“Alicia Beltran cried with fear and disbelief when county sheriffs surrounded her home on July 18 and took her in handcuffs to a holding cell. She was 14 weeks pregnant and thought she had done the right thing when, at a prenatal checkup, she described a pill addiction the previous …

“A tea party leader and former Baptist pastor — who believes that AIDS is God’s judgement against LGBT people — this week proposed filing a “class action lawsuit” against “homosexuality.” At a Tea Party Unity event on Thursday, LGBT activist Peter LaBarbera told group Chairman Rick Scarborough that Fox News …

“An appearance on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” has cost Don Yelton, a member of the N.C. Republican Party, his position as Buncombe County precinct chair for the GOP. A five-minute segment of the Comedy Central show Wednesday night about the state’s new election law, focused a good bit …

“Casino mogul, and donor of millions of dollars to Republican campaigns and hawkish think tanks, Sheldon Adelson on Tuesday suggested that the use of a nuclear weapon against Iran could help end Tehran’s nuclear program once and for all. Adelson was speaking on a panel called “”Will Jews Exist? Iran, …

“Frank Pallone is mad as hell, and he’s not going to take it anymore! The Democratic congressman from New Jersey went off on a fellow committee member during today’s Energy and Commerce hearing about healthcare.gov’s user woes. Testifying at the hearing are three contractors who worked with the government on …

“Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told his Democratic caucus last week in a private meeting that a top House Republican said to President Barack Obama, “I cannot even stand to look at you,” according to two Democratic senators who were present…The two senators who spoke to HuffPost did not …

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“It’s like Nest for home security.” That’s how CEO Adam Sager describes Canary, and it’s a good description: this home security device not only watches over your home and those in it, but it’s always learning. David Pierce talks with Sager about Canary, home security, and how wired our homes …

Basketball may be a team sport, but anyone who loves it has shot baskets by themselves, alone with the sounds of the game. Those sounds provide the score of the 2013-14 NBA season. Matt Ufford highlights what he hopes to see. For more of SB Nation’s NBA preview, click here: …

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