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Al Franken Questions Steve Jobs

Here comes the first major threat to iPhones (well, not the first, the Droid by Motorola is already performing impressively against the iPhone, and in many areas surpassing its initial breakthrough). It appears the phones track your every movement and it doesn’t take much for someone else to get that information. Android devices are riddled

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Website Queerty Shuts Down

Queerty, an internet website posting news and entertainment focused on the LGBT Community, and often a source of controversial commentary, has shut down after 5 years…the following message is from Queerty… A message from Queerty After more than five years of serving the LGBT community with news and entertainment, Queerty has come to a close.

Supreme Court Says Anti Gay Funeral Pickets Allowed

Courtesy Associated Press… WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a grieving father’s pain over mocking protests at his Marine son’s funeral must yield to First Amendment protections for free speech. All but one justice sided with a fundamentalist church that has stirred outrage with raucous demonstrations contending God is punishing the military

Thai Airline Promotes Equality With Transgender Flight Attendants

A new airline out of Thailand is hiring transgender flight attendants, promoting equality. Thailand has one of the largest populations of transgender citizens in the world…   According to The Telegraph today , a brand-new airline out of Thailand hopes to promote equal opportunities for Thailand’s “third sex” by hiring three ladyboys among their first

Rhode Island Would Reap Financially From Same Sex Marriage

  New Williams Institute Study Finds Marriage for Same Sex Couples in Rhode Island Would Boost State Budget by Over $1 million Media Contact: M.V. Lee Badgett, LOS ANGELES – A new research study released today by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law shows that allowing same-sex couples to marry in Rhode Island

VIDEO: O’Reilly Keeps Foot In Mouth

Bill O’Reilly just doesn’t know how to back off of a blunder. During an interview with David Silverman, president of the American Atheist Group, O’Reilly proclaimed the mystery of ocean tides to help explain the existence of God. According to O’Reilly, no one knows why the tides go in and out, so it must be

Seabra In Court As Details Unfold

Renato Seabra, the male model who is accused of violently killing a male celebrity television journalist he was vacationing with, 65 year old Carlos Castro, has been arraigned in a Manhattan court. Seabra, 21, admitted to brutally attacking him for more than an hour – castrating him with a corkscrew, stabbing him in the face,

Massive Storm Bears Down on Australia

A category 5 cyclone, rivaling the strength of hurricane Katrina, is set to hit Australia by this Thursday. Although predictions are that the cyclone may be downgraded to a category 3 after it hits land, after the recent flooding devastation in Australia, damage could be substantial to already ravaged country. READ MORE HERE