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Senate Passes Laws Ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Ban on Openly Gay Military

Senate Passes Laws Ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Ban on Openly Gay Military

On Saturday, the Senate agreed to overturn the seventeen year "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban openly gay members of the military. The historic vote and milestone for gays and lesbian troops, passed with a vote of 65 to 31 with 55 Democrats, eight Republicans, and two independents favoring the repeal....

Study Finds FOX News Viewers More Likely to Be "Misinformed"

Study Finds FOX News Viewers More Likely to Be "Misinformed"

The University of Maryland conducted a study of FOX News viewers and found the majority of them are "misinformed." Upon publishing of the results from the study, FOX News senior vice president Michael Clemente issued a statement to Brian Stelter of the New York Times claiming the school itself...

Prince William and Kate Middleton's Royal Wedding Excludes the Obamas and Foreign Dignitaries

Prince William and Kate Middleton's Royal Wedding Excludes the Obamas and Foreign Dignitaries

The Royal wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton is making new headlines as the invitation list does not include President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle. As Prince William is not a direct heir to the throne, the upcoming April 2011 wedding between William and Kate is not classified...

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Who Is Osama Bin Laden?

Osama bin Laden is known today as a notorious terrorist who leads a group of fundamentalist and extremist Muslims that caused so much turmoil in the United States during the September 11 attacks. Osama bin Laden is a son of a multi-millionaire Saudi Arabian patriarch named Mohammed Awad bin Laden....

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Who Is Nelson Mandela?

Nelson Mandela is one of the world’s famous figures for human rights and advocacies on equality and non-discrimination. He was the first president of Africa that was elected under a democratic system. His efforts against apartheid have been instrumental in his political career which gained him the...

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Who Is Imelda Marcos?

Behind the reign of Ferdinand Marcos is a powerful wife who was criticized for her extravagant spending and collections of jewelries, shoes and artworks. Her name is Imelda Marcos, a beauty queen who used her charms to bait the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Her real name is Imelda Remedios...

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Who Is Ferdinand Marcos?

Ferdinand Marcos, whose real name is Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos was known for his long reign in the Philippines that lasted for 20 years. He was also known for his military dictatorship that ended with the bloodless revolution in 1986, as people gathered together in the streets to oust him...

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Who Is Cleopatra?

Cleopatra, formally known as Cleopatra VII Philopator was the famous Egyptian who was well known for her beauty and sex appeal that captured two of the world’s most powerful men, Julius Caesar and Marc Antony. Behind her beauty is actually a brave woman who fought hard to retain Egypt’s independence...

Russian PM Vladmir Putin Sings "Blueberry Hill" for Charity Event

Russian PM Vladmir Putin Sings "Blueberry Hill" for Charity Event

Russian Prime Minister Vladmir Putin made an appearance at a children's charity dinner in St. Petersburg over the weekend and belted the Fats Domino classic "Blueberry Hill" to the applause and swaying of those in attendance. When Putin took the stage, he declared: "Like an overwhelming majority...

Wikileaks Cables Suggest Vatican Refused Cooperation in Irish Sex Abuse Cases

Wikileaks Cables Suggest Vatican Refused Cooperation in Irish Sex Abuse Cases

Wikileaks just released a fresh cache of cables entitled "Sex abuse scandal strains Irish-Vatican relatons, shakes up Irish church, and poses challenges for the Holy See." The cables suggest the Vatican refused cooperation in the 320 victims who filed sex abuse lawsuits against the Church from...