Death Penalty

Report: Death Sentences At Lowest Level In Decades

David Taintor | December 15, 2011, 2:44PM

The world watched, transfixed, as Georgia man Troy Davis headed for execution by lethal injection in September, with many calling the execution unjust. A Republican debate audience that same month cheered loudly as Texas Gov. Rick Perry defended his state's record of executing more death row inmates than any other governor in modern times. But death penalty opponents might breathe a sigh of relief today.

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Topics: Capital Punishment, Death Penalty, Rick Perry

Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart: TLC's All-American Muslim Isn't Controversial, It's Boring

David Taintor | December 14, 2011, 9:41AM

The Learning Channel's programming isn't all innocent shows about young boys and girls dolled-up in pageants. Sometimes the network slips up, Jon Stewart said Tuesday.

Like TLC's new show, All-American Muslim. "What are they thinking?" Stewart said. "Who gives a jihadi terrorist cell a show? I say ... assuming that that must be it, because there's a controversy."

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Topics: 'All-American Muslim', Jon Stewart, TLC, The Daily Show

Tea Party

Tea Party Group Calls 'Half Black, Half White' Obama A Skunk

David Taintor | December 12, 2011, 3:17PM

A Kansas tea party group is saying "pee-eww" to President Obama.

Patriot Freedom Alliance, a tea party group in Hutchinson, Kansas, made a statement on its website recently, depicting Obama as a skunk.

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Topics: Barack Obama, Patriot Frreedom Alliance, Tea Party