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  Senator Harry Reed Called Out for Katrina Remarks

  

  Posted 11:30 AM 1/7/2013 by Ian Auzenne

  U. S. Senator Harry Reid is coming under fire for remarks he recently made downplaying the effects of Hurricane Katrina. The Nevada Democrat, while arguing on the Senate floor for Hurricane Sandy relief for the (More)

  
  

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  Sen. Reid says Hurricane Katrina was "nothing in comparison" to Sandy.

  

  Posted 2:49 PM 1/6/2013

  Speaking to fellow lawmakers on Friday before a vote on Superstorm Sandy aid, Senator Harry Reid said Hurricane Katrina was "nothing in comparison" to Sandy. "The people of New Orleans in that area, they were hurt," said Reid. "But nothing in comparison to what happened to the people in New (More)

  
  

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  RANT: gender-neutral Easy-Bake Oven; abandon toy stereotyping?

  

  Posted 11:13 AM 12/18/2012 by Melissa Canone

  RANT: Is it time to abandon toy stereotyping for good? Or are we too sensitive. This question is raised after Hasbro announced the gender-neutral Easy-Bake oven after a New Jersey teen started an online petition.

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  Rant: TV Weatherperson Fired after Responding to Facebook Comments about Her Hair

  

  Posted 3:52 PM 12/12/2012 by KATC

  A meteorologist at a Shreveport television station has been fired after responding to Facebook comments about her hair.  A viewer of KTBS posted the following to the station's Facebook page about meteorologist Rhonda Lee's hair:

  "the black lady that does (More)

  
  

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  Rant: Mayor defends move to hold marathon, tempers boil

  

  Posted 3:14 PM 11/2/2012 by AP

  RANT: A New Orleans blogger RANTs, can you imagine if Mayor Nagin proposed hosting a marathon in the weeks following Hurricane Katrina? The mayor of New York is under fire right now for insisting the New York Marathon still go on as planned this weekend following Superstorm Sandy. The mayor says (More)

  
  

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  Parents use embarrassing Facebook photos to punish daughter

  

  Posted 1:48 PM 10/24/2012 by KATC

  Crossing a line or all in good fun?

  Wisconsin parents took a different approach when punishing their disrespectful daughter, public shame. They posted embarrassing pictures of themselves on her Facebook page.

  According to Austin Mac, who says his sister is the disrespectful (More)

  
  

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  More uproar about replacement officials

  

  Posted 11:11 AM 9/24/2012 by AP

  People ranted in Baltimore last night chanting Bull**** that could be heard over the air. What are your thoughts about the replacement officials this season?

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  The Rant: Bill Nye Condemns Creationism

  

  Posted 8:44 AM 9/24/2012 by KATC

  A man known to millions of Americans as "Bill Nye the Science Guy" has condemned creationism and those promoting the teaching of creationism in schools.  In an interview with the AP, Nye said Earth, contrary to Biblical teaching, is older than 6,000 or 10,000 years.  He goes further to (More)

  
  

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  RI school system: Dad-daughter dances violate law

  

  Posted 3:50 PM 9/18/2012 by associated press

  RANT: A Rhode Island schools superintendent has ended the district's father-daughter dances and mother-son ballgames to comply with a state gender discrimination law. The ACLU stepped in after a single mother complained her daughter was left out of the father-daughter dance because she had no (More)

  
  

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  Romney's Comments Spark Viral Internet Reactions

  

  Posted 10:36 AM 9/18/2012 by KATC

  A video published by left-leaning magazine MOTHER JONES posted several clips from a speech Mitt Romney gave during a Boca Raton, Florida, fundraiser. In the clip below, Romney says 47-percent of Americans will vote for President Obama because those people are "dependent on government." The video (More)