Pretty sure the first lady’s appearance last night on 106th and Park marks the first time a member of the presidential family guested on the video talk show. Making the rounds to push President Obama’s “North Star” Goal—that by the year 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the…

George Zimmerman’s girlfriend said that he choked her a week before she called police screaming that he had pointed a gun at her “fricking face,” a prosecutor told a judge on Tuesday, the Associated Press reports. The one-time neighborhood watchman became infamous when he was acquitted in the killing of Trayvon Martin, 17, earlier this…

A family court judge ruled that a 29-year-old federal correctional officer, who intentionally got pregnant with a death row inmate’s baby, repeatedly put the baby in “imminent danger,” the New York Daily News reports. Nancy Gonzalez, 29, lost custody of her 7-month-old baby boy, Justus, after a judge found that she went on an “alcohol…

An Ohio Wal-Mart is asking Wal-Mart employees for donations to help people in need of food this Thanksgiving. Those in need: Wal-Mart employees. In a photo that is being distributed on the Internet by “OUR Walmart,” a labor group that is pushing for Wal-Mart to increase wages and allow employees to unionize, shows several large…

On Oct. 28, a family of six from Tennessee was traveling near Taos, N.M., when the driver was pulled over by a state trooper for speeding. There was an argument. The driver—the mother of the five children inside, ages 6-18—attempted to leave and was pulled over again. Her 14-year-old son left the minivan and confronted…

The mother of a 14-year-old Pennsylvania boy caught shoplifting believes the police brutally beat her son, causing several cuts, bruises and a broken nose, NBC10 Philadelphia reports. Marissa Sargeant told the news station that her son was arrested for snagging goods at a local Wal-Mart. She claims that once her son was handcuffed, the teen was beaten…

Updated, Monday, Nov. 18, 5:30 p.m. ET: George Zimmerman has been charged with aggravated assault, battery and criminal mischief in Florida today, as police say he pointed a shotgun at a woman, ABC News reports. Police identified the alleged victim as Samantha Scheibe, and said the incident occurred at a home the two share. Zimmerman, 30, was…

Washington Redskins left tackle Trent Williams claims that umpire Roy Ellison called him a “garbage-ass, disrespectful motherf—ker” during a drive near the end of the first half in Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles, ESPN reports. Williams said that Ellison walked by him and cursed him, an accusation that teammates acknowledged happened. After the game,…

Since president Obama took office, the family has made it a point to attend at least one college basketball game a year. That game is whenever Oregon State plays a team in the Washington, D.C. area. This year the unlucky opponents were the Maryland Terrapins, who were stunned in a 90-83 loss in front of…