“Dozens of President Barack Obama’s Democratic allies have sided with Republicans to back a bill the White House says could gut its health law. The House of Representatives passed the proposal by 261-157, with the help of 39 Democratic lawmakers. The bill, which seeks to bypass the health law’s minimum …

“At her Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday, Janet Yellen, the nominee to replace Ben Bernanke as chair of the Federal Reserve after he steps down from his current term, discussed the rising trend of income inequality and the threat it poses to the economy. “This is a very serious problem, …

“Police officers from Fredericksburg, Va. have landed in hot water after a video surfaced of one policeman applying a taser to suspect, Lantz Day, 36, for what appears to be 42 seconds. The Fredericksburg police department is now conducting an internal investigation to decide if the officer used excessive force …

“A New York architect has filed a lawsuit against an Ivy League journal editor alleging she wrote increasingly libelous blog posts about his sex life and anatomy after the two stopped seeing each other. [Some of the associated images, below, are NSFW] John Wender of Bartolone Wender Architects claims in …

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The U.S. government destroyed nearly six tons of ivory on November 14 by crushing the products into tiny pieces. This symbolic event aimed to bring attention to the corruption and illegal activity surrounding the killing of elephants for the ivory trade. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is …

China faces a lot of problems but the thing you have to remember is they are all caused by hostile foreign forces. So you should just thank your lucky stars the Communist Party is there to defend the country from outside forces that would carve up China like a melon. …

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Controversial Mars Hill pastor Mark Driscoll got more than he bargained for when he did a ‘ask me anything’ event on Twitter. Did JPMC fare any better? Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur break it down. Read more about this story here from Vanessa Ho / SeattlePi.com: http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2013/11/12/ask-mark-driscoll-goes-absurd/ Download audio and …

“An Ohio gynecologist is feeling the burn after a patient filed a lawsuit alleging he sprayed her internally with a chemical found in drain cleaner when he meant to use vinegar. The patient, identified only as Laura, claims that Dr. John Black doused her with a solution containing the chemical …