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“A Massachusetts woman undergoing advanced ovarian cancer treatment was arrested at her home recently for her failure to appear in court after paying a $5 dog license late, resulting in a bench warrant. According to Mass Live, Ann Musser, 41, was arrested at her home on an outstanding arrest warrant …

“Mozilla Firefox users who try to use popular dating service OKCupid are currently being shown the above message, encouraging them not to use Firefox. The reason? Mozilla’s new CEO Brendan Eich opposes gay marriage. That’s how you play hardball. Here’s the full text of the message, which is followed by …

*After Turks went to the polls in a round of contentious local elections on Sunday, power outages forced some voting centers to count votes by candlelight. Accusations of election fraud ran rampant, especially in the closely-watched races in the capital. In an attempt to ease voter worry, Turkey’s Energy Minister …

Fox News was pounded by critics yesterday for showing a misleading chart on Obamacare enrollment which led host Bill Hemmer to issue a correction today. The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down. Read more about the chart here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2014/04/01/fox-news-corrects-itself-on-obamacare-numbers-almost-perfectly/ ********** The Largest Online News Show in the World. …

Why does actor Steven Seagal want to move to Russia? What does he think about Putin, Crimea and President Obama? The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down. Read more about Seagal, Russia and Ukraine here: http://www.mediaite.com/online/steven-seagal-wants-to-move-to-russia-to-be-with-putin-his-lifelong-friend/ ********** The Largest Online News Show in the World. Hosted by Cenk …

*A report by the Senate Intelligence Committee concludes that the CIA misled the government and the public about aspects of its brutal interrogation program for years — concealing details about the severity of its methods, overstating the significance of plots and prisoners, and taking credit for critical pieces of intelligence …

TYT140 – A Lot of News in a Little Time For today, April 1, 2014, we cover: – The deadline passing for Americans to sign up for health care under the Affordable Care Act (TYT segment here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kES2Xa0KnNc) – Manufacturing giant Caterpillar’s evasion of $2.4 billion in US taxes – …

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*For the first time, the Washington Post-ABC News poll has found more Americans support Obamacare than oppose it. The poll, released Monday, the law’s enrollment deadline, found 49 percent of Americans support the law and 48 percent oppose it. It was the first time, dating back to August 2009, that …