By Michael Bastasch Good news for penguin fans. The global population of penguins has boomed in the last 20 years, despite warnings from environmentalists that penguin numbers would dwindle as global warming melted the polar ice caps. New reports, however, show these predictions were wrong. The latest reports indicate the number of pairs of Adélie…
UNITED KINGDOM – Heather Gibson pleaded guilty and was given four years in prison after falsely claiming that her boyfriend raped her 14 times. Gibson was seeking revenge after she lost her baby to child services when she reported to officials that Gavin Plaistowe had dropped her baby. During the investigation, Plaistowe was taken into…
By Blake Neff North Carolina’s governor announced Wednesday afternoon he will sign a bill that makes his state the latest to potentially modify controversial Common Core education standards. Gov. Pat McCrory says that he will sign off on a compromise measure that has both sides of the Common Core debate claiming a measure of victory….
Novartis and Google signed a deal today to develop a new smart contact lens that would place hi-tech sensors on contact lenses. The lenses would analyze a person’s tears in order to provide measurements on blood glucose levels. These are then sent wirelessly to a mobile device in order to provide accurate information to those…
Joy McCall, 35, was sentenced to ten years in prison for having sex with her friend’s 12-year-old son. McCall, who has children the same age, pleaded guilty to two counts of lewd and lascivious battery. The woman had been arrested after the victim told a friend that he was having sex with his mom’s friend….
By Jonah Bennett Democratic Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has criticized the White House on its handling of the immigration issue, but has balked at plans to send unaccompanied migrant children to his state, CNN reports. The reason for his objections? O’Malley thinks that to send the unaccompanied migrant children back to their home countries is to “summarily send…
By Jonah Bennett A bill passed by the House on Tuesday forbids state and local governments forever from taxing Internet access, reports the Hill. For Republicans, the point of the Internet Tax Freedom Act, originally enacted in 1996, is to reinforce market stability and consumer certainty. The recent measure would renew the almost expired extension passed in…
By Blake Neff A Missouri bill that would have allowed teachers and other school personnel to carry concealed weapons on school grounds has been vetoed by the state’s governor. “Arming teachers will not make our schools safer,” Gov. Jay Nixon, a Democrat, said in a statement after rejecting the bill. “I cannot condone putting firearms…
The attempted commandeering of the cause of liberty should be rejected at every turn (This article originally appeared on the Commentator in January of 2013) A young, attractive couple joined my group of dedicated liberty activists for cocktails and dinner one night in downtown New York City in the late summer of 2011. The man,…
By Jonah Bennett In reaction to a proposed amendment to block decriminalization of marijuana in D.C., the White House Office of Management and Budget took a strong stance in favor of states’ rights, the Washington Post reports. Republican Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland introduced an amendment which would prevent the D.C. Council from using any federal funds to…