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Boy Scouts Of America Approves Plan To Allow Openly Gay Members, But Still Ban Gay And Atheist Leaders

To allow gays or not to allow gays was the question looming over the Boy Scouts of America..

Baby Mama Drama: Shady Steve Nash’s Ex-Wife Claims He’s Banned Her From Hollyweird To Avoid Paying Child Support!

Damn, Stevie’s pimp hand is strong like THAT?! Steve Nash Allegedly Bans Ex-Wife From Moving To L.A. To Avoid Child Support According to TMZ reports: Steve Nash is making a full-court press to block his ex-wife from moving from

Put That Away, Mom: Mother Accused Of Mooning School Bus!? [Video]

Will There be Any Safe Programing for kids? FCC May Relax Regulations

Yesterday, I cuddled on the couch with my one-year-old daughter and flipped through television stations with the remote. I wasn’t in the mood to...

You Can’t Be Serious: Ethiopian Marketing Company Uses Condom Fashion Show To Promote Safe Sex! [Pics + Video]

Your eyes are not deceiving you, that “suit” and “dress” are both made entirely of CONDOMS! Ethiopian Social Marketing Group Uses Condom Fashion Show To Promote Safe Sex This story is from 2010, but it was so damn crazy we

3 Tips for Getting Dad to Help with the Kid’s Hair

I’ll never forget that day. I’d worked 10 hours not including the 2 hour trip there and the 2 hour trip back. Work was...

Forever Fine: Photo Gallery Of The Hottest Female Celebs Over 40

The secret to ageless beauty is one of life’s greatest mysteries only known to the timeless eye candy featured on this list (and few others). Whether immortal, blessed or plastic surgeon-preserved, these age-defying celebs grow more stunning with time. Here’s

Old Thing Back: 9 Beloved Music Groups That Should Reunite

Music heads rarely appreciate their favorite groups until they’re performing inside empty Bowling alleys on Tuesday nights. With fame comes unrealistic expectations and unfair scrutiny that never ends. Mostly broken beyond repair, we can only hope that these once beloved

Shook Ones: “Scary” Katy Perry Apologizes And Backpedals Off Of Chief Keef Comments After Being Threatened On Twitter!

Nah, talk that gangsta isht you were talkin’ before… Yesterday, Katy Perry found herself under fire after lightning rod Chicago rapper Chief Keef tweeted threats of bodily harm toward the busty brunette. We’re not sure if Katy did a...

Amanda “I Wanna Be Black” Bynes Arrested In Her Apartment For Piff-Puffin’, Reckless Endangerment, And More!

What the hell is wrong with this crazy beyotch?!?! Amanda Bynes Arrested For Mary Jane Possession And Evidence Tampering According to TMZ reports: Amanda Bynes was arrested in her NYC apartment tonight for Mary Jane possession … TMZ

Interview: Jerome Bettis Discusses His Severe Allergy Issues and Playbook to Help Others

We had the opportunity to talk with Super Bowl Champion, Jerome Bettis, about how he lives with a severe allergy which puts him at...

Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Infantry Monument, Boston, MA

Built in 1897 at the northernmost end of Boston Common at the intersection of Beacon and Park St., the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial depicts Colonel Shaw on horseback leading the Massachusetts 54th Regiment, the first all-volunteer black regiment in the Union army organized in a Northern state. The regiment gained recognition on July 18, 1863, when it spearheaded [...]Show More Summary

Breaking News: Bridge Collapses In Washington State, People Left Sitting Atop Their Cars

We are praying for them. Bridge Collapses In Washington State According to CNN An Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River in Washington has collapsed, a spokesman for the Washington State Patrol said Thursday. People and cars were in the

Killing Americans: Jeremy Scahill on Obama Admin's Admission 4 U.S. Citizens Died in Drone Strikes

Democracy Now The Obama administration has admitted for the first time to killing four U.S. citizens in drone strikes overseas. Three died in Yemen: the Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, his 16-year-old son Abdulrahman al-Awlaki and Samir Khan. Show More Summary

Judge Declares Mistrial In Penalty Phase Of Jodi Arias Trial

The Jodi Arias trial has had so many twist and turns. Mistrial Declared In Jodi Arias Sentencing Trial According to Fox News Jurors who spent five months determining Jodi Arias’ fate couldn’t decide whether she should get life in pr...

Family of Black Okla. Victim Tells Story

The first fatality identified as a casualty of the Oklahoma tornado was Ja'Nae Hornsby, 9, an African American student who was among seven people found dead Monday, drowned under the rubble at Plaza Towers Elementary School in suburban...Show More Summary

Old-School Tips for Better Finances

(The Root) -- I will never forget my father calling out to my sisters and me, "Turn off the lights," as we went from one room to another in our ranch-style Baltimore home, leaving on all the lights in our wake. His next line pretty consistently...Show More Summary

Making It Rain On Them Hoes: Kim Kardashian To Spend $1 Million On Her Swirly Bundle Of Joy’s Birth

If you got it, flaunt it Kimmy. According to The National Enquirer NOTHING is too good for KIM KARDASHIAN’s new baby – and the reality-show diva is sparing no expense

Lauryn Hill's Anti-Gay Lyrics? Just Say No

Lauryn Hill is controversial and problematic, and not just to the Internal Revenue Society. The embattled former Fugee besmirches the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in her newest song, "Neurotic Society (Compulsory Mix)," Monica Miller writes on BET.com. Show More Summary

Jesus Take The Wheel: 15-Year-Old Boy Arrested For Stabbing His 4-Year-Old And 10-Year-Old Brothers To Death

Children killing children. Sad. Teenager Arrested For Killing Brothers According to NY Daily News A teenager was arrested on Thursday after his two younger brothers, ages 4 and 10, were found stabbed to death at the family’s home in