So, as usual, I was at the gym working my quads when on the TV, Ted Turner showed up on his own network, interviewed by one of his own. The questions were tough, as the interviewer took no prisoners. I kid. It was fluffier than cotton candy made of unicorn …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Global Warming An American researcher is threatening to sue NASA over its alleged distortion of climate change data. This follows revelations that scientists at a British university have changed or destroyed similar information. Christopher Horner, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise …

Social media and dating apps are filled with a shocking amount of child sexual predators on the hunt for victims, according to a man who tracks down pedophiles on the dark corners of the Internet. “This is a situation that’s happening every day, all day, everywhere, every minute, every hour,” …

At least 100 elephants have died in Zimbabwe’s largest national park in recent weeks because of drought, their carcasses a grisly sign of what wildlife authorities and conservation groups say is the impact of climate change and the El Nino weather phenomenon. Authorities warn that more could die as forecasts …

It’s showdown time on Benghazi: South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has put a hold on all Obama administration executive branch nominees until the White House lets the Benghazi survivors testify before Congress. If he succeeds, we might finally find out what happened September 11, 2012. But if Senator Graham’s effort …

All it took was 140 characters for Texas Christian University to suspend a conservative student who posted a series of social networking posts that insulted the Islamic State, the Baltimore rioters and Mexicans. TCU banned Harry Vincent from most campus activities, ordered him to perform 60 hours of community service …

Federal officials are investigating why an Allegiant Air passenger jet nearly ran out of fuel before landing at an airport that was temporarily closed to most traffic. Allegiant said Tuesday it is cooperating with the Federal Aviation Administration’s investigation of the incident. The Allegiant plane with 144 passengers landed safely …

HILLSBORO, Ore. – A woman accused of killing an expectant mother and cutting her child from the womb may have contacted other pregnant women in the weeks before she settled on a victim, detectives say. The new details emerged as prosecutors awaited autopsy results to determine if the child ever …

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A scientist at Southern Illinois University’s School of Medicine will share in an $8.6 million federal grant to continue his study of aging and longevity. The grant announced Tuesday designates Andrzej Bartke as the lead researcher of a team that includes scientists at the Mayo Clinic, the …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s state TV says authorities have hanged two members of a Sunni militant group behind a mosque bombing last month that killed 25 people. The report says the two men were hanged Saturday at a prison in the city of Zahedan, near Iran’s southeastern border with Pakistan …