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Zach Wahls: Top 5 Videos of the Iowa Student

In February, 19-year-old Iowa Student, Zach Wahls, became a social media celebrity over- night. His impassioned speech to the Iowa House of Representatives told a story of growing up with two-moms, leaving a pro-gay parenting message that resonated beyond the video's trending period. Today Wahls's video has re-surfaced along with others that continue to capture hearts through their emotive message.
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For the second time in a week, an iPhone 4 reportedly began smoking and melting without warning.

Another iPhone 4 Spontaneously Combusts in Brazil

For the second time in a week, another report has emerged of an iPhone spontaneously combusting. Brazilian Ayla Mota says he woke up to discover his phone smoking and sparking less than a foot from his face.
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Nigeria Seeks to Criminalize Homosexuality

Same-sex marriages and homosexual activities were officially banned by the senate in Nigeria on Tuesday, placing criminal penalties of up to 14 years in prison on same-sex relationships.
Barney Frank

Barney Frank Retires: 10 Things to Know About the Congressman

Barney Frank announced his retirement from Congress this week, effective at the end of his term in 2013. The Democrat from Massachusetts, first elected to the House of Representatives in 1980, stood out more than others in Washington over the years, and his absence will be notable though some think that is a good thing, and others think it's a bad thing.
Is Pizza a Vegetable?

U.S. House Says Pizza is a Vegetable

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that looks to reinstate pizzas and French fries on lunch menus of federally funded schools. This follows an earlier proposal that threatened to remove the food items from the menu.
Newt Gingrich & Herman Cain

Herman Cain Scandal: Gingrich Must Know Cain's 'Pain'

These are sad days for Republican Presidential hopeful Herman Cain, who has been accused of a 13-year-long extramarital affair and faced scandalous allegations of sexual misconduct by four other women, all within the span of a month.
President John F. Kennedy

Remembering President John F. Kennedy

It has been said that the U.S. lost its innocence on November 22, 1963. Forty eight years have passed since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on that horrific day in Dallas. And in some sense, the nation has never fully recovered.
Super Committee Nov. 2011

Super Committee - on the Brink of Failure, Will it Matter?

FBR Capital Markets said that with a midnight deadline and both sides deadlocked, it appears that a deal is untenable at this point for the U.S. Congress Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction -- colloquially referred to as the Super Committee.
Texas Governor Rick Perry gestures as he announces his presidential bid, in Charleston, South Carolina, August 13, 2011.

Perry Attacks Holder, Obama at Law Enforcement Conference

In the huge ball room of the historic Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Rick spoke to the Federal Law Enforcement Foundation in an event to honor the nation's police and military personnel on Friday. In his speech to hundreds of law enforcement that lined the room, Rick Perry criticized Eric Holder and the Fast and Furious Operation.
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Congress Protects Pizza as a Vegetable

The House of Representatives dealt a blow to childhood obesity warriors on Thursday by passing a bill that abandons proposals that threatened to end the reign of pizza and French fries on federally funded school lunch menus.
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Congress Passes Spending Bill Without Drama

Congress on Thursday found a rare moment of accord in the budget fights that have paralyzed Washington this year as lawmakers voted to extend government funding through December.

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