Jen Corey was crowned Miss DC in 2009 and made it to the top 10 of the Miss America Pageant in 2010. A tall and striking blonde, Jen has battled with overzealous men approaching her since she was a teenager. An incident at a D.C. bar prompted her to use her platform as a beauty […]
In a serious blow to Bush administration officials, President Obama admitted that the United States tortured al-Qaeda detainees captured after the 9/11 attacks. The admission made at a Friday press conference included some of the most expansive comments made by Obama about enhanced interrogation practices used by the CIA during the Bush administration, practices he […]
Eric Garner, the Staten Island man who complained of not being able to breath while in a police chokehold, died as the result of compression of the neck according to the medical examiner. The New York City Medical Examiner issued their finding on Friday. The Washington Post reports: He died because of “compression of chest […]
Tom Foley, candidate for governor of Connecticut, scheduled a campaign stop/press conference at the gate of a doomed paper mill hoping to spotlight the failed economic policies of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. However, things quickly became ugly when First Selectwoman Cathy Osten, a Democratic state senator and Malloy supporter, confronted Foley, along with soon-to-be unemployed […]
Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) took to the Senate floor on Thursday, blocking a resolution that “would have acknowledged the reality of climate change.” The resolution required a unanimous vote in order to pass, but Inhofe wanted no part of if because 9,000 so-called scientists had signed a petition expressing doubt that greenhouse gases cause global […]