An outrage has been sparked over an ad featuring Felicia the Goat, voiced by rapper Tyler the Creator, prompting PepsiCo to pull the ad and issue an apology. The minute-long commercial features five members of the hip-hop collective Odd Future as suspects in a line-up that also includes a talking goat named Felicia (voiced by the group's ringleader, the rapper-producer Tyler the Creator). A battered and blo ...

[caption id="attachment_9092" align="alignright" width="251"] Brayan Villareal's family is safe and sound. But it was touch and go for a while. (Photo courtesy Wikipedia)[/caption]The Detroit Tigers say relief pitcher Brayan Villarreal is not expected to leave spring training after his family escaped unharmed from a kidnapping attempt in Venezuela, The Associated Press reported today. Villarreal has remaine ...

[caption id="attachment_8768" align="alignright" width="638"] Actress Eva Longoria, who campaigned heavily for President Obama with the Latino community in America, praised the president on his Twitter account today. (Photo courtesy Eva Longoria's Facebook page)[/caption]Following is the full text of remarks made by President Obama today on immigration reform, given to an audience at Del Sol High in Las Veg ...

President Obama outlined his plan for immigration reform today in this news release from the White House, which we present to you here in full. America’s immigration system is broken. Too many employers game the system by hiring undocumented workers and there are 11 million people living in the shadows. Neither is good for the economy or the country. It is time to act to fix the broken immigration system in ...

[caption id="attachment_8752" align="alignright" width="240"] President Obama: Pushing to reform immigration policies.[/caption] President Obama and senior administration officials met with leaders of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus to discuss the need to make things fairer for and grow the middle class by fixing the immigration system so everyone plays by the same rules. The president thanked the members ...

Starting this weekend it is illegal to unlock new phones. ADVISORY BY DECREE OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS IT SHALL HENCEFORCE BE ORDERED THAT AMERICANS SHALL NOT UNLOCK THEIR OWN SMARTPHONES. PENALTY: In some situations, first time offenders may be fined up to $500,000, imprisoned for five years, or both. For repeat offenders, the maximum penalty increases to a fine of $1,000,000, imprisonment for up to ten ...

A Washington woman is accused of using her breasts to smother and kill her boyfriend after an altercation at their mobile home, HuffPost reports. Donna Lange, a 51-year-old woman from Everett, Wash., is believed to have suffocated her boyfriend to death with her breasts on Saturday, Jan. 12, according to Seattle's KIRO 7 Eyewitness News. Deputies, called to the Airport Inn trailer park at 12:45 a.m. for a d ...

President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden announced executive orders that propose to change America's gun laws. Here is the full text of their press conference announcing those changes. THE VICE PRESIDENT: Before I begin today, let me say to the families of the innocents who were murdered 33 days ago, our heart goes out to you. And you show incredible courage -- incredible courage -- being here. And the ...

[caption id="attachment_7726" align="alignright" width="240"] VP Joe Biden is helping President Obama take on the gun-control issue. (Photo courtesy Wikipedia)[/caption]Vice President Joe Biden and police leaders are attacking the issue of gun control and an appropriate U.S. government response to the mass killings of 20 students and 6 of their teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. Here a ...

[caption id="attachment_7572" align="alignright" width="200"] HAWKE FRACASSACommentary+ + +What do you think? I’d value your opinion on the subject. Write to me at hawkefracassa@aol.com and follow me on Twitter @HawkeFracassa.[/caption]Things that were once dubbed “ridiculous” might be possible under a new police state about to come that has been triggered by the brutal deaths of 20 school kids at an elemen ...

  The has been a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown Connecticut. It is reported that at least 20 people are dead, including 10 children. See news footage here. Read more: Children and adults gunned down in Connecticut school massacre – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs.   ...

The millionaire who created McAfee Antivirus software has been released from custody in Guatemala where he was arrested for allegedly entering the country illegally, while still considered a "person of interest" in a Belizean murder case. After his release, 67-year-old McAfee told reporters, "I'm free. I'm going to America." He said he plans to catch a flight to Miami. Guatemalan immigration officials have ...