After a neck and neck online competition, President Obama today granted pardon to two turkeys, Cobbler and Gobbler. Cobbler, who likes eating cranberries and listening to Carly Simon, narrowly beat out Gobbler, the corn-eating turkey who loves bluegrass
On a recent episode of 'The View,' co-host Barbara Walters teased bits and pieces of her annual 'Most Fascinating People' list, which this year includes the British boy-band One Direction and 'Fifty Shades of Grey' author E L James.
Blargh.
November 20, 2012 Not that long ago the government subsidized the auto industry to save the American car companies. Now, there is a petition circulating for the government to do the same thing for "Hostess", the company that makes Twinkies. Now, with Hostess Brands closing up shop and heading for liquidation, some folks want President Obama to bail out the junk food industry.
The petition to "Nationalize the Twinkie industry." was started by a gentleman in Kansas City. The petition is posted on an official government website, "We The People". Interested in signing?.
November 12, 2012 Take a look at this woman's Facebook update. Is this a threat?
General David Petraeus, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, resigned today, citing a recent extramarital affair. President Obama, elected to a second term just days earlier, accepted Petraeus's resignation and praised his leadership
November 8, 2012 The accused shooter is none other than Raulie Casteel. The 43-year-old has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and other gun charges. Would you like to see what a accused sniper looks like?
After being hit with tons of political memes and autotuned debates, it seems like we'd been waiting forever for Election Day to arrive. There's only so much hilarity we can take, people! But it's already passed us by, and in the case you're just now emerging from a deep slumber, Obama beat out Romney. Although, word has it Morris the Cat fell short by like, 100 votes. Disappointing.
Maybe not everybody is not happy with the outcome of the presidential election yesterday. In fact, definitely everybody is not happy with it. These tweets are (very entertaining) proof of that. Please stop crying, Victoria Jackson, you'll ruin your mascara and get dehydrated. Enjoy!
November 7, 2012 Last night Barack Obama was re-elected as President of the United States, defeating Republican challenger, Mitt Romney. The President collected 303 electoral votes (270 votes are needed for the presidency)
Voting in a presidential election is pretty exciting. And, these days, when we do something exciting we want to tell the world about it through social network sites like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
But while there may be a temptation to take a photo of your completed ballot and post it on the internet with pride, it's not a very good idea. In fact in states like Wisconsin it's a felony to let anybody else see your ballot or a photo of your ballot.
November 6, 2012 About a week ago a letter went viral in which a ten year old girl, Sophia Bailey Klugh, thanked President Obama for agreeing that two men can love each other. She also revealed in the letter that she was bullied at school, and that kids thought it was "gross" that she had two dads that loved each other. Sophia's letter to the President and his touching reply are yours after the jump.
UPDATE 11:20: The networks have announced that Barack Obama will be reelected to a second term, after wrapping up the state of Ohio.
The 2012 presidential election between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will finally conclude tonight, as voters head to their local polls to choose who gets to sleep in the White House on January 20, 2013. We'll be following all the results very closely, adding the latest news as states close their polls and announce their winners.
Watch this post for updated information—election results, Senate races, ballot measures, battleground-state news—throughout the night:
