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• May 7, 2013

  New Study Claims Porn Not as Bad as You Think, But Not Everyone Agrees

  A new study conducted in the Netherlands has concluded that pornography consumption has only a small influence on risky, adventurous sexual behavior, but some U.S. experts disagree.

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  May 7, 2013

  MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry Says Bush Library Won't Cover Sins of Katrina

  MSNBC political commentator and resident of post-Katrina New Orleans, Melissa Harris-Perry, took aim at former President George W. Bush over the weekend, pointing out that his recently opened library would not cover the legacy of his Hurricane Katrina decisions.

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  May 6, 2013

  SC Dem Chairman Vows to Send Indian-American GOP Gov. Nikki Haley 'Back to Wherever the Hell She Came From'

  South Carolina Democratic Chairman Dick Harpootlian has been getting mounting flak for suggesting this past weekend that the state's Indian-American Republican governor Nikki Haley go "back to wherever the hell she came from."

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  May 6, 2013

  Dems Anxious About Obamacare Effect on 2014 Elections

  With its piecemeal rollout and general confusion among the public about its implementation, President Obama's Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare as it is popularly known, could be a liability for Democratic politicians in the 2014 elections as it was in 2010 when the act was signed into law.

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  May 6, 2013

  GOP Shows Surprising Grit Ahead of Special, Gov., General Senate Elections

  On the eve of a special election to determine the next representative of South Carolina's First Congressional District, embattled ex-governor of the state Republican Mark Sanford, has been showing plucky resilience at the polls with a one point lead over Democratic challenger Elizabeth Colbert Busch. And he isn't the only GOP candidate showing grit in the polls.

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  May 3, 2013

  Was Relay Team Disqualified From State Championships for 'Religious Gesture?'

  Members of a boys 4 X 100 meter relay high school track team in Texas were left in tears last weekend after the University Interscholastic League of Texas disqualified them from competing in the state championships because the team's anchor runner made a "religious gesture" as he crossed the finish line to win their regional title.

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  May 3, 2013

  $2 Million Offered for Arrest of First Woman on FBI's Most Wanted List

  A $2 million reward was offered on Thursday for information leading to the arrest of the first woman ever to make the Federal Bureau of Investigation's "Most Wanted Terrorist" list.

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  May 3, 2013

  Obama 'Comfortable' With Sale of Morning-After Pill to 15-Year-Olds

  President Barack Obama said he is "comfortable" with a recent decision by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to allow over the counter access of morning-after pills (Plan B) to girls 15 and older.

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  May 3, 2013

  Americans Are Hostages to 'Tyranny of Political Correctness,' Says Redskins Quarterback RGIII

  As a controversy continues to brew over the 'racist' and 'derogatory' nature of the naming of the NFL's Washington Redskins, the team's quarterback Robert Griffin III, complained on Tuesday that America is being held hostage by political correctness.

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  May 3, 2013

  ESPN's Chris Broussard: 'Though I'm Getting a Lot of Hate, God Is Being Glorified'

  Under fire for publicly declaring that practicing homosexuality isn't supported by Biblical scripture, ESPN sports analyst Chris Broussard told a national group of Christian men on Thursday that God was being glorified in the firestorm.