Badger Benson

Pakistan blocked access to the social networking site Twitter on Sunday in response to "blasphemous content" posted about the Prophet Muhammad, the Associated Press reported. The micro-blogging site had reportedly refused to remove material promoting a competition on Facebook to post images of the prophet. Many Muslims consider any depiction of Muh […]

[caption id="attachment_317777" align="alignright" width="381" caption="NBC"][/caption] Saturday Night Live brought back their impression of Rev. Al Sharpton on his MSNBC show, portraying the "Politics Nation" host as a bumbling fool having serious trouble reading from a teleprompter -- and understanding the […]

[caption id="attachment_317757" align="aligncenter" width="599" caption="(Photo: WBSTV)"][/caption] (The Blaze/AP)  As many as 200 middle school students were on their way to Six Flags Saturday when a chain collision stopped six school buses and a car east of Atlanta. One driver, identified as Angela Anthony, 44, of Mi […]

[caption id="attachment_317727" align="aligncenter" width="566" caption="(Photo: Facebook)"][/caption] (The Blaze/AP) -- Mark Zuckerberg has updated his Facebook status to "married," literally. The 28-year-old Facebook founder and CEO has wed longtime girlfriend, 27-year-old Priscilla Chan, capping a busy wee […]

[caption id="attachment_317702" align="aligncenter" width="565" caption="Police heard three explosions, before the fire spread rapidly (Photo: CBC News)"][/caption] Canadians are baffled after a woman from Kamloops, British Columbia was held hostage Thursday night by an apparently obsessed co-worker, who had rigged his […]

[caption id="attachment_317680" align="aligncenter" width="602" caption="I'll Have Another, ridden by Mario Gutierrez, races against Bodemeister, ridden by Mike Smith (Photo: AP)"][/caption] (The Blaze/AP) —The horse called "I'll Have Another" won the Preakness Stakes on Saturday to give him victori […]

[caption id="attachment_317672" align="alignright" width="299" caption="(Photo: AP)"][/caption] (The Blaze/AP) — The NAACP, an African-American civil rights organization, passed a resolution on Saturday endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and opposing any efforts "to codify discrimination or hatred into t […]

[caption id="attachment_317649" align="aligncenter" width="510" caption="(Photo: Irshad Manji)"][/caption] Though one of her books is already banned in the country, a Canadian gay rights activist launched her new book on liberal Islam in Malaysia on Saturday, despite apparent government attempts to stop her. The man in […]

[caption id="attachment_317635" align="aligncenter" width="604" caption="(Photo: AP)"][/caption] (The Blaze/AP) -- President Barack Obama and the leaders of other wealthy nations underscored an increasing consensus that their countries need to adopt growth measures and relentless budget cutbacks in order to resolve the […]

[caption id="attachment_317581" align="aligncenter" width="476" caption="(Photo: Facebook)"][/caption] Back in October, a lesbian couple in Colorado called the police after they allegedly found the words "Kill the Gay" scrawled in red across their garage, and a noose hanging from their front door. When asked, […]