Tyler Clementi case gets a verdict: Dharun Ravi gets 30 days

A former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to spy on his gay roommate was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail — a fraction of the maximum — in a case that focused attention on anti-gay bullying, teen suicide and hate-crime laws in the fast-changing Internet age. Dharun Ravi, 20, was also placed on three years’ probation for his More...

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By deskofbrian On Monday, May 21st, 2012
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Lockerbie bomber, Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, dies of cancer

Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, who was released from prison in Scotland in 2009 on compassionate grounds, dies of cancer. Eleven years after being convicted of planting a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103, which exploded over More...

By deskofbrian On Saturday, May 19th, 2012
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Obama administration ‘strongly objects’ to protects military chaplains from same-sex services

(CNSNews.com) – The Obama administration “strongly objects” to provisions in a House defense authorization bill that would prohibit the use of military property for same-sex “marriage or marriage-like” More...

By deskofbrian On Saturday, May 19th, 2012
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Church mandated to rent facility for same-sex ceremonies

We seem to be in an age of increasing government mandates that strike at the very core of the freedom of religion. The HHS Mandate in just one example of government mandates that disregard freedom of religion. More...

By deskofbrian On Thursday, May 17th, 2012
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Surveillance drone spotted over Chicago suburb

Amateur video posted on YouTube over the weekend seems to suggest that unmanned surveillance drones might be flying over Chicago’s skies for the NATO summit this weekend. The video, filmed in north suburban More...

By deskofbrian On Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
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Tonya Thomas, Florida mother, murders her 4 kids, shoots herself

PORT ST. JOHN, Fla. (AP) — A Florida mother who fatally shot her four children before killing herself Tuesday called three of the kids who had sought help from a neighbor back to the house before firing the fatal More...

By deskofbrian On Monday, May 14th, 2012
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Newsweek features Obama cover with rainbow halo: First Gay President

Newsweek has released the cover of their next issue, on the cover of which they depict President Obama with a rainbow halo and the title of ‘The First Gay President’. The news-magazine, which hits stands More...

By deskofbrian On Sunday, May 13th, 2012
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New Document surfaces: Barack Obama Sr was deemed ‘Anti-American’ and ‘Anti-White’

Barack Obama’s controversial and legally-contested hold on the executive office just got a great deal more complicated. Documents released this week by the British Foreign Secretary reveal that the president’s More...

By deskofbrian On Sunday, May 13th, 2012
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Vanderbilt University battles Tennessee Governor Haslam over religious freedom

Last week, Tennessee legislators sent a message to Vanderbilt University: Religious liberty matters. Large majorities in both houses passed a bill to prohibit the school from interfering in the ability of student More...

By deskofbrian On Saturday, May 12th, 2012
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Aimee Copeland battling flesh-eating bacteria, may lose more body parts

Aimee Copeland, the 24-year-old Georgia student who has already lost her leg to necrotizing fasciitis, a rare, flesh-eating bacteria, is in critical condition and may also lose her hands and her other foot, according More...