Africa’s Khoe-San were first to split from other humans
Southern Africa’s bushmen, and their relatives the Khoe, veered off on their own path of genetic development 100,000 years ago, according to a new study this week.
Former FEC chair tells Moyers superPACs are ‘shadow party committees’
The man who told Stephen Colbert how to set up his own super PAC told Bill Moyers this week that regardless of judicial intent, thEse groups are not independent.
Report: Chick-fil-A still raising funds for anti-LGBT groups
Just two days after Chick-fil-A was thought to have promised to stop fundraising for LGBT rights opponents, a report says it is still is.
Montana gubernatorial candidate compares getting an abortion to taking aspirin
The Republican candidate in the Montana governor’s race likened the decision to get an abortion to taking an aspirin during the state’s first gubernatorial debate earlier this week.
Justice Department releases names of 55 Guantanamo detainees
In what human rights groups called a surprise decision, the U.S. Justice Department released the names of 55 Guantanamo Bay prison detainees Friday.
Fiona Apple facing up to 10 years in jail over Texas marijuana bust
The singer may face serious jail time in Texas thanks to a state law that classifies possession of any amount of hashish, no matter how small, as a third-degree felony.
Check out our Election 2012 coverage
- Bill Maher slams undecided voters: ‘dipsh*ts’ should stay home
- Texas man takes down lynched chair, threatens media
- Campaign claims Romney paid 14.1 percent tax rate in 2011
- AARP repeatedly boos Ryan for vowing to repeal ‘Obamacare’
- Mormon church threatens to excommunicate member who criticized Romney
- Voting expert to Shepard Smith: Voter fraud rare as ‘winning the lottery’
- Ann Romney scolds Republicans: You’re ‘lucky’ to have Mitt
- Romney mocks Obama’s reform record in Florida
- Obama: Immigration reform ‘my biggest failure so far’
- Obama is pulling ahead in the battleground state of Wisconsin. Here’s why.
