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The Christian organization responsible for the "He Gets Us" TV ads has been labeled an anti-LGBTQ hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. View article...

Tim Gunn's Raw Description of his Teenage Suicide Attempts Will Break Your Heart—Then Heal It - On Saturday night, I—along with a group of friends—threw a fundraiser for The Trevor Project, an organization that helps LGBTQ youth in crisis situations. It was a big, loud, rowdy Brooklyn crowd—but when our co-host Tim Gunn grabbed the mic and started talking, you could hear a pin drop. He began to tell us about what he’d gone through as a gay teenager in the 1960s, and while the Project Runway mentor has talked about having attempted suicide before—including in a moving “It Gets Better” video six years ago—this time he went deeper. “I don’t usually talk about this,” he said, “but if there was ever a time to talk about it it’s tonight.”

Homophobe gets beaten up by two gay men he called 'queers' A video of a homophobe being beaten up by two gay men has gone viral on a hip hop website in the US after it was posted online. The video, titled 'Straight man gets beat by 2 gay men for gay abusive language', generated over 130 pages of comments on ...

US man gets 2 years' prison for semen in yoghurt ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico -- A grocery store worker accused of handing out a semen-tainted yogurt sample has been sentenced to two years in prison . Anthony Garcia pleaded guilty in the case in October, admitting he contaminated a sample of the yogurt he ...

Why World War I gets short shrift in US schools  - He is quick to note that he received a “top-notch” education at Shady Side ... “We declared war on Germany in April 1917, American Expeditionary ...

US stock trader 'Octopussy' gets decade in prison : By LARRY NEUMEISTER AP A stock trader dubbed the Octopussy because he reached for so much inside information was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison by a judge who said a harsh punishment was necessary because insider trading is so difficult to ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA | AFRICA | English | Las Américas

US man gets prison sentence for killing wife By LYNNE TUOHY AP A New Hampshire man was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison Friday for beating his wife to death with a flashlight after he came home to find she had strangled their 4-year-old son with a ribbon and tried to kill their 7-year-old ...

University of Tennessee professor gets $200000 to study economic inequality - Kelly's research shows that rising economic inequality reduces the prospect of major reforms and policy changes within U.S. political institutions. Economic inequality reinforces itself through politics, public opinion, elections, policy stagnation and policy making. He will use the award to complete his book, "America's Inequality Trap." "It's difficult to convey how exciting it is to be selected for this award," Kelly said in a university newsletter Wednesday. "In the academic world, our work is often a grind, and there are usually dozens of intermediate steps before we actually see the positive results."

Man gets prison for terrorist hoax : The 51-year-old Jones was sentenced to 2 years 10 months in prison followed by 3 years' supervised release. He was remanded to the custody of US Marshals at the conclusion of his sentencing in Atlanta. According to prosecutors and information presented ... Ireland | United Kingdom | America | Las Américas | Stigmabase | Egaylity

Ex-scientist gets 13 years in prison over spying By Jeremy Pelofsky | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former US government scientist Stewart Nozette was once on the cutting edge of space exploration, but instead of resting on those laurels he will spend 13 years in prison for trying to sell some of his ...

Henrico man gets prison term in college savings scheme In addition to the prison term, he was ordered to make restitution to the eight investors by US District Judge Henry E. Hudson. “You didn't make bad investments, you stole their money,” said Hudson. “You have ruined a lot of lives.

Ex-NY Officer Gets More Than 3 Years for Bribery : A former New York police officer has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for accepting cash payments from a man authorities say was an oxycodone trafficker to ensure he could carry large amounts of cash through airport security. The US ...

Hedge fund boss gets prison for insider trading He was sentenced by US District Judge Robert Patterson in Manhattan, who ordered him also to forfeit $2.45 million and pay a $7500 fine. The defendant's plea agreement had called for a prison term of about three to four years, a court filing shows. ...

Conjure up an image of poverty in the U.S., writes Mark Rank, and you might ... Rank's true subject, though, is growing inequality in America, which he ... View article...