Culture
Glenn Greenwald Planning Potential Visit to the United States
To "force the issue" of whether the country sees the journalist as a criminal
Russian Official: We Know Reporters Are Trying to Sabotage Hotels from Room Surveillance Video
Let's trade one problem for another!
Air Travelers Bringing Banned Items Onto Planes Headed For Sochi From Moscow
Some toiletries have been banned
Russian DPM: Sochi as Safe as New York, Washington, Boston
Says the risk of terrorism has been overblown
US Law Enforcement Official: Airlines Flying to Russia Warned of Bomb Materials in Toothpaste Tubes
Winter Olympics opening ceremony taking place tomorrow
Twitter Shares Dive More Than 20 Percent
Valued at $50.61 each when markets opened this morning
Russia Calls For Global Ceasefire During Sochi Winter Olympics
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-has also called for an "Olympic truce"
Zuckerberg Advocacy Group Criticizes "Shocking Extremism" in Immigration Debate
FWD.us is working on getting Republicans on board with immigration reform
IOC: "Healthy" Dogs Not Being Killed in Sochi
Reported mass slaughter of strays disturbed some
Will the Sochi Olympics Be a Massive Shitstorm? Possibly a Literal One?
$51 billion doesn't buy much plumbing, apparently
Poll: 57 Percent of Americans Think Terrorist Attack Likely at Sochi Olympics
90-something percent should've said they didn't know, to paraphrase an old Doug Stanhope bit
The Creepy Statism of Utah's Defense of Traditional Marriage
Won't somebody think of the children? And of having more and more and more of them?
Snowboarder Shaun White Drops Out of Olympics Slopestyle, Cites Safety Concerns
Olympics starting this week
NYC Medical Examiners: Philip Seymour Hoffman Autopsy Inconclusive, Further Tests Needed
Academy Award-winning actor was found dead last weekend
Clay Aiken Says He is Running For Congress in North Carolina
"American Idol" star will run in North Carolina's 2nd District
Your Food's Reputation vs. Government Regulation
Government (so far) doesn't micromanage who you share your food with.
US Counterterrorism Official: There are 'Specific Threats' Aimed at Sochi Olympics
Opening ceremony is on Friday
Rep. Mike Rogers Accuses Glenn Greenwald of Illegally Selling Stolen Material
The journalist has been reporting on Edward Snowden's revelations
UN Denounces Vatican Sex Abuse
Demands priests known or suspected to have abused children be handed over to authorities
Hundreds Investigated over Fraudulent Military Recruiting Kickbacks
Has cost the government at least $29 million
LAPD Chief: Officers Violated Policy in Dorner-Related Shooting of Women in Truck
So they do have a policy of not just shooting at people!
Rep. Rogers Accuses Glenn Greenwald of Selling Stolen Materials
By which he means the Snowden documents
Scotland Legalizes Gay Marriage Recognition
First legal marriages will start in the fall
