Florida School Board Member Gives Weird 9-11 Rant in Televised Meeting

Adam Weinstein · 02/13/14 11:55AM

The humdrum of Marion County, Florida's regular school board meeting was punctured Tuesday night when the board's vice chair looked into the cameras and launched into a bizarre five-minute discussion of her daughter, federal agents, Islam, 9-11 codes, and a man named Ahmed.

CNN Books Zimmerman's White-Power Buddy to Discuss Killing Black Boys

Adam Weinstein · 02/13/14 11:25AM

Frank Taaffe is George Zimmerman's best friend, who feverishly worked the networks during Zimmerman's murder trial to paint his victim, Trayvon Martin, as a black thug. Frank Taaffe is a white supremacist. And CNN's sister network still loves loves loves bringing Frank Taaffe on to talk about dead black boys.

Five Olympic Carpetbaggers to Watch

Sarah Hedgecock · 02/13/14 10:30AM

We love our Olympic heroes—those whose hard work and talent have made them the best our country has to offer. But what about those who rely on property ownership, distant ancestry claims, and willing governments to sneak through on middling talent?

Watch Two Teachers Rap Their School's Snow Closing Announcement

Taylor Berman · 02/13/14 09:07AM

Nothing says "cool" like being in charge an elite private school in suburban North Carolina. So it's fitting that Durham Academy's Head of School Michael Ulku-Steiner and his assistant Lee Hark would announce the school's closing today in the coolest way possible: with a cover of Vanilla Ice's "Ice, Ice, Baby."