President Obama has had it up to here with Iran and North Korea’s dreams of nuclear proliferation. Thursday, he made it clear that both could get dealt with if they keep acting up. From The New York Times: “Appearing at a joint press conference with President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea, Mr. Obama singled out…

Life and privacy put through the ringer, Caster Semenya at least gets to keep the gold she won in Berlin at the World Championships last August. As for the gender testsing conducted by after controversy arose with regard to her testosterone levels, South Africa’s sports ministry said those results will be kept confidential. From CNN:…

Here we go. The Senate bill has hit the streets—or the Congressional Budget Office anyway—and it goes a little something like this. From The Washington Post: Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid presented an $848 billion health-care overhaul package on Wednesday that would extend coverage to 31 million Americans and reform insurance practices while adding…

It’s never funny to joke about killing the president or wish for his death in a thinly-veiled way. Apparently, some people still aren’t getting the memo. From Gawker: “There’s a hilarious new meme in the wingnut sectors of the internet: someone’s coined a bumper sticker slogan encouraging people to pray for Barack Obama. But here’s…

There are new breast cancer guidelines that are pretty decent, assuming you’re not a Black woman. If you are a Black woman, you should really, really think twice about what U.S. Preventive Services Task Force have revised with regard to mammography. From NewsOne: “ After reviewing data and weighing the potential risks of mammography against…

Some people, like Senator John Cornyn, are worried that a civilian trial of the 9/11 plotters could lead to their possible release. Adam Serwer of The American Prospect explains why that will never ever ever happen. “The same legal rationale that could have been used to hold him indefinitely will be used to hold him…

President Obama, ambitious fella that he is, knows when certain things are gonna take a bit longer than planned. Such is the case of Guantanamo Bay, which the president admitted will not be closed by January. From The Washington Post: “President Obama directly acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that the prison facility at Guantanamo…

Plenty of people have already gotten jammed up over ill-advised tweets. Now, the shenanigans are going to court. From CNN “In a case that would have been impossible even five years ago, bad-girl rocker Courtney Love is being sued for libel by a fashion designer for allegedly slamming the woman on Twitter. The suit claims…

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that some people think that feds should be able to try 9/11 conspirators in New York while others think military tribunals are the cats pajamas. From the Washington Post: SOURCE: Washington Post-ABC News poll conducted Nov. 12-15 among a random national sample of 1,001 adults. The results have…

The body of a 5-year-old believed to be Shaniya Davis was discovered Monday in Fayetteville, N.C. Authorities are awaiting identity confirmation, but believe it to be the little girl. From CNN: “The body was located by searchers shortly after 1 p.m., Chance told reporters. People at the scene, including searchers and police officers, were “torn…