Ovarian cancer, which is known as the silent killer because it's so hard to detect in early stages, killed 15,000-plus women in the US last year. But now, doctors are a step closer to developing a way to screen for it. [Us News & World Report] Mandy Moore and Ryan Adams, who just got engaged...

Sorry to interrupt all the happy randomness but what. the. hell.Cop beats the crap out of teenager because she's 'lippy' and kicked her shoe off? Welcome to fucking adolescence, asshat. (And the video is not pretty. I am getting really sick of this shit.) h/t Sassy Women Online....

Mr. Davis feels that using his belt, and smacking the kids is the proper approach to child rearing. We aren't talking spankings that you hear about. We are talking a man that throws his anger around, spanks with the belt, and demands the respect he is due. Here is a comment I got earlier about this ...

Really? Nickelodeon is standing by troubled singer Chris Brown, who has been charged with two felonies in the alleged beating of girlfriend Rihanna. In a statement to Usmagazine.com, the network said Brown, 19, will remain a Kids’ Choice Award nominee for favorite male singer and favorite song...

We’ve been through the schedule for the upcoming South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival, a few times. In fact between our own scouring of the schedule and the countless emails from publicists, producers and directors — which we like because they make us think that people like us —...

I was delighted to see Sandra Holey from Refuge calling Jacqui Smith up on her and her government's failure to do anything real about the two women a week killed in the UK by partners or ex-partners. Sadly of course in spite of her brave stand, it still seems like a solution to this crisis is a long...

Chuck Norris wants to give up.  He doesn't think it's worth fighting anymore, and that we should just get out.  Who's "we" and what does "get out" mean? In this case, "we" is apparently those who hate most or all the rest of America, and "get out" means seceding from the union: When I appe...

A favorite of the MTV crowd, the stunning and successful singer now is a symbol of the ubiquity of domestic violence—and the dangerously confused message that celebrity culture sends about it. READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries March 8, 2009 We Are Breeding Ourselves to Extinction March 6, 20...

This shows how abusive people can't let things go. Normally if you walk away they will find something else to fight about. Morgan walked away in the earlier clip, and you heard what he said. Things have calmed down since then. Remember how we are told to approach people AFTER they calm down? There i...

Fifty years of occupation. Colonizing a neighbor instead of another continent doesn't make it all right. Having an empire now instead of two hundred years ago doesn't make it all right. Fifty years of non-violent resistance. The powers-that-be insist that's the right thing to do. Then they ignore th...