“It’s a rare event when an FT headline sets the pulses racing. When I used to work in the politics team there, we used to joke that our scoops on the latest ministerial antics had been knocked off the front page by hot news on a cement company merger in …

“An 11-year-old student may face charges after he said his parents encouraged him to bring a gun to school for protection. Fox Salt Lake City reports that the boy said his parents’ suggestion came after the devastating Sandy Hook Elementary shooting on Friday. The student allegedly pulled the .22-caliber pistol …

“It’s a familiar drill for millions of travelers: bare feet shuffling on a cold floor, belt off, emptied pockets, personal effects exposed for maximum humiliation. This surely constitutes an unreasonable search and seizure without probable cause, explicitly prohibited by the Fourth Amendment. Yet we cede this constitutional right to the …

“Rather than come to some agreement with the administration, House Republicans have switched to a unilateral plan to deal with the fiscal cliff: Bush-era tax rates would remain for all income under $1 million. The White House has now announced that Obama would veto any such measure, and the House …

“What do you reach for? ART! That’s what I’m talking about. The very apex of your art! I want to hear your sinews crack and strain. I want your souls… to enter those microphones and emerge, like ghosts, in the homes of our listeners. There’s an army of them out …

“A federal judge sentenced a hacker to 10 years in prison on Monday after he broke into the personal online accounts of Scarlett Johansson, Christina Aguilera and other women and posted revealing photos and other material on the Internet. U.S. District Judge S. James Otero sentenced Christopher Chaney after hearing …

Can Danny Amendola keep it up? Is Russell Wilson’s hot streak coming to an end? Will Brandon Lloyd go off again? It’s Week 16, fantasy football championship week, and Matt Ufford has all the advice you need to help you raise your league trophy. Scott Halleran – Getty Images Sport …

Esquire NFL columnist Lindsay McCormick joins Matt to discuss the deplorable Jets quarterback situation; her rumored dalliance with Mark Sanchez (they’re just friends); her Super Bowl picks; a career arc that includes ESPN, Comcast, and CBS Sports; Machiavellian collusion in fantasy football; college football recruiting, and more. For more on …

The third installment of a five day look at America’s doomsday obsession. Follow this series at http://www.thevergeprophecies.com Nancy Lieder explains her telepathic connection to the Zetas, and their prediction of the Earth Changes that will kill 90% of the world’s population. Read the full article on The Verge: http://www.theverge.com/2012/12/19/3757380/the-end-planet-x-2012-zeta-talk More …

Docile dolphins? Hardly. Sometimes these bottlenose dolphins seem to be just looking for a fight! ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that …