SURVIVOR UNFRIENDLY

Catholic League’s Donohue vows to fight rape victims ‘one by one’

Priests celebrating Catholic mass via AFP

Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, believes that the Catholic church has gone too easy on the survivors of sex abuse by clergy, and has vowed to fight them “one by one.”

PAY ATTENTION TO ME

Sarah Palin challenges Obama to debate

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin speaking on Sept. 5, 2011. Photo: Flickr user rmarcn.

Former Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Monday night challenged President Barack Obama to a debate.

ILLEGAL CONTACT

Officer tackles Ohio woman for not coming to a complete stop

Addyston police officer tackles Tiffany Decker

Prosecutors in Ohio are considering pressing assault charges against an Addyston police officer after he slammed a woman on the ground for not coming to a complete stop at an intersection.

MANDATE HYPERBOLE CONTROL

Arizona lawmaker compares contraception mandate to Soviet Union

Woman holding birth control pills/contraception (Shutterstock)

An Arizona legislators believes that requiring religious employers to provide health insurance coverage for birth control is something a totalitarian regime would propose.

CRUELTY BY MARIJUANA WITHDRAWAL?

Dying cancer patient booted from hospital for medical marijuana

Medical marijuana advocate Angel Raich

A California woman who says she is dying from a brain tumor was kicked out of a California hospital this week for using doctor-prescribed medical marijuana.

ARMAGEDDON

Scientists: nuclear bomb could stop asteroid from striking Earth

Asteroid 951 Gaspra photo via WikiCommons

Scientists at New Mexico’s Los Alamos National Laboratory believe that a well-aimed nuclear weapon could actually save the world if a major asteroid were hurtling toward us.

Science

Astronauts’ eyeballs deformed by long missions in space, study finds

By Ian Sample Flattening at the back of their eyes may be caused by increased…

Scientist: The brain is like a computer, and we can fix it with nanorobots

by Ian Tucker Synthetic biology has the potential to replace or improve drug therapies for…

Red meat boosts risk of dying young: study

Meat-eating animals lose taste for sweets: study

Tech News

Us and the Game Industry: How indie games are the new counter-culture

by Keith Stuart Keith Stuart: Set for release this winter, the documentary film Us and…

Hackers steal 73,000 users info from porn website

SAN FRANCISCO — Online porn venue Digital Playground was recovering on Monday after hackers looted…

Media

Jack Cafferty: Military-industrial complex has this country by the throat

CNN commentator Jack Cafferty railed against the United States’ ongoing involvement in Afghanistan following the…

Salman Rushdie attacks planned DOJ lawsuit against publishers

By Alison Flood Author tweets ‘the US Justice Dept wants to destroy the world of…

World

Kony 2012 maker defends ‘thoughtful’ campaign

By Lizzy Davies Charity chief behind controversial Ugandan film releases video hitting back at criticisms of its strategy and spending…

‘Afghan soldier shot dead’ at scene of U.S soldier’s attack

An Afghan soldier was killed and a policeman wounded on Tuesday as gunmen opened fire on a government delegation at…

Axe-wielding arsonist kills imam in Brussels mosque

BRUSSELS — An axe-wielding arsonist burst into a Shiite Belgian mosque, killing the imam and destroying much of the building…

Sri Lanka slaps censorship on text messages

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka has imposed censorship on security-related mobile phone messages despite the withdrawal last year of tough emergency…

U.S. News

Health care premiums will surpass median U.S. incomes by 2033: study

The cost of health care will surpass the price of a median income household in…

Santorum accuses Fox News of ‘shilling’ for Romney

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says Fox News has already decided which candidate they are…

Woman arrested for beating boyfriend with jar of jellyfish

A South Carolina woman was arrested over the weekend after she allegedly hit her boyfriend…

Santorum: My home-schooled kids ‘will out-reason Bill Maher’

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says that even his home-schooled 12-year-old could “out-reason” HBO comedian…

Utah coalition presses governor for veto of sex ed ban

A coalition of parents, educators and public officials is pressing Utah’s Governor Gary Herbert to…