Assault on Calabasas boy may be tied to Facebook message targeting redheads

Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives are investigating an assault on a 12-year-old middle school boy in Calabasas who may have been targeted after a Facebook group urged students to beat up redheads, a sheriff's official said today.

Jon Stewart Enlists Pro-Wrestler Mick Foley To Protect 10-Year-Old Gay Marriage Activist (VIDEO)

"I was touched by young Will's plight so I'll tell you what I'm going to do: If I find out that anybody has hassled this young man or teased him or called him a wad of any sort, I and perhaps a few of my friends will come to his school and bring a world of pain.

Father Kills Son for Molesting Sister

A 15-year-old boy who was killed by his father in an execution style killing spent the last moments of his life pleading, "No, Daddy! No!" Thanks, Loretta and others for more info about the story. Readers, search out there comments for more details.

Dembski Stoops Even Lower: Legal Threats to Silence a Critic

For those who have slightly better memory of recent events than an average gerbil, you'll surely remember that not too long ago, the Intelligent Design folks, with the help of Ben Stein, put together a whole movie about how evilutionists are all a bunch of evil fascists, out to s …

New "Don't Label Me" Billboard Campaign in the UK

The groups that brought you the "classlc" atheist bus ads are back with a billboard message that is sure to spark some great discussions:

Study finds gay priests no more likely to molest children then straight priests

A study commissioned by US Roman Catholic bishops on the roots of the clergy sex abuse scandal, has so far found no evidence that gay priests are more likely than heterosexual clergy to molest children.

No arrests for conservative Christians' anti-gay talk

The evangelical activists had been hoping to provoke arrest, because, as organizer Gary Cass of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission put it, "we'd have standing to challenge the law." But their prayers were not answered.

Slate's unauthorized index of Sarah Palin's autobiography, Going Rogue.

When Sarah Palin's 413-page autobiography, Going Rogue: An American Life, hit stands Tuesday, readers discovered the governor's most mavericky move yet—that the book lacks an index. So Slate has compiled its own.

New study confirms exotic electric properties of graphene

Not only is this the thinnest material possible, but it also is 10 times stronger than steel and it conducts electricity better than any other known material at room temperature.

Seventh-Day Adventists split over evolution? - The Panda's Thumb

...[T]he board of trustess of La Sierra University in Riverside, California, voted to endorse young-earth creationism:La Sierra's board of trustees last week unanimously voted to endorse Adventist beliefs that the world was created in six 24-hour days and said the teaching of e …

The American Family Assn. attacked Gap for not using the word 'Christmas' in its advertising -- but in fact it does, and in a big way too.

The Mississippi-based American Family Assn. last week issued a fatwa against Gap Inc.

Union Bullies Boy Scout for Dastardly Good Deed

A 17-year-old Boy Scout worked more than 200 hours to clear a path in his local park so that people could enjoy walking and biking along the river.

Dwarf Goat More Reptile Than Mammal - Crocogoat?

What had bones like a crocodile and grew like a crocodile, but was a goat? The answer, according to a new study, was the now-extinct Myotragus, also known as "mouse goat."

Another Nail In The Intelligent Design Coffin: Specization (i.e. Macroevolution) Observed In The Wild

On one of the Galapagos islands whose finches shaped the theories of a young Charles Darwin, biologists have witnessed that elusive moment when a single species splits in two.

Q & A with the Firendly Atheist from Nancy Duke Reporting

ND: How can an atheist celebrate Christmas, the holiday to recognize the birth of Baby Jesus? HM: It's also Winter Solstice, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, ChriFSMas, and a variety of other holidays. Take your pick.

Teabaggers punk'd by anti-racists who get them to cheer rant against European-American immigrants (With Video)

At the rally in Minneapolis, the demonstrators got punk'd by a young man who called himself "Robert Erickson".

166 middle-schoolers suspended for dress code violations

This morning, 166 Wilson County middle school children were sent home on the first day of stricter enforcement of the county dress code. Each child received a three-day suspension.

Splash! NASA moon crash struck lots of water

Suddenly, the moon looks exciting again.

AP Says The Lies In Palin's Book "Haven't Become Any Truer Over Time." Palin Upset, Calls AP's Fact-Checking "Opposition Research"

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) went after the Associated Press on Sunday, accusing them of engaging in "opposition research" in fact-checking her forthcoming book.

Skip The Hand Shake Now Has A Wristband

No Righteous Cause is complete without a colored wristband. That's why I'm so excited that the no-hand shake movement (yes, movement) now has an official blue wristband for people who want to show that they support the effort. Get a ten pack of them here for $20.

Christians to take 'hate crimes' challenge to Holder

A rally is being planned in Washington to raise the alarm over the nation's new "hate crimes" law and to force Attorney General Eric Holder to confront the unconstitutionality of the measure's "thought" penalties, according to a Christian leader working on the event.

Beating suspect said 'God made me hate gay people'

Shouting an anti-gay slur, three assailants beat a man and his cross-dressing friend before stealing $7 from one of them, Nassau County police said Thursday.

Fox News's Faux News

It must be stated over and over again: the Fox News Channel is not a news channel. It's a Republican party propaganda channel. As such, its first amendment right to say whatever it likes ought to be protected, but not its "right" to call itself "news".

'Death Panels' Hypocrisy: RNC Health Insurance Provider Promotes End-Of-Life Counseling

Over the summer, one of the GOP’s loudest complaints against health care legislation was a provision offering senior citizens Medicare reimbursement for end-of-life counseling.

US evangelist Tony Alamo gets 175 years for sex crimes

Tony Alamo, a US preacher, has been sentenced to 175 years in prison for taking underage girls across state lines for sexual intercourse.

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