You know you’re wrong when a fellow Republican won’t support you. The House Republicans’ No. 2 leader, Eric Cantor of Virginia, rejected Ohio House GOP candidate Rich Iott, who is a Nazi re-enactor. Cantor said that he would not support someone who would do that. Iott, a Tea Party favorite from northwest Ohio, is running…

The third season of the wildly popular reality television series, “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” debuted last night. The new season introduced newcomer Phaedra Parks, a self-proclaimed “Southern belle,” who spent more time with resident frenemy Dwight Eubanks. Nene Leakes unveiled her new look, which includes a new nose that showed up in her commentary…

The third season of the wildly popular reality-television series The Real Housewives of Atlanta debuted last night. The new season introduced newcomer Phaedra Parks, a self-proclaimed “Southern belle,” who spent more time with resident frenemy Dwight Eubanks than with the “housewives.” Nene Leakes unveiled her new look, which includes a new nose that showed up in…

Apparently Glenn Beck’s infatuation with black history extends to slavery. On the Oct. 1 broadcast of The Glenn Beck Program, Beck stated that slavery “started with seemingly innocent ideas.” Come again? What’s even more ridiculous than the comment is how he got there, rambling from one point to the next. He was attempting to deconstruct…

Musician and former Haiti presidential hopeful Wyclef Jean has been named a Visiting Fellow at Brown University. Jean has accepted an appointment in the Department of Africana Studies for the 2010-2011 academic year. Brown University says the Grammy Award winner and activist will engage in activities related to its Haiti Initiative, including lectures, faculty conversations…

Fresh from our “What were they thinking?” file, firefighters in rural Tennessee allowed a house to burn down over an unpaid $75 fee. Gene Cranick and his family lost all of their possessions, along with three dogs and a cat, in a Sept. 29 fire. The fire started when the Cranicks’ grandson was burning trash…

A lawyer for Johannes Mehserle, the ex-BART cop who shot and killed Oscar Grant, an unarmed black man, while he lay face-down on a train platform, has asked for a retrial. Mehserle’s defense attorney, Michael Rains, argued that the Alameda County district attorney’s office misled jurors when prosecutor David Stein told jurors that there had…

Indiana University’s Center for Sexual Health Promotion has conducted the largest and most comprehensive national survey of Americans’ sexual behavior since 1994. The study, which is published as a special issue of Journal of Sexual Medicine, offers detailed findings on how often Americans have sex, with whom and how they respond. In all, 5,865 people,…

President Obama is eyeing community colleges in his quest to produce 8 million more graduates by 2020. Obama is hosting a summit at the White House that will include representatives from community colleges, business, philanthropy and government in discussions about how these schools can meet the increased demand for job training. President Obama also wants…

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that hundreds of prosecutors in California have committed prosecutorial misconduct, and authorities failed to either report or discipline them, according to a study conducted by the Santa Clara University School of Law. The misconduct ranged from asking witnesses improper questions during trial to failing to turn over evidence that…