ANTI-SCIENCE AGENDA

Indiana lawmaker plans new attack on evolution

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After failing to allow public schools to teach “creation science,” Indiana state Sen. Dennis Kruse (R) plans to introduce a bill in the next legislative session that would allow students to question the theory of evolution.

'WHITE CULTURE IS DYING'

21-year-old pushes for white student union to boost 'dying' white culture

Twenty-one-year-old student Matthew Heimbach (R) hands out leaflets against the construction of a mosque on the campus of Towson University, near Baltimore. Photo via AFP.

An American university student is working to create the country’s first white student union, triggering debate over the limits of free speech.

RAWN PAWUL

Ron Paul super PAC spent most of its money on non-campaign activities

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The pro-Ron Paul group Revolution PAC spent 83 percent of its $1.2 million total fundraising haul on administrative costs and not on campaign activities.

THE GOP BUBBLE

Sen. Brown: GOP cocoon is impenetrable to objective facts

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Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio said Tuesday on the Bill Press Show that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his running mate were fed misinformation.

LEGISLATIVE SADISM

Krugman: Budget proposals ‘only considered serious if you inflict pain’

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Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman on Tuesday said it was “unfair” to accuse President Barack Obama of not putting forth serious reforms to Medicare amid the fiscal cliff negotiations.

REPARATIVE THERAPY

Judge allows three California therapists to continue practicing ex-gay therapy

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A judge has temporarily exempted three mental health professionals from a California law that prohibits them from attempting to change the sexual orientation of minors.

Science

Experts: Elephant, giraffe and zebra populations in South Sudan facing extinction

Elephant, giraffe and zebra in the world’s newest nation South Sudan could soon be extinct…

Royal’s hyperemesis gravidarum: No ordinary morning sickness

For anyone who has had hyperemesis gravidarum, the pregnancy-induced vomiting that has caused Prince William’s…

UN chief urges ‘strong political commitment’ on climate change

United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday the world was faced by a global warming…

Economic group: World ‘on collision course with nature’

OECD says not curbing greenhouse gases will have disastrous impact on quality of life, particularly…

Tech News

iTunes launches in South Africa

Apple expanded its ultra-successful online store iTunes to South Africa on Tuesday, giving music fans…

Survey: Android will retain global smartphone lead for next four years

Google’s Android operating system will power more than two-thirds of smartphones sold worldwide in 2012,…

Media

Steve Jobs film starring Ashton Kutcher to debut at Sundance

The first film on the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs since his death, with…

‘Symbolia’ tablet magazine combines comic books and digital journalism

Do comics, serious journalism and tablet computers mix? The founders of the new illustrated tablet…

World

UK’s Bad Sex in Fiction Award celebrates 20 years

One unlucky author was due to be awarded Britain’s “most dreaded literary prize” on Tuesday for the most cringeworthy erotic…

Louvre opens new branch in grim northern mining town

LENS, France — The Louvre museum opened a new satellite branch among the slag heaps of a former mining town…

Non-state-owned brands making inroads in China

China’s top firms are increasingly non-state-owned companies, although traditional businesses still dominate, a survey of the country’s 50 most valuable…

British company will build Africa’s largest solar plant in Ghana

British renewable energy firm Blue Energy announced Tuesday that it will build a giant solar power plant in Ghana which…

French first lady endorses marriage equality

Valerie Trierweiler, the girlfriend of French President Francois Hollande, has given plans to legalise gay marriage her personal seal of…

U.S. News

Netflix shares jump after making deal to stream Disney films

Netflix shares jumped Tuesday with word that the online service struck an exclusive deal to…

DNA evidence links ‘In Cold Blood’ murderers to 1959 Florida cold case

Police think crime similar to the one made famous in Truman Capote’s novel may have…

Report: NC inmates forced to rub habanero pepper sauce on testicles, kiss snakes

The North Carolina Department of Public Safety has asked the State Bureau of Investigation to…

Fox News’ Roger Ailes reportedly urged David Petraeus to run for president in 2011

Bob Woodward reports on recorded conversation in which a Fox News analyst relayed offer from…

Warren to sit on Senate Banking Committee: Reports

Multiple sources are confirming that Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) will be appointed to the Senate…

Bob Shrum schools Ron Johnson: ‘Fantasyland’ to credit Reagan for Clinton economy

Tea party-backed Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) says that former Republican President Ronald Reagan is responsible…