extreme weather conditions is appearing globally. And the average temperature in the United States last year was the highest ever recorded.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Kim-calls-climate-change-a-priority/647664142889664489.html

Cell phones spread flu

2013-01-25T16:41:00Z

Posted By: Staff

AT&T’s chief medical officer is warning that cellphones can easily spread the flu because they’re one of the few devices that regularly come in close contact with the face.

Dr. Geeta Nayyar is urging people to clean and disinfect their phones regularly, use hands-free headsets and avoid taking out their phones in restrooms.

She says cellphones make a convenient delivery device for viruses because of how often people shake hands, turn doorknobs and use railings before touching their phone.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Cell-phones-spread-flu/-880466265642239231.html

Squatter occupies $2.5 home

2013-01-25T16:41:00Z

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The Orlando Sentinel:

Andre Barbosa is squatting in style.

The 23-year-old has moved into an empty $2.5 million mansion in a posh Boca Raton neighborhood, using an obscure Florida real estate law to stake his claim on the foreclosed waterside property.

The police can't move him. No one saw him breaking into the 5-bedroom house, so it's a civil matter. And representatives for the real owner, Bank of America, said they are aware of the situation and are following a legal process.

But the situation is driving his wealthy neighbors crazy.

"This is a very upsetting thing," said next door neighbor Lyn Houston. "Last week, I went to the Bank of America and asked to see the person in charge of mortgages. I told them, 'I am prepared to buy this house.' They haven't even called me back."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Squatter-occupies-$2.5-home/-263600358787034008.html

Data storage in DNA

2013-01-25T16:40:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Wall Street Journal:

Scientists have stored audio and text on fragments of DNA and then retrieved them with near-perfect fidelity—a technique that eventually may provide a way to handle the overwhelming data of the digital age.

The scientists encoded in DNA—the recipe of life—an audio clip of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, a photograph, a copy of Francis Crick and James Watson's famous "double helix" scientific paper on DNA from 1953 and Shakespeare's 154 sonnets. They later were able to retrieve them with 99.99% accuracy.

The experiment was reported Wednesday in the journal Nature.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Data-storage-in-DNA/56343007581392919.html

Lawsuit of women on 'revenge porn' lawsuit moves on

2013-01-25T12:14:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Beaumontenterprise.com:

Hollie Toups starts every morning with a cup of coffee and several pornographic websites. Toups, a 32-year-old teacher's aide living in Nederland, isn't looking for racy pictures. She's looking for herself.

"And usually the whole time I'm literally holding my breath, sweating, praying nothing comes up," she said.

Six months ago, a friend tipped her off to some photos on a website, a "revenge porn" website that allows anonymous users to upload photo galleries of Texas women, along with their names, addresses and other personal details. The photos are organized by region, with hundreds of photo galleries featuring Southeast Texas women. Many photos are of underage girls.

Toups contacted the website and asked them to remove the photos, some of which she had sent to an ex-boyfriend. Others were self-portraits — taken to track her exercise progress — that Toups said had never been sent to anyone. Included with the photos was her full name, email address, "pretty much all my personal information," she said.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Lawsuit-of-women-on-revenge-porn-lawsuit-moves-on/711594534523922078.html

Man wears 'Princess Bride' shirt on plane

2013-01-24T18:43:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Mail:

'My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father, prepare to die.'

The infamous line from 'The Princess Bride' has been repeated the world over by fans of the cult classic but some Aussies on a Qantas flight on Sunday didn't appreciate the humor.

Wynand Mullins boarded his Sydney flight wearing a T-shirt with the movie quote and was asked to change his attire after his fellow passengers complained that they felt threatened.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Man-wears-Princess-Bride-shirt-on-plane/-126326917936078424.html

Quit smoking before 40

2013-01-24T18:42:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Caller:

Finally, some good news for smokers: As long as you quit smoking by the time you are 40, you’ll basically be fine, according to new Canadian research.

Doctors have estimated that smoking takes up to 10 year’s off one’s life, but researchers from Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital suggest that smokers who quit by 40 can reclaim nearly all of that potentially lost decade, CTV News reports.

The researchers studied 16,000 health records from the U.S. National Health Interview Survey and the National Death Index of people who died but smoked at some point in their lives.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Quit-smoking-before-40/319083018611257077.html

Honest words from pro-abortion society

2013-01-24T18:41:00Z

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Red State:

I feel like singing the Hallelujah Chorus right now. No more “safe, legal and rare” canard. No more lies about how an unborn child is just a “bunch of cells”. The left is finally coming “out of the closet” on the truth that life begins at conception and abortion is murder. Or at least, one author on the left is doing so…Salon author Mary Elizabeth Williams who is the author of an article entitled “So what if abortion ends life?”

It’s honest at least. And that’s a step in the right direction. Better by far than the constant and repetitive attempts to deceive young females with all the other random dishonest claims that the pro-abortion crowd has used over the years.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Honest-words-from-pro-abortion-society/195428026281685224.html

Zuckerberg to hold Christi fundraiser

2013-01-24T18:40:00Z

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Politico:

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has friended New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan will host a fundraiser next month in California for the Republican’s reelection campaign, a Christie official and Facebook confirmed.

BuzzFeed first reported the fundraiser, noting that Christie met Zuckerberg three years ago when the Facebook founder gave $100 million to Newark public schools.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Zuckerberg-to-hold-Christi-fundraiser/-512534207457339540.html

Woman sues TSA

2013-01-23T18:48:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Hill reports:

An Arab-American woman is suing the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for allegedly forcing her to strip naked for a search on the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The plaintiff in the lawsuit, Ohio resident Shoshana Hebshi, says she was removed from a Frontier Airlines flight at Detroit Metro Airport in 2011 after officials reported suspicious behavior from two passengers sitting next to her, who were also of foreign descent.

In a statement released this week by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which helped file her lawsuit, Hebshi alleged that she was targeted because of her appearance.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Woman-sues-TSA/-428453433683350956.html

Promoting the liberal agenda

2013-01-23T18:48:00Z

Posted By: Staff

National Review:

Drawing on their boundless linguistic ingenuity, the British have worked out a neat little trick to take the edge off when endorsing restrictions on individual liberty. “I believe in freedom of speech,” members of parliament or representatives of advocacy groups will say with real poise. And then they will add the word “but” and explain disjointedly why they don’t. For some inexplicable reason, this is startlingly effective. Human ears, it seems, couch the truthful second statement in the more people-pleasing first. The preamble to the “but” makes what follows all the more persuasive, even when the statements are contradictory. It’s quite brilliant.

In practicing this nasty little maneuver, a distant cousin of the false dilemma, speakers drape themselves in the politically desirable cloak of moderation. And faux moderation is better than none at all. Even in the Britain of 2013, one can’t come straight out and say, “I think people should be imprisoned for saying things that I consider unacceptable.” Instead, one must display at least cosmetic fealty to the principles of liberty before one promises to undermine them entirely in practice.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Promoting-the-liberal-agenda/-605103499908996383.html

Facebook makes people miserable

2013-01-23T18:47:00Z

Posted By: Staff

NBC:

Witnessing friends' vacations, love lives and work successes on Facebook can cause envy and trigger feelings of misery and loneliness, according to German researchers.

A study conducted jointly by two German universities found rampant envy on Facebook, the world's largest social network that now has over one billion users and has produced an unprecedented platform for social comparison.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Facebook-makes-people-miserable/608566574068317589.html

Police charge inauguration protester

2013-01-23T18:46:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Washington Post:

Rives Miller Grogan has something to say. The way he says it keeps getting him in trouble at the U.S. Capitol.

Now, after the 47-year-old Californian allegedly climbed 40 feet up a tree near the Capitol reflecting pool and tried to shout down President Obama’s inaugural address on Monday, a judge has ordered him to stay away not only from Capitol building but from the District entirely.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Police-charge-inauguration-protester/257040088517483984.html

Lip-Syncing at the Inauguration

2013-01-22T18:42:00Z

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The Washingtonian:

Beyoncé sang the national anthem at yesterday’s inauguration ceremony for President Obama and received overwhelming praise for her performance, ranging from Business Insider (“It was just amazing”) to TMZ (“f*cking awesome”).

But to close observers, it appeared the performer was not singing live. To press seated just below the podium, in front of the “President’s Own” Marine Corps Band, it was evident that the band wasn’t actually playing during the song—even though band director Colonel Michael J. Colburn was conducting energetically and the band members mimicked blowing into their instruments. Separately, at one point during her performance, Beyoncé removed her earpiece.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Lip-Syncing-at-the-Inauguration/973675577048378127.html

Thousands in Pro-Life marches

2013-01-22T18:41:00Z

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Although the national March for Life is still days away, tens of thousands of pro-life activists across the nation protested the killing of the unborn this weekend.

State and local marches drew crowds from the hundreds to more than 10,000 at capitol buildings, public venues, and courthouses in virtually every metropolis and hamlet in the United States.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Thousands-in-Pro-Life-marches/27323517378741280.html

Google glasses on Subway

2013-01-22T18:40:00Z

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The Independent:

Clad in a stylish, black zip-up top and coolly holding the gaze, he could be an upmarket hitman researching his next job. One columnist likened him to “an assassin.”

But that was just mischief, since the New York Times knew the bearded, beanie-wearing man on the New York subway was Google’s Sergey Brin, who, given the company’s storage of billions of internet searches, could already know everything about his fellow passengers.

Look more closely though, and you will see Brin may be learning even more. His glasses are no ordinary over-sized ski goggles but a prototype of the latest gadget that could allow mobile data-downloading with voice commands: Google Glasses.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Google-glasses-on-Subway/-51834812979470377.html

James Taylor: "We need to make some sacrifice[s] to our freedoms"

2013-01-22T12:49:00Z

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Addressing the issue of gun control, singer-songwriter James Taylor told The Daily Caller that Americans “need to make some sacrifice[s] to our freedoms” in order to keep children safe.

Following his performance at President Obama’s second inauguration, TheDC asked Taylor if he agreed with Obama’s executive actions on gun control.

“I think the nation is very divided on gun control,” Taylor told TheDC, “but I think the majority of us feel strongly — even the majority of gun owners feel strongly — that we need to make some sacrifice[s] to our freedoms, if that’s the way to put it. We need to make some sacrifices to what we might want to have, in order to safeguard our children.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/James-Taylor:-We-need-to-make-some-sacrifices-to-our-freedoms/871714695764934859.html

Beiber's mom seeks to raise $10 million for crisis pregnancy centers

2013-01-21T17:49:00Z

Posted By: Staff

An effort to raise $10 million for crisis pregnancy centres around the world has just received a major boost from a celebrity who knows personally the good work that the pregnancy centers do: Pattie Mallette, better known as Justin Bieber’s mom.

Mallette has been vocal about the trauma, abuse and addiction that marked her early childhood and adult years. When she found herself pregnant with Justin, she was pressured to abort, but she rejected that pressure and turned to a crisis pregnancy center instead.

“I just knew I couldn’t. I just knew I couldn’t. I just knew I had to keep him,” Mallette told Kathie Lee Gifford last year. “I didn’t know how I was going to do it. But I just knew that I couldn’t abort. I had to do my best, and I was determined to do whatever it took.”

Mallette says the pregnancy center she turned to literally “saved their lives.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Beibers-mom-seeks-to-raise-$10-million-for-crisis-pregnancy-centers/282248919239695070.html

Supreme Court rules on Indian Adoption

2013-01-21T17:49:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The U.S. Supreme Court could be looking to invalidate a long-standing federal policy governing the adoption of Native American children.

Later this year, the high court is set to hear an appeal from a South Carolina couple seeking to reverse a state court decision to return their adopted daughter to her biological father in Oklahoma.

The girl's heritage is Cherokee Indian, and the South Carolina Supreme Court said the Indian Child Welfare Act gave the tribe - and the child's Indian relatives, like her biological father - a say in decisions affecting her.

Marcia Zug teaches Indian law at the University of South Carolina. She says the justices' decision to hear the case could mean the court is mulling the constitutionality of that federal law and may invalidate it.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Supreme-Court-rules-on-Indian-Adoption/478769729107025245.html

Parents attempt to exorcise daughter

2013-01-21T17:48:00Z

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The couple, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, "think their daughter is a witch and reject the accusation" of abuse, Daniel Larson, a prosecutor in the western Swedish town of Boraas, said on Friday.

The indictment is based on three alleged acts of abuse committed between February 2007 and February 2008.

The girl, who claims she is not the couple's biological daughter though the parents say otherwise, was allegedly beaten unconscious and forced to drink a concoction made up of a cleaning product and her own urine, according to the charge sheet.

Social services removed the girl, born in 1997, from her parents' custody in 2008 and she has since been living with a foster family. The girl only recently opened up about the alleged abuse "once she felt safe," the prosecutor said.

She had been placed with the foster family because of various reports that she was not being treated well at home. Her school had among other things reported to social services that her parents treated her very differently from her brothers and sisters, for example sending her to school in dirty clothes everyday.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Parents-attempt-to-exorcise-daughter/629293473827568848.html

Russia enacting gay restrictions

2013-01-21T17:47:00Z

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Kissing his boyfriend during a protest in front of Russia's parliament earned Pavel Samburov 30 hours of detention and the equivalent of a $16 fine on a charge of "hooliganism." But if a bill that comes up for a first vote later this month becomes law, such a public kiss could be defined as illegal "homosexual propaganda" and bring a fine of up to $16,000.

The legislation being pushed by the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church would make it illegal nationwide to provide minors with information that is defined as "propaganda of sodomy, lesbianism, bisexuality and transgenderism." It includes a ban on holding public events that promote gay rights. St. Petersburg and a number of other Russian cities already have similar laws on their books.

The bill is part of an effort to promote traditional Russian values as opposed to Western liberalism, which the Kremlin and church see as corrupting Russian youth and by extension contributing to a wave of protest against President Vladimir Putin's rule.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Russia-enacting-gay-restrictions/618905084663879065.html

Anti-Obama lyrics get rapper thrown off stage

2013-01-21T17:45:00Z

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The Daily Caller:

Rapper Lupe Fiasco was thrown offstage and escorted off the premises of a Washington, D.C. concert hall during a pre-inauguration concert Sunday night, after going on an anti-war, anti-Obama rant, according to concertgoers.

Josh Rogin, a reporter with Foreign Policy magazine, tweeted late Sunday, “Lupe Fiasco just got thrown off stage here at the Hamilton Live after he went on an anti-Obama diatribe mid set.”

“So Lupe played one anti-war song for 30 min and said he didn’t vote for Obama,” he continued, ”and eventually was told to move on to the next song…Lupe refused to move to the next song so a team of security guards came on stage and told him to go.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Anti-Obama-lyrics-get-rapper-thrown-off-stage/-454475393529547199.html

Low rent: Bieber's half-moon

2013-01-21T15:07:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Justin Bieber is full of surprises. On the heels of his recent breakup with Selena Gomez and a headline-making marijuana controversy, the 18-year-old singer showed off his bare butt in an Instagram picture Saturday, Jan. 19.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Low-rent:-Biebers-half-moon/-724548973517163977.html

Regular marijuana consumption might not lower intelligence

2013-01-18T18:41:00Z

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The AP reports:

A new analysis is challenging a report that suggests regular marijuana smoking during the teen years can lead to a long-term drop in IQ. The analysis says the statistical analysis behind that conclusion is flawed.

The original study, reported last August, included more than 1,000 people who'd been born in the town of Dunedin, New Zealand. Their IQ was tested at ages 13 and 38, and they were asked about marijuana use periodically between those ages.

Researchers at Duke University and elsewhere found that participants who'd reported becoming dependent on pot by age 18 showed a drop in IQ score between ages 13 and 38. The findings suggest pot is harmful to the adolescent brain, the researchers said.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Regular-marijuana-consumption-might-not-lower-intelligence/-741903066806955407.html

NASA gets an $18 million balloon room

2013-01-18T18:40:00Z

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The AP reports:

NASA is partnering with a commercial space company in a bid to replace the cumbersome "metal cans" that now serve as astronauts' homes in space with inflatable bounce-house-like habitats that can be deployed on the cheap.

A $17.8 million test project will send to the International Space Station an inflatable room that can be compressed into a 7-foot tube for delivery, officials said Wednesday in a news conference at North Las Vegas-based Bigelow Aerospace.

If the module proves durable during two years at the space station, it could open the door to habitats on the moon and missions to Mars, NASA engineer Glen Miller said.

The agency chose Bigelow for the contract because it was the only company working on inflatable technology, said NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NASA-gets-an-$18-million-balloon-room/-858300211642353006.html

The Vatican attempts to bring values back to sports

2013-01-18T18:40:00Z

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In an effort to flex its moral muscle in the professional sports arena, the Vatican has invited top-tier Christian athletes Tim Tebow and Jeremy Lin to help bring ethical values back to a scandal-ridden world of sports.

The Pontifical Council for Culture is planning to host an international conference on re-instilling values in sports this spring, inviting representatives from top world governing bodies like FIFA (the International Federation of Association Football), the International Cycling Union and the Italian National Olympic Committee.

Msgr. Melchor Sanchez de Toca Alameda, head of the council's "Culture and Sport" section, told Catholic News Service Jan. 16 that pro sports "have become a commodity that is subordinate to the free market and, therefore, to profit."

Instead of sports being an activity that builds important values, respects human dignity and helps shape the whole human person, "it has reduced people to merchandise," he said.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Vatican-attempts-to-bring-values-back-to-sports/410913075970706548.html

Oprah Show hopes Lance brings ratings boost

2013-01-18T18:39:00Z

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The NY Times:

Last Tuesday afternoon, Oprah Winfrey called the co-presidents of her cable channel OWN with some jump-on-the-couch-with-joy news. “Lance wants to talk,” she said, referring to Lance Armstrong, whom she had been courting for a confessional interview about his long-denied use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Ms. Winfrey conferred with the co-presidents, Erik Logan and Sheri Salata, about booking a trip to Mr. Armstrong’s hometown, Austin, Tex., reserving airtime for Thursday night and announcing the “get” to the press.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Oprah-Show-hopes-Lance-brings-ratings-boost/697424741646491380.html

Man pays $14,000 tax bill in coins

2013-01-18T18:38:00Z

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The Daily Mail:

Most people think spare change just weighs them down.

But one California man put his to good use - saving up enough coins and dollar bills to pay his hefty $14,000 property tax bill.

Larry Gasper shocked tellers at a Redding bank branch when he showed up with a wheelbarrow full of change this week.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Man-pays-$14,000-tax-bill-in-coins/885336724620012835.html

11th Presidential Inauguration for announcer Charlie Brotman

2013-01-17T20:15:00Z

Posted By: Staff

In the past 63 years—through rain, sleet, snow, and bone-chilling cold—there have been 15 inaugural parades. But in all that time, there has been only one presidential announcer.

Charlie Brotman, a gregarious and loquacious 85-year-old, began his voluntary stint announcing Harry Truman’s inauguration in 1949, and he will be back on his perch atop the glass-enclosed media complex directly across from the White House for Barack Obama’s second inauguration on Jan. 21.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/11th-Presidential-Inauguration-for-announcer-Charlie-Brotman/-34237515030264795.html

Priest indicted for conspiracy to distribute meth

2013-01-17T20:14:00Z

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NBC reports:

A federal grand jury has indicted three men from Connecticut, including a priest, and two individuals from California with conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, the U.S. Attorney's office said on Wednesday.

Msgr. Kevin Wallin, who resigned as pastor of Bridgeport's St. Augustine Parish in June 2011, was arrested on Jan. 3 and charged with six counts of possession with intent to distribute crystal meth.

According to the U.S. Attorney's office, Wallin is accused of receiving shipments of crystal meth from a California distributor and selling it to an undercover officer six times between September 2012 and January 2013.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Priest-indicted-for-conspiracy-to-distribute-meth/301336656845368169.html

Ebay discontinues sale of Inauguration tickets

2013-01-17T20:13:00Z

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The Hill:

Craigslist and eBay have agreed to stop the sale of scalped Inaugural tickets, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced on Thursday.

After it was reported in The Hill last week that the tickets were available for purchase, Schumer publicly urged the websites to end the sale of the tickets, which are free to the public and distributed through congressional offices.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ebay-discontinues-sale-of-Inauguration-tickets/730980544253297453.html

Python hunt less eventful than expected

2013-01-17T20:13:00Z

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Eleven down. 149,989 to go.

That’s how many Burmese pythons have been killed or captured in the Florida Everglades—and how many might still be on the loose—since the state kicked off its first-ever Python Challenge on Saturday. The goal is to reduce or wipe out altogether these invasive snakes, which can grow up to 26 feet long and have been gobbling up every rabbit, raccoon and random, tasty mammal in sight.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Python-hunt-less-eventful-than-expected/-518962802800160028.html

Last abortion clinic in Mississippi could close

2013-01-16T17:17:00Z

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The Jackson Women’s Health Organization (JHWO), the last remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi, failed to meet a Friday deadline for compliance with a new law that requires abortionists to maintain local hospital privileges.

In a brief filed Friday in response to the JWHO request for a preliminary injunction further barring enforcement of the law, the State of Mississippi reiterated that the law was meant to protect women from abandonment by itinerant abortionists.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Last-abortion-clinic-in-Mississippi-could-close/85749060649593192.html

College students pay for education with a Sugar Daddy

2013-01-16T17:16:00Z

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My Fox Detroit:

With the rising cost of higher education, more and more Michigan students are looking for a "Sugar Daddy" to help to foot the bill.

According to a release, college student memberships increased by 58 percent on SeekingArrangement.com, which proclaims itself as the world's largest Sugar Daddy web site. The average co-ed "Sugar Baby receives approximately $3,000 a month in allowances and gifts from her Sugar Daddy, enough to cover tuition and living expenses at most schools," the statement added.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/College-students-pay-for-education-with-a-Sugar-Daddy/-869192558413498897.html

Six year old is suspended after using finger as gun

2013-01-16T17:15:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Is it child’s play or a serious threat of gun violence? For the second time in less than a month, a Maryland child is kicked out of school for using his finger in the shape of a gun.

No one is debating the importance of keeping children safe. The question being asked is what’s child’s play and what’s not?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Six-year-old-is-suspended-after-using-finger-as-gun/820136904543967338.html

Facebook dives into the dating pool

2013-01-16T17:14:00Z

Posted By: Staff

At a media event at its campus in Menlo Park, Calif., on Tuesday, Zuckerberg demonstrated how the search feature could helps its 1 billion users find people based on their interests, photos and places they’ve been. Tom Stocky, Facebook’s director of product and the force behind the new feature, then showed how singles could search through data on their “friends of friends who are single.” The feature “allows people to use the graph to make new connections,” Facebook said in a statement.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Facebook-dives-into-the-dating-pool/-44964377188300279.html

Liberalism is hurting the Black community in the United States:

2013-01-15T18:09:00Z

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Real Clear Politics:

There is no question that liberals do an impressive job of expressing concern for blacks. But do the intentions expressed in their words match the actual consequences of their deeds?

San Francisco is a classic example of a city unexcelled in its liberalism. But the black population of San Francisco today is less than half of what it was back in 1970, even though the city's total population has grown.

Severe restrictions on building housing in San Francisco have driven rents and home prices so high that blacks and other people with low or moderate incomes have been driven out of the city. The same thing has happened in a number of other California communities dominated by liberals.

Liberals try to show their concern for the poor by raising the level of minimum wage laws. Yet they show no interest in hard evidence that minimum wage laws create disastrous levels of unemployment among young blacks in this country, as such laws created high unemployment rates among young people in general in European countries.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Liberalism-is-hurting-the-Black-community-in-the-United-States:/-215722147134899746.html

Armed Victims shoot attacker

2013-01-15T18:08:00Z

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The Miami Herald:

Two robbery suspects have been shot dead in two separate incidents in South Florida.

Late Monday night, a robbery at a Hollywood Exxon station led to the shooting of one of two suspects by a store clerk, according to police. A second suspect was caught a short time later.

Hollywood investigators remain on the scene of the attempted robbery and shooting on State Road 7 near the Hard Rock casino on Southwest 52nd Street.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Armed-Victims-shoot-attacker/975383559565504782.html

Planned Parenthood claims "pro-life" and "pro-choice" terms are limiting

2013-01-15T18:07:00Z

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Buzzfeed:

"I'm neither pro-choice nor pro-life," said one woman in a focus group commissioned by Planned Parenthood. "I'm pro-whatever-the-situation is." Said another, "there should be three: pro-life, pro-choice and something in the middle that helps people understand circumstances [...] It's not just back or white, there's grey." A recent research push by the organization found that large numbers of Americans feel this way — uncomfortable with both the pro-life and pro-choice labels. And so Planned Parenthood's newest messaging will be moving away from the language of choice.

Polling conducted on Planned Parenthood's behalf appears to show some dissatisfaction with the labels. In one 2012 poll, 35% of voters who identified as pro-life also believed Roe v. Wade should not be overturned (7% of pro-choice voters, meanwhile, thought it should be). And in an online survey of recent voters, 12% said they were both pro-life and pro-choice, and another 12% said they wouldn't use those terms. When asked for their moral opinions on abortion, 40% of those voters said "it depends on the situation" — far more than called the procedure either acceptable or unacceptable.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Planned-Parenthood-claims-pro-life-and-pro-choice-terms-are-limiting/-512583650983336308.html

Conservative Restaurant Owner charges $1 surcharge for liberals

2013-01-15T18:06:00Z

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KSL.com:

When George Burnett first set up shop in Vernal, he knew he had to find away to connect with his adopted community if his custom seat cover business was going to survive.

So, armed with a sandwich board emblazoned with the phrase "Honk If You (Heart) Drilling!," Burnett took to the corner of 500 East and Main Street and began his one-man crusade to boost the spirit of a community that was getting its first glimpse of another oil and gas bust.

Fast-forward nearly five years and Burnett — now a local celebrity for his tireless support of the Uintah Basin's energy industry — has launched a new business that's earning rave reviews just weeks after opening its doors.

"I love this place. I will support this place with every fiber of my being," said Corey Peterson, a personal trainer who stopped by the I Love Drilling Juice & Smoothie Bar on Monday morning for a thick, green drink filled with avocado, spinach and fresh apple juice.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Conservative-Restaurant-Owner-charges-$1-surcharge-for-liberals/950640705245445585.html

Scorcese to direct HBO Bill Clinton documentary

2013-01-15T12:30:00Z

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The Daily Caller:

Martin Scorcese, the native New Yorker and director best known for his ultra-gruesome, gruff fiction films like “Taxi Driver,” “Gangs of New York” and “The Departed,” has decided to take on a more Southern and realistic subject — well, as realistic as a documentary about a politician can be — by directing a documentary about Bill Clinton.

The HBO documentary will depict the Arkansas-bred former president’s life and career. Scorcese agreed to do the project because he considers Clinton “a towering figure who remains a major voice in world issues,” according to The New York Times.

“Through intimate conversations, I hope to provide greater insight into this transcendent figure,” Scorcese said. The director will have Clinton’s “full cooperation,” according to the Times.

“I am pleased that legendary director Martin Scorsese and HBO have agreed to do this film,” Clinton said in a statement to the Times. “I look forward to sharing my perspective on my years as president, and my work in the years since, with HBO’s audience.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Scorcese-to-direct-HBO-Bill-Clinton-documentary/200253900199330063.html

Co-founder of Redditt dies at 26

2013-01-14T18:49:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has launched an internal probe of the events leading up to the suicide of internet activist Aaron Swartz, who was facing federal charges for allegedly hacking into the school's journal archives.

"It pains me to think that MIT played any role in a series of events that have ended in tragedy," MIT President L. Rafael Reif said in a statement. "Now is a time for everyone involved to reflect on their actions, and that includes all of us at MIT."

Swartz' legal troubles began two years ago when prosecutors said he illegally downloaded millions of scientific journals from MIT and JSTOR, a journal storage repository. Swartz, 26, had been an advocate for open access and the freedom of information online.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Co-founder-of-Redditt-dies-at-26/-183011848071686526.html

China chokes on smog

2013-01-14T18:48:00Z

Posted By: Staff

For the fourth straight day, health authorities in multiple Chinese cities advised residents to stay indoors Monday, as a blanket of smog continued to choke much of China after recording "beyond index" levels this weekend at air quality monitoring stations run by the government and one run by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.

The capital and 32 other cities suffered "hazardous" air this weekend, local media reported, swelling hospitals with patients reporting respiratory and heart problems. Face masks sold quickly at pharmacies, and some airports and highways suffered delays and closures amid greatly reduced visibility.

But the government's increased disclosure of pollution data, and the state media's blanket coverage of the crisis, encouraged some Chinese environmentalists to see a silver lining amid the clouds darkening the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, where the priority of fast economic growth routinely swamps environmental concerns.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/China-chokes-on-smog/-188692515790405304.html

National cathedral allows gay weddings

2013-01-14T18:48:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The decision by leaders of the Washington National Cathedral to perform same-sex weddings is getting a mixed reception, with supporters calling it consistent with the church’s path for more than a decade and critics warning of further division on an issue that has roiled religious denominations across the country.

Officials at the cathedral, the most visible Episcopal church in the U.S., threw the weight of their national status, their century-old church, and thousand-member congregation behind the issue, announcing Wednesday that they would celebrate same-sex weddings effective immediately.

Leaders said the decision stemmed from a desire to move forward the “national conversation”on same-sex marriage after 30 years of study by the church, as well as the decisions of voters in three states, including Maryland, who approved referendums on same-sex marriage in November.

David Bains, a religion professor at Samford University in Alabama who has researched and written extensively about the cathedral, said the church’s leaders have worked for years to balance serving their congregation in the nation’s capital, where gay marriage has been legal since 2009, and being a beacon for Episcopalians across the country.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/National-cathedral-allows-gay-weddings/-896454287477654811.html

Should the Redskins change their name

2013-01-14T18:47:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Daniel Snyder is in a pickle.

He owns the Washington Redskins, a team with a brilliant young quarterback, decades of rich history, and, if numbers from Forbes are to be believed, a valuation of $1.56 billion, double what he paid for the team 14 years ago.

It is also a team with the most patently offensive name in pro sports. A 1999 ruling by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board even found as much, revoking the Redskins’ trademark because it “may disparage Native Americans and bring them into contempt or disrepute.” The decision was overturned on the grounds that the lawsuit had not been pursued in a timely enough manner. D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray has suggested that he would want a name change to be part of any discussion about returning the team to the District from its current digs in Maryland.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Should-the-Redskins-change-their-name/85910483291776264.html

French anti-gay protest draws hundreds of thousands

2013-01-14T18:45:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Protests against French President Francois Hollande’s proposal to allow same-sex marriage drew hundreds of thousands of people into the streets in Paris.

“There are many people who are worried about this law,” Laurent Wauquiez, a minister under former President Nicolas Sarkozy, said today on Europe 1 radio. “Do we have to destroy the family and the place of children in it? We must pay attention to the place of children.” Wauquiez joined the demonstration.

About 340,000 people joined today’s marches, according to police estimates, while organizers indicated a turnout of more than 800,000. Protesters dancing to hip-hop music carried pink flags with white images of the traditional family: man, woman and two children.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/French-anti-gay-protest-draws-hundreds-of-thousands/465201710062538505.html

Ravens' Ray Lewis holds tight to faith

2013-01-14T04:49:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A conversation with Baltimore Ravens middle linebacker Ray Lewis is typically dotted with homespun philosophy, frequent mentions of faith and biblical references. This week Lewis encouraged members of the news media to read Psalm 91, which ends, "With long life I will satisfy him, and show him my salvation."

"For me, through the ups and downs, the roller coasters of 17 years, you have to find a safe place," Lewis said. "You have to find that place that is very quiet in your head, and anytime I read it, anytime I come across it, my Bible, the first Scripture in there is Psalms 91."

During an interview last year at about this time, I asked Lewis which biblical figure he most closely identified with. Without hesitation, Lewis cited David, who is often depicted as a flawed but righteous king, warrior, musician and poet.

It is easy to see where that identification comes from, especially now. When Lewis and the Ravens face Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos on Saturday, they will be significant underdogs, David against an A.F.C. Goliath.

Lewis, with typical certainty, dismissed any doubters.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ravens-Ray-Lewis-holds-tight-to-faith/637979483047849067.html

Porn study had to be scrapped because...

2013-01-14T04:48:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A study into how porn affects men had to be scrapped and radically rethought after experts failed to find any young men who had not watched it.

Originally researchers at the University of Montreal wanted to compare the behavior of men who viewed sexually explicit material with those who had never looked at it all.

Professor Simon Louis Lajeunesse says he had to drastically rethink his study after failing to find any male volunteers who had never viewed porn.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Porn-study-had-to-be-scrapped-because.../-155918272504608992.html

First autistic Miss America contestant

2013-01-11T16:51:00Z

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Miss Montana Alexis Wiseman, 18, will be the youngest contestant when she takes the stage at this weekend's Miss America competition in Las Vegas.

And no matter the outcome, she will also go down in the Miss America record books as the 92-year-old pageant's first contestant diagnosed with autism.

"The girl you're seeing right now is not the girl you would have seen 10 years ago," Wiseman told ABC News. "I have overcame a lot. I have overcome so many of my symptoms.".

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/First-autistic-Miss-America-contestant/-198131680102528385.html

Supercomputer learns to swear

2013-01-11T16:51:00Z

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Fox News:

Robots may be more advanced than humans in many ways. They can be faster, more efficient, more mathematical and logical than we are. But their understanding of socially appropriate language is less than elementary.

Which is why Watson -- the IBM robot that beat chess champion Garry Kasparov at his own game -- had to have his memory wiped after he memorized the entire contents of human slang repository UrbanDictionary.com.

Urban Dictionary, for those not in the know, is the place you go to if you want to know what a "touron" is (a tourist that is also a moron), or the meaning of "broscience," ("the predominant brand of reasoning in body-building circles where the anecdotal reports of jacked dudes are considered more credible than scientific research").

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Supercomputer-learns-to-swear/794032188578084263.html

Megan Fox lasts a week on Twitter

2013-01-11T16:50:00Z

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Megan Fox said she still can’t get into social media in a big way, and announced the fact to her 33 million Facebook fans.

Fox, 26, opened a Twitter account on Jan. 3, and in spite of gaining a healthy 250,000 followers, she’s decided to shut it down.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Megan-Fox-lasts-a-week-on-Twitter/-121802909601172885.html

Drinking soda linked with depression

2013-01-10T00:19:00Z

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A new study found that those who drink a fair amount of sweetened sodas and fruit drinks – whether diet or regular – have an increased risk of depression. Java-drinkers, on the other hand, have a slightly lower risk of the blues.

The study was presented at the American Academy of Neurology's annual meeting in San Diego this week.

Previous studies have found that drinking sweetened beverages was associated with a higher prevalence of depression, suicidal thoughts and other mental distress. But this study was the first prospective study, meaning it followed people over a number of years.

From 1995 to 1996, consumption of drinks such as soda, tea, fruit punch and coffee was evaluated in 263,925 adults. About 10 years later, researchers asked the participants whether they had been diagnosed with depression since the year 2000. A total of 11,311 people said yes.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Drinking-soda-linked-with-depression/-60865979798137326.html

Christian students fight slavery

2013-01-10T00:19:00Z

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CNN reports:

More than 60,000 young Christians packed the Georgia Dome in Atlanta for worship and inspiration at the Passion 2013 conference that wrapped up on Friday. They came together from 56 countries and 2,300 universities, according to organizers, “to shine a light on modern-day slavery.”

“We believe when you fill a dome full of people who say they follow Jesus, there should be some tangible action,” said Bryson Vogeltanz, chief steward of Passion’s freedom initiative. That tangible action came in the form of tens of thousands of towels and socks donated by conference-goers to be handed out at local homeless shelters in the weeks following the conference.

Vogeltanz and his team also wanted a global initiative. They focused on four key goals, which they called awake, prevent, rescue and restore. They identified 19 nonprofit organizations working around the world to eradicate modern-day slavery and human trafficking. The organizations were showcased during the conference and students and volunteers had the opportunity to donate money to the cause.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Christian-students-fight-slavery/-865806909975584068.html

Americans die earlier than peers

2013-01-10T00:18:00Z

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Despite spending more per person on health care than any other country, Americans are getting sicker and dying younger than our international peers -- a problem persisting across all ages and both genders, according to a new report.

In 2011, the National Research Council found life expectancy in the United States was increasing at a slower rate than in other high-income democracies. Shortly after, the NRC and Institute Of Medicine convened a panel of experts to investigate why.

The panel was given 18 months to review recent health studies from 16 "peer countries": Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Americans-die-earlier-than-peers/-633434917734206578.html

Record number of kids crushed by TVs

2013-01-09T18:48:00Z

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging parents of young children to anchor and stabilize their televisions, furniture, and appliances to prevent tip-over related incidents. In a quest to reach a toy, TV or game remote, or other desired item, young children are using dressers and tables as climbing devices and the results are tragic.

A new CPSC data report (pdf) issued today shows that 349 consumers (84 percent of them were children younger than age 9) were killed between 2000 and 2011, when TVs, furniture or appliances toppled over onto them. Last year (2011) had the highest one-year number of fatalities reported. The 41 recorded fatalities is an increase from 31 in 2010 and 27 in 2009. This total also may increase in future years as additional fatalities are reported.

"We know that low-cost anchoring devices are effective in preventing tip-over incidents," said CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum. "I urge parents to anchor their TVs, furniture and appliances and protect their children. It takes just a few minutes to do and it can save lives."

CPSC estimates that more than 43,000 consumers are injured each year in tip-over incidents. More than 25,000 (59 percent) of those injuries are to children under the age of 18. Falling furniture accounts for more than half (52 percent) of the injury reports. Falling televisions have proven to be more deadly, as they are associated with more than half (62 percent) of reported fatalities.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Record-number-of-kids-crushed-by-TVs/442521081940291603.html

Obama screen NBC's '1600 Penn' at White House

2013-01-09T12:35:00Z

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President Obama will host a screening Wednesday for the White House comedy, which NBC sampled behind The Voice in December. It's a reunion of sorts, since the half-hour comedy, which centers on a dysfunctional first family, was co-created by Obama's former speech writer Jon Lovett.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-screen-NBCs-1600-Penn-at-White-House/-288537901651950143.html

James Taylor for Senate?

2013-01-08T18:33:00Z

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Politico: Ben Affleck has bowed out, but now another famous name has been floated for Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry’s seat, MassLive.com reports:

A public radio broadcaster is now encouraging singer/songwriter James Taylor to enter the race for John Kerry’s U.S. Senate seat.

Alan Chartock is president and CEO of WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, an Albany, N.Y.-based station that covers parts of Western Massachusetts. Chartock on Monday penned a blog post urging Taylor to run. Chartock argued that Taylor would have a better chance of beating likely Republican candidate Scott Brown than would Democrat Ed Markey, the dean of the Massachusetts congressional delegation.

“JT, who famously followed that road ‘from Stockbridge to Boston,’ is as much of a hero to the people of the Bay State as General Henry Knox was,” Chartock wrote, referring to the Boston-born Revolutionary War hero.

Chartock cited Taylor’s efforts fundraising for the Democratic Party. During the 2012 campaign, Taylor hosted a concert on behalf of Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren and performed at a rally with Democratic President Barack Obama.

Despite the urging, Taylor hasn’t publicly expressed any interest in running. Chartock said he’s spoken to the singer – who lives in Massachusetts – and has “not gotten any kind of affirmative answer about whether this is something he’d want to do.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/James-Taylor-for-Senate/501868861431082305.html

Ashley Judd considering Senate run

2013-01-08T18:28:00Z

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Naomi Judd says her daughter Ashley still isn’t sure if she’ll seek Mitch McConnell’s Kentucky Senate seat in 2014.

“OK, here’s the deal. As of right now, she doesn’t know,” the country singer told Larry King in a web interview published Monday. “I can tell you she’s very interested in changing the world. And she knows that politics unfortunately right now is one of the ways she could do that. But I made her promise that if she should make a decision, that I’m the first to know.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ashley-Judd-considering-Senate-run/-801173711958693967.html

The unhealthiest fast food

2013-01-08T18:27:00Z

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Quick: which fast-food sandwich do you think has more fat and calories, a McDonald’s Big Mac or Wendy’s Asiago Ranch Chicken Club? If you guessed the Big Mac, you’d be wrong by nearly 10 grams of fat and almost 200 calories.

The Big Mac is still the standard-bearer of fattening fast-food sandwiches, but in reality, these days it doesn’t hold a candle to some of the other offerings out there. As the American palate demands larger and larger portions of food, packed with as many toppings as possible, fast-food chains have been more than happy to rise to the occasion. In the 1960s the concept of a burger with 93 grams of fat and 1,300 calories was unheard of (original McDonald’s hamburgers only contain 9 grams of fat and 250 calories), but that’s exactly what’s on offer at Hardee’s, by way of their Monster Thickburger. And if you had told someone 30 years ago that a salad could contain more than 40 grams of fat they’d have laughed at you, but that was long before Taco Bell introduced their Fiesta Taco Salad with beef.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-unhealthiest-fast-food/-765024935541432843.html

Going to the light side

2013-01-08T17:53:00Z

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The quest for happiness sends millions of people into bookstores, doctors' offices and pharmacies — especially at this time of year, when well-being seems to be a national requirement.

Of course, the pursuit of happiness is relatively new to humankind — our ancestors were much too focused on their day-to-day survival to spend much time contemplating contentment — but scientists and writers have worked to fill the void in the last few decades, flooding the marketplace with theories and checklists. (See "The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom" by Jonathan Haidt, or "Stumbling on Happiness" by Daniel Todd Gilbert or "Every Day a Friday: How to Be Happier 7 Days a Week" by Joel Osteen.)

When author Gretchen Rubin examined happiness, she thrust her entire being into the project. But rather than chase the latest self-help bestsellers, Rubin decided to write her own — bestsellers, that is.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Going-to-the-light-side/-712935412315450591.html

Sacbee - David Bowie readies 1st album in 10 years

2013-01-08T15:47:00Z

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David Bowie is celebrating his birthday by releasing new music.

The English singer announced Tuesday, his 66th birthday, that he has released his first song in 10 years titled "Where Are We Now?"

A new album, "The Next Day," will be out March 11 and 12 in the United Kingdom and the United States, respectively.

The slow groove was released on iTunes and in 119 countries. It was produced by longtime collaborator Tony Visconti.

Bowie's last album was 2003's "Reality." The fashion forward singer debuted in the 1960s, releasing multiple successful albums with sounds that range from rock to pop to glam rock to soul and funk.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Sacbee---David-Bowie-readies-1st-album-in-10-years/752625735360778693.html

Rare color photos of The Beatles up for sale

2013-01-07T17:03:00Z

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Newsday reports:

Unpublished early color photographs of The Beatles' first U.S. tour will be sold at a U.K. auction.

The photos were taken during the rock band's 1964 visit to the U.S., when color film was expensive and most images of the group were in black and white.

The collection of 65 slides contains many stage shots, including George Harrison with his legendary red Rickenbacker guitar and close-up portraits from a Las Vegas Sahara Hotel press conference and Las Vegas Convention Centre gig.

The images were taken by Dr. Robert Beck, who died in 2002 and left them in an archive of photographs and slides in his Hollywood home.

Omega Auctions said Sunday the images will be sold March 22 -- exactly 50 years after The Beatles released their first album.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rare-color-photos-of-The-Beatles-up-for-sale/-469216568044553170.html

Octomom back on welfare

2013-01-07T16:39:00Z

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ABC reports:

Maybe eight is too much?

According to TMZ, Octomom Nadya Suleman is back on welfare.

This comes five months after she made the announcement she was off welfare.

In October, the mom of octuplets and six other children entered rehab for anxiety, exhaustion and stress.

TMZ says the 37-year-old Suleman, who filed for bankruptcy last May, will receive $2,800 of government aid per month.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Octomom-back-on-welfare/939943053704264772.html

Former Dem governor gets reality series

2013-01-04T20:58:00Z

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Breitbart reports:

The dust hadn't yet settled on N.Y. Governor Eliot Spitzer's resignation over a sex scandal when CNN saw fit to give him his own television show.

Now, former La. Governor Edwin Edwards is trading in his prison stripes for a shot at reality television fame.

The Democrat politician, who served eight years in prison for bribery and extortion, is bringing his large brood to A&E starting next month.

The Governor’s Wife will star 85-year-old Edwin Edwards and his 34-year-old wife, Trina, along with several of their children from previous marriages. Edwards served four times as Louisiana’s governor over the course of three decades, and also served eight years in federal prison for crimes committed while he was in office. In 2001, Edwards was convicted on bribery and extortion charges....

The show will focus on Edwin and Trina’s May-December relationship and follow Edwin’s daughters (Anna, a 62-year-old, four-time divorcée and Victoria, a 60-year-old ex-showgirl) along Trina’s sons (Logan, 15 and Trevor, 13).

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Former-Dem-governor-gets-reality-series/90172922230820506.html

Judge dismisses Notre Dame's lawsuit against HHS

2013-01-04T20:57:00Z

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A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit Notre Dame filed against the HHS mandate compelling religious groups and businesses to pay for drugs for their employees that may cause abortions.

U.S. District Judge Robert L. Miller Jr. dismissed the suit, claiming that Notre Dame is sufficiently protected by a very narrowly-drawn religious exemption in the mandate — that pro-life legal groups say does not apply to every religious entity.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Judge-dismisses-Notre-Dames-lawsuit-against-HHS/658627541042571366.html

Pilot suspected of being drunk

2013-01-04T20:55:00Z

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ABC News reports:

An American Eagle pilot who was preparing to fly from Minneapolis to New York City was arrested today after failing a breathalyzer test.

Kolbjorn Jarle Kristiansen, 48, of Hollow Lane, N.C., was taken into custody by police at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, according to an arrest report.

Officers and a TSA agent smelled alcohol on Kristiansen as they passed him waiting to enter an elevator, the report said.

Kristiansen had been scheduled to pilot an early-morning flight from Minneapolis to New York's La Guardia airport, said Patrick Hogan, spokesperson for Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pilot-suspected-of-being-drunk/771063682910433512.html

The Guardian publishes pedophile puff piece

2013-01-04T20:54:00Z

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The Guardian:

In 1976 the National Council for Civil Liberties, the respectable (and responsible) pressure group now known as Liberty, made a submission to parliament's criminal law revision committee. It caused barely a ripple. "Childhood sexual experiences, willingly engaged in with an adult," it read, "result in no identifiable damage … The real need is a change in the attitude which assumes that all cases of paedophilia result in lasting damage."

It is difficult today, after the public firestorm unleashed by revelations about Jimmy Savile and the host of child abuse allegations they have triggered, to imagine any mainstream group making anything like such a claim. But if it is shocking to realise how dramatically attitudes to paedophilia have changed in just three decades, it is even more surprising to discover how little agreement there is even now among those who are considered experts on the subject.

A liberal professor of psychology who studied in the late 1970s will see things very differently from someone working in child protection, or with convicted sex offenders. There is, astonishingly, not even a full academic consensus on whether consensual paedophilic relations necessarily cause harm.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Guardian-publishes-pedophile-puff-piece/-360950905192886035.html

UK porn industry set for £100m boost as blue movie stars flock there

2013-01-03T12:25:00Z

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The Sun:

THE UK's adult entertainment industry is on course for a £100m boost this year.

Blue-movie producers, writers and performers are set to increase production of pornographic films in Britain due to a crisis in Los Angeles.

California councillors ruled that all porn stars must wear condoms in sex scenes.

Studios are worried that the sight of condoms in adult films will dramatically hit the "fantasy" appeal of the material.

The move has prompted porn chiefs and mainstream stars to threaten to relocate to the UK and elsewhere.

The X-rated business here is already a multi-million industry.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/UK-porn-industry-set-for-£100m-boost-as-blue-movie-stars-flock-there/-501799903386518089.html

Baby daughter reaches out from the womb

2013-01-03T12:17:00Z

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The Daily Mail:

A stunning photograph that captures the moment when a newly born baby emerges from her mother’s womb has become one of the first viral hits of 2013 after the proud parents posted it on Facebook for friends and family to share.

Alicia Atkins of Glendale, Arizona gave birth to daughter, Nevaeh, via Caesarean section on October 9. Her husband Randy snapped this touching image of a baby entering the world for the first time and grabbing hold of the doctor’s fingers.

'The doctor called me over and said, "Hey, she's grabbing my finger,"' Randy told 3TV News. 'So I ran over there and just grabbed the shot and I was just in awe looking at it. It was such an amazing picture.'

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Baby-daughter-reaches-out-from-the-womb/-64727326685346175.html

FDR and Lincoln on Screen

2013-01-02T13:31:00Z

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National Review:

Two recent films about America’s greatest presidents since, and along with, George Washington — Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt — cannot fail to remind us of the deterioration in the distinction of the presidency. They have received sharply different reviews and taken large, and, in Roosevelt’s case, sometimes scurrilous, liberties with historical facts. It would have been astounding if Steven Spielberg had not produced a boffo performance in recreating America’s greatest statesman, and he did. The script reveals the qualities that made Lincoln one of the most universally admired figures in world history.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/FDR-and-Lincoln-on-Screen/460308754142688481.html

Washington Post's couch burning apology to Skins fans

2012-12-31T12:34:00Z

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The Daily Mail reports:

The Washington Post has apologized for asking Redskins fans to burn couches at the end of Sunday’s game and send their videos to the news outlet.

A writer for the Post Sports twitter handle wrote on Friday: ‘If you light your couch on fire after the Redskins and Cowboys on Sunday night, do us a favor and send us the video?’

Later that afternoon, they offered an apology, saying that it was interpreted as ‘condoning irresponsible behavior. We encourage fans to act responsibly.’

Furniture burning following a Redskins game is a tradition among the Washington team’s most devoted fans.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Washington-Posts-couch-burning-apology-to-Skins-fans/448400365178677936.html

It's a fight over fitness in Santa Monica's parks

2012-12-31T12:32:00Z

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ABC News reports:

Physical fitness is a way of life on the beautiful beachfront oasis of Santa Monica. From sunrise to sunset, there's huffing and puffing in the city's parks as trainers put their students through the paces of every form of exercise imaginable.

All along the 420 acres of greenery paralleling the Pacific Ocean are groups of a dozen or more people furiously pumping iron, doing sit-ups, stepping on and off little benches and stretching on mats. Some flex their muscles with weight machines tied by big rubber bands to pretty much anything that's anchored to the ground.

"It's starting to look like a 24-Hour Fitness gym out there," complained Johnny Gray, an assistant track coach at UCLA and former Olympic runner who says he's often forced to navigate around weight machines, barbells and other exercise impediments as he runs.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Its-a-fight-over-fitness-in-Santa-Monicas-parks/324180772241376154.html

Hobby Lobby to defy HHS mandate

2012-12-28T21:44:00Z

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Breitbart reports:

Now that Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has denied Hobby Lobby’s application for an emergency injunction protecting them from Obamacare’s HHS Mandate on abortion and birth control, Hobby Lobby has decided to defy the federal government to remain true to their religious beliefs, at enormous risk and financial cost.

Hobby Lobby is wholly owned and controlled by the Green family, who are evangelical Christians. The Greens are committed to running their business in accordance with their Christian faith, believing that God wants them to conduct their professional business in accordance with the family’s understanding of the Bible. Hobby Lobby’s mission statement includes, “Honoring the Lord in all we do by operating the company … consistent with Biblical principles.”

The HHS Mandate goes into effect for Hobby Lobby on Jan. 1, 2013. The Greens correctly understand that some of the drugs the HHS Mandate requires them to cover at no cost in their healthcare plans cause abortions.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hobby-Lobby-to-defy-HHS-mandate/-346542503851604931.html

University spends 15K on political correctness

2012-12-28T21:43:00Z

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When exactly did the colleges and universities in this country become cesspools of liberalism?

Via Campus Reform:

The University of Maryland (UMD) allocated $15,000 in 2012 to combat the use of language deemed by administrators to be “insensitive.”

The “words have power” campaign’s goal is to deploy posters, buttons and other promotional materials to help foster an environment on campus that is not offensive to illegal aliens, homosexuals, or other minority groups.

“Non-inclusive language can offend or make spaces uncomfortable for people who are excluded by that language,” one of the campaign posters reads.

“It is easy to accidentally use offensive language, but since you could just as easily be on the receiving end of such language, you should try to ensure that you are not offending others with the words and phrases you use,” it adds.

One sign tells students to avoid using the phrase “that’s so ghetto” and substitute the term with words like “grimey,” “wack,” or “messed up.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/University-spends-15K-on-political-correctness/598281838129514412.html

Cal. passes social media privacy law

2012-12-28T12:47:00Z

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ABC News:

Starting Jan. 1, 2013, California will be the first state to enact comprehensive social media privacy legislation, officials say.

As he passed the act known as the Social Media Privacy Act on Sept. 27, California Gov. Jerry Brown posted on his Google+ page: ”Today I am signing Assembly Bill 1844 and Senate Bill 1349, which prohibit universities and employers from demanding your email and social media passwords. California pioneered the social media revolution. These laws protect Californians from unwarranted invasions of their social media accounts.”

Bill number SB 1349, authored by state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco-San Mateo, provides protections for students and applicants at colleges and universities throughout California. And bill number AB 1844, authored by Assemblywoman Nora Campos, gives the same protections for employees and job applicants.

Some employers have demanded that job applicants provide passwords to their private Facebook accounts in order to seek more information, the Associated Press reported earlier this year.

“When AP broke a story about how violation of online privacy has become a trend nationally, we wanted to put an immediate stop to it and stop it from reaching to California,” Adam J. Keigwin, state Capitol-based chief of staff of Yee’s office, told ABCNews.com.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Cal.-passes-social-media-privacy-law/-8320603586012626.html

Damon's fracking film falls flat

2012-12-28T12:46:00Z

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The LA Times:

"Promised Land" certainly sounds promising. It's got a strong cast and an intriguing premise that has the added bonus of real-world relevance. But, good intentions and good work aside, the film flounders before it reaches its conclusion.

The film, which stars Matt Damon and John Krasinski, who co-wrote the script (from a story by Dave Eggers), ends up too gimmicky for its evident earnestness. Smoothly directed by Gus Van Sant, it wants to both entertain and enlighten, but that combination eludes it.

The tale of what transpires in a small town when a large corporation attempts to purchase control of a previously untapped natural resource, "Promised Land" was originally conceived of with a focus on the wind energy boom. But when that idea didn't pan out, attention was shifted to what has become the hot-button ecological issue of the moment, the tumultuous practice of using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to extract underground natural gas.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Damons-fracking-film-falls-flat/-608567374335367526.html

Poll reveals most annoying words

2012-12-28T12:44:00Z

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The Daily Mail:

'You know,' 'whatever' is a really annoying term -- 'like' 'you know.' We're 'just sayin'.'

When it comes to the most annoying words or phrases used in conversation, those four top the list in 2012, according to the annual Marist Poll.

'Whatever' headed the list, cited by 32 per cent of adults, and next came 'like,' which 21 per cent didn't like.

Runners-up included 'Twitterverse' and 'gotcha.'

The results mirrored last year's survey when 'whatever' topped the annoying words list for a third straight year.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Poll-reveals-most-annoying-words/-459352827834857354.html

LAPD trades guns for gift cards

2012-12-27T22:23:00Z

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Reuters:

Police traded gift cards for guns in Los Angeles on Wednesday, in a buyback program Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced as a crime-fighting response to the deadly shooting rampage in Newtown, Connecticut.

Police officers handed out $200 grocery store gift cards to people who turned in an automatic weapon, and $100 gift cards to those who provided a handgun, rifle or shotgun.

Los Angeles has held an annual gun buyback since 2009, and similar events have been organized in years past in several other cities, including Detroit and Boston. Police in San Diego had a buyback earlier this month.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/LAPD-trades-guns-for-gift-cards/-616390776484648667.html

Activists target toy guns

2012-12-27T22:22:00Z

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A crusade against toy guns that began in 1987 is being re-launched following the elementary school shooting in Connecticut that left dozens dead.

Santa Monica activist Jerry Rubin says a personalized merit award will be sent to children who write to him about why they don't like playing with toy guns.

Rubin says his anti-toy gun project used to reward children who sent in their toy guns with teddy bears in exchange, but stopped after he ran out of the 5,000 donated stuffed animals.

Less than two weeks ago, 20 children and six adults were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Activists-target-toy-guns/-471624487672937092.html

Matt Damon 'done' with politics

2012-12-27T22:18:00Z

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Matt Damon rather infamously said in 2011 that he wouldn’t mind if President Barack Obama — whom the actor had supported in 2008 — was a one-term president because he’d rather have a “one-term president with some balls who actually got stuff done.” (The comment even earned Damon some flak from the president himself.)

But, he still did his part to give Obama a second term, admitting that he still voted for him in November.

“I assume there will be some Supreme Court appointments in this next term; that alone was reason to vote for him,” Damon told Playboy magazine in its January 2013 issue. “I don’t think I said anything a lot of people weren’t thinking. It’s easier now more than ever in my life to feel the fix is in, the game is rigged and no matter how hard you work to change things, it just doesn’t matter.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Matt-Damon-done-with-politics/986529943795515891.html

CNN host: 'Amend" the Bible

2012-12-27T12:23:00Z

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Mediaite reports:

On Monday, CNN host Piers Morgan invited Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren on his program to discuss gay marriage and the bible. Fresh off his feud with Second Amendment rights activists following his full-throated defense of stricter gun control laws in the wake of the Newtown massacre, Morgan inspired further outrage among the religious when he told the pastor he thought it was time for an “amendment to the bible.” In Morgan’s opinion, the bible, like the American Constitution, is “inherently flawed.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/CNN-host:-Amend-the-Bible/-20485589646577548.html

Half the facts you know are wrong

2012-12-26T15:04:00Z

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Dinosaurs were cold-blooded. Increased K-12 spending and lower pupil/teacher ratios boost public school student outcomes. Most of the DNA in the human genome is junk. Saccharin causes cancer and a high fiber diet prevents it. Stars cannot be bigger than 150 solar masses.

In the past half-century, all of the foregoing facts have turned out to be wrong. In the modern world facts change all of the time, according to Samuel Arbesman, author of the new book The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date (Current).

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Half-the-facts-you-know-are-wrong/164455766596931473.html

Les Mis tops Django Unchained

2012-12-26T15:03:00Z

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Universal's Les Miserables opened to a strong No. 1 on Christmas day with an expected take of $17.5 million, surpassing industry expectations.

The film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical stars Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway and Russell Crowe, and was directed by Tom Hooper.

Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained also did bang-up business on its first day, grossing a projected $14 million, the top opening for an R-rated film on Christmas Day, exceeding the $10 million earned by Ali in 2002.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Les-Mis-tops-Django-Unchained/-150521051206364600.html

PSY's Christmas show bombed

2012-12-26T15:01:00Z

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The 31st annual “Christmas in Washington” concert shown on the TNT cable network December 21 suffered a dramatic 25% loss in viewers from the previous year, according to Nielsen Media Research. The 2011 cablecast of “Christmas in Washington” drew 1.5 million viewers. The 2012 showing had only 1.136 million viewers.

The concert, traditionally attended by the President and his family, drew international attention over the scheduled appearance by Gangnam Style rapper PSY (given name Park Jae-sang) when it was revealed the South Korean entertainer had made highly inflammatory anti-American performances the previous decade.

In an insult to America’s troops and their families, President Barack Obama confirmed his attendance at the taping of the concert several hours before PSY issued a written apology the afternoon the news broke of his anti-American past on Pearl Harbor Day.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/PSYs-Christmas-show-bombed/675714324533908069.html

Sweden holds annual Santa contest

2012-12-26T14:39:00Z

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Time:

Since 2003, the small mining town of Gallivare, Sweden, has drawn contestants from around the world to resolve an important matter: Who is the best Santa in the world? The competitors, who take part in such important Santa-related events as sleigh pushing, mechanical-reindeer riding and porridge eating, are generally jolly men who sport silver hair and red cheeks. But this year’s silver medalist — along with many medal winners of the past four years — breaks the mold. They’re the Santas from Hong Kong.

Meet Ho Wing-leong, a 130-lb. 21-year-old magician who competes in the Santa Winter Games under the moniker Santa Rainbow. Even though he might seem to have little going for him besides a convenient surname, Ho’s appearance at the games was the result of hard work and not a little financial assistance. To be chosen for the competition, he first had to defeat other contestants in qualifier events back in subtropical Hong Kong. Then he participated in a rigorous 10-day boot camp, paid for by Sun Hung Kai Properties, one of Hong Kong’s largest developers, which covers all the expenses necessary for Santa training, including importing a Swedish sled to practice with. (Wheels, however, had to be attached, since Hong Kong is devoid of snow.)

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Sweden-holds-annual-Santa-contest/-529003106063148149.html

Professor: "Fragile White Masculinity" behind Newtown

2012-12-21T20:57:00Z

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In the days since the appalling murder of 20 school children and six adults in Newtown, Connecticut, the same questions keep getting asked around the world: why does this keep happening in the States? Why do Americans cling so persistently to their guns, even as the number of rampage murders continues to escalate and children continue to die? And why do so many of the shooters fit the same profile: young white men from middle-class backgrounds?

When horrific mass killings at Port Arthur and Dunblane rocked Australia and Scotland in 1996, Canberra and Westminster responded swiftly with new laws severely restricting gun ownership and buying back weapons already on the market. In both the UK and Australia, gun deaths plummeted. There have been no comparable mass murders since. Meanwhile, most of the deadliest rampage killings in US history have taken place just since 2007, with three major incidents (Aurora, Colorado; Oak Creek, Wisconsin; Newtown) in the last six months. Thousands more have died in smaller-scale eruptions of gun violence. And even after this latest horror, the only measures proposed in Congress this week are stunningly modest, focusing on the size of ammunition clips. A gun buy-back and ban is not in the cards.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Professor:-Fragile-White-Masculinity-behind-Newtown/-587723548468797134.html

Indonesian Muslim clerics ban "Merry Christmas"

2012-12-21T18:51:00Z

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If the world is ready for Christmas with just five days to go before the 25th, Indonesia is yet to decide if they will be a part of the celebration.

Until now, Islamic conservatives are indecisive over whether or not celebrating Christmas the country is “Haram” or “Halal” (whether it’s prohibited or permitted by Islam), reported an Indonesian news site.

Indonesia's top Muslim clerical body said on Wednesday that it is best for Muslims to avoid saying greetings such as “Merry Christmas” to others.

“It’s better if they don’t say ‘Merry Christmas,’” said Council Chairman Ma’ruf Amin who was quoted as saying by Jakarta Globe, “It’s still up for debate whether it’s halal or haram, so better steer clear of it. But you can say ‘Happy New Year. ”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Indonesian-Muslim-clerics-ban-Merry-Christmas/-722322458141897043.html

Pope ups criticism of gay marriage

2012-12-21T12:53:00Z

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The pope took his opposition to gay marriage to new heights Friday, denouncing what he described as people manipulating their God-given gender to suit their sexual choices — and destroying the very “essence of the human creature” in the process.

Benedict XVI made the comments in his annual Christmas speech to the Vatican bureaucracy — one of his most important speeches of the year. He dedicated it this year to promoting family values in the face of vocal campaigns in France, the United States, Britain and elsewhere to legalize same-sex marriage.

In his remarks, Benedict quoted the chief rabbi of France, Gilles Bernheim, in saying the campaign for granting gays the right to marry and adopt children was an “attack” on the traditional family made up of a father, mother and children.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pope-ups-criticism-of-gay-marriage/991951916084410951.html

$500 million to "racial diversify" medicine

2012-12-21T12:52:00Z

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While the U.S. government commits senseless acts like skimping on consulate security in violent North African countries, it spends $500 million to help minorities—especially blacks—enter biomedical research fields where lack of diversity is “disturbing and disheartening.”

The grand plan was announced this month by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the nation’s medical research agency. As part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH doles out north of $31 billion annually to hundreds of thousands of researchers at thousands of universities and institutions around the globe.

Last year the NIH sanctioned a study that determined blacks who apply for federal research grants are less likely than whites and Hispanics to receive the awards. The study took years and was conducted to “learn more about the challenges facing the scientific community,” according to the NIH’s director, and to improve the diversity of its biomedical research workforce. He called the findings “disturbing and disheartening.”

That’s because from 2000 to 2006, black researchers who applied for NIH grants were 10% less likely than whites to get the awards, according to the study, which is among the few to focus solely on the racial and ethnic composition of federal research funding applicants. Of additional concern is the low number of “non-white applicants” who apply for the public grants in the first place, the study found.

Researchers from the government-funded team of esteemed academics that conducted the minority probe think this is why; “the quality of educational and mentoring experiences may differ for applicants who self-identify as black or African-American.” In short, the NIH has admitted that it is guilty of not equally benefitting “all racial and ethnic groups.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/$500-million-to-racial-diversify-medicine/313052523070074474.html

College replaces Columbus Day w/ Indigenous People Day

2012-12-21T12:52:00Z

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The student government at Arizona State University has voted to change Columbus Day to Indigenous People Day. The Tempe Undergraduate Student Government Senate passed Bill 44 to rename the holiday after contentious debate on campus.

Christopher Columbus has long been known as an admirable adventurer in American lore whose adventurous spirit led him to “discover” America. But, in recent years his legacy has faced mounting criticism for the perceived negative effects his life had on Native Americans.

In the United States, Columbus Day is an official federal holiday. However, not all states recognize the day. South Dakota, instead, celebrates Native American Day. The name “Indigenous People Day” originated in Berkley, California, a city that began celebrating the holiday as an alternative to Columbus Day in 1992.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/College-replaces-Columbus-Day-w/-Indigenous-People-Day/396297510343527279.html

Senate adjourns to watch Lincoln

2012-12-20T14:38:00Z

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Senate majority leader Harry Reid has adjourned the Senate to allow for a viewing of the Hollywood film Lincoln.

Reid calls the viewing an "an opportunity for bipartisanship."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Senate-adjourns-to-watch-Lincoln/158909871716144363.html

Senators denounce Bin Laden film

2012-12-20T14:37:00Z

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CBS reports:

Thousands of students will have an extra long holiday break after school administrators in at least two Michigan counties decided to cancel classes because of talk surrounding the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut and rumors connected to the Mayan calendar predicting the end of the world.

Five districts in Lapeer County and 20 districts in Genesee County posted announcements Wednesday evening cancelling classes Thursday and Friday.

“Given the recent events in Connecticut, there have been numerous rumors circulating in our district, and in neighboring districts, about potential threats of violence against students. Additionally, rumors connected to the Mayan calendar predicted end of the world on Friday have also surfaced,” a letter from Matt Wandrie, Superintendent of Lapeer Community Schools said.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Senators-denounce-Bin-Laden-film/-574490979186000788.html

Senators denounce Bin Laden film

2012-12-20T13:00:00Z

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Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) says the film “Zero Dark Thirty” is a combination of “fact, fiction and Hollywood” that dangerously links the use of torture with the killing of Osama bin Laden.

Feinstein and Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Carl Levin (D-Mich.) are sending a letter to Sony Pictures, the film studio distributing the Oscar contender, to make their complaints known.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Senators-denounce-Bin-Laden-film/907350915155399177.html

Should parents lie about Santa?

2012-12-20T12:59:00Z

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When Santa visited Emily Burr's house when she was a child, he didn't bother to hide his tracks.

His reindeer left teeth marks on the carrot sticks Burr and her three siblings had set out for them, and Santa's milk and cookies were half-eaten in the morning.

"We knew that Santa got milk and cookies wherever he went so he didn't want to eat too much of them," said Burr, now a graduate student in marriage and family therapy at Kansas State University.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Should-parents-lie-about-Santa/846361963134350553.html

Actress expresses "hope" NRA members get shot

2012-12-19T17:17:00Z

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There certainly have been a lot of calls for violence in response to the massacre of so many innocents in Newtown, Conn., last week. The name of the shooter has been known since last Friday, but with him already dead, the primary surrogate target for threats and death wishes has been the NRA.

On Friday, Author Joyce Carol Oates tweeted in response to that “NRA-sponsored massacre” that new gun control legislation might be forthcoming “if sizable numbers of NRA members become gun-victims themselves.” If that wasn’t enough to be considered an implicit wish for more shootings, “CSI” star Marg Helgenberger made sure it was, tweeting that “one can only hope.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Actress-expresses-hope-NRA-members-get-shot/-644277816581757652.html

CA school named after notorious murderer

2012-12-19T17:16:00Z

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A California school district is defending its decision to name a new elementary school after an infamous murderer – by calling him a hero and a role model to children. The decision has infuriated many parents and law enforcemetn officers.

The Alisal Union School District in Salinas agreed to name the new school in honor of Tiburcio Vasquez – who was eventually hanged for killing at least two people in the nineteenth century.

Superintendent John Ramirez defended the board’s decision telling Fox News that one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.

“Tiburcio Vasquez, along with others, was an individual who was a revolutionary,” Ramierz said. “He was not okay with the oppression.”

Vasquez “was probably the most notorious bandit California ever saw,” according to the University of Southern California library. He was 14-years-old when he committed his first crime – stabbing a constable.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/CA-school-named-after-notorious-murderer/93619311771752836.html

We need more, not fewer, cookies

2012-12-19T16:56:00Z

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Cookies and Christmas are inseparable. This association dates back to the ancient Germanic Julfest, when animals were sacrificed to ensure a mild winter. Those who couldn’t afford to slaughter their animals made a symbolic sacrifice by eating springerle, cookies imprinted with animal pictures.

The ur-cookie — unaffiliated with any holiday — probably began B.C. as a test cake. In what is now Persia, small bits of dough were routinely baked to assess the batch’s quality before it was worked into a cake. The dough was sweetened with sugar, and the growth of sugar cultivation in the ancient Near East paralleled the evolution of cake — and thus, cookie -— making.

In early English cookbooks, cookies were referred to as “small cakes”; now, Brits call them “biscuits,” which like the Italian “biscotti,” means “twice cooked.”

These biscuit-like cookies are pre-cooked, given time to rest, then cooked one final time to achieve characteristic crunchiness.

For some reason, however, the cookie — perhaps the greatest of all treats — has largely vanished from American menus.

Some restaurants, of course, still serve cookies. I’ve enjoyed Western Electric Butter Cookies at La Madia (59 W. Grand) and several types of cookies at Nightwood (2119 S. Halsted), where Jason Vincent tells us they’re “the only dessert that has been on the menu since day one.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/We-need-more,-not-fewer,-cookies/-697682862107683881.html

Sandy Hook shooter linked with violent video games

2012-12-19T13:02:00Z

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As the media and authorities work to piece together the biography of Adam Lanza, the gunman in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, a new report says the 20-year-old spent hours in a windowless basement playing the first-person shooter game Call of Duty.

Peter Wlasuk, a plumber who worked for Lanza's mother, told the U.K.'s Sun newspaper that the shooter played the violent video game while surrounded by posters of guns used throughout U.S. military history.

"I’m not blaming the games for what happened," he told the newspaper, "but they see a picture of a historical gun and say, 'I’ve used that on Call of Duty.' "

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Sandy-Hook-shooter-linked-with-violent-video-games/671653095796964458.html

Theives steal toys meant for sick children

2012-12-19T13:01:00Z

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The Daily Caller:

With just one week before Christmas, authorities are investigating how thieves managed to steal Christmas presents specially reserved for seriously ill children being treated in the intensive care unit at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital.

More than a dozen packages were stolen from a “non-public” area of the world-famous children’s hospital over the weekend, Metropolitan police said. The gifts, which were stored in a cupboard, were reported stolen yesterday by devastated hospital staff, the BBC reported.

Purchased through the hospital’s charity fund, the presents included portable DVD players, DVDs, Nintendo DS game consoles, games and toys. They were already wrapped, ready for the children and Christmas day.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Theives-steal-toys-meant-for-sick-children/-804840737427174176.html

Senator Ben Affleck?

2012-12-19T03:32:00Z

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Ben Affleck – future senator?

Don't rule it out... The actor is on a list of possible successors to Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, according to CBS Boston.

Political analyst Jon Keller has heard Affleck’s name “tossed around” among others – including Scott Brown, Rep. Mike Capuano, Rep. Ed Markey and Rep. Stephen Lynch – to take Kerry’s seat, he reported on Tuesday. If President Barack Obama does appoint Kerry as secretary of state, as expected, a special election will be held to fill his spot.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Senator-Ben-Affleck/801795060360373382.html

HBO planning Clinton documentary

2012-12-18T17:21:00Z

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Newsbusters reports:

HBO and Martin Scorsese are producing a documentary on Bill Clinton, with his full participation – which means it will have all the typical goo. But it's even cozier than that.

It’s not what you’d call an “independent” film – Washington Post TV writer Lisa de Moraes reported it’s produced by Steve Bing, who “is a major financial contributor to the William J. Clinton Foundation and has donated to former senator and onetime presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is now secretary of state.” But wow, did Scorsese lay the praise on thick in the press release:

"A towering figure who remains a major voice in world issues, President Clinton continues to shape the political dialogue both here and around the world. Through intimate conversations, I hope to provide greater insight into this transcendent figure.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/HBO-planning-Clinton-documentary/-492841397385609900.html

Too fat to execute?

2012-12-18T12:23:00Z

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NBC reports:

Ohio's governor on Monday commuted the death sentence of convicted murderer Ronald Post, but not because of the obese inmate's claim that he was too large to be executed.

Republican Gov. John Kasich said in a statement that Post's legal representation "did not rise to the level that society has come to expect in death penalty cases." Post will instead spend life in prison with no chance of parole, The Associated Press reported. On Friday, a parole board had recommended that Post's death sentence be commuted to a life term, according to Reuters.

Post, 53, had been scheduled to die Jan. 16 for the 1983 shooting death of Helen Vantz in northern Ohio. The woman worked in an Elyria, Ohio motel Post was robbing, and died after the man shot her twice in the back of the head.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Too-fat-to-execute/-532278660002982138.html

Hasbro goes gender-neutral with Easy Bake Oven

2012-12-18T12:22:00Z

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Hasbro says it will soon reveal a gender-neutral Easy-Bake Oven after meeting with a New Jersey girl who started a campaign calling on the toy maker to make one that appeals to all kids.

McKenna Pope, 13, of Garfield, N.J., got more than 40,000 signatures on her online petition at Change.org and the support of celebrity chefs including Bobby Flay, who backed her call for Hasbro to make a gender-neutral oven and to include boys in the ads.

She was prompted to start the petition after shopping for an Easy-Bake as a Christmas present for her 4-year-old brother, Gavyn Boscio, and finding them only in purple and pink.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hasbro-goes-gender-neutral-with-Easy-Bake-Oven/-824585160465243017.html

Professor calls for assassination of NRA leader

2012-12-18T12:22:00Z

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A professor of history turned to Twitter over the weekend to call for the death of National Rifle Association (NRA) CEO Wayne LaPierre, branding the gun rights group he heads as a terrorist organization.

“[I] want Wayne LaPierre’s head on a stick,” Erik Loomis, a professor at the University of Rhode Island (URI), tweeted.

It “looks like the National Rifle Association has murdered some more children,” he added.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Professor-calls-for-assassination-of-NRA-leader/-735090455099605068.html

DoD staffer gave info to Bin Laden filmmakers

2012-12-18T12:21:00Z

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Sources tell ABC News that the Inspector General for the Department of Defense has been preparing a report in which Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Michael Vickers is criticized for giving sensitive information to the filmmakers behind “Zero Dark Thirty.”

Specifically, Vickers is said to have disclosed to the filmmakers the identity of a member of SEAL Team Six — though not a member of the team that conducted the raid on Osama bin Laden‘s compound. Names of members of that team are not to be disclosed because of the potential for violent retaliation.

Some in the Pentagon think the Inspector General is holding the report until after the current Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, retires so as to not sully or embarrass him.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/DoD-staffer-gave-info-to-Bin-Laden-filmmakers/609102253147914431.html

French actor gives up passport over high taxes

2012-12-17T13:55:00Z

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Gérard Depardieu has made headlines for things other than his acting before, but his decision to move to Belgium has taken the media – and French political circles – by storm. Although it is unlikely to affect his career, the Oscar nominee, in a letter published in today’s Journal Du Dimanche, says he is returning his French passport after being called “pathetic” by French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. The new French government has imposed a controversial 75% income tax on individuals earning more than 1M euros and Depardieu recently purchased a property across the French border in Néchin, Belgium where taxes are lower. This prompted Ayrault to tell France 2 television last week, “I find it quite pathetic to go just over the border. All this in order to not pay taxes.” Depardieu has inqured about obtaining a Belgian passport, the mayor of Néchin said Sunday, which would normally allow him to continue working in France under European Union rules. The actor is France’s best paid and perhaps most prolific. For 2012 and 2013, there are at least 10 films on his dance card and he may play a French politician embroiled in a sex scandal for Abel Ferrara later this year.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/French-actor-gives-up-passport-over-high-taxes/55767651634276898.html

Families combine Christmas and Hanukkah

2012-12-17T13:54:00Z

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CNN reports:

Rebecca and Roni Kopelman have been celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah since they got together in 2006, building the foundations of an interfaith household.

Some of the Ohio couple's holiday traditions are blended, like their Christmas tree decked out in menorah ornaments and blue and white lights; others adhere more closely to the standard formula. During Hanukkah, her husband prepares a latke feast, they light the menorah each night and exchange small gifts. For Christmas, they hang stockings, bake cookies, go to church on Christmas Eve and open presents the next morning.

"To some people, this might seem challenging and strange, but to us, it's a wonderful way of celebrating and respecting each other's history and tradition without taking anything away from our own," Kopelman said in a CNN iReport.

"I love sharing my husband's memories and passed-down family traditions at Hanukkah, and he happily decorates -- and eats! -- Christmas cookies and shares memories with me as we hang ornaments on the tree."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Families-combine-Christmas-and-Hanukkah/-525250293504014546.html

The Hobbit has a record-breaking weekend

2012-12-17T13:52:00Z

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Hollywood now has high hopes for this all-important holiday box office after this journey to Middle Earth is the largest Christmas release of all time. Rival studios knew Peter Jackson‘s film adaptation of the 1937 JRR Tolkien novel would be a monster hit so left this weekend alone. Warner Bros says The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey internationally opened to $138.2M in its first 5 days for 15M admissions in 56 markets from 18,200 screens. Domestically it earned $84.7M from 4,045 theaters. That makes for a gargantuan worldwide total of $223M, including a December record of $15M from IMAX screens. Pic opened in U.S./Canada to $37.5M Friday and $28.1M Saturday and an estimated $19.1M Sunday for an $84.7M weekend with an ‘A’ Cinemascore from audiences. There are two records shattered – biggest December Friday and biggest December weekend for the domestic box office. The debut for the 3D actioner from MGM/Warner Bros in 4,045 theaters is grossing much larger than The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. Friday’s take included a record $13M from 3,100 midnight shows, counting $1.6M on IMAX screens.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Hobbit-has-a-record-breaking-weekend/761104786607396423.html

10-year-old strip searched over $20

2012-12-17T13:51:00Z

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The Daily Caller reports:

The parents of a 10-year-old North Carolina boy have filed a lawsuit against the local board of education and an assistant principal after their son was strip-searched over a $20 bill his school’s administrators incorrectly believed he stole.

The federal complaint, filed Dec. 6, alleges that assistant principal Teresa Holmes ordered Justin Cox, then a fifth grader, to her office. She next told him to take off his shoes, socks, pants and one of his shirts, reports CBS Charlotte. Holmes then ran her fingers around the waistband of his underwear and searched his bare torso under his shirt.

A custodian was in the office to witness the search.

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Hollywood responses to the shooting

2012-12-17T13:49:00Z

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Fox News reports:

Hollywood has responded to the rampage at a Connecticut elementary school by pulling back on its offerings, and one star says the entertainment industry should take some responsibility for such violence.

Jamie Foxx, one of the industry's biggest stars, said Saturday as he promoted Quentin Tarantino's upcoming ultra-violent spaghetti Western-style film about slavery, "Django Unchained," that actors can't ignore the fact that movie violence can influence people.

"We cannot turn our back and say that violence in films or anything that we do doesn't have a sort of influence," Foxx said in an interview on Saturday. "It does."

In true Tarantino form, buckets of blood explode from characters as they are shot or shredded to pieces by rabid dogs in "Django Unchained."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hollywood-responses-to-the-shooting/194696110629911256.html

Bieber targeted in murder plots

2012-12-14T15:08:00Z

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CNN reports:

A New Mexico inmate, an ex-convict on probation and his nephew are under investigation for plotting to castrate and murder pop singer Justin Bieber, police said Thursday.

Their unsuccessful scheme called for targeting Bieber and his bodyguard while in New York City in mid-November, and their motive grew from the inmate's quest for notoriety and his infatuation with Bieber, said a New Mexico State Police affidavit.

The inmate, Dana Martin, who is serving two life sentences for a 2000 rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl in Vermont, has a tattoo of Bieber on his leg and had attempted to correspond with Bieber, who never responded, the affidavit said.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Bieber-targeted-in-murder-plots/804652612535176797.html

Loud commercials banned

2012-12-14T15:07:00Z

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If you’re one of those people who keep your television volumes set at a certain level to ensure that pets, babies, or mistresses do not wake up while you’re watching TV only to have a loud commercial startle them awake, you don’t have to worry about that anymore. Legislation adopted by the FCC a year ago — the “Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act” (or the CALM Act) — finally goes into effect today, requiring that television commercials match the volume of the programs you are watching.

Ironically, it was never really the advertisers faults to begin with. According to a WIRED article, the FCC sets a particular volume limit, and in order to enhance the sounds of the commercials, it was the television stations (mostly local stations) that turned the volume on their own shows down. You had to turn your televisions up to hear Letterman, and then once the commercial came on, it would scare you out of your drunken slumber. The CALM Act doesn’t just prevent commercials from exceeding the volume limit, it ensures that it matches the volume of the program you are watching, so everything should be in equal now.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Loud-commercials-banned/653098819257824034.html

Brian Kelly named Coach of the Year

2012-12-14T12:51:00Z

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University of Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly has been named the recipient of the Football Writers Association of America’s 2012 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award. The Eddie Robinson Award is awarded annually to college football’s top head coach in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision; the division’s sports information directors and selected sports writers cast votes annually to decide the winner.

The award is named for Eddie Robinson, the College Football Hall of Fame coach who retired in 1997 after 56 years at Grambling State University. Robinson was the winningest coach in Division I history with 408 victories. His teams won or tied for 17 Southwestern Athletic Conference championships after joining the league in 1959. Grambling claimed nine Black College Football Championships during his career.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Brian-Kelly-named-Coach-of-the-Year/143158407978843721.html

Women prefer deep-voiced female politicians

2012-12-14T12:50:00Z

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Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher famously had elocution lessons to lower her voice and make it sound more masculine and authoritative.

She was advised - correctly, in light of subsequent research - that members of the public would find this more appealing.

Studies have demonstrated that men and women prefer leaders of both sexes in politics or business to have lower voices.

The new research shows this rule even extends to leadership positions traditionally occupied by women.

Scientists in the US tested the effect with simulated elections for two feminine leadership roles, president of a parent-teachers organisation (PTO) and membership of a school board.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Women-prefer-deep-voiced-female-politicians/-722535018937201426.html

A gay-friendly "Queen James Bible"!?

2012-12-14T12:50:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Despite the evolution of societal trends, homosexuality continues to be intensely-debated on moral, spiritual and theological grounds. With the Bible traditionally viewed as a document that condemns the actions associated with same-sex attraction, some anonymous editors have set out to reinterpret scriptures to create a new translation — “The Queen James Bible” — that is favorable to gays and lesbians.

At first glance (and even when you dig beneath the surface), it’s difficult to discern who is behind the publication (the publisher of the book on Amazon is listed as “Queen James”), as there is no organization overtly mentioned on the web site advertising the alternative Bible. That said, the editors, though unnamed, are bold in explaining their intriguing project.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-gay-friendly-Queen-James-Bible!/322361936616338939.html

"Board game dads" who hate to lose

2012-12-14T12:39:00Z

Posted By: Staff

For a good Monopoly battle this Christmas, make sure you play with your dad. Research reveals fathers are more likely to go all out to win when they play board games with their children.

Mothers, however, will happily allow their sons and daughters to enjoy the thrill of victory if it makes life easier.

It is thought some fathers enjoy a ‘school of hard-knocks’ approach either because they themselves can’t stand losing, or to teach their child how it feels to taste defeat.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Board-game-dads-who-hate-to-lose/-20286165534338817.html

NASA: The world is not ending

2012-12-13T15:39:00Z

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Are you preparing for a certain fictional apocalypse this month?

The idea that the world is ending on December 21, 2012, comes from a misinterpretation of the Mayan calendar. Because their calendar ends on the 21st, some believe the world must be ending, as well.

This idea has become so widespread in popular culture that NASA Science has made repeated efforts to debunk it. They've now even gone so far as to produce a video for the 22nd of December, explaining (again) why the world didn't end:

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NASA:-The-world-is-not-ending/-764570289178968376.html

Lincoln leads Golden Globe nominations

2012-12-13T15:37:00Z

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Nominations for the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced Thursday morning.

Jessica Alba, Megan Fox and Ed Helms were on hand with the The Hollywood Foreign Press Association at the Beverly Hilton to name nominees in the 25 categories in film and television.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Lincoln-leads-Golden-Globe-nominations/728327059386183957.html

Stars perform for Sandy

2012-12-13T13:22:00Z

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NBC reports:

Rock legends ranging from Roger Waters to The Rolling Stones to Paul McCartney with Nirvana joined together Wednesday night for a massive six-hour concert to raise money for the Robin Hood Relief Fund benefiting victims of superstorm Sandy.

The musicians set a serious tone, wearing mostly black and gray onstage as they encouraged people to call and donate money to help those affected by the devastating storm that killed at least 140 people and destroyed or damaged homes and properties in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and other areas.

Alicia Keys, who grew up in Manhattan's Hell's Kitchen, closed the show with her New York anthem "Empire State of Mind," as doctors, nurses, firefighters, police officers and others joined the piano-playing singer onstage. They ended the night chanting "U.S.A."

Keys was one of two women who performed at "The Concert for Sandy Relief." Diana Krall backed McCartney, who sang his solo songs, Beatles songs and played the role of Kurt Cobain with Nirvana members Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Stars-perform-for-Sandy/-947510382340616095.html

NBC editor denounces "religious" aspect of Christmas

2012-12-13T13:21:00Z

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Fox News reports:

NBC’s medical editor denounced the religious part of Christmas during a panel discussion about the holiday on Today.

“I don’t like the religion part,” said Nancy Snyderman, the network’s chief medical editor. “I think religion is what mucks the whole thing up.” The “religion” she was referring to is celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.

The outburst came during a panel discussion with Matt Lauer, Star Jones and Donny Deutsch. Her response came after Jones said she focuses on the religious meaning of Christmas.

“That’s the only reason why — that’s the only reason for me to have the holiday, quite frankly,” Jones said.

“No, I don’t like the religion part,” Snyderman countered. “I think that’s what makes the holidays so stressful.”

Instead, Snyderman said she wanted to focus on green trees during the yuletide season.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NBC-editor-denounces-religious-aspect-of-Christmas/-59967688863065779.html

ESPN tones down the Tebow

2012-12-13T13:20:00Z

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The Word has come down from the ESPN president, and it isn’t the same Word that Tim Tebow lives by. This Word is: Cut back on Tebow coverage.

ESPN president John Skipper has lowered the boom on reporters discussing Tebow. He feels that the Tebow phenomenon has a limited shelf life. After ESPN covered the New York Jets training camp and reported on Tebow, they kept focusing on Tebow, disturbing Skipper, who said: "I said, 'Guys, we didn't handle this very well.' Going to training camp wasn't a problem. We just stayed on it relentlessly and too long."

Tebow hasn’t been a factor in the Jets’ season, as he has been relegated to protecting the punter and being used as a Wildcat quarterback.

Skipper’s outburst was triggered by the appearance of former ESPN college basketball analyst Doug Gottlieb on the “Dan Patrick Show.” Gottlieb said that he was told by his bosses at ESPN, “You can’t talk enough Tebow.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/ESPN-tones-down-the-Tebow/603053055997718422.html

Former basketball star admits faking gay hate crime

2012-12-12T16:07:00Z

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An openly gay woman who was once a star basketball player for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was found guilty of making a false police report after claiming she had been assaulted because of her sexuality.

Charlie Rogers told police in July that her home was invaded by three masked men who beat her up and carved anti-gay slurs into her body. She was arrested on August 21 and charged with making a false report.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Former-basketball-star-admits-faking-gay-hate-crime/-372541442874124424.html

Pope's first Tweet gets hate and death threats

2012-12-12T16:06:00Z

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Pope Benedict XVI’s first tweet gets over 24K retweets, attracts death wishes and vile hate; Update: Pope continues tweeting; 38K retweets and counting

Click here to read the tweets.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Popes-first-Tweet-gets-hate-and-death-threats/-273611763955330515.html

Ken Burns: Falsely accused Duke Lacrosse was "mildly inconvenienced"

2012-12-12T16:05:00Z

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Breitbart reports:

Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns understands the horrors faced by five New York City teens unfairly charged with rape back in 1989.

"The Central Park Five," the new documentary co-directed by Burns on the subject, lets the five victims recall that tumultuous time in their lives and documents just how much the false charges crushed their youth.

Yet Burns seems indifferent to another case in which three young men were unfairly accused of rape and waited 15 months to have their names cleared.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ken-Burns:-Falsely-accused-Duke-Lacrosse-was-mildly-inconvenienced/-821909396708863344.html

Pope's getting dragged into fiscal cliff fight

2012-12-12T12:46:00Z

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Politico:

To give tweets is to receive them. Knowing that, a Catholic group wants one of Twitter's newest users, Pope Benedict XVI, to pressure Democrats and Republicans to show compassion in their "fiscal cliff" talks.

A day before the pope plans to begin responding to tweeted questions, Catholics United urged people Tuesday to tweet him first. The group, which advocates for the poor, wants people to ask him to state his views on the partisan battle over controlling federal deficits, hoping he will bring compassion to the debate.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Popes-getting-dragged-into-fiscal-cliff-fight/-243961629084463936.html

Kids with TV in their bedroom risk obesity

2012-12-11T14:09:00Z

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Kids who have TVs in their bedrooms are twice as likely to be fat and nearly three times as likely to be at risk for heart disease and diabetes as those who don’t, according to a new study that renews concerns about health and screen time.

Specifically, youngsters ages 5 to 18 who had TVs in their rooms were up to 2.5 times more likely than others to have bigger waists and more fat mass. Those who watched TV more than five hours a day were at twice the risk for fat around their internal organs, a dangerous precursor for disease.

“It’s really troubling to see these kids with fat around their heart and liver,” said Amanda Staiano, a scientist with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, La.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Kids-with-TV-in-their-bedroom-risk-obesity/-622391249757971598.html

Is Santa a Democrat?

2012-12-11T14:08:00Z

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Santa’s a giver, not a taker of free stuff, hence the reason he could never be a Democrat.

PPP’s new holiday season poll sees voters in giving moods towards both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney – voters believe both men will be receiving presents from Santa this holiday season rather than a lump of coal, with Romney perhaps getting some sympathy presents. Voters say Romney will get presents by a 63/37 margin compared to 51/49 for Obama. Some other findings:

- 44% of respondents said Santa was a Democrat while 28% say he is a Republican.

- 54% of voters said they were concerned that the looming “fiscal cliff” could cause Santa to cut back on his benefits.

- More voters than not (47/40) say there is a “War on Christmas”.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Is-Santa-a-Democrat/-61197803998343993.html

Syrian rebels murder and mutilate Orthodox priest

2012-12-11T14:07:00Z

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Christians in Syria, both Orthodox and Catholic, are increasingly becoming targets in the Syrian Civil War.

The Christian news portal Compass Direct News is reporting of the torture and subsequent murder of a Syrian Orthodox parish priest caught up in the violence of the Syrian Civil War.

As reported, Father Fadi Haddad recently left his parish in the town of Qatana to negotiate the release of one of his parishioners, who had recently been kidnapped.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Syrian-rebels-murder-and-mutilate-Orthodox-priest/-593412554150115316.html

Chrysler forced to rehire workers who got high at work

2012-12-11T14:06:00Z

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In 2010, the American automobile manufacturer Chrysler released several of its employes for negligent behavior after they were caught on camera drinking and possibly smoking marijuana during their lunch break. After many months of a union-backed arbitration process, however, Chrylser was forced to rehire the workers.

“While [Chrysler] does not agree with the ultimate decision of the arbitrator, we respect the grievance procedure process as outlined in the collective bargaining agreement and our relationship with the UAW,” a statement released by the automaker read.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Chrysler-forced-to-rehire-workers-who-got-high-at-work/87520914793995397.html

Bin Laden movie slammed for accurately depicting the use of torture

2012-12-11T12:48:00Z

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Left-wing commentators are outraged by the accurate portrayal of enhanced interrogation techniques in the upcoming film from the Oscar-winning creators of The Hurt Locker.

New York magazine’s David Edelstein named Zero Dark Thirty as the best he had seen this year, though he added a caveat: “It also borders on the politically and morally reprehensible. By showing these excellent results—and by silencing the cries of the innocents held at Abu Ghraib, Bagram, and other ‘black sites’—it makes a case for the efficacy of torture.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Bin-Laden-movie-slammed-for-accurately-depicting-the-use-of-torture/-112876365563528672.html

Obama shakes hands with anti-American rapper PSY

2012-12-10T16:39:00Z

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President Barack Obama has been pictured shaking hands with a South Korean rapper who sang about wanting to kill American soldiers.

PSY, born Park Jae-sang, performed at a White House charity event on Sunday, despite a deeply controversial performance in 2004 that has shocked and outraged American fans.

The rapper showed off his signature dance moves while performing 'Gangnam Style,' which has the most watched YouTube video in history.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-shakes-hands-with-anti-American-rapper-PSY/-774675233303581631.html

Did Obama win thanks to irreligious?

2012-12-10T14:01:00Z

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Although much has been reported about President Obama’s domination of the Hispanic voting bloc in his re-election, there’s another, less-hyped group who also helped him to his win: Pew Research Center calls them the “nones,” a growing number of Americans with no specific religious affiliation. Some identify as atheist or agnostic but over half consider themselves “religious” or “spiritual.”

The “nones” tend to be younger, socially liberal, Democratic and now make up nearly 20 percent of the population. Obama won over 70 percent of this vote. The “nones” were especially in crucial swing states where he was competing with Catholic and Protestant voters who tend to be Republican, like Ohio, Virginia and Florida.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Did-Obama-win-thanks-to-irreligious/-471010596129630569.html

College censors anti-censorship poster

2012-12-10T14:00:00Z

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A student at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan is involved in a pitched battled over freedom of speech with school administrators.

But so far a third contestant — irony — is winning, and it’s not even close.

The student, Daniel Chapman, petitioned in August to put up a poster saying “Fuck Censorship” on SVSU’s university-owned bulletin boards because he wanted to protest the school’s policy of approving materials before students can post them on campus.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/College-censors-anti-censorship-poster/-114094971321498565.html

Bill Maher defames the late Andy Williams

2012-12-10T13:59:00Z

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HBO host Bill Maher’s political views– and his crass way of expressing them– are well known to most. Every once in a while, though, he takes things a step further than normal.

The mega Obama donor claimed back in March, for instance, that he should be held to a different standard after calling Sarah Palin a “cu**” than when Rush Limbaugh called 30-year-old Georgetown student Sandra Fluke a “slut.” On Sunday, Maher made another noteworthy claim.

Apparently Andy Williams, the iconic singer of some of the most-loved tunes in history, is to be remembered as a “teabag idiot.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Bill-Maher-defames-the-late-Andy-Williams/473125301148670949.html

Michelle Obama behind push for Wintour

2012-12-10T13:58:00Z

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First lady Michelle Obama is reportedly behind the push to award top Obama campaign fundraiser and Vogue editor Anna Wintour with a European ambassadorship — specifically to France — sources have revealed to The Daily Mail.

A State Department “insider” told the British paper that Wintour is “under consideration” for a diplomatic post.

“Anna Wintour’s friends have expressed an interest in making sure that she is nominated to become an ambassador to a major Western European nation,” the insider said, according to The Daily Mail. “I have had this confirmed from a friend in the political office at the White House. I am also told there is only a slight chance Wintour will end up in London.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Michelle-Obama-behind-push-for-Wintour/-62415240964626615.html

Jamie Foxx jokes about "killing white people" on SNL

2012-12-10T13:57:00Z

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While appearing on Saturday Night Live this Saturday, Oscar winning actor Jamie Foxx spoke highly about killing white people in Quentin Tarantino’s new movie, "Django Unchained," before asking the audience, "How great is that?"

“I play a slave. How black is that?” he asked. “I have to wear chains. How whack is that?"

"I get free. I save my wife and I kill all the white people in the movie," Foxx said to thunderous applause. "How great is that?”

Foxx went on to say that “black is the new white.”

“You know how you know black is in right now? Because the Nets moved to Brooklyn,” he added. “How black is that?”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Jamie-Foxx-jokes-about-killing-white-people-on-SNL/-660433381370851085.html

Running further may actually be worse for you

2012-12-07T13:27:00Z

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Whether you’re an endurance junkie or you despise the thought of slaving away on the treadmill, you’ve probably had a time in your life when you’ve wondered whether you could get away with running less. In other words, if you choose to run 20 minutes rather than 60 minutes, or run two miles rather than six miles, are you sacrificing results when it comes to weight loss or performance?

Running For Weight Loss

Let’s look at weight loss first. As you probably know, walking burns calories, jogging burns more calories, and running burns even more calories. But here’s something important to realize: when you run and you get to the point where you’re really huffing and puffing, you continue to burn calories long after your running workout is finished.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Running-further-may-actually-be-worse-for-you/-255043801049228950.html

Berkeley students want to ban "homophobic" Salvation Army

2012-12-07T13:26:00Z

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The student government at the University of California-Berkeley (CAL) passed a resolution last month that would ban Salvation Army bell ringers and their iconic red kettles from campus this Christmas because of the Christian organization’s alleged bias against homosexuality.

The resolution, cleared on November 14, accuses the charity of openly discriminating against gay individuals.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Berkeley-students-want-to-ban-homophobic-Salvation-Army/932926311495091133.html

Sudan claims bird is an "Israeli spy"

2012-12-07T13:25:00Z

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Sudanese media reported Thursday that officials had captured a bird carrying spying equipment for Israel.

The Israeli outlet Walla news said that local Sudanese media reported that the bird was identified as Israeli because it was carrying Hebrew labels that read “Israel Nature Authority” and “Hebrew University Jerusalem.”

While details of the story remain sketchy, the reports suggested there was a solar-powered device attached to the bird’s leg. Sudanese media claimed the device was capable of taking photos and sending them back to Israel.

Relations between Israel and Sudan are already nonexistent, but tensions rose after the African country blamed Jerusalem for an October airstrike on a weapons factory in Khartoum.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Sudan-claims-bird-is-an-Israeli-spy/769427293245388612.html

George Zimmerman sues NBC

2012-12-07T13:24:00Z

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Mediaite reports:

George Zimmerman is back in the news, and this time he’s suing NBC for airing a misleading edit of a 911 phone call he made the night of Trayvon Martin‘s death. The edited phone call made it seem like Zimmerman purposefully highlighted the fact that Martin was black, when in fact, he was prompted by the dispatcher to describe Martin’s appearance. NBC launched an internal investigation, profusely apologized, and even fired individuals involved in the editing process, but Zimmerman is still filing a lawsuit against NBC alleging that he was made out to be a “racist and predatory villain” in order to “increase ratings.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/George-Zimmerman-sues-NBC/-564229264590973312.html

Bieber snubbed in Grammy noms, 13-year-olds hardest hit

2012-12-07T13:24:00Z

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The nominations for the 55th annual Grammy Awards were announced on Wednesday at the Grammy Nominations Concert in Nashville, and to the surprise of his fans, Justin Bieber's name wasn't included in a single category.

The pop star's newest album "Believe" was released in June of this year, and despite selling over 2 million copies and producing the hit single "Girlfriend," it failed to make the cut. Bieber's manager Scooter Braun was none too pleased with this development, and he wasn't shy about voicing his displeasure on Twitter. "This time there won't be any wise words, no excuses, I just plain DISAGREE," Braun posted. "The kid deserved it. Grammy board u blew it on this one."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Bieber-snubbed-in-Grammy-noms,-13-year-olds-hardest-hit/-796656009942350397.html

WA legalizes pot, gay marriage

2012-12-06T14:26:00Z

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The Daily Caller reports:

When the clock struck midnight here on Thursday, hundreds of gay couples were lined up outside the county courthouse to obtain marriage licenses, while a hundred or so pot-lovers gathered across town beneath the Space Needle to light up.

They could do this because last month, on Nov. 6, Washington state voters approved marriage for same-sex couples and legalizing marijuana. Both laws went into effect at midnight.

The King County Recorder's Office opened its doors to couples at 12:01 a.m. At the front of the line were Kelly Middleton, 24, and Amanda Dollente, 29. They had arrived at 4 p.m., worried they wouldn't get a spot in line.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/WA-legalizes-pot,-gay-marriage/-408658437858639124.html

Feminists want Obama's cabinet to be 50% female

2012-12-06T14:25:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Caller reports:

As President Barack Obama finalizes his second-term cabinet picks, the nation’s leading feminist group is pushing for more female appointments.

Currently, the president, who garnered 55 percent of the women’s vote on Election Day, has eight females in his 23-member cabinet. According the National Organization for Women, that number isn’t nearly high enough.

NOW president Terry O’Neill, in an interview with The Daily Caller, explained that she would like to see complete gender parity in Obama’s second-term cabinet.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Feminists-want-Obamas-cabinet-to-be-50-female/585984455955775716.html

Scouts consider oath for atheists

2012-12-06T12:50:00Z

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The Guardian reports:

Since 1908, when Robert Baden-Powell laid down the rules for his nascent movement in Scouting for Boys, new Scouts and Guides have made the traditional three-finger salute and promised to not just help others but remain loyal to a deity or higher power. Now, for the first time, the self-professed godless could also be welcome.

The Scout Association has launched a consultation to gauge support among members for an alternate atheist Scout promise, removing the invocation of a deity. At the same time, the Guide Association, the parallel movement which began two years later, is to launch a consultation about its very similar promise, with views sought on all parts of the wording from early January.

The current version of the Scout promise reads: "On my honour, I promise that I will do my best to do my duty to God and to the Queen, to help other people and to keep the Scout law."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Scouts-consider-oath-for-atheists/-492389930275927252.html

Church gives in, cancels Charlie Brown play

2012-12-06T12:49:00Z

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The Blaze reports:

Charlie Brown may be a harmless cartoon character, but atheist activists in Little Rock, Arkansas, have pushed fervently to prevent a local public school from seeing a church production featuring the popular children’s figure. In the wake of the intense controversy over Terry Elementary School’s decision to send children to see “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at Agape Church, the house of worship has now cancelled the student matinee performance of the show.

While the children who were excited to attend the play may be disappointed, Agape’s pastor, Happy Caldwell, made it clear that the decision was made in the best interest of the teachers and actors, alike — parties who would, no doubt, come under fire if the production continued as planned.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Church-gives-in,-cancels-Charlie-Brown-play/-728049425602866234.html

Vince Vaughn teams up with Glenn Beck

2012-12-06T12:48:00Z

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ABC reports:

Here’s a Hollywood couple you probably didn’t see coming: Vince Vaughn and Glenn Beck. The “Wedding Crashers” star and former Fox News host announced today that they’re developing “Pursuit of Truth,” a reality show for Beck’s network, TheBlaze TV.

The show will pit 20 documentary filmmakers against each other as they compete for financing and distribution for their film. (Ben Affleck and Matt Damon did a similar series with HBO, “Project Greenlight,” in the early ’00s.) Vaughn and Beck’s nine episode series will launch on TheBlaze TV in spring 2013.

Beck shared the news on his radio show today. “I am proud to announce that Vince Vaughn and I are going to be the executive producers,” he said. “That should make everybody’s head spin. ‘What the hell is Vince Vaughn doing with a crazy man?’ I know, that’s what my friends say. ‘Glenn, what are you doing with the crazy man Vince Vaughn?’ Yes. It’s great, isn’t it? I love it.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Vince-Vaughn-teams-up-with-Glenn-Beck/-703742465595664059.html

Moms and daughters getting plastic surgery together?

2012-12-05T13:20:00Z

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Some moms bond with their daughters over a manicure, while others may bond with a shopping spree.

A growing number of mothers and daughters, like Jani Reyes and her daughter, Tasha Sheckells, are growing closer with cosmetic surgery.

The two say they do a lot of things together, so when it came to plastic surgery, they decided to try it at the same time.

“We went in together for a consultation,” says Sheckells.

“I decided right away that was what I was going to do,” remembers mother, Jani Reyes. “And then she said well, I need a few things too.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Moms-and-daughters-getting-plastic-surgery-together/279222338778055692.html

Oscars snub "2016: Obama's America"

2012-12-05T13:19:00Z

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Gerald Molen, the Oscar-winning producer of Schindler’s List, is claiming political bias because a documentary movie he produced this year isn't up for an Oscar, even though that film, 2016: Obama’s America, made more money at the box office than the combined earning of the 15 films the Academy deemed eligible.

2016 is a negative take on President Barack Obama. It was co-written and directed by author Dinesh D’Souza, and earned $33.4 million at the domestic box office. But its omission on the list of the 15 documentaries the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Monday would advance in the voting process makes it ineligible for an Oscar.

"Dinesh warned me this might happen," Molen laughed on Tuesday. "The action confirms my opinion that the bias against anything from a conservative point of view is dead on arrival in Hollywood circles. The film’s outstanding success means that America went to see the documentary in spite of how Hollywood feels about it."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Oscars-snub-2016:-Obamas-America/-817494097081410916.html

Former NYT reporter: Jesus was "person of color" killed by "whites"

2012-12-05T13:18:00Z

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Chris Hedges, author and former New York Times writer for fifteen years, had some interesting references to make about President Obama’s former minister, Jeremiah Wright. Hedges, who is a friend of Wright, spoke to an audience in Chicago last month. Hedges describes the controversial pastors struggles with a Christ-like allegory:

“[Dr. Wright] bent down and picked up the cross. He felt the weight dig into his shoulders. He placed the crown of thorns on his head. He started down the hard road, walked by the preachers and saints before him. The road walked by Martin and Malcolm. The road that still has the footprints of our Lord. He heard again the words of ridicule and derision, because the Romans were sore, sore afraid. … He embodies within him the power and the glory Satan cannot break. In the gospel of Matthew when Satan left Jesus … angels came to Jesus and anointed Jesus to preach the word of God. And that word tonight, in the preacher before us, lives and breathes, and so do the angels who stand by him.”

Hedges also referenced a former Wright sermon, repeating the assertion that Jesus was persecuted and eventually killed by white Romans:

“The Romans, who Dr. Wright correctly reminds us were white — it was Jesus who was a person of color — don’t like preachers any more today than they did two-thousand years ago.”

The speech was recorded at the Newberry Library in Chicago on November 12, 2012. Rev. Wright was in attendance. This clip was from a larger lecture on “poverty in the U.S.” put on by the Lannan Foundation.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Former-NYT-reporter:-Jesus-was-person-of-color-killed-by-whites/954179632578363597.html

End of culture alert! Snooki gives Princess Kate motherhood advice

2012-12-05T12:34:00Z

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Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi is lending her expertise to Kate Middleton – as a mommy mentor!

The Jersey Shore star, who gave birth to son Lorenzo in August, offered the expectant Duchess of Cambridge a few tips on being a new mom.

"It's hard, but don't stress out,” Polizzi told the New York Daily News. "Enjoy your pregnancy and be excited."

Middleton is currently in the hospital to treat her severe morning sickness, but Polizzi encouraged her to take it easy out of the public eye. “Enjoy your time at home – or the castle, in her case – with the baby,” she said. “Especially the first few months.”

Nobody said it would be easy, but Polizzi knows from experience that it's worth the (baby) bumps along the way.

"You'll get to know him/her, keep them safe and fall more in love each day," she says.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/End-of-culture-alert!-Snooki-gives-Princess-Kate-motherhood-advice/603293024918548947.html

UT Planned Parenthood fighting law to protect female fetuses

2012-12-04T12:45:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Planned Parenthood’s eugenics-supporting founder Margaret Sanger would be so proud.

Republican and pro-life advocates were supposedly the ones engaging in a War on Women, but Planned Parenthood appears to be headlong into a new war on women, before birth.

Utah State Sen. Margaret Dayton is proposing legislation prohibiting abortions in the western state if sought because the baby is a girl. The measure may also prevent abortions if sought because the baby is black or another undesired race.

Planned Parenthood of Utah opposes the proposed “Gender Selection Abortion Prohibition” bill. Karrie Galloway, the head of the abortion business in the state, told media that her group is opposed to the common sense bill because it is a “solution looking for a problem” simply because she is unaware of any cases of sex-selection abortions or race-based abortions in Utah.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/UT-Planned-Parenthood-fighting-law-to-protect-female-fetuses/208458828025830744.html

Kate Middleton is expecting

2012-12-04T12:44:00Z

Posted By: Staff

KATE and Wills could be expecting TWINS, it emerged today.

The Duchess Of Cambridge is spending a second day in hospital being treated for a morning sickness condition – linked to mums who have multiple births.

News that Kate’s condition may indicate she is carrying twins has prompted bookmaker William Hill to cut the odds of the royal couple having two babies from 33/1 to 25/1 following a number of bets overnight.

Mothers-to-be who suffer from the hyperemesis gravidarum condition are THREE times more likely to have a multiple birth than other women.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Kate-Middleton-is-expecting/995735632844563717.html

New pic shows George Zimmerman w/broken nose

2012-12-04T12:43:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The graphic photo, taken by police the night of Zimmerman and Martin's fatal encounter, was previously released as a blurry black-and-white image.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/New-pic-shows-George-Zimmerman-w/broken-nose/-414371340121344226.html

Jovan Belcher had a violent history

2012-12-04T12:42:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Police reports released Monday by the University of Maine show Jovan Belcher had a history of conflict in dealing with women.

Belcher, 25, made national headlines Saturday when the Kansas City Chiefs linebacker fatally shot his girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins, then later committed suicide with a handgun in Kansas City.

During his four years as a student at UMaine, Belcher was confronted by police about two on-campus incidents involving a woman. No criminal charges were filed in either incident.

On April 1, 2006, Belcher suffered a serious cut on his hand when the then-freshman punched out a window in a ground-floor door at Androscoggin Hall on the UMaine campus, according to university police Sgt. Scott Curtis, who reported, “I was told that Belcher was upset over a girl.”

Ten months later, Belcher was the subject of a dormitory noise complaint. According to a police report, a student in Gannett Hall called police about the raised voices of Belcher and his girlfriend as they had “a discussion outside his room.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Jovan-Belcher-had-a-violent-history/826083513901899223.html

College: "Men Working" sign is sexist

2012-12-04T12:42:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A construction crew working on the campus of Ohio’s Sinclair Community College was forced to halt work until it removed a “Men Working” sign that was deemed “sexist” by a college administrator. A spokesman for the college told National Review Online that the incident, which occurred on November 21, stemmed from the school’s “deep commitment to diversity,” and that it takes that commitment “very seriously.”

In the wake of the incident, the school acknowledged its request may have been over the top, but stood by its commitment to diversity, saying in a statement that, “while it may not have been necessary to suggest that work be stopped, Sinclair stands by its commitment to providing an environment that is inclusive and non-discriminatory.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/College:-Men-Working-sign-is-sexist/527666711133841741.html

Turkey & the Simpsons

2012-12-04T12:33:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Turkey’s authoritarian government has fined a television station nearly $30,000 for broadcasting an episode of The Simpsons that it deemed blasphemous, according to Turkey’s Hürriyet Daily News.

Turkey’s Supreme Board of Radio (RTUK) fined a station owned by CNBC’s European affiliate for broadcasting an episode of the cartoon in which “God is shown to be under the command of the Devil,” according to the report.

The radio board released a report accusing CNBC-E and The Simpsons of “making fun of God, encouraging the young people to exercise violence by showing the murders as God’s orders and encouraging them to start drinking alcohol on New Year’s Eve night,” Hürriyet reported.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Turkey--the-Simpsons/437834768408777845.html

Obama DoE forces school to remove nativity

2012-12-03T17:22:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Fox News:

Frosty the Snowman is there — and so is Santa Claus.

But the Baby Jesus is stuffed inside a closet at Cottondale Elementary School — leaving many residents of this small town in the Florida panhandle outraged.

The Nativity scene had been a part of the school’s holiday lawn decorations for years. But this year the yuletide display is strictly secular.

Principal Brenda Jones told television station WJHG the decision to keep Baby Jesus in the closet came after an official with the Dept. of Education dropped by to discuss the separation of church and state.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-DoE-forces-school-to-remove-nativity/-901148549422614098.html

The Pope gets his own Twitter

2012-12-03T15:29:00Z

Posted By: Staff

CNN:

The Vatican revealed the new personal Twitter account for Pope Benedict XVI, @Pontifex on Monday, meaning the leader of the global Catholic church will officially join millions of people around the globe on the social media site.

The Pope will answer a question about faith in his first tweet, slated for next Wednesday, Vatican officials said. They said that anyone could send in a question via the hashtag #askpontifex or #B16. The Vatican said the initial tweets from the pope will come on Wednesdays in conjunction with his general audiences in Rome but that the 140 character missals may become more frequent.

The formal announcement came in press conference Monday morning at the Vatican with Catholic and Twitter officials.

"The Pope's presence on Twitter is a concrete expression of his conviction that the Church must be present in the digital arena,” the church said in a written statement to reporters. The pope’s account on Twitter, the statement said, “can be seen as the 'tip of the iceberg' that is the Church's presence in the world of new media.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Pope-gets-his-own-Twitter/-718957695243309991.html

Fireman fired for Obama toiler paper

2012-12-03T15:28:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A Florida firefighter is out of a job after putting toilet paper with President Barack Obama’s face in his fire department’s bathroom.

Clint Pierce, who admitted placing the Obama toilet paper in the restroom as a “gag,” had until 5:00 p.m. Friday to turn in his badge after the city of Pompano Beach, Fla. determined his joke was a disrespectful repeat offense, according to a report from the Sun Sentinel.

The Oct. 19 incident marked the third time Pierce brought political props onto city property, after he was told to stop.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fireman-fired-for-Obama-toiler-paper/731596081642408191.html

Alanis Morrisette faces death threats over Israeli concert

2012-12-03T15:26:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Pop singer Alanis Morissette arrived in Israel today for a concert at Tel Aviv’s Nokia Theater; she last performed there in 2000.

Read the tweets.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Alanis-Morrisette-faces-death-threats-over-Israeli-concert/472348067672148111.html

Homeless man in viral photo demands "a piece of the pie"

2012-12-03T15:24:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The New York City homeless man – whose gift of boots from an NYPD police officer became an online sensation last week – is back on the streets with no shoes.

The New York Times found him Sunday night wandering barefoot in Manhattan. The paper identified him as Jeffrey Hillman, formerly of South Plainfield, N.J.

Asked about the $100 all-weather boots Officer Larry DePrimo gave him on Nov. 14, Hillman says he’s hidden them because “they are worth a lot of money.”

He says he’s grateful for the gift, but he wants “a piece of the pie” because the photo was posted online “without permission.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Homeless-man-in-viral-photo-demands-a-piece-of-the-pie/143418704543158040.html

Karma: jihadist's suicide bomb goes off prematurely

2012-12-03T15:23:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A suicide bomber and his helper were killed when his suicide vest went off prematurely in near Yaktot in Pakistan late on Saturday night.

“The bomber was riding a bike and perhaps his jacket went off accidently which left him dead on the spot and also destroyed the motorbike,” The Express Tribune quoted sub-inspector Sartaj Khan of the Wazir Bagh police post, as saying.

“We don’t know about the target and what the suicide bomber and his helper were doing in the cold night at the back of a deserted petrol pump,” he added.

Khan said they called in the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) to inspect the site of the explosion as well as the body parts of the suicide bomber.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Karma:-jihadists-suicide-bomb-goes-off-prematurely/282307738304476051.html

US birthrate plummets to 1920 levels

2012-11-30T14:59:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Washington Post reports:

The U.S. birthrate plunged last year to a record low, with the decline being led by immigrant women hit hard by the recession, according to a study released Thursday by the Pew Research Center.

The overall birthrate decreased by 8 percent between 2007 and 2010, with a much bigger drop of 14 percent among foreign-born women. The overall birthrate is at its lowest since 1920, the earliest year with reliable records. The 2011 figures don’t have breakdowns for immigrants yet, but the preliminary findings indicate that they will follow the same trend.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/US-birthrate-plummets-to-1920-levels/310529903755984778.html

Planned Parenthood affiliates leave after abortion mandate

2012-11-30T14:58:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Caller reports:

A Planned Parenthood affiliate based in the New York cities of Binghamton and Oneonta is breaking away from the national organization over a mandate that reportedly requires all affiliates to offer abortion services by 2013.

Citing that pending requirement, Planned Parenthood of South Central New York’s leadership approved the decision to become independent of Planned Parenthood and change its name to the Family Planning Center of South Central New York at the beginning of 2013, according to local news reports.

The Planned Parenthood affiliate currently refers its patients to local doctors and clinics for abortion services instead of offering them on-site.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Planned-Parenthood-affiliates-leave-after-abortion-mandate/-179843825448765646.html

Mitt stopped by Mickey D's before WH

2012-11-30T14:57:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Mail reports:

Now that the presidential election campaign is over, losing candidate Mitt Romney has the leisure to spend his time how he likes.

And this week he was spotted picking up a snack in the king of all fast-food joints - McDonald's.

His trip to the popular chain restaurant came ahead of a lunch in the White House with Barack Obama yesterday - a meeting which has already inspired dozens of internet memes speculating on what exactly went on.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mitt-stopped-by-Mickey-Ds-before-WH/-84877282517965454.html

UK father's bitter letter to his children goes viral

2012-11-30T14:56:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Blaze reports:

It’s probably safe to say everyone has experienced the feeling of parental disappointment — whether that be as the child having disappointed your parents at one time, or as the parent expressing it. Channeling the essence of this disappointment, perhaps you’ll be able to understand — or not — what drove one parent to pen the scathing email to his kids included below.

That email, sent from retired British nuclear submarine captain Nick Crews to his three children earlier this year, has taken the UK by storm, and now it’s finally made its way across the pond and is going viral in the U.S. It’s easy to see why. The no-nonsense letter focuses on what a disappointment Crews’ children have been to him and their mother, and how they have failed both in life and their marriages.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/UK-fathers-bitter-letter-to-his-children-goes-viral/236911960796950649.html

School tells 6-year-old to remove

2012-11-30T14:55:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A North Carolina community is embroiled in controversy after a school ordered a six-year-old girl to remove the word “God” from a poem that she was supposed to read during a Veteran’s Day ceremony.

The girl is a first-grader at West Marion Elementary School. She was supposed to read a poem written to honor her two grandfathers who had served during the Vietnam War.

“He prayed to God for peace, he prayed to God for strength,” the poem read.

A parent reportedly found out about the poem and expressed concern about mentioning the word God during a school event. The parent did not want the Almighty’s name mentioned anywhere in the program, according to one account.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/School-tells-6-year-old-to-remove/422535137406775284.html

Study: using cellphones is contagious

2012-11-29T15:02:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Cellphone use is ubiquitous and new research shows it may be socially contagious, too. People are more likely to pull out their phones to check their text messages or email if they're with someone who has just done the same, the study found.

Researchers at the University of Michigan watched students in dining halls and coffee shops around campus between January and April 2011. They unobtrusively observed pairs of students sitting at tables for as long as 20 minutes and documented their cellphone use at 10-second intervals.

Overall, the students used their cellphones in an average of 24 percent of the intervals, the researchers found. But they were significantly more likely to use their phones (39.5 percent) when their companion had just done so in the previous 10-second interval, the researchers said, adding that this behavior was often repeated.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Study:-using-cellphones-is-contagious/801973461564983777.html

Obama's latest hashtag gets hijacked by conservatives

2012-11-29T15:01:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Hijack hilarity hijinks: The hashtag stops here? White House launches #My2K, fails. Again

Read the tweets.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-latest-hashtag-gets-hijacked-by-conservatives/670751345878845628.html

Lindsey Lohan arrested... again

2012-11-29T14:59:00Z

Posted By: Staff

CNN reports:

In her latest brush with the law, police arrested actress Lindsay Lohan on Thursday after an alleged altercation at a New York nightclub.

The incident occurred about 4 a.m. at a club in Manhattan, the New York Police Department said.

Lohan may have hit another woman at the club, police said. Authorities declined to say whether she faced charges.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Lindsey-Lohan-arrested...-again/-11256875149184198.html

Belgian discovers his wife of 19 years was a man

2012-11-29T14:58:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Mail reports:

A Belgian husband has spoken of his 'horror' after learning his wife of 19 years used to be a man.

The duped 64-year-old - named only as Jan - said he had 'no clue' his bride had been born a boy.

The shocking revelation only emerged after almost two decades of marriage when a cousin from his wife's native Indonesia finally exposed the truth.

Jan told how he met 'Monica' in 1993 when she arrived in his home town of Antwerp as an au-pair to his sister's children.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Belgian-discovers-his-wife-of-19-years-was-a-man/251209091172389224.html

Christian demoted for anti-gay marriage Facebook post

2012-11-29T14:56:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Mail reports:

As a devout Christian, Adrian Smith was disturbed to read a report that gay marriages may be permitted in church.

So he went onto his Facebook page and posted four words summarising his own position. ‘An equality too far,’ he wrote.

But those four words, even though they were seen by only a few dozen friends and work colleagues, triggered a major battle over freedom of speech which finally ended yesterday.

Mr Smith, a tireless charity supporter who works for Trafford Housing Trust, had become a victim of the increasingly aggressive war against so-called hate crimes.

After a work colleague complained that his comment was offensive (despite having not seen the post), Mr Smith, a family man and lifelong Labour voter, was disciplined, had his job downgraded and his salary cut by £14,000. But yesterday, after a bitter and protracted court fight to overturn the decision, the married father-of-two won a landmark victory.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Christian-demoted-for-anti-gay-marriage-Facebook-post/-381616288498765811.html

Bill Clinton tried to meet former lover... in 2005

2012-11-28T15:15:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Mail reports:

More than two decades after she became a household name for alleging she had a 12-year affair with Bill Clinton, Gennifer Flowers has made yet more shocking claims about the former president.

Flowers, who enjoyed a lucrative modelling and acting career as well as top book sales following her announcement in 1992, has claimed that Clinton called her as recently as 2005, begging to see her.

Speaking with WGNO, Flowers, 62, said was at home alone in Louisiana following her divorce when her phone rang.

'I picked up the phone and it was him,' she told host Susan Roesgen. 'And he wanted to come by my house and talk to me. I was taken aback; that was the last thing I expected.'

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Bill-Clinton-tried-to-meet-former-lover...-in-2005/-165857280192112839.html

Man claims prayer group told him to murder

2012-11-28T15:14:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The AP reports:

Less than three months after he stood as a groomsman in the wedding of two friends he had known since college in Texas, Micah Moore walked into a suburban Kansas City police department and unloaded a dark secret: He had taken the woman's life at the request of her new husband, a charismatic prayer group leader.

Police said Bethany Deaton's death initially appeared to be a suicide. Officers found a note and empty bottle of over-the-counter pain medication along with her body in a minivan parked by a lake on Oct. 30.

It wasn't until Moore confessed nearly two weeks later that police announced she had been killed. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on a first-degree murder charge Wednesday.

In the criminal complaint filed in support of the charge, police detailed a stunning series of allegations that Moore made as part of his confession.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Man-claims-prayer-group-told-him-to-murder/679299328013731932.html

RI Gov. in "holiday tree" lighting ceremony

2012-11-28T15:13:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Reuters reports:

Rhode Island will go ahead with plans to hold a "holiday tree" lighting ceremony in the state capital despite controversy last year over Governor Lincoln Chafee's decision to avoid using the word "Christmas" in reference to the tree.

The announcement on Tuesday that the state would hold a tree-lighting ceremony in Providence came just 24 hours after the governor's spokeswoman said the annual event had been scrubbed. Last year, protesters interrupted the ceremony with demands the conifer be officially referred to as a "Christmas tree."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/RI-Gov.-in-holiday-tree-lighting-ceremony/-301279354566175488.html

College tells students they can only sell "holiday" trees

2012-11-28T15:12:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Fox News reports:

A North Carolina community college has been accused of violating the First Amendment rights of students after they told a club they could not use the word “Christmas” to promote a Christmas tree sale.

“It’s ridiculous that anyone would have to think twice about using the word ‘Christmas’ as part of a Christmas tree sale,” said Matt Sharp, an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom.

ADF sent a letter to officials at Western Piedmont Community College urging them to either reconsider their decision to censor the word “Christmas” – or else face a possible lawsuit.

College officials did not return multiple phone calls and email messages seeking comment.

The student club, called the BEST Society, was planning to sell the Christmas trees to raise money for Angel Tree, an organization that provides Christmas presents to children.

Club members followed college protocol and submitted forms to promote the sale. The proposed text read, “The BEST Society will be selling Christmas Trees…”

But when the announcement appeared on the college’s website and in other venues – it had been altered. Ever reference to “Christmas Trees” had been replaced with “holiday trees.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/College-tells-students-they-can-only-sell-holiday-trees/974660307169886472.html

Another locality bans the nativity scene

2012-11-27T14:44:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Breitbart reports:

In Arlington Heights, a suburb of Chicago, the Illinois nativity Scene Committee will be denied permission to display a Nativity scene in a local park.

The group has placed nativity scenes in Daly Plaza in downtown Chicago and the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, but Arlington Heights officials have reused to let them set the scene in North School Park, although there is a Christmas tree with presents beneath it.

Jim Finnegan, co-chairman of the Illinois Nativity Scene Committee, said, “It’s missing the most important thing, the real soul of Christmas, and that’s the birth of Christ. The board came back with ‘We just don’t want to make any change at this time.’ And yet, clearly, the First and the Fourteenth Amendment spells it out as clearly as you could want it.”

Thomas Brejcha, president and chief counsel of the Thomas More Society, who is representing the Illinois Nativity Scene Committee, commented, “If there’s no room at the inn, well, the manger will do. There’s plenty of room in this park. We don’t want to threaten anybody, but these are important, fundamental, First Amendment rights. And we expect that the village will say yes.”

Attorneys representing the city said they are in negotiations.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Another-locality-bans-the-nativity-scene/389134318236704532.html

Two and a Half Men star: don't watch my show

2012-11-27T14:44:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Breitbart reports:

And you thought L'Affaire Charlie Sheen was the craziest sideshow for CBS's "Two and a Half Men."

Angus T. Jones, who plays young Jake on the hit sitcom, is now speaking out against his own program. If Jones has his way, people will stop watching a show filled with "filth."

In a testimonial for Forerunner Christian Church, Jones talks about discovering the Seventh-day Adventist movement and its impact on his life, ultimately concluding that he no longer wants to be apart of Two and a Half Men or its culture.

"If you watch Two and a Half Men, please stop watching Two and a Half Men," Jones tells viewers (starts around the 7:43-minute mark). "I'm on Two and a Half Men, and I don't want to be on it. Please stop watching it, and filling your head with filth." Jones goes on to bash television in general, urging his fans to "do some research on the effects of television and your brain, and I promise you you'll have a decision to make when it comes to television."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Two-and-a-Half-Men-star:-dont-watch-my-show/-823329432453655729.html

Sandra Fluke nominated for Time's Person of the Year

2012-11-27T14:43:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The daughter of a conservative Christian pastor, Sandra Fluke, 31, became a women’s-rights activist in college and continued her advocacy as a law student at Georgetown. After she complained about being denied a chance to testify at a Republican-run House hearing on insurance coverage for birth control, Rush Limbaugh called Fluke a “slut.” Democrats and many Republicans reacted with outrage, and the left made Limbaugh’s slur Exhibit A in what they called a GOP “war on women.” Fluke, meanwhile, weathered the attention with poise and maturity and emerged as a political celebrity. Democrats gave her a national-convention speaking slot as part of their push to make reproductive rights a central issue in the 2012 presidential campaign — one that helped Barack Obama trounce Mitt Romney among single women on Election Day.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Sandra-Fluke-nominated-for-Times-Person-of-the-Year/-463105198713524571.html

College introduces "marijuana studies" major

2012-11-27T14:43:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A public university located in one of California's prime pot-growing regions has formed an academic institute devoted to marijuana.

The Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research at Humboldt State University plans to sponsor scholarly lectures and coordinate research among 11 faculty members from fields such as economics, geography, politics, psychology and sociology.

The Times-Standard of Eureka reports (http://bit.ly/V5H8zy) that one professor is studying recent campaigns to legalize marijuana, while another is investigating the environmental effects of pot cultivation.

"If anyone is going to have a marijuana institute, it really should be Humboldt State," economist Erick Eschker, the institute's co-chair, told the newspaper. Eschker is studying the connection between marijuana production and employment in the county.

The institute is probably the first dedicated to examining marijuana through the lens of multiple disciplines, according to sociologist Josh Meisel, who is leading the enterprise with Eschker. Humboldt faculty started discussing the idea in 2010 when California was preparing to vote on a bitterly contested ballot proposition that would have treated marijuana like alcohol.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/College-introduces-marijuana-studies-major/912266902655670196.html

Want a strategy session with Sandra Fluke? Now's your chance!

2012-11-26T17:09:00Z

Posted By: Staff

This is not a joke.

Got a fantastic idea for a campaign but not sure where to start? Wondering how you can use the tools of activism to make your project the most effective it can be? Social justice advocate Sandra Fluke will help you harness the power of activism and/or advocacy with this strategy session. You bring the expertise on your issue, and Sandra will bring her sharp strategic mind and national experience.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Want-a-strategy-session-with-Sandra-Fluke-Nows-your-chance!/-806649434217647167.html

"Gangnam Style" beats Beiber for most watched Youtube video

2012-11-26T16:47:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Congratulations, Internet.

"Gangnam Style," the unlikely smash hit by South Korean rapper Psy, has surpassed Justin Bieber's "Baby" to become the most-watched YouTube video of all time.

The video--featuring Psy's meme-ready dance moves--has racked up more than 815 million views since it was uploaded to YouTube on July 15. Bieber's "Baby," which has been watched more than than 803 million times since it was posted in February 2010.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gangnam-Style-beats-Beiber-for-most-watched-Youtube-video/119262097512286321.html

Man arrested for saying Santa isn't real

2012-11-26T16:46:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A real-life Grinch was arrested after he spoiled the holiday cheer at a parade, telling children that Santa isn’t real.

The unidentified 24-year-old man, who had his hair gelled to look as though devil horns were protruding from his head, was arrested by police in the Canadian town of Kingston last week during the annual Santa Claus parade, authorities said in statement.

The St. Nicholas naysayer faces criminal charges of causing a disturbance by being drunk and breach of probation.

“It was pretty despicable that someone, during this time of the year, would tell kids Santa isn’t real — which of course we would argue,” Const. Steve Koopman told the Toronto Star.

It was not known how the man, who has surely landed on Santa’s naughty list, pleaded to the charges.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Man-arrested-for-saying-Santa-isnt-real/-93708456500148828.html

Chris Brown deletes Twitter after sexist tirade

2012-11-26T16:44:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Renowned feminist woman beater Chris Brown has gone and done society a solid by deleting his Twitter account after a disgusting tirade against a female comedian Sunday.

It all started when Jenny Johnson, a comedian with a large Twitter following, responded to one of Brown’s tweets.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Chris-Brown-deletes-Twitter-after-sexist-tirade/-699324161881737537.html

Planned Parenthood offers Black Friday abortion discount

2012-11-23T19:59:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in souther Florida is offering a black Friday discount — including $10 off a visit to the abortion center today.

Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast offered the special, saying, “Visit our West Palm Beach or Kendall Health Center for special after Thanksgiving savings on Friday, November 23rd.”

Pro-life blogger Jill Stanek noticed the Black Friday discount and responded, “Planned Parenthood brings new meaning to the term, “Black Friday,” doesn’t it?”

Matt Lauer soon to be fired?

2012-11-23T19:57:00Z

Posted By: Staff

As we reported in September, long-time morning host Matt Lauer has seemingly worn out his welcome at NBC's Today show. TV insiders are saying the $21.5 million-a-year Lauer is soon to be fired.

Lauer's "Q Score," an industry popularity rating, collapsed after NBC's mishandling of former Today co-host Ann Curry's firing. Lauer's off-camera treatment of the woman was perceived by many to be one of the reasons Curry was dumped only a year after she took on co-host duties of what used to be the most popular morning show.

San Francisco sheds part of free-spirited past

2012-11-21T16:06:00Z

Posted By: Staff

San Francisco shed a vestige of its free-spirited past as local lawmakers narrowly approved a citywide ban on public nudity.

Casting aside complaints that forcing people to cover up would undermine San Francisco's reputation as a city without inhibitions, the Board of Supervisors voted 6-5 on Tuesday in favor of an ordinance that prohibits exposed genitals in most public places, including streets, sidewalks and public transit.

Exemptions would be made for participants at permitted street fairs and parades, such as the city's annual gay pride event and the Bay-to-Breakers street run, which often draws participants in costumes or various states of undress.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/San-Francisco-sheds-part-of-free-spirited-past/-786263374905179178.html

Couple celebrates 80th wedding anniversary, shares secrets to lasting marriage

2012-11-21T16:05:00Z

Posted By: Staff

On Nov. 25, 1932, FDR had just defeated Herbert Hoover, the daily newspaper cost two cents, and Ann Shawah said "I do" to John Betar in Harrison, N.Y.

Fast forward through 13 presidents and 80 years to 2012: the Betars are still happily married. After five children, 14 grandchildren and 16 great children, the couple from Fairfield, Conn., will celebrate their 80th wedding anniversary Sunday.

"We are so blessed. We are fortunate," John Betar, 101, said.

"We are very fortunate. It can be repeated and repeated," Ann, 97, echoed. "It is unconditional love and understanding. We have had that. We consider it a blessing."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Couple-celebrates-80th-wedding-anniversary,-shares-secrets-to-lasting-marriage/-254433285656859710.html

Jack Taylor scores NCAA record 138 points for Grinnell

2012-11-21T16:03:00Z

Posted By: Staff

After a poor shooting weekend, Grinnell guard Jack Taylor was given the green light to shoot his way out of a slump.

It only took 108 shots for Taylor to make a mockery of the college basketball record books.

Taylor scored 138 points to shatter the NCAA scoring record in Division III Grinnell’s 179-104 victory over Faith Baptist Bible on Tuesday night in Grinnell, Iowa.

Taylor, a 5-foot-10, 170-pound sophomore from Black River Falls, Wis., made 27 of 71 3-point attempts, was 52 of 108 overall from the field and added seven free throws on 10 attempts in 36 minutes.

“It felt like anything I tossed up was going in,” Taylor told The Associated Press.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Jack-Taylor-scores-NCAA-record-138-points-for-Grinnell/960542485125950857.html

Why Miami is becoming the 'Russian Riviera'

2012-11-21T16:02:00Z

Posted By: Staff

On a recent afternoon, Miami real-estate agent Jill Eber is taking a Russian millionaire on a mansion-shopping trip.

“This is the Versace Room,” Eber says, walking into a vast living room of blue velvet sofas and gold French Imperial lamps. “It really makes a statement.”

The mansion, “Castello del Sole,” sits on an exclusive island on Miami Beach and has eight bedrooms, nine baths and a three-story foyer with fresco ceilings. The grounds include two yacht docks, a tennis court, guest villas, a five-car garage and a lagoon-style pool with over 100,000 gallons of water.

The asking price: $37 million.

“I like it,” says the Russian buyer, sliding on her Gucci shades as she admires the water views. “It’s a maybe.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Why-Miami-is-becoming-the-Russian-Riviera/-682450211256345668.html

Student expelled for refusing location tracking RFID

2012-11-20T16:55:00Z

Posted By: Staff

After months of protesting a policy requiring high school students to wear an RFID-enabled ID badge around their necks at all times, Andrea Hernandez is being involuntarily withdrawn from John Jay High School in San Antonio effective November 26th, according to a letter sent by the district that has now been made public.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Student-expelled-for-refusing-location-tracking-RFID/-453718825988501234.html

People who live in tropics more likely to die seven years earlier

2012-11-20T16:54:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The "State of the Tropics" study, run by 13 institutions across 12 countries, reported that people living in the world's tropical zones in 2010 had an average life expectancy of 64.4 years. This was 7.7 years less than those living in non-tropical areas, according to the broad-ranging research project, which was initiated by Australia's James Cook University (JCU). Overall mortality in the region was affected by disease, conflict, poverty and food insecurity, the study said. Investment in social services, such as health and education, as well as access to water, sanitation and medical technology, were also important factors.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/People-who-live-in-tropics-more-likely-to-die-seven-years-earlier/-263587629571524417.html

Close friend says Kate Middleton is pregnant

2012-11-20T16:53:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Kate Middleton has been on pregnancy watch since she and Prince William tied the knot in April 2011. After all the scrutiny, the couple may make a baby announcement next month.

Jessica Hay, a former roommate of Kate’s who attended the Royal wedding ceremony, spilled the news in an interview with New Idea magazine.

“They’re planning to make an announcement in December. William and Kate are focused on starting a family,” she tattled.

She added that the future King and Queen of England are pretty far along in baby planning. “It seems very traditional, but of course they’ll be happy with boys or two girls, they don’t want more.” she explained. “They’ve discussed it endlessly and don’t want to be older parents.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Close-friend-says-Kate-Middleton-is-pregnant/338015685454555861.html

Chimps and orangutans may experience midlife crises, say scientists

2012-11-20T16:52:00Z

Posted By: Staff

There comes a time in some men's lives when the days seem darker, mortality more certain, and the only sensible response is to blow the life savings on a sportscar.

Radical and often ill-advised changes in lifestyle have become the calling cards of the midlife crisis, but if it is more than a myth, then humans may not be the only animals to experience it.

Now an international team of scientists claims to have found evidence for a slump in wellbeing among middle-aged chimpanzees and orangutans. The lull in happiness in the middle years, they say, is the great ape equivalent of the midlife crisis.

The study, which was published on Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has raised eyebrows among some scientists, but according to the authors, the findings suggest that the midlife crisis may have its roots in the biology humans share with our closest evolutionary cousins.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Chimps-and-orangutans-may-experience-midlife-crises,-say-scientists/941354032290882630.html

Watching pornography at work fuels worldwide porn addiction

2012-11-20T13:53:00Z

Posted By: Staff

It sounds like a risky move for workers hoping to liven up a dull day in the office.

But millions of people are surreptitiously viewing porn on their computers while they are at work, an expert has claimed.

Around 60 million people log on to the world's largest free porn website every day - and two thirds of those are doing so from their desks, according to German sex therapist Dr Christoph Ahlers.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Watching-pornography-at-work-fuels-worldwide-porn-addiction/72875771491597252.html

America's most affordable cities

2012-11-19T16:47:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) has released its third-quarter data for 2012, in which they rank 304 urban areas according to average local costs. Among the components were: food items, home purchase or rental, clothing, utilities, services, health care, and other expenses.

Not much has changed on the top of the list in the last few quarters' reports: New York City still holds down the most expensive spot at 229.6 — more than twice the national average cost of living. Brooklyn again took second place at 180.2.

Yet down the list where the least expensive cities are, there is more turnover. Here's a countdown of the top five most affordable urban areas, including some of the cheapest products they offer.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Americas-most-affordable-cities/-961701606051887993.html

Lindsay Lohan mocked for 'hilariously bad' portrayal of Elizabeth Taylor

2012-11-19T16:47:00Z

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It was the role that troubled American actress Lindsay Lohan hoped would relaunch a career derailed by stints in jail and in rehab.

Making her comeback as Elizabeth Taylor, the late British-born film legend who like her was a former child star with her fair share of off-screen woes, seemed a perfect fit, she told interviewers.

So Lohan's advisers may want to keep her eyes away from the reviews now coming in for Liz & Dick, a made-for-television drama about Taylor's tempestuous relationship with Richard Burton that will screen on Showtime on Sunday night.

One of the gentler ones comes from her hometown newspaper of Newsday. "Lohan's no Taylor (not that anyone is or ever could be)," notes the reviewer, starting off relatively softly before then unleashing his barbs.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Lindsay-Lohan-mocked-for-hilariously-bad-portrayal-of-Elizabeth-Taylor/-896732642891972761.html

5 Fast-Food Diets: Are they safe?

2012-11-19T16:45:00Z

Posted By: Staff

There's no need to speed up every time you drive by a fast-food joint with a rumbly stomach. We all succumb to the siren song of fries every once in a while, and according to a recent survey on Prevention.com, 80% of you eat fast food at least occasionally. The drive-thru mantra to remember? In moderation, friend. In moderation.

But moderation wasn't on the minds of these brave souls. In fierce (and sometimes foolish) exhibitions of brand loyalty, some people will go to extremes in their efforts to lose weight. We can appreciate the urge to simplify your diet - it sure makes deciding what to have for dinner a breeze - but go too simple and you might not be getting the nutrients you need. Take the five devoted diners in our 5 Fast-Food Diets for Big Weight Loss. Sure, their meal plans might have helped them shed pounds in the short term, but we hate to think about what havoc those McNuggets can wreak over time.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/5-Fast-Food-Diets:-Are-they-safe/-582509181655641463.html

The 10 germiest places in a restaurant hint: bathroom isn't no. 1

2012-11-17T15:08:00Z

Posted By: Staff

ABC News:

While you're feasting, where are the germs festering?

To get the dirt on dining out, ABC News Consumer Correspondent Elisabeth Leamy went undercover at 10 restaurants in three states. She took swab samples from 10 surfaces you come typically in contact with at a restaurant. Then Dr. Philip Tierno and his team at the New York University Microbiology Department lab tested the samples.

What's dirtiest? The condiments? Do bacteria pull up a chair and join you at the table?

Read on -- the results may surprise you. Visible goop didn't always translate into bad bugs, and some spotless surfaces harbored major microbes.

10. Salad Bar Tongs

The salad bar tongs weren't that bad -- maybe because Americans don't eat enough salad. 9. Ketchup Bottles

The ketchup bottles weren't harboring anything too awful.

8. Bathroom Faucets

7. Bathroom Door Knobs

"The faucets, the door handles ... were some of our least germy items, because they get cleaned," Leamy said.

6. Rims of Glasses

The hidden cameras caught waiters gripping glasses right at the top where we drink, which gives pathogens a direct route into our bodies. Tests on the samples Leamy took detected multiple bacteria, including one linked with tuberculosis.

5. Tables

Here's a clue as to how tables could be so germy. Leamy and "20/20" were shown photographs of parents changing their baby's diapers at the table and toilet-training their toddlers in restaurants.

4. Salt and Pepper Shakers

Half of the swabs Leamy took from them were contaminated. How is that possible? They're used often but are rarely cleaned.

3. Lemon Wedges

One of the most frequently occurring contaminants in the test results was fecal matter. Half of the lemon wedges tested were tainted with human waste.

How does fecal matter get on lemons in the first place? Cameras caught restaurant workers grabbing lemons with their bare hands, reaching in again and again without gloves or tongs. If they haven't washed their hands well after using the bathroom, germs spread.

2. Menus

Leamy found the bacteria that causes staph infections on one, and the germs that cause strep throat on another.

1. Seats

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-10-germiest-places-in-a-restaurant-hint:-bathroom-isnt-no.-1/394855515490676760.html

Christie's nets $412.3 M. at record contemporary art sale

2012-11-15T16:32:00Z

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The fall’s auction season in New York is turning out to be a record-breaking one. Tuesday night Sotheby’s made its highest-ever total with a postwar and contemporary auction that came to $375.1 million. And earlier this evening, a Christie’s sale in the same category brought in $412.3 million, the highest total ever for an auction of contemporary art. Led by house auctioneer Jussi Pylkkänen, the lively sale, which topped its high estimate of $411.8 million, saw new records for Richard Serra, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Franz Kline, Richard Diebenkorn, Donald Judd, Mark Grotjahn and Jeff Koons. Mr. Koons is now the second most expensive living artist at auction, after Gerhard Richter.

At a press conference after the sale Koji Inoue, head of evening sales for the postwar and contemporary department, called the auction, “four aces across the board.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Christies-nets-$412.3-M.-at-record-contemporary-art-sale/963380363030972161.html

College sweethearts marry nearly 50 years after breakup

2012-11-15T16:31:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The AP reports:

They say true love stands the test of time. And for Emilie Danielson, 70, and Terry Britton, 69, that has certainly proven true.

On Nov. 11, 52 years after they originally met as college freshmen attending Chapman University in Orange, Calif., the blushing bride and her now very grateful groom finally had the opportunity to say their "I do's" to one another.

The couple first began dating in 1960 and admittedly fell fast and hard for each other.

"We would walk down to this tiny little church down the road and make out like crazy in the back of the pew," Danielson told ABCNews.com.

But over the years, although the passion was strong between them, they somehow lost touch and can't even explain today how or why it happened.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/College-sweethearts-marry-nearly-50-years-after-breakup/-996096288108550455.html

Alcohol calories nearly equal soda's for US adults

2012-11-15T16:30:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The AP reports:

Americans get too many calories from soda. But what about alcohol? It turns out adults get almost as many empty calories from booze as from soft drinks, a government study found.

Soda and other sweetened drinks — the focus of obesity-fighting public health campaigns — are the source of about 6 percent of the calories adults consume, on average. Alcoholic beverages account for about 5 percent, the new study found.

“We’ve been focusing on sugar-sweetened beverages. This is something new,” said Cynthia Ogden, one of the study’s authors. She’s an epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which released its findings Thursday.

The government researchers say the findings deserve attention because, like soda, alcohol contains few nutrients but plenty of calories.

The study is based on interviews with more than 11,000 U.S. adults from 2007 through 2010. Participants were asked extensive questions about what they ate and drank over the previous 24 hours.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Alcohol-calories-nearly-equal-sodas-for-US-adults/230094016201658906.html

Channing Tatum named People's Sexiest Man Alive

2012-11-14T16:47:00Z

Posted By: Staff

When you play a male stripper in film and spend many of your scenes half naked, you pretty much automatically get nominated for the Sexiest Man Alive title … and probably have a good chance of winning.

Indeed, “Magic Mike” star Channing Tatum did just that and has clinched the honor of being named People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2012, landing on the cover of this week’s issue. But despite his good looks and buff physique, he didn’t quite believe it.

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Matt Lauer 'not happy' after TODAY show fires executive producer and replaces him with show's first female boss... and she's a longtime supporter of Ann Curry

2012-11-14T16:46:00Z

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The Daily Mail reports:

He is known for his cool on-screen persona as much as for his frosty off-camera feuds.

And now TODAY show host Matt Lauer is upset that executive producer Jim Bell is being phased out for Alexandra Wallace, sources told RadarOnline.

A source close to the situation exclusively told the website that the longstanding co-host of TODAY is ‘not happy that Bell…has been forced out,’ adding that Lauer never had a good working relationship with Wallace, who is a longtime supporter of ousted Ann Curry.

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Pepsi Special sold In Japan claims to block fat

2012-11-14T16:44:00Z

Posted By: Staff

What if you could eat a plate of French fries, loaded with calories, and not absorb the fat because of what you’re drinking.

“Yes, I want it,” exclaimed one woman in Market Square.

Well, that’s exactly what PepsiCo is selling in Japan; and, so far, only in Japan.

“I definitely need it as I get older,” one man told KDKA money editor Jon Delano.

“I think it’s a great idea, but I’m a little concerned about what they’re going to put in it.”

What’s in it is obviously important.

Unlike the Pepsi bought in the USA, the Japanese will be able to buy something called Pepsi Special.

It contains an additive called Dextrin, a fat-blocking fiber that is supposed to keep the body from absorbing fat and lower cholesterol levels. That’s a claim that the Food & Drug Administration has not yet bought.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pepsi-Special-sold-In-Japan-claims-to-block-fat/115633935186626048.html

4 ways your smartphone is hurting your health

2012-11-13T16:47:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Hardly a month goes by these days without a new study revealing that smartphones are either A) ruining your life, or B) not.

We’ve all heard about the potential link between cellphone use and brain tumors. And though the research is still inconclusive, studies showing them to be completely safe tend to be less rigorously designed and funded by the cellphone industry, whereas studies finding risks are produced with better science and have no financial conflicts of interest.

What’s more, I’ve recently seen research linking cellphone radiation to sleep disturbance, behavorial changes in kids, and reduced sperm count and erectile dysfunction in men who carry their phones in their front pocket. Again, these were small studies, easy to dismiss, but one thing is clear: Cellphone radiation isn't making us any healthier

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/4-ways-your-smartphone-is-hurting-your-health/202964053414522560.html

Our zombie reality

2012-11-12T18:07:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The apocalypse has come.

If you have power, chances are you’re spending Monday nights watching NBC’s hit drama “Revolution.’’ In it, a savvy band of fighters wrestles with the chaotic loss of electricity, cellphones, American Express, heat and hot water, plus the collapse of government (though glamorous survivors appear to retain working blow-dryers).

But, hold your horse and buggy! The fiction is real.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Our-zombie-reality/-138668242168368569.html

Cell phone radiation DOES harm your baby and may cause hyperactivity, study says

2012-11-12T17:38:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Attention pregnant women: put down your cellphone.

Cellphone radiation exposure during pregnancy impacts fetal brain development and may cause hyperactivity, Yale School of Medicine researchers say.

Dr. Hugh Taylor, a medical professor and chief of Yale's Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, co-authored a recent study to probe the impact of cellphone exposure on pregnancies.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Cell-phone-radiation-DOES-harm-your-baby-and-may-cause-hyperactivity,-study-says/110771776726580085.html

Celebrating a golden jubilee Kuwait style: Gulf state spends £10million to put on the biggest firework display of all time

2012-11-12T17:37:00Z

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For the paltry sum of just £10million Kuwait earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records last night as it celebrated the golden jubilee anniversary of its constitution in style by laying on the biggest fireworks display of all time.

A dazzling array of colours illuminated the skies above the country's capital of Kuwait City as a staggering 77,282 fireworks were launched over the period of an hour.

A representative of Guinness World Records announced the achievement on Kuwait television at the end of the display which had been watched by tens of thousands of Kuwaitis and expatriates on the Arabian Gulf Road by the sea.

The visual presentation marked 50 years to the day since the late emir Sheikh Abdullah al-Salem al-Sabah announced that Kuwait had become the first Arab state in the Gulf to issue a constitution and have a parliament.

Before the festivities Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah pledged the government's continuing commitment to democracy and made a plea for national unity as the wealthy Gulf state struggles with a political crisis.

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Starbucks, Amazon and Google to face UK lawmakers over tax

2012-11-12T17:36:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Reuters:

UK lawmakers will quiz executives of Starbucks (SBUX.O), Google (GOOG.O) and Amazon (AMZN.O) on Monday about how they have managed to pay only small amounts of tax in Britain while racking up billions of dollars worth of sales here.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which is charged with monitoring government financial affairs, has invited the companies to give evidence amid mounting public and political concern about tax avoidance by big international companies.

"It is hard for the ordinary person to believe it's fair," said Margaret Hodge, a member of parliament for the opposition Labour party and chairman of PAC.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Starbucks,-Amazon-and-Google-to-face-UK-lawmakers-over-tax/146111219248913723.html

Red hair? It might be down to the weather as gloomy climate forces genetic adaption to exploit sunny days

2012-11-08T17:28:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Daily Mail:

They are often the butt of cruel jibes and perhaps blame it on their parents’ genes.

But now research suggests that redheads can in fact put their colouring down to the weather.

Experts believe that Scotland’s gloomy climate has seen a deliberate genetic adaptation to help exploit rare sunny days and boost Vitamin D production.

Alastair Moffat, managing director of the ScotlandsDNA project, said the country’s dull weather was responsible for a larger number of flame-haired men and women being born.

Only about 1-2 per cent of the world’s population has red hair but in Scotland the figure is much higher, with about 13 per cent, or 650,000 people, with flaming locks.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Red-hair-It-might-be-down-to-the-weather-as-gloomy-climate-forces-genetic-adaption-to-exploit-sunny-days/131886603765433236.html

'Super-Earth' exoplanet spotted 42 light-years away

2012-11-08T17:27:00Z

Posted By: Staff

BBC News:

The star HD 40307 was known to host three planets, all of them too near to support liquid water.

But research to appear in Astronomy and Astrophysics has found three more - among them a "super-Earth" seven times our planet's mass, in the habitable zone where liquid water can exist.

Many more observations will be needed to confirm any other similarities.

But the find joins an ever-larger catalogue of more than 800 known exoplanets, and it seems only a matter of time before astronomers spot an "Earth 2.0" - a rocky planet with an atmosphere circling a Sun-like star in the habitable zone.

HD 40307, which lies 42 light-years away, is not particularly Sun-like - it is a smaller, cooler version of our star emitting orange light.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Super-Earth-exoplanet-spotted-42-light-years-away/425378267625346260.html

Robbers on motorcycles attack mall jewelry store in $3.1 million heist

2012-11-08T17:26:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Shoppers at London's Brent Cross mall may have thought they'd walked onto the set of a movie shoot on Tuesday morning. Fifteen minutes after the shopping center opened, a group of six black-clad robbers on three motorcycles rode through the second floor of the complex, wielding axes and bats. The thieves' destination was jewelry store Fraser Hart, where they grabbed Cartier and Rolex watches after smashing windows to get inside. The Metropolitan Police estimate their haul to be more than 2 million British pounds, or $3.1 million. Or maybe a little less: Witnesses noted that the robbers dropped some of their expensive loot as they sped away from the scene. Mbr

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Robbers-on-motorcycles-attack-mall-jewelry-store-in-$3.1-million-heist/-425323976855264879.html

'Skyfall' not just a great Bond movie, its a great film to boot

2012-11-07T16:08:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Fox News:

“Skyfall” opens with an extravagant bang, slinks into Adele’s catchy and cool opening number and closes with a heavy heart. But its the two-and-a-half hours sandwiched between that make "Skyfall" not just one of the greatest Bond films the canon's 50-year history, but one of the most exciting, intense thrillers of the past decade.

Director Sam Mendes has crafted a visceral and emotional thriller that makes Bond a real character, not just an archetype. Writers Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan infuse the film with an emotional core, showing the troubled layers beneath Ian Fleming’s iconic hero. Bond is given a back story and an objective that hits close to home, giving the movie and the character an emotional weight and fervency previously absent in the franchise. Not that “Skyfall” is so serious it becomes pretentious popcorn entertainment; on the contrary it still maintains that classic panache and humor that we all have come to expect in a Bond film.

Daniel Craig is back and better than ever. Still a fantastic Bond, Craig’s development as a 21st century 007 is just as enticing to watch as the incredible action scenes. This Bond is a ruthless killer first and foremost. He’s a trained beast on a very long leash held by M. Craig keeps the seemingly immortal Bond feeling mortal. This Bond is not impervious to harm and Craig’s rugged, beaten exterior and somewhat haunted psyche portrays this.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Skyfall-not-just-a-great-Bond-movie,-its-a-great-film-to-boot/-302438253180477248.html

Did hiker film Bigfoot, black bear or 'blobsquatch'?

2012-11-07T16:07:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Fox News:

A new video that seems to show a Bigfoot-like beast rearing up in a Utah brush patch is racking up millions of views on the web, but are there any compelling facts in the compelling footage?

Beard Card, the YouTube handle of the man who purportedly filmed the video while camping with his family, says he first hit "record" on his camera to document what he thought was a black bear hiding in the bushes. Indeed, the video's tranquil first half has an off-screen voice whispering, "Do you think it's a bear?"

But then the rustling black form in the bushes suddenly grows a few feet as it seems to stand to its full height, and the cameraman abandons his shot to make a desperate run to safety.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Did-hiker-film-Bigfoot,-black-bear-or-blobsquatch/-454988320067790855.html

Should overweight customers be footing the bill for their excess baggage?

2012-11-07T16:06:00Z

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Fox News:

These days, we're all paying more to travel. And not just for the plane ticket, either. As the airlines look to find new and creative ways to squeeze just one more shiny penny out of each and every passenger who climbs aboard, the pounds count.

Some pounds, anyway. Drag your suitcase up to the counter, put it on the scale. Even just a hair over? There's a fee for that.

So why, then, do some airlines still try to look the other way when those extra pounds belong to the passenger's body?

Some airlines call them, diplomatically, "customers of size." Their doctors would likely use the word obese. A growing chorus of travelers - tired of sharing valuable real-estate on a long-haul flight with someone's love handles - use words we won't even print here.

Seriously - why not charge passengers the same as their luggage?

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Should-overweight-customers-be-footing-the-bill-for-their-excess-baggage/-987310309071056094.html

34 ways to bust a bad mood in ten minutes orlLess

2012-11-06T17:15:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Bad days happen. A bombed job interview, a broken coffee machine (when you really need coffee), stepping in dog poop on the way to a date — it’s growing increasingly apparent that life can suck somtimes. We can’t get rid of a terrible commute or an intolerable co-worker (sorry), but we do have some sweet suggestions for improving a mood regardless.

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Pippa Middleton defends party-planning book from haters. Smart move?

2012-11-06T17:14:00Z

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Her tomato soup recipe was called "terrifying." Her party planning strategies were dubbed "the wrong way to celebrate."

Critics did not go easy on Pippa Middleton's first book, "Celebrate: A Year of Festivities for Families and Friends." When you're under 30, armed with a six-figure book deal, and best known for your behind and your royal sister, the backlash is to be expected.

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No wonder you can't stand those sprouts: The surprising reasons you like (or loathe) particular foods

2012-11-06T17:13:00Z

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Love Marmite but hate Brussels sprouts?

Happy to eat kippers by the plateful or would you rather pass, thanks very much?

We are pretty firm about what we do — and don’t — like the taste of, and increasingly scientists can tell us why.

For instance, just a few weeks ago U.S. researchers finally discovered why we like to combine sharp, acrid tastes with fatty flavours: a fry-up with a pot of tea; steak with red wine; and cheese with pickle.

Researchers at Rutgers University in New York asked volunteers to drink tea or water in between bites of a fatty meat such as salami.

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Redskins rule bodes well for Mitt Romney but World Series result favors Barack Obama

2012-11-05T17:30:00Z

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The Carolina Panthers beat the Redskins in Washington on Sunday, which should translate into a win for Mitt Romney on Election Day, if history is any indication.

How do we figure? It's the remarkably accurate Redskins Rule that forecasts the result of presidential elections.

Here's what the Redskins Rule means: If the Redskins win their last home game before the presidential election, then the incumbent party retains the White House. If the Redskins lose, then the incumbent party is voted out.

The Redskins Rule has been correct 17 of 18 times.

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Thousands of swastika-wearing Russian nationalists march through Moscow in protest against immigration

2012-11-05T17:29:00Z

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Thousands of Russian nationalists, some wearing swastikas, marched through Moscow on Sunday to protest against immigration.

There were chants of slogans such as 'Russia for the Russians' to protest President Vladimir Putin's government.

Expressing resentment at the number of migrants from the Caucasus and Central Asia living in the country, they chanted: ‘Moscow is a Russian city.’ Nationalists accuse the Kremlin of lavishing privileges on migrants and minorities while ignoring ethnic Russians.

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Blake Shelton: Singer pulls off surprise win at CMAs

2012-11-02T16:24:00Z

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Winning the Country Music Association Awards’ entertainer of the year is a top honor and always counted as a career high point. But for Blake Shelton it wasn’t even the most memorable moment of an amazing Thursday night.

“The Voice” star took home three trophies, including his third straight male vocalist victory, but nothing compared to sharing song of the year with wife Miranda Lambert. The pair wrote “Over You,” about the death of Shelton’s brother Richie in a car wreck 15 years ago. He said that trophy will always have a special place in their Oklahoma home.

“For me as a songwriter that is as personal as I can get,” Shelton said. “So that songwriter award, song of the year award, it will have its own shelf. It will have spotlights on it and an alarm and everything. Trip wires and there will be a land mine if you walk towards it. It is a real big deal to Miranda and I.”

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George Lucas's Jedi estate planning

2012-11-02T16:23:00Z

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Disney will buy LucasFilm for $4.05 billion in cash and stock, the two companies announced Tuesday. By cashing out now, experts say the filmmaker has spared his family the need to pick up the pieces of his empire after he’s gone. It also allows him to focus his remaining years on his charitable endeavors — particularly Edutopia and the George Lucas Educational Foundation, which he founded in 1991. “I am dedicating the majority of my wealth to improving education,” Lucas wrote in 2010 (pdf) on GivingPledge.com , which invites the world’s wealthiest people to commit most of their money to philanthropy.

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One cup of frothy coffee, please: UK store ditches confusing lingo

2012-11-01T15:50:00Z

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Fox News:

Don’t sweat it if you don’t know the difference between a grande latte or a demi cappuccino-- British department store Debenhams is making ordering coffee really, really simple. The menus of their in-store coffee shops have ditched terms like “espresso” and “mocha” for the more descriptive “a shot of strong coffee” and “chocolate flavored coffee.”

Customer feedback has revealed that more than 70 percent of coffee drinkers have had a case of “coffee confusion” in cafes, bars and restaurants, Debenhams said in a press release.

“If they can read the menu clearly, they are more likely to try something new – and who knows – they may come back for more,” Chrissie Maher, the founder of this Plain English Campaign, said in the press release.

The simpler menu can only be found at the Debenhams on Oxford Street in London. And no more worrying about the difference between a grande and a venti. The store also offers its coffee drinks in two sizes: a cup or a mug. Tea drinkers can order a pit of regular tea or a pot of specialty or fruit tea.

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Vatican may eventually limit Sistine Chapel visits

2012-11-01T15:49:00Z

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Reuters:

Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes turned 500 on Wednesday with the Vatican warning it may eventually limit visitors to protect one of the wonders of Western civilization.

On October 31, 1512, only 20 years after the discovery of America, Pope Julius II said an evening vespers service to inaugurate the room where Michelangelo toiled for four years, much of it on his back, to finish his ceiling frescoes.

The frescoes immediately became the talk of the town and have since become the talk of the world.

The problem is that it sometimes feels that they have become the walk of the world. The Sistine Chapel is arguably the most visited room in the world.

With mass tourism growing, every year some five million people, as many as 20,000 a day in summer, enter the chapel and crane their necks upwards. Most are left awestruck.

The ceiling of the chapel where cardinals meet in secret conclaves to elect new the pope includes one of the most famous scenes in the history of art - the arm of a gentle bearded God reaching out to give life to Adam in the creation panel.

Earlier this month, Italian literary critic Pietro Citati sparked a storm by writing an open letter in a major Italian newspaper denouncing the behavior of crowds visiting what is technically a sacred place.

Tourists, he said, "resemble drunken herds" as they unwittingly risked damaging the frescoes with their breath, their perspiration, the dust on their shoes and their body heat.

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Gene Hackman slaps "aggressive" homeless man

2012-10-31T16:24:00Z

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Police in New Mexico say Gene Hackman was acting in self-defense when he slapped a homeless man who had become aggressive toward the Oscar-winning actor and his wife.

The Albuquerque Journal reports that the incident occurred Tuesday afternoon in downtown Santa Fe.

Police didn't immediately provide any additional details. A message seeking comment was left for Hackman's publicists at Guttman Associates in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Hackman and his wife have a home in Santa Fe.

The 82-year-old actor has won two Academy Awards and been nominated for three others over a career that has spanned five decades.

Hackman took the Best Actor trophy for his portrayal of Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in "The French Connection" in 1971, and the Best Supporting Actor award for "Unforgiven" in 1992.

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Shark brains 'similar to those of humans'

2012-10-31T16:16:00Z

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Great white sharks have killed an unprecedented number of surfers and swimmers off Australia's west coast in the past year.

The government last month announced a new catch-and-kill policy for sharks that stray too close to beaches after five fatalities in 10 months. But it is also funding research into other measures, including technology to repel them.

University of Western Australia shark researcher Kara Yopak, who has dissected the brains of more than 150 species, said new studies of the great white shark's brain had revealed important similarities to human brains.

"Great white sharks have quite large parts of the brain associated with their visual input, with implications for them being much more receptive to repellents targeting visual markers," Ms Yopak said of the research, published in a special edition of the journal Brain, Behaviour and Evolution.

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'Jersey Shore' cast reacts to 'devastating' Sandy damage

2012-10-31T16:15:00Z

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The cast of characters that spent five seasons on the Jersey Shore, made fist-pumping a pop culture phenomenon and made the term “guido” socially acceptable again, expressed sorrow over the “devastating” damage done to their home away from home.

Coastal New Jersey was heavily impacted by Hurricane Sandy. Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that the destruction to the Jersey Shore was “unthinkable” and much of the area was underwater and still without power.

“Sandy destroyed Seaside – our second home. It’s devastating to see our boardwalk and favorite spots ruined. My prayers go out to everyone affected by the storm,” Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi said in a statement to The Daily Caller.

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PETA wants sign to memorialize fish killed in crash

2012-10-31T16:14:00Z

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An Irvine resident is requesting that the city install a sign to memorialize the hundreds of soles killed in a traffic crash in early October as they were being taken to Irvine Ranch Market.

Technically, the fish were going to die anyway. And they weren't soles. They were bass, of the saltwater variety.

The crash occurred Oct. 11 when a truck carrying 1,600 pounds of live fish and several tanks of pure oxygen crashed with two other vehicles. The oxygen was used to keep the saltwater bass alive as the fish were being taken to market.

In the letter, Dina Kourda, on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, asks the city's street-maintenance superintendent to place the sign at the site of the crash on Walnut and Yale avenues.

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'Star Wars' returns - 'Episode 7′ slated for 2015 and more movies planned as Disney buys Lucasfilm

2012-10-31T16:13:00Z

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Disney has just confirmed that it has agreed to acquire George Lucas‘ Lucasfilm Ltd, and that includes rights to the Star Wars franchise that will now continue on. The companies have targeted a 2015 release for Star Wars: Episode 7, with Episode 8 and Episode 9 to follow as the the long-term plan is to release a new feature every two or three years. “The last Star Wars movie release was 2005’s Revenge Of The Sith – and we believe there’s substantial pent-up demand”, Disney said. The deal also includes rights to the Indiana Jones franchise.

The stock and cash transaction is worth an estimated $4.05 billion, and the companies have scheduled a conference call in a half-hour to discuss the deal, which was approved by the Disney board and Lucas, the sole Lucasfilm shareholder.

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The Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth

2012-10-30T17:38:00Z

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Art met spectacle over the weekend at the 2012 Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth presented by renowned tattoo artist Mario Barth at the Mirage. Now in its fourth year, the event is, as its name implies, the world’s largest skin and body modification, drawing more than 1,000 of the world’s top tattoo artists and a crowd of 40,000.

This year marked the first that the event was open to the public, packing the convention floor with professionals, enthusiasts and newcomers eager to talk shop or simply get some ink done.

“It used to be that tattoos were used to show you belonged to a group in some way,” says Barth, who has been tattooing for 30 years and whose clients include Lenny Kravitz, Tommy Lee and Usher (Barth runs his King Ink at the Mirage). "Now it’s shifted, the tattoo is used to adorn the body to make yourself completely unique. And it’s people who have no tattoos at all, newcomers who come in and want something specific, to be recognizable as an individual.”

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'Creepy' new iPhone app trawls Facebook friends' galleries to find all their 'sexy pics'

2012-10-29T17:09:00Z

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The Daily Caller:

Concern is growing over a 'creepy' new iPhone app which scours pictures posted by users' Facebook friends to pull out all the photos showing them wearing revealing outfits.

On sale on the iTunes store for £1.49 ($1.99), the Badabing! app uses some sort of image-recognition technology to work out which of your friends pictures show the most skin.

Once the pictures have been discovered, users can then browse them all before bookmarking their favourites and sharing them with others.

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Giants beat Tigers, win World Series

2012-10-29T17:08:00Z

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Smart pitching. Clutch hitting. Sharp fielding. Plus an MVP Panda.

All the right elements for a sweet World Series sweep for the San Francisco Giants.

Nearly knocked out in the playoffs time and time again, and finally pressed by the Detroit Tigers in Game 4, Pablo Sandoval and the Giants clinched their second title in three seasons Sunday night.

Marco Scutaro — who else? — delivered one more key hit this October, a go-ahead single with two outs in the 10th inning that lifted the Giants to a 4-3 win.

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Aurora removes 325 live birds, 125 dead birds from hoarder's home

2012-10-29T17:07:00Z

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Contract workers hired by the city of Aurora removed more than 300 birds from the home of a hoarder in Aurora after he failed to remove them by a Friday morning deadline.

David Skeberdis was given until 10 a.m. to remove the birds from his home, but missed the deadline. Crews went in and removed 325 birds — including parakeets, cockatiels, conures, canaries, doves and finches — by 5 p.m.

In addition, 125 dead birds were removed from the home, Aurora spokesman Kevin Stahr said in a news release.

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'Skyfall' opens #1 in 25 overseas markets; srosses $77.7M and smashes UK records

2012-10-29T17:05:00Z

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Sony Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s Skyfall, the 23rd film in the James Bond series, grossed a staggering $77.7 million, #1 everywhere. Setting the pace was of course the UK, which opened to an enormous estimated $32.4 million (£20.1M). Smashing the all-time Saturday attendance record, this is the biggest opening of 2012 and the biggest 2D Friday-to-Sunday opening weekend in history there, and the 2nd biggest all-time Friday-to-Sunday opening weekend, behind just the 3D Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2. This launch was 76% bigger than Daniel Craig’s first turn as 007, Casino Royale, and 30% bigger than Quantum Of Solace. Of the $77.7M on Skyfall, IMAX is estimating a weekend gross of $3.5M in 79 locations in 15 territories which include the UK, France, Russia, Korea, Bulgaria, Middle East, Kazakhstan and Brazil.

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How just 2½ minutes of intense exercise a day can make you slim

2012-10-26T17:01:00Z

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Can't find the time to get to the gym or don’t want to go for a jog in the rain? You may finally have run out of excuses.

Scientists say that intense exercise for just two and a half minutes a day could help keep the pounds off.

A study shows that concentrated effort can burn as many as 200 extra calories, provided the spurts are broken up with longer periods of easy recovery.

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Even better than they were thirty years ago! The Rolling Stones back with a bang at intimate Paris warm-up gig

2012-10-26T17:00:00Z

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There was a mad rush for tickets as British rockers The Rolling Stones announced a secret Paris warm-up gig on Thursday.

The biggest rock stars in the world didn't disappoint as the lucky few who managed to bag tickets were treated to a night of the band's classic hits.

Giving an energetic and intimate performance, fans found themselves in close proximity to their rock idols as the band proved that they had just as much on-stage chemistry as they did 50 years ago.

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Top 10 smartest countries

2012-10-26T16:58:00Z

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Ever wonder which countries are the smartest*?

Here are some pretty awesome photos of the top 10 smartest countries around the world.

*This list is based on the countries with the most Nobel prizes per capita. We know this might not be your definition of “smartest.” And don’t worry — the U.S. is still awesome. We have way more Nobel Prize winners than any of the countries listed. So there.

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Factcheck.org: Planned Parenthood does not provide mammograms

2012-10-25T15:34:00Z

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Factcheck.org:

Barack Obama, take note. FactCheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, has stated definitively that Planned Parenthood does not provide mammograms.

“Women can’t walk into a Planned Parenthood clinic and get a mammogram on the spot,” the website clarifies. “The clinics don’t have mammography equipment.” Instead, the abortion provider “refers women to other facilities to have mammograms performed.”

In the second presidential debate, President Obama stated that “millions of women all across the country” rely on Planned Parenthood “for mammograms.” He made a similar claim just days earlier in an interview with Glamour magazine, whose readership consists of teenage girls.

Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards has also claimed her organization provided “mammograms” last February, feeding the persistent myth that the organization provides these screenings.

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HHS website refers women to Planned Parenthood and disparages crises pegnancy centers

2012-10-25T15:33:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Yep, you read that headline correctly. WomensHealth.gov is a “Project of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health.” This federal site has a page with a pretty long title: “Pregnancy > Before you get pregnant: Information for all women > If you are sexually active.”

And, near the bottom of the page, there’s a section called “Connect with other organizations.” Most of the organizations are generally well-recognized medical groups – like the American Academy of Family Physicians. But two non-profits make the list as well: March of Dimes and Planned Parenthood.

Planned Parenthood is also listed as an organization to “connect with” on the “Knowing if you are pregnant” and “Unplanned pregnancy” pages. Of course, this should come as no surprise, since Kathleen Sebelius, Planned Parenthood supporter extreme, is the secretary of Health and Human Services.

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Is the term 'freshman' sexist? At least one university believes it is

2012-10-25T15:32:00Z

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The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill has removed the word “freshman” from official university documents, citing as their reason an attempt to adopt more “gender inclusive language.”

We are “committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our community,” reads a statement administrators sent to Campus Reform on Monday.

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Parasite sites capture young people sexting and publicly feature pics

2012-10-25T15:31:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Net’s newest parasites are causing severe headaches for kids who email, upload and sext graphic pictures of themselves.

Called parasite websites, these pages take users’ sexually explicit media from sites like Twitter and Facebook and repost them publicly, now hosting a whopping 88 percent of the dirty pictures and videos of youngsters examined in a new study.

Researchers for the Internet Watch Foundation came across 12,224 self-made sexually explicit photos and videos of young people in only 47 hours of research. Of the media they found, 7,147 were images, and 5,077 were videos. Overall, 10,776 — or 88 percent — were found on parasite websites.

Internet watchdogs have long known about the problem of parasites, but this is the first time researchers have been able to demonstrate their exact reach, Sarah Smith, an Internet Watch Foundation technical researcher, said.

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Skinny Minnie Campaign - Cute or Dangerous?

2012-10-25T15:29:00Z

Posted By: Staff

An online petition is aiming to stop a planned holiday window display featuring super-thin version of Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck in Barney's of New York's windows. The high-end retailer's display could lead girls to develop body image issues, a group which started the petition alleges.

Yahoo! Shine first reported on Skinny Minnie in August. The ad promotion, called Electric Holiday, centers around a Minnie Mouse dream sequence in which she fantasizes about what it would be like for she and her friends to be fashion models.

The petition author, Ragen Chastain, writes: "There is nothing wrong with tall thin women. There is something wrong with changing a beloved children's character's body so that it looks good in a dress that almost nobody looks good in -- adding to the tremendous pressure on young girls and women to attain photoshop (sic) perfection." Over 135,000 people have signed a petition at Change.org demanding that Barney's not go through with the window display and "return Minnie Mouse to her normal figure." Supporters include Oscar nominee Virginia Madsen and Disney heiress Abigail Disney.

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At least he's got one vote! Katy Perry wears ballot dress at Obama rally in Vegas

2012-10-25T15:16:00Z

Posted By: Staff

President Barack Obama, who has struggled to live up to his rock star status of 2008, brought in some extra glamor to Las Vegas this time around in the form of singer Katy Perry, resplendent in a latex dress decorated with a ballot paper.

At a rally and concert that attracted 13,000 people, there were screams and squeals as the pop star opened with a rendition of Al Green's soul hit - and Obama favorite - 'Let's Stay Together' and performed five songs, including 'Teenage Dream' before finishing up with her hit 'Firework.'

On the screen behind her, images of Obama and his slogan 'Forward' were juxtaposed with pictures of Obama rallies, volunteers and supporters.

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Another royal bride! Princess Madeline of Sweden announces engagement to British-American banker after New York proposal

2012-10-25T15:14:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Sweden's Princess Madeleine and her British-American boyfriend Christopher O'Neill have announced their engagement.

Madeleine, 30, confirmed that she will wed the 38-year-old financier she met in New York, on the royal palace website on Thursday,

She is the youngest of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia's three children and is fourth in line to the throne.

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World's longest commercial non-stop flights - both from Singapore to the U.S. - to be cancelled

2012-10-25T15:12:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The world's longest commercial flight - from Singapore to Newark, New Jersey - is being cancelled, it emerged today.

Singapore Airlines has announced it will end its non-stop flight, which covered a distance of about 9,500 miles (15,300km).

A slightly shorter route between Singapore and Los Angeles, holds the record for the longest by duration, will also end. The two routes were flown on gas-guzzling Airbus A340-500s.

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Barnes & Noble: Bugs planted In credit card readers at 63 stores nationwide

2012-10-25T15:10:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Barnes & Noble is warning its customers to check their credit and debit card statements for unauthorized transactions after discovering someone tampered with its card readers in 63 stores across the country, including several in the Tri-State Area.

Only one device was tampered with in each store, affecting fewer than 1 percent of card readers in Barnes & Noble stores, the company said in a news release on Wednesday.

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Man robs Church's Chicken with samurai sword

2012-10-25T15:09:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A man robbed a Kansas City restaurant Tuesday night armed with a samurai sword, police said.

The suspect entered Church's Chicken, at 55th and Prospect, just before 10 p.m. Tuesday wearing a dark-gray hooded sweatshirt and carrying the sword, according to a statement from the Kansas City Police Department.

The man was described as a light-skinned black male standing between 5 foot 4 and 5 foot 5, weighing 120 to 130 pounds.

The suspect drove off in an older-model brown two-toned Chevy pickup truck, possibly from the 1980s.

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Gucci on wheels

2012-10-24T16:00:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Conundrum

Two-wheeling may be a healthy and fuel-efficient way to cruise the city streets — but as a fashion statement, it can be rather pedestrian. Enter Italian style titan Gucci, which has partnered with bicycle maker Bianchi to produce a $14,000 urban and off-road bike. The 11-speed carbon fiber model was designed by Frida Giannini, Gucci’s creative director, and includes practical features like disc brakes, as well as aesthetic flourishes such as a frame decorated with the label’s trademark stripes (the Gucci logo is, naturally, stitched into the bike’s custom leather seat). To complete the look, a line of accessories is also available, including a matching helmet ($890) and $105 water bottle.

The Reality

More show horse than workhorse, this bike doesn’t offer suspension to handle potholes and other urban-riding hazards, said Jim Papadapoulos, a bicycle researcher at Northeastern University. It also lacks fenders to prevent the “skunk stripe” of dirt wheels can kick onto a rider’s back, said Shannon Holt, an organizer for Oregon Manifest, a bike-design challenge held in Portland. At four times the price of Bianchi’s next-most-costly off-roading bike ($3,500), Holt calls it merely a “basic bike prettied up with a high-end brand.” Gucci declined to comment. Bianchi says it chose not to use the suspension fork to save on weight, and that the fender is unnecessary for an “urban bike.”

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Study questions existence of PMS

2012-10-24T15:59:00Z

Posted By: Staff

New research suggests that the phenomenon of premenstrual syndrome, known more commonly as PMS, may not occur the way many have thought over the years.

Researchers working under the direction of Dr. Sarah Romans of the University of Otago in New Zealand asserted that the correlation between an impending menstrual cycle and symptoms such as mood swings is far more tenuous than previously stated, according to Time Health & Family.

“The human menstrual cycle … has historically been the focus of myth and misinformation, leading to ideas that constrain women’s activities,” authors of the study wrote. “We wished to examine one pervasive idea, that the [menstrual cycle] is a cause of negative mood, by studying the scientific literature as a whole. We briefly reviewed the history of the idea of premenstrual syndrome and undertook a systematic review of quality studies.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Study-questions-existence-of-PMS/763615563762895416.html

British secret service put me in jail, claims Prince Harry's party model

2012-10-24T15:58:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A former model jailed hours after claiming she enjoyed a “drunken fumble” with a naked Prince Harry in a Las Vegas hotel room has blamed the British secret service for her month-long stay in prison.

Carrie Reichert, who claims she is 32 but according to police records is 40, said in August that she had spent 20 minutes alone with Prince Harry after being hand-picked to attend the hotel party.

Within hours of going public, she was arrested for allegedly bouncing £13,000 worth of cheques and spent almost a month in one of the toughest prisons in the US.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/British-secret-service-put-me-in-jail,-claims-Prince-Harrys-party-model/-842659388508276268.html

Woman charged in bizarre Walter Reed confrontation

2012-10-24T15:57:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A Virginia woman is facing charges after a bizarre incident Tuesday in which police say she appeared to be biting a bar of soap and tried to hit a Department of Defense police officer with her car outside the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Angela Akosua Cobbold, 27, of Manassas, is charged with first-degree assault and reckless endangerment, according to court records. In an initial appearance, a District Court commissioner in Montgomery County ordered her held on $20,000 bond.

A half-hour before the crash at the medical center in Bethesda, Md., police say Cobbold's black Mitsubishi was clocked traveling 93 mph on Interstate 66 in Virginia. Police alerted officials in Maryland to the speeding car, which at 11:50 a.m. made a U-turn in front of the security gate at the medical center and was stopped in traffic.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Woman-charged-in-bizarre-Walter-Reed-confrontation/-606265125289361409.html

Legendary coach Geno Auriemma proposes that the rim be lowered in women's basketball

2012-10-24T15:56:00Z

Posted By: Staff

When you think of UConn women’s college basketball coach Geno Auriemma, what comes to mind?

How about success, success and more success?

The 58-year-old has won seven national championships in Storrs and has an unfathomable career winning percentage of .862. He’s lead the Huskies to 19 Big East regular-season championships and 18 Big East Tournament championships.

But aside from all of his accomplishments, Auriemma is a man who cares deeply about the state of women’s college basketball, from where it is presently to where it’s going in the future.

And the six-time Naismith Coach of the Year has an idea: He wants to lower the rim.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Legendary-coach-Geno-Auriemma-proposes-that-the-rim-be-lowered-in-womens-basketball/36907180605854947.html

Apple set to unwrap mini-iPad to take on Amazon, Google

2012-10-23T16:14:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Reuters:

Apple Inc is expected to make its biggest product move on Tuesday since debuting the iPad two years ago, launching a smaller, cheaper tablet into a market staked out by Amazon.com Inc and Google Inc.

Apple hopes to beat back their charge onto its home turf of consumer electronics hardware, while safeguarding its lead in the larger 10-inch tablet space that even deep-pocketed rivals like Samsung Electronics have found tough to penetrate.

Amazon's Kindle and Google's Nexus 7 have grabbed a chunk of the lower end of the tablet market and proved demand for a pocket-sized slate exists. That has forced Apple into a space it has avoided and at times derided, analysts say.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Apple-set-to-unwrap-mini-iPad-to-take-on-Amazon,-Google/-162084094194933134.html

Hell in the Pacific: The rare pictures that reveal reality of the Battle of Guadalcanal

2012-10-23T16:13:00Z

Posted By: Staff

It was a battle for a tiny island in the South Pacific no bigger than Delaware, but it became a turning point in the Allied fight against Japan during World War II.

Nearly 7,000 Americans died fighting for control of Guadalcanal for six months between August 1942 and February 1943.

During the campaign, one horrifying image stood out -- helping to define the grueling combat as 60,000 Aliied soldiers and Marines tried to pry the island away from 36,000 determined, dug-in Japanese defenders.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hell-in-the-Pacific:-The-rare-pictures-that-reveal-reality-of-the-Battle-of-Guadalcanal/173367573439677460.html

Some on D.C. Council favor restricting sugary drinks

2012-10-23T16:13:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Several members of the D.C. Council have come out in favor of restricting the sizes of sugary sodas sold in the District - a ban similar to one in New York City.

At a recent debate between candidates for the at-large council seats, current Councilmembers Michael Brown and Vincent Orange said without hesitation they would vote to ban the sale of large drinks.

That news was music to Councilmember Mary Cheh's ears.

"I'm very excited by that," said Cheh (D-Ward 3), who fell one vote short of passing a tax on sodas and other sugary drinks.

Cheh authored the Healthy Schools Act and says she thinks the New York City ban is a good idea she'd like to bring to the nation's capital.

"If I could get the votes to do it I would certainly try to put that in place," Cheh tells WTOP.

"I would consider legislation to do that, I would like to see that done," she added.

While Cheh, Orange and Brown are the only three elected officials to come out in support of the ban, several others say they are open to a ban, including Mayor Vincent Gray.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Some-on-D.C.-Council-favor-restricting-sugary-drinks/-764629439787101250.html

Woman claims she was raised by apes

2012-10-22T17:02:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A British woman claims she was raised by monkeys. Really. Marina Chapman, now a housewife with two daughters, claims she was raised in the Colombian jungle between the ages of 5 and 10 by a troupe of doting primates after a kidnapping attempt gone awry. “She obviously learnt to fend for herself and only once got very ill when she ate some poisonous berries,” Chapman’s daughter told The Sunday Times. Chapman says she later escaped the jungle, traveled to the United Kingdom, and married. She only told her husband about her alleged tree-swinging days after the two were married.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Woman-claims-she-was-raised-by-apes/894787602382174723.html

Lance Armstrong Doping: International Cycling Union strips champion uf 7 Tour De France titles, bans him for life

2012-10-22T17:00:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life after the International Cycling Union (UCI) said on Monday it had ratified the United States Anti-Doping Agency's (USADA) sanctions.

The decision was announced at a UCI news conference.

"Lance Armstrong has no place in cycling," UCI President Pat McQuaid said as he confirmed the ratification.

On Oct. 10, USADA published a report into Armstrong which alleged the now retired American rider had been involved in the "most sophisticated, professionalised and successful doping programme sport has ever seen".

Armstrong, 41, had previously elected not to contest USADA charges, prompting USADA to propose his punishment pending confirmation from cycling's world governing body.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Lance-Armstrong-Doping:-International-Cycling-Union-strips-champion-uf-7-Tour-De-France-titles,-bans-him-for-life/-328274723490116106.html

Police to spy on drivers suspected of texting in federal test

2012-10-19T15:54:00Z

Posted By: Staff

As more states ban texting behind the wheel in a fight against deadly driver distractions, police departments around the country have found enforcing those laws difficult, if not impossible. Now a new federal grant will pay for experimenting with the only technique shown to work so far -- spying on motorists while they drive.

The $550,000 grant announced this week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will let police departments in Connecticut and Massachusetts test a variety of anti-texting moves over the next two years, from ad campaigns to roving patrols. The aim: To find "real-world protocols and practices to better detect if a person is texting while driving," said NHTSA chief David Strickland.

While 38 states ban texting behind the wheel, proving that someone is using their phone to type text rather than look at a map or some other permitted use has become a roadblock for law enforcement agencies. Only 10 states ban all hand-held cellphone use behind the wheel, so in most states with a texting ban, simply holding a phone in your hand isn't enough for a ticket; officers have to see a driver thumb type before they can pull them over. In Minnesota, police wrote 1,200 tickets for texting in 2011, compared to 200,000 for speeding, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. In Scranton, Penn., police issued 10 tickets in six months after that state's ban went into effect -- and one of those was to a driver who admitted texting after a crash.

That's why the NHTSA grant will pay for "spotters on overpasses" and other roadways who could identify drivers while they type, and there's already evidence for how such a program can work. In Bismarck, N.D., police wrote 31 distracted driving tickets in two days during a crackdown earlier this month where they used unmarked, high-riding trucks or SUVs to peer down into cars and catch texters in the act. Since North Dakota bars not just texting but Internet browsing behind the wheel, officers had to see what specific apps drivers were using, with one officer telling The Bismarck Tribune that they could have written twice as many tickets, but couldn't get enough evidence.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Police-to-spy-on-drivers-suspected-of-texting-in-federal-test/-506489143003275216.html

Parents' fury as boy, 11, is told to leave school because of his genetic make-up

2012-10-19T15:53:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A California schoolboy has been forced to stay at home after his school banned him from attending classes because he carries the gene for cystic fibrosis.

Colman Chadam, 11, carries the genetic mutation for cystic fibrosis but doesn't actually have the disease and shows no outward symptoms.

The disease is incurable and life threatening and causes the body to create a thick mucous that clogs the lungs and can cause deadly infections.

But although it's not contagious, people with the disease or the gene can pose a risk to each other through bacterial cross-contamination if they are in close contact.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Parents-fury-as-boy,-11,-is-told-to-leave-school-because-of-his-genetic-make-up/335044271567558580.html

Archaeologists plan new dig at Troy

2012-10-19T15:52:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Fox News:

Armed with shovels, trowels and new biotechnology tools, archaeologists plan to march into Troy next year for excavations at the famed ancient city.

"Our goal is to add a new layer of information to what we already know about Troy," said William Aylward, a classics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who will lead the expedition. "The archaeological record is rich. If we take a closer look with new scientific tools for study of ancient biological and cultural environments, there is much to be found for telling the story of this world heritage site."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Archaeologists-plan-new-dig-at-Troy/38946857059559697.html

Jets vs. Patriots: Tim Tebow to welcome Marine hero

2012-10-19T15:51:00Z

Posted By: Staff

At Sunday's New York Jets match-up against the New England Patriots, Jets' backup quarterback Tim Tebow's guest will be Marine Sgt. Matthew Berube, who hails from Ocala.

In September 2011, Berube was on patrol in the Helmand Province, Afghanistan when he stepped on an improvised explosive device. The explosion severely injured the left side of his body, causing multiple broken bones in his left foot and numerous shrapnel wounds, according to a news release.

Still, he continued to lead his squad away from any possible secondary IEDs and later received a Purple Heart for his heroism.

Berube, who currently lives in Virginia Beach, underwent several grueling surgeries, including an amputation of his leg 10 inches from the knee down. During his recovery, he received a "encouraging call from Tim Tebow that helped raise his spirit to overcome the uncertainties before him," according to the release.

Sunday's visit to was arranged through the Tim Tebow Foundation's W15H program, in partnership with Dreams Come True of Jacksonville. Dreams Come True is a nonprofit that fullfills the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses. Tebow's W15H program does the same when the child's wish is to meet Tebow.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Jets-vs.-Patriots:-Tim-Tebow-to-welcome-Marine-hero/801357903970274383.html

How Hitler's PERSONAL photographer captured for history the plight of the Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland

2012-10-18T15:58:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The old man looks relaxed, almost happy chatting to the soldiers. He and most of the other Jewish citizens pictured here in 1939 and 1940, are smiling, seemingly pleased to pose for photographer Hugo Jaeger.

Yet we know, 70 years later, that these people, and thousands of others like them, were in fact prisoners, to be despised as 'rats' and 'parasites' in Nazi propaganda.

Even more surprising, Jaeger was Hitler's personal photographer, enjoying unprecedented access to the Third Reich’s upper echelon, traveling with the Fuhrer to his massive rallies and photographing him at intimate parties and during private moments.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/How-Hitlers-PERSONAL-photographer-captured-for-history-the-plight-of-the-Jews-in-Nazi-occupied-Poland/941404030981831484.html

Eva Longoria goes full weiner: Blames twitter for vulgar re-tweet

2012-10-18T15:56:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Actress Eva Longoria isn't just an actress, nor is she merely a supporter of President Obama's. The truth is that she holds an esteemed, high-profile and official position with the Obama campaign as a co-chair. Moreover, Longoria enjoyed a prime speaking slot at the Democratic convention and is a vital and official part of Obama's efforts to reach out to Hispanics.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Eva-Longoria-goes-full-weiner:-Blames-twitter-for-vulgar-re-tweet/-485657289898743439.html

A turn of the page for Newsweek

2012-10-18T15:55:00Z

Posted By: Staff

We are announcing this morning an important development at Newsweek and The Daily Beast. Newsweek will transition to an all-digital format in early 2013. As part of this transition, the last print edition in the United States will be our Dec. 31 issue.

Meanwhile, Newsweek will expand its rapidly growing tablet and online presence, as well as its successful global partnerships and events business.

Newsweek Global, as the all-digital publication will be named, will be a single, worldwide edition targeted for a highly mobile, opinion-leading audience who want to learn about world events in a sophisticated context. Newsweek Global will be supported by paid subscription and will be available through e-readers for both tablet and the Web, with select content available on The Daily Beast.

Four years ago we launched The Daily Beast. Two years later, we merged our business with the iconic Newsweek magazine—which The Washington Post Company had sold to Dr. Sidney Harman. Since the merger, both The Daily Beast and Newsweek have continued to post and publish distinctive journalism and have demonstrated explosive online growth in the process. The Daily Beast now attracts more than 15 million unique visitors a month, a 70 percent increase in the past year alone—a healthy portion of this traffic generated each week by Newsweek’s strong original journalism.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-turn-of-the-page-for-Newsweek/-741203270509684221.html

Michael Phelps named fittest man of all time

2012-10-18T15:54:00Z

Posted By: Staff

More than two months since he became the winningest Olympian in Olympic history, Phelps has been named by Men’s Health as the fittest man of all time. The Baltimore native beat out fit men from the past, such as Charles Atlas, and those from the present, such as James Bond himself, Daniel Craig. Rounding out the top five was Bruce Lee at number two, followed by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jack LaLanne, and Herschel Walker.

Men’s Health came to the conclusion that Phelps, arguably the greatest American Olympian of all time, was befit to wear the crown of fittest man of all time based on a number of items – including his five hour workout regimen, and of course the achievements Phelps was able to accomplish with the body he built.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Michael-Phelps-named-fittest-man-of-all-time/379241708453907084.html

New book "Colbert's America" argues Stephen Colbert's humor transcends entertainment, has real political impact

2012-10-17T15:51:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Stephen Colbert has attracted a loyal following playing a fictional conservative talk show host offering his take on news and politics on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report.” But as the presidential election nears, one of the Sunday talk shows wanted to hear what Colbert had to say. He appeared as both his character and the “real” Stephen Colbert on NBC’s “Meet the Press” this past Sunday, telling host David Gregory he’s not a news man or a politician, but “likes playing political games to see what really happens.”

But some say Colbert’s Emmy and Peabody award-winning show has transcended entertainment and had a major impact on the political landscape. Penn State Prof. Sophia A. McClennen argues just that in her new book, “Colbert’s America: Satire and Democracy.” We talked to her about how Colbert’s special brand of comedy stands out from the pack.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/New-book-Colberts-America-argues-Stephen-Colberts-humor-transcends-entertainment,-has-real-political-impact/-40402584167159827.html

Lance Armstrong steps down as Livestrong chairman

2012-10-17T15:50:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Lance Armstrong said Wednesday he is stepping down as chairman of his Livestrong cancer-fighting charity so the group can focus on its mission instead of its founder's problems.

The move came a week after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency released a massive report detailing allegations of widespread doping by Armstrong and his teams when he won the Tour de France seven consecutive times from 1999 to 2005. The document's purpose was to show why USADA has banned him from cycling for life and ordered 14 years of his career results erased -- including those Tour titles. It contains sworn statements from 26 witnesses, including 11 former teammates.

Armstrong, who was not paid a salary as chairman of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, will remain on its 15-member board. His duties leading the board will be turned over to vice chairman Jeff Garvey, who was founding chairman in 1997.

"This organization, its mission and its supporters are incredibly dear to my heart," Armstrong said in a statement obtained by The Associated Press. "Today therefore, to spare the foundation any negative effects as a result of controversy surrounding my cycling career, I will conclude my chairmanship."

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Lance-Armstrong-steps-down-as-Livestrong-chairman/-459118106602780308.html

Meet Mansa Musa I of Mali - the richest human being in all history

2012-10-17T15:47:00Z

Posted By: Staff

When we think of the world’s all-time richest people, names like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and John D Rockefeller immediately come to mind.

But few would have thought, or even heard of, Mansa Musa I of Mali – the obscure 14th century African king who was today named the richest person in all history.

With an inflation adjusted fortune of $400 billion, Mansa Musa I would have been considerably richer than the world’s current richest man, Carlos Slim, who ranks in 22nd place with a relatively paltry $68 billion.

The list, compiled by the Celebrity Net Worth website, ranks the world’s 24 richest people of all time. The list advertises itself as the top 25, but 26 names appear in the list.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Meet-Mansa-Musa-I-of-Mali---the-richest-human-being-in-all-history/-655995068619867855.html

Make your own clothes, don't touch your husband and sleep outside: How one woman spent a year living according to the Bible

2012-10-16T15:53:00Z

Posted By: Staff

A blogger who spent one year following all of the Bible’s instructions for women, from making her own clothes to 'submitting' to her husband, has now written a book about her experience.

Rachel Held Evans’ book, A Year of Biblical Womanhood, chronicles her 12 month attempt to obey the Bible's commandments for women.

The Bible gives hundreds of rules for women to follow, both explicit and implied, in the Old Testament and the New.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Make-your-own-clothes,-dont-touch-your-husband-and-sleep-outside:-How-one-woman-spent-a-year-living-according-to-the-Bible/-673256164624968958.html

Did a meteor crash in Louisiana last night?

2012-10-16T15:51:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Webster Parish Sheriff's Office confirms an underground bunker exploded late last night at Camp Minden. There are no reports of any injuries or deaths. The explosion site was discovered right at sun-up.

Chief Deputy Bobby Igo says the bunker belongs to a company called Explo. Authorities said they would have more information at a 9 a.m. news conference at Camp Minden, but that news conference was postponed until 11 a.m.

Igo says the underground bunkers are designed to send any blast up instead of out to lessen the shock wave impact.

State Police, the Webster Parish Sheriff's Office and the military will investigate exactly what happened.

Earlier in the morning, Sheriff Gary Sexton said there was a "possibility that a meteor did hit the ground" in the area, but deputies had not pinpointed an exact location.

KSLA News 12 viewer Shana Levick tells us she was driving on I-20 by Dixie Inn when she saw the sky light up a bright orange color. She said she could see what appeared to be small fire sparks above the tree lines.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Did-a-meteor-crash-in-Louisiana-last-night/726450138081475959.html

French president pushing homework ban as part of ed reforms

2012-10-16T15:49:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Washington Post:

How do you think this would go over in the United States? French President François Hollande has said he will end homework as part of a series of reforms to overhaul the country’s education system.

And the reason he wants to ban homework?

He doesn’t think it is fair that some kids get help from their parents at home while children who come from disadvantaged families don’t. It’s an issue that goes well beyond France, and has been part of the reason that some Americans oppose homework too.

Hollande’s reform plans include increasing the number of teachers, moving the school week from four days to 4 1/2 days, overhauling the curriculum and taking steps to cut down on absenteeism.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/French-president-pushing-homework-ban-as-part-of-ed-reforms/-51278285792367.html

Operation Dot Com: Sting reveals drug dealers openly advertising on Craigslist

2012-10-15T16:03:00Z

Posted By: Staff

An undercover sting by the New York Police Department and the city's Special Narcotics Prosecutor has revealed a booming business for drug dealers who now openly advertise on Craigslist.

Police arrested 21 in the New York area after undercover officers made 63 separate drug purchases, responding to brazen ads for "bundles of dope" and open advertisements for Adderall, Xanax, or Oxycontin.

One ad offered, "Friendly Nyu student who can offer pain relief and anxiety relief. easy, non-sketchy, straightforward meeting."

"That's really what stands out in this case: the openness, the blatant approach," NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told ABC News. "The wording was such that you knew it was illegal, we knew the drugs we were talking about."

Kelly said he has seen the number of prescriptions for Adderall and Oxycontin both skyrocket, with each going up by 100 percent over a four-year period.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Operation-Dot-Com:-Sting-reveals-drug-dealers-openly-advertising-on-Craigslist/8728538324385857.html

Police in riot gear quell skateboarder melee

2012-10-15T16:02:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The mob of skateboarders and skate fans who ran amok through Hollywood on Saturday night, captured on a YouTube video by a driver caught in the middle of the mayhem, garnered national attention just as it attracted a swift crackdown by riot police.

Skaters were seen vandalizing businesses and throwing bottles, while bystanders are seen running — resulting in the deployment of more than 100 Los Angeles police officers in riot gear.

The incident began before 9 p.m. as about 1,500 skaters and skate fans showed up to a theater that only holds 600 people to watch a free premiere of “Bake and Destroy.”

Those reportedly turned away reacted in violence, police said.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Police-in-riot-gear-quell-skateboarder-melee/-991021540101265207.html

Jump from space's edge provides collective moment

2012-10-15T16:01:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The AP:

Felix Baumgartner stood poised in the open hatch of a capsule suspended above Earth, wondering if he would make it back alive. Twenty four miles below him, millions of people were right there with him, watching on the Internet and marveling at the wonder of the moment.

A second later, he stepped off the capsule and barreled toward the New Mexico desert as a tiny white speck against a darkly-tinted sky. Millions watched him breathlessly as he shattered the sound barrier and then landed safely about nine minutes later, becoming the world's first supersonic skydiver

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Jump-from-spaces-edge-provides-collective-moment/937827052488619970.html

What to eat when you have a cold

2012-10-12T15:21:00Z

Posted By: Staff

The Huffington Post:

You can feel it coming, right? That first cold of the cooler months, creeping into the back of your throat, behind your eyes -- or is it just us? (Yes we all have colds right now, do not visit our office this week.)

As with most trials and tribulations in life, when we get sick we start to think of food. Whereas most of our What To Eat When series has focused on entertaining friends and family, today we're only here to talk about what to eat when you have a cold, how to treat yourself right when you are sick and which things require the least amount of standing-up-time to prepare.

When we are sick, we focus on three things: soothing our throats/heads/noses, eating things that are filled with vitamins, detoxifiers and other bonuses like anti-inflammatories, but thirdly and most importantly, what we can actually imagine eating at that moment.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/What-to-eat-when-you-have-a-cold/-964351254553138170.html

Ginkgo trees making a stink in New York City parks

2012-10-12T15:20:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Some trees around New York City are causing a stink.

The fruit of the female ginkgo trees release their odor for a few weeks each fall.

One woman said the smell is almost unbearable.

“The smell is just horrible. It actually smells like vomit,” the woman told CBS 2′s Vanessa Murdock.

“I attributed that to the dogs,” a man told Murdock.

But tree experts said the few weeks of unpleasant aromas are worth it for the beauty the trees add to parks the rest of the year.

“It’s a warm, lush golden color, shimmers in the fall sunlight,” Neil Calvanese of the Central Park Conservatory told Murdock. But Calvanese admitted the fruit smells like, “warm rancid butter.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ginkgo-trees-making-a-stink-in-New-York-City-parks/817779659341440010.html

Julius Caesar stabbing site pinpointed in Rome

2012-10-12T15:19:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Archeologists from the Spanish National Research Council believe they have found the precise spot where Julius Caesar was stabbed in Rome--and what they think happened is pretty dramatic.

The scientists said in a written statement that they found a concrete structure, about three meters wide, inside the Pompey's Theater in Rome's historic Torre Argentina square.

The researchers identified the structure as a monument placed in the location of Caesar's murder by order of his adopted son Augustus--a sort of "x marks the spot" discovery.

Based on their research and historic texts, the scientists suggest Caesar was stabbed while sitting in a chair as he oversaw a meeting of the Senate at the bottom of the Curia of Pompey.

"We always knew that Julius Caesar was assassinated in the Curia of Pompey on March 15, 44 B.C., because the classical texts pass on so, but so far no material evidence of this fact... had been recovered," Dr. Antonio Monterroso, a Spanish council researcher who works at the Institute of History, said in the statement.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Julius-Caesar-stabbing-site-pinpointed-in-Rome/357624169035398670.html

Facebook Psychology: 7 reasons why we act differently online

2012-10-12T15:18:00Z

Posted By: Staff

Fact: Most people act differently online than they do in real life.

Whether we're more engaging, less polite or bolder in our political assertions, we tend to present our digital personas differently than we present ourselves in reality.

But why exactly do we feel empowered enough to act a certain way on social networking platforms like Facebook? The site requires users to sign up with their real names, so we're not truly anonymous or far removed from virtual conversation. Even so, our behavior online can be... less than charming.

Professors Keith Wilcox of Columbia University and Andrew T. Stephen of the University of Pittsburgh set out to answer this question in their study titled "Are Close Friends the Enemy? Online Social Networks, Self-Esteem, and Self-Control," which was recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Consumer Research.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Facebook-Psychology:-7-reasons-why-we-act-differently-online/-686061321828766667.html

Houston offers plenty of ways to embarrass your pet this Halloween

2012-10-11T19:53:00Z

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It's that time of year when the air is crisp and leaves begin to fall, along with the precipitously plunging self-esteem of Houston's dogs as they are stuffed, buttoned, snapped and velcroed into the most ridiculous costumes imaginable.

Is it really necessary to dress your dog up as an IPhone, or as Spongebob Squarepants? Yes, it is. We put countless hours and considerable effort into providing food, shelter, training and love to our four-legged friends, and as a quick perusal of dog-shaming.com will reveal, they are not really holding up their end of the bargain. The least your dog can do is parade around in public wearing a cardboard cutout of the Starship Enterprise.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. will miss the next two Sprint Cup races

2012-10-11T17:58:00Z

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According to a release from Hendrick Motorsports posted on the Hendrick site and that of Earnhardt, the driver will not be behind the wheel of the No. 88 Chevrolet for either this Saturday night's Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway or the following week's race at Kansas Speedway. The release went on to say that Earnhardt was diagnosed Wednesday afternoon in Charlotte, and that Regan Smith will be the team's substitute driver at Charlotte and Kansas.

Earnhardt Jr., car owner Rick Hendrick and crew chief Steve Letarte were scheduled to speak with the media and offer further details at 10 a.m. CT at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

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Woody praises Sanchez, but assures that Tebow will 'be with us for three years'

2012-10-11T14:50:00Z

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Jets owner Woody Johnson dished on Mitt Romney and the Jets on Wednesday, discussing his political campaigning and his struggling football team.

But naturally, the focus of the conversation shifted to his celebrity quarterbacks, Tim Tebow and Mark Sanchez.

Jets head coach Rex Ryan said that Sanchez played far better than his numbers indicated in Gang Green’s 23-17 loss to the Texans, and Johnson took that a step further. The owner said that his starting QB won’t be sitting on the bench anytime soon, and that his potential remains through the roof.

“Never is a long time period,” Johnson told CNBC in regard to whether he would ever sit the former first-round pick. “But I see the same things in Mark Sanchez (as) when I first met him. He’s still a young quarterback … (Quarterback) is probably the most difficult position athletically and mentally that there is in all of sports.”

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Lance Armstrong was ringleader of biggest doping conspiracy in sporting history, say USADA

2012-10-11T14:49:00Z

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The United States Anti-Doping Agency charged him with six offences covering the use of banned substances, the trafficking of drugs, the administration of drugs to team-mates and aiding and abetting a massive cover-up between 1998 and 2005, a period when he dominated the world’s most famous race.

Dave Brailsford, British Cycling’s performance director who was key to Bradley Wiggins becoming the first Briton to win the Tour de France this year, said was stunned to read the USADA findings. “It is shocking, it’s jaw dropping and it is very unpleasant.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Lance-Armstrong-was-ringleader-of-biggest-doping-conspiracy-in-sporting-history,-say-USADA/-861103888421402604.html

Exclusive: Rolling Stones Concert Tix Will Go on Sale This Weekend

2012-10-11T14:48:00Z

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Exclusive: The Rolling Stones will indeed play 50th anniversary concerts. And I am told they will go on sale this weekend–maybe as soon as Friday. Ticketmaster will handle the sales. All hell is going to break loose, too.

What I’m told: confirmed dates are November 26 and 27 at the O2 Arena in London. December 15th and 16th are set for the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The dates for the Barclays Center in Brooklyn are coming, but not agreed to yet.

This column was first to break the Prudential Center news two weeks ago. We were also first to tell you about Barclays and O2.

So what’s been the delay? Money, money, money. The Stones want it. Richard Branson is putting up $25 million to make all this happen with concert promoter Paul Dainty.

Once all the London-New York shows are sold, look for more dates. You know that Los Angeles and a few other big cities are guaranteed in 2013. It’s only rock and roll, but we like it!

Meantime, HBO has a premiere scheduled for the Stones documentary “Crossfiret Hurricane” by Brett Morgan set for November 13th in New York.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Exclusive:-Rolling-Stones-Concert-Tix-Will-Go-on-Sale-This-Weekend/373962254014091423.html

Coming Next: TSA taser bracelets?

2012-10-11T14:46:00Z

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The TSA’s security policies are getting more and more bizarre, from testing people’s drinks for explosives to ordering all travelers to freeze on command, but could a frightening policy that was seriously explored by the DHS be resurrected – forcing people to wear taser bracelets that would deliver an electric shock if they got out of line?

The story sounds like it belongs in a South Park episode or on an urban myths website – but it was actually true.

In 2008, the Washington Times reported on how DHS official Paul S. Ruwaldt of the Science and Technology Directorate, office of Research and Development, wrote to Lamperd Less Lethal, Inc. indicating that the Department of Homeland Security was ready to purchase devices from the company that would be used to deliver incapacitating shocks to airline passengers, all of whom would be mandated to wear the taser bracelet once they checked in for their flight.

The so-called “safety bracelet,” also known as the Electronic ID Bracelet, was designed to replace a boarding pass and be capable of tracking the passenger through the airport by means of GPS technology. The device would also contain details about the passenger and their flight plans.

The primary function of the device was to allow airport officials and flight crews to deliver an incapacitating electric shock to travelers by means of Electro-Muscular Disruption (EMD), completely immobilizing the individual for minutes. The bracelet would be worn by all travelers until they disembarked at their location. The patent for the device admits that all passengers could be incapacitated if the devices are activated.

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Very slim Sarah Palin says she's writing fitness book with family

2012-10-10T16:18:00Z

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A newly released photo of a very slim Sarah Palin led to her statement that she is writing a new fitness and well-being book.

Concern over Sarah Palin’s thin appearance prompted the 2008 Vice Presidential nominee and TV personality to reveal a bit of news: She’s working on a new fitness and wellbeing book with her family, Palin told People Magazine.

“Our family is writing a book on fitness and self-discipline focusing on where we get our energy and balance as we still eat our beloved homemade comfort foods!” Palin wrote to People, adding that her family’s method “works.”

Palin’s daughter, Bristol, is currently on the popular “Dancing With The Stars” television show.

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Parents sue education consultant for $2 million after sons don't get into Harvard

2012-10-10T16:17:00Z

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A couple in Hong Kong is suing a Boston-area education consultant for the $2 million they say they paid him to get their two sons into top prep schools and, ultimately, an Ivy League university. The suit is seen by some as an example of an "arms race" in education.

Gerald and Lily Chow, citizens of Hong Kong, say they hired Mark Zimny and his company, IvyAdmit Consulting Associates in Cambridge, Mass. to help their two sons get into elite schools in the U.S.

"They decided in 2006 that their sons, First Son and Second Son, would benefit most by being educated in the top schools in the United States," says the lawsuit, first filed in 2010 with a U.S. district court in Massachusetts.

The Chows had determined that their "target university" was Harvard, the Boston Globe reported.

Their first son, then 15, graduated as a ninth grader from a junior boarding school in Deerfield, Mass. in June 2007.

The Chows say Zimny approached them at his graduation ceremony, claiming he was a professor at Harvard University, and that he could use his connections to help the sons get into New England boarding schools and Ivy League colleges.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Parents-sue-education-consultant-for-$2-million-after-sons-dont-get-into-Harvard/-163590844584127283.html

Texas schools punish students who refuse to be tracked with microchips

2012-10-10T16:16:00Z

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A school district in Texas came under fire earlier this year when it announced that it would require students to wear microchip-embedded ID cards at all times. Now, students who refuse to be monitored say they are feeling the repercussions.

Since October 1, students at John Jay High School and Anson Jones Middle School in San Antonio, Texas, have been asked to attend class with photo ID cards equipped with radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips to track every pupil’s location. Educators insist that the endeavor is being rolled out in Texas to stem the rampant truancy devastating the school's funding. If the program is judged successful, the RFID chips could soon come to 112 schools in all and affect nearly 100,000 students.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Texas-schools-punish-students-who-refuse-to-be-tracked-with-microchips/-673159857286850922.html

Was she really 132? World's 'oldest ever person' Antisa Khvichava dies in remote Georgian village

2012-10-09T17:01:00Z

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A Georgian woman who claimed to be 132-years-old - making her the world’s oldest human being ever - has died.

Antisa Khvichava claimed to have been born on 8 July 1880, and had a Soviet-era passport and documentation to that effect, but her age was contested and never officially proven.

She lived in the remote village of Sachino, in north-west Georgia, with her 42-year-old grandson and claimed to have retired from her job as a tea and corn picker in 1965 when she was 85.

Mrs Khvichava claimed to be just 10-years younger than Russia’s first communist leader Vladimir Lenin, and to have been born a year before the death of the celebrated Russian writer Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

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Twitter explodes after black actress endorses Romney as the 'only choice for your future'

2012-10-09T16:59:00Z

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Actress Stacey Dash, who has starred in everything from the 90′s hit Clueless to CSI, prompted a firestorm on Twitter after publicly endorsing Republican nominee Mitt Romney, and then standing by her opinion.

“Vote for Romney. The only choice for your future. @mittromney @teamromney #mittromney #VOTE #voteromney,” Dash wrote on her official Twitter page, accompanied by a photo of herself with an American flag.

Not long after, presumed Obama supporters began insulting Dash for her opinion, saying she isn’t “black” enough, several even asking if the actress would just “kill herself.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Twitter-explodes-after-black-actress-endorses-Romney-as-the-only-choice-for-your-future/953026571447011025.html

Florida man, 32, dies shortly after winning pet store's roach-eating contest

2012-10-09T16:58:00Z

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A Florida man died Friday night after consuming "dozens of roaches and worms" during a contest held by a pet store, police report.

Edward Archbold, 32, collapsed after winning the repulsive contest at Ben Siegel Reptile Store. Archbold, who was competing for a free python, was stricken outside the Deerfield Beach business, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office.

Investigators reported that Archbold "wasn’t feeling well and began to regurgitate" shortly after the contest's conclusion. "He had consumed dozens of roaches and worms," a sheriff’s spokesman noted.

Archbold was pronounced dead after being transported to an area hospital. An autopsy was conducted, and the Broward County medical examiner is awaiting test results to determined Archbold's cause of death.

Archbold is pictured above in a mug shot taken in 2004, following his arrest for disorderly conduct and indecent exposure (for which he was convicted). He can also be seen in the below video shot during the contest (Archbold is at left, wearing a white headband).

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Talladega delivers another vicious wreck, pitting driver safety vs. fans' wants

2012-10-08T17:07:00Z

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If you or I had been involved in a wreck like the one that claimed the cars of Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and more than two dozen other NASCAR drivers on Sunday afternoon, we'd curl up in a fetal position at the thought of going near a car ever again. This was the kind of high-speed, full-throttle, nowhere-to-hide carnage that allows real life to edge its way into your sporting Sunday, forcing you to think, just for a second, that something really bad might just have happened

Fortunately for all concerned, the catastrophic wreck on the last lap of the Good Sam 500 destroyed only acres of sheet metal (and the championship hopes of several drivers). The maelstrom that unfolded behind winner Matt Kenseth was terrifying to observe, yes, but ultimately nothing more than one hell of a show.

In short, it was the perfect NASCAR wreck.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Talladega-delivers-another-vicious-wreck,-pitting-driver-safety-vs.-fans-wants/892182507645349560.html

'Clueless' actress like, totally endorses Mitt Romney

2012-10-08T17:06:00Z

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One of the stars of “Clueless” — indisputably the greatest film of the 20th century — like, totally endorsed Mitt Romney.

Stacey Dash, who played Cher’s (Alicia Silverstone) best friend, Dionne, tweeted her support for the GOP presidential candidate Sunday night, writing: “Vote for Romney. The only choice for your future.

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Clueless-actress-like,-totally-endorses-Mitt-Romney/229810831090141477.html

Paris holds first 'Black Fashion Week'

2012-10-08T17:06:00Z

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A Senegalese-born French fashion designer realised a long-held ambition when she staged the first 'Black Fashion Week' in Paris aimed at bringing African talent to a global audience.

Adama Ndiaye launched the event to showcase the best the continent has to offer but dismissed criticism that it excluded others who were not black.

"'Why not a White Fashion Week?' some have asked. But Paris Fashion Week is already white!" said Ndiaye, who is behind the show's Adama Paris label and has organised Senegal's Dakar Fashion Week for the past decade.

"We wanted to simply promote beyond African borders designers who are well-known in Africa or in their country but who don't have access to the global market," she said, explaining that in Africa fashion was not yet seen as an industry in its own right.

Even when designers put together collections, they were often unable to sell them, she said, adding that fashion week was not just an opportunity for designers.

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Frustrated Residents: Raccoons slowly taking over New York City

2012-10-08T17:03:00Z

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A turf battle of sorts is taking place in some neighborhoods.

Raccoons are invading.

They’re getting into garbage cans, backyards and even breaking into homes. And what’s more, these resourceful raccoons are outsmarting the most determined of trappers, CBS 2’s Dave Carlin reported.

Clinton Hill, Brooklyn resident Susan DeBrango snapped pictures of the suspects, their faces masked, trying to get inside her home.

“They are adorable but not in your backyard when they impact your life,” DeBrango said. “When he saw at me he stood up on two legs and hissed at me.”

http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Frustrated-Residents:-Raccoons-slowly-taking-over-New-York-City/686748580150574370.html

Desperate dems hide behind big bird

2012-10-05T16:07:00Z

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Mitt Romney sure ruffled a lot of feathers over his proposal to eliminate taxpayer funding for government-sponsored TV. As soon as the GOP presidential candidate singled out PBS for cuts during the presidential debate in Denver, the hysterical squawking commenced.

Left-leaning celebrities immediately erupted on Twitter. "WOW!!! No PBS!! WTF how about cutting congress's stuff leave big bird alone," Whoopi Goldberg fumed. "Mitt is smirky, sweaty, indignant and smug with an unsettling hint of hysteria. And he wants to kill BIG BIRD," actress Olivia Wilde despaired. "Who picks on Big Bird!!! #bulliesthatswho," actress Taraji Henson chimed in.

Social media activists called for a Million Muppet March on the National Mall to "show your support for Big Bird, Muppets, PBS and all that is good." The grammar-challenged operatives of George Soros-funded Media Matters for America lectured "right-wing media" to be "more concerned with Americans having jobs insteading (sic) of obsessing whether or not Big Bird has one."

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