Did Michelle Obama ruin Santa Claus? ‘Saturday Night Live’ thinks so

Santa Claus slimmed down this year, in response to health advice from his good friend, First Lady Michelle Obama. But the weight loss also resulted in the loss of his ho-ho-ho spirit.

By /// December 8, 2013

Georgia man ordered to pay $50,000 for not marrying former fiancé

A Georgia man is finding the cost of a broken promise to be quite high.

By /// December 7, 2013

Minimum Wage Hikes Leave the Poorest Behind

President Obama’s State of the Union speech in February was more or less the first draft of a Christmas wish list. One of his “I wants” was for a higher minimum wage—a policy that most economists agree drives up the cost of hiring and excludes low-skill workers from the job market.

By /// December 7, 2013

Millennials believe Obamacare will be repealed in 2014

Despite congressional Democrats’ best efforts to preserve the Affordable Care Act, Millennials are reaffirming House Republicans’ hopes of repealing Obamacare, with many expecting the law to be done away with in the coming years.

By /// December 6, 2013

Plane attempts scary landing in England

Talk about a bumpy landing. A plane approaching the Birmingham Airport in England on Thursday attempted to land twice and was nearly forced into a sideways position by strong winds, as reported by ABC News.

By /// December 6, 2013

Univ. of Alabama apologizes for ‘Obama’s America’ cartoon deemed to be ‘racist’

The University of Alabama is dealing with even more claims of racism after the student newspaper The Crimson White published a cartoon was forced to apologize for running a cartoon depicting the event’s of last week’s Iron Bowl stunner in “Obama’s America.”

By /// December 6, 2013

[WATCH] Ted Cruz parodying Jay Leno’s “If you like your plan” monologue

Ted Cruz may not like avocados or Obamacare, but he sure does a mean Jay Leno impression.

By /// December 6, 2013

Striking Seattle fast food workers hosted a Reddit AMA and it was hardly what they planned

Fast food workers in Seattle, Wash., attempted to spread the word about their quest for $15-an-hour wages on Reddit. But their attempts to do so turned into nothing more than an epic fail.

By /// December 6, 2013