Peyton Manning has enlisted the services of former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer amid allegations that the Denver Broncos quarterback was sent human growth hormone (HGH) while recovering from a neck injury in 2011. The accusation stems from an investigation into the sports doping industry by Al Jazeera. In the report, British journalist Liam […]
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Kim Davis Reflects on Her Role in Same-sex Marriage Debate
Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who spent five days in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, said she prayed for those who disagreed with her and feels the pace of social change has “awakened” Christians across the country. In an interview with The Associated Press about her year at the center […]
Obama is Back in Hawaii for Christmas Vacation
After a somber start to his vacation, President Barack Obama arrived in Hawaii on Saturday to celebrate Christmas and ring in his final year as president. Air Force One carrying Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and daughters Malia and Sasha landed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in the wee hours of the first day of […]
Drug-Price Poster Boy’s Arrest Unlikely to Curb Increases
Threatening one tiny drug company’s CEO with prison isn’t going to stop drugmakers from raising prices on products. Turing Pharmaceuticals AG Chief Executive Officer Martin Shkreli was arrested Thursday by U.S. law enforcement on charges of securities law violations that don’t involve his current company. Shkreli has previously denied any wrongdoing in the matter, and […]
Blumenthal: If Same Number of Gun Deaths Were Due to Illness, ‘This Nation Would Be Up in Arms’
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said Thursday that “If 30,000 people in the United States of America fell sick of flu or Ebola or polio, this nation would be up in arms,” adding that the U.S. is dealing with “an epidemic of gun death and gun disease that is taking lives.” “If 30,000 people in the […]
Doctors Without Borders Refuses Pentagon Money to Rebuild Hospital Damaged in Airstrike
Doctors Without Borders is saying no thanks to a Pentagon offer to pay for rebuilding its trauma center destroyed by a U.S. AC-130 gunship on Oct. 3, killing 30 patients and staff. A group spokeswoman told The Washington Times on Sunday that the nonprofit, also known as Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), has made it a […]
NY State Audit Finds Obamacare Exchange Enrolled Hundreds of Dead People
Never let it be said that Democrats don’t take care of their constituents. Dead voters frequently supply the margin of victory to Democrats in key elections, so it makes sense that the signature achievement of the Democratic Party in the Obama era takes special care of the dead. Matthew Hamilton of the Albany Times-Union reports: […]
Dead Mouse Found in Subway Sandwich in Oregon
A Subway customer says he found a dead mouse in a sandwich at a restaurant on the Oregon coast. Matt Jones says spotting the mouse at the Lincoln City restaurant last week was the funniest thing he ever saw — and the most disgusting. He tells Portland’s KGW-TV (http://is.gd/275jag ) his friend Jay ordered an […]
Playboy to Stop Publishing Photos of Nude Women
It revolutionized the sexual revolution, but Playboy magazine will stop featuring photos of nude women beginning in March, founder Hugh M. Hefner has decreed, as reported by The New York Times. According to The Times, the 89-year-old Mr. Hefner was approached by magazine editor Cory Jones about a major shift in the magazine’s output by […]
Obama Administration Bans All Pork Products From Prison Menus
The federal Bureau of Prisons, a subdivision of President Barack Obama’s Justice Department, has banished all pork products from the menus in all federal prisons, according to a report in the Washington Post. The government says it made the decision to do this because a survey showed that inmates do not like eating pork products. The Council […]
9/11 Cops Have 50 Percent Higher Cancer Rate
A shocking study by the New York City Police Department reveals cops who worked at the smoldering World Trade Center site after the 9/11 attacks had 50 percent more instances of cancer than officers did in the years before the tragedy. The New York Post, which obtained a copy of the 20-year study, says the […]
Drug Firm Ripped For Hiking Pill’s Cost From $13.50 to $750
Infectious disease specialists are protesting a huge overnight increase in the price of a 62-year-old drug used to treat a life-threatening parasitic infection. The drug, Daraprim, was acquired last month by Turing Pharmaceuticals, a start-up run by a former hedge fund manager, which immediately raised the price to $750 a tablet from $13.50, The New […]
