“CHARLESTON, S.C., March 19 (Reuters) – Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the sister of TV comedian and political satirist Stephen Colbert, was the easy winner of the Democratic Party nomination on Tuesday in a special primary election to fill a vacant South Carolina seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, CNN projected.”* …

“Commenting on the tenth anniversary of the Iraq war, Fox News host Eric Bolling claimed invading the country was former President George W. Bush’s most intelligent move. Bolling said on Fox News’ The Five that the world already knew Saddam Hussein was a “bad guy” because the Iraqi dictator had …

“A Brooklyn man wants to provide guilty New Yorkers with a road to redemption. The method? An anonymous, judgement-free hotline that will accept all their apologies. “I think forgiveness is a very powerful thing — and not everyone has an outlet for that,” the organizer of the hotline, who wishes …

“Two football player high school students in Connecticut are charged with the second-degree sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl. The allegations come amid other complaints of hazing at the school, but Torrington High School officials insist that these are individual instances and not a part of a larger cultural problem.”* …

“Harvard researchers have found that over-consumption of sodas and sugary drinks may be linked to 180,000 worldwide deaths a year. The report, released Tuesday, also notes the studied beverages contribute to about 25,000 American deaths a year, placing the country third overall. The report, unveiled during an American Heart Association …

“A Winston-Salem-based United Methodist church has announced that it will stop performing straight weddings until same-sex marriage is legalized in North Carolina. The Green Street United Methodist Church announced its decision in a powerful, deeply affirming statement asking the congregation’s pastors to perform marital blessings in lieu of official marriage …

“One of the many lowlights from this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference was the “Trump The Race Card: Are You Sick And Tired Of Being Called A Racist When You Know You’re Not One?” seminar (not to be confused with the “Trump The Green Card: Are You Sick And Tired …

Squeak, squeak. The bell rings. The crowd sings. My human waves his hand in the air. Squeak. Click. Click. Squeak. A fish. One fish. My body is a barrel racing, breaking the thin line between my aquatic home and the fresh air of human. Whooooooooooosh. A hope, my equilibrium. A …

“On his second trip to the Middle East as U.S. commander in chief, President Barack Obama this week will confront a political and strategic landscape nearly unrecognizable from the one he encountered on his first trip to the region shortly after assuming office in 2009.”* Obama has built sort of …

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