Riley Cooper, the Philadelphia Eagles receiver who apologized for using a racial slur that was caught on video, had a bounty put on him by Michael Vick's brother, although the Eagles quarterback was defensive of his teammate.
Marcus Vick, a former college quarterback and Michael's brother...
By now you've almost certainly heard about Jennifer Livingston, the WKTB news anchor who responded to viewer Kenneth Krause, who wrote in to criticize her weight earlier this week. Her on-air defense of her weight (and ability to set a good example for her community, whatever her size) was...
This Sunday, Oprah Winfrey will share her highly-anticipated interview with Rihanna on OWN. One of the most interesting--and disturbing--highlights of this show includes Ri-Ri talking about Chris Brown (who is apparently back in her life), the abuse she suffered and how she wants all of us to...
LFO's Brad Fischetti Defends Anti-Abortion Tweets, Says He's "Never Harassed" Clinic
Well, here's a place where he doesn't want the girls stopping by. Brad Fischetti, a member of "Summer Girls" group LFO, made headlines this week when Buzzfeed realized...
Natalia Vodianova took to Facebook to defend her inflammatory statement that "everyone knows skinny is better than fat" made at the Vogue Festival last weekend, shifting the blame for eating disorders onto the food industry and world economy. Although her argument—that there are industries other...
Kim Kardashian was on the "Today Show" this morning, talking about optimism and overcoming challenges and all those things celebrities talk about on morning talk shows, until host Ann Curry asked her The Flour-Bombing Incident. A few weeks ago, PETA member Christina Cho*shouted 'fur hag'...
Backstage at DWTS: Maks Defends Harsh Words to Len, Saying, "I Have Had Enough!"
Can you believe the nerve of these judges on Dancing With the Stars? Getting all judgy with their judgy selves as if they were supposed to be judges or something?! That's pretty much...
Jose Aldo defended his featherweight championship with a decision over Kenny Florian at UFC 136 in Houston on Saturday. Aldo won the fight 49-46 on all three judges' cards.
Aldo also able to tag Florian in the first minutes of the bout, so Florian turned to takedowns. Aldo held off Florian's...
So it turns out that when the Real Madrid and Barcelona boys are on the same team instead of going against each other in a never-ending series of death matches, they actually join forces and fight against their common enemy instead of each other.
After Spain fell behind 2-0 in the first 20...
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It was unquestionably the hit of the preseason, and not in a good way — when Denver Broncos safety Rahim Moore leveled Bills receiver Donald Jones during the Broncos' Saturday win over...
With health reform law generally unpopular in polls, President Obama used his State of the Union address yesterday to urge the Republicans to move on and work with him at improving the law. He made it clear that although he is willing to talk about some alterations, he is unwilling to allow the...
Reuters: The Justice Department released a statement yesterday defending the federal health overhaul law from legal critics. "A conservative public interest group, the Thomas More Law Center, had filed a lawsuit in Michigan on March 23, the day Obama signed the law, and asked the court for an...
In a letter to the editor of the Washington Post about a recent article on embryonic stem cell research, NIH Director Francis Collins writes that he is "concerned that readers might come away ... confused about what is happening" at the agency. He adds that "stem cell research is progressing...
In an Oval Office interview with The Washington Post, President Barack Obama "rejected criticism that he has compromised too much to secure health-care reform or turned over too much authority to congressional leaders in pursuing his broad legislative agenda." Although the President noted that...
In an Oval Office interview with The Washington Post, President Barack Obama "rejected criticism that he has compromised too much to secure health-care reform or turned over too much authority to congressional leaders in pursuing his broad legislative agenda." Although the President noted that...
Obama defends his wide-ranging reform agenda amid recession
With the rumblings of dissent building over the breadth of reform proposals coming from the White House, President Barack Obama said this morning that America can--and must--take on so many challenges even as the economy...