A conservative amendment inserted into the Affordable Care Act by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) inadvertently gave GOP staffers the ability to get abortions covered by their health insurance. (Assume good intentions dead)

The Senate has confirmed Patricia Millett's nomination to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the first such confirmation to happen after the recent change to rules on filibusters.

A mother is speaking out about one school's zero tolerance policy against asthma inhalers which she says claimed the life of her 12-year-old son.

You might think that a police officer would face charges for using his cruiser to T-bone a suspect's car, then pushing his trained attack dog into the driver's window while he raises his arms to give himself up. You might think that.

"She wanted to make it very personal," said Britney Spears' manager Larry Randolph of the diva's eighth studio album, Britney Jean. Randolph said that back in September, right around the announcement of Spears' two-year residency in Vegas. Last week, the album finally arrived in stores and we are now able to hear for ourselves these confessional songs that are "all custom made for her, based on what's going on with her life and in her head."

With a punishing avalanche barreling down upon them, things quickly go from bad to worst case scenario for a tribe of poor Chamois goats.

Frank Bruni—who, as a New York Times columnist, holds one of the most coveted jobs in all of newspaper journalism—reveals today exclusively in the paper of record that he saw a movie not too long ago.

Remember Toto's "Africa"? Here's what it's about, according to band member Jeff Porcaro: "... a white boy is trying to write a song on Africa, but since he's never been there, he can only tell what he's seen on TV or remembers in the past." Baudrillard wept.

Poor weather conditions and bad driving are being blamed for the massive pileup that forced Sunday's lengthy shut down of Highway 41/45 near Lannon Road in Germantown, Wisconsin.

Hidden messages in newspapers are nothing new. Just ask John Forbes Nash, Jr.

"Hard-core fans say they are content to brave the low temperatures." Motherfuckers are still lining up for cronuts.

Leaders from at least 91 countries gathered along with tens of thousands of South African citizens to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg's FNB stadium. Undeterred by a constant downpour, the crowds, which included four U.S. Presidents, celebrated Mandela's life through speeches, dancing, and music.

Back in 2009, when Paul Rudd and Jason Segel were promoting "I Love You Man," they gave a highlariously random interview to Rotten Tomatoes. Over the seven-minute interview, which is really more of an improv routine, Segel invents an imaginary friend named Gideon who "rides a unicorn" and "visits you in your dreams."

A South Carolina sheriff laid down his law, refusing to follow President Obama's order that all flags be lowered to half-staff today to honor Nelson Mandela. Sheriff Rick Clark had lowered the flag over the weekend to honor a fallen local police officer, but raised it again on Monday morning in defiance of the order.

There is a small group of elite doctors in New York who won't get out of bed for less than a $25,000 retainer. They are Manhattan's concierge doctors, and their practice model is spreading across the country.

We may have just lost Lou Reed, but we did gain the delightfully weird Macaulay Culkin-fronted pizza-themed Velvet Undergound tribute band called the Pizza Underground.

A number of Port Authority workers have been authorized to use shotguns around JFK to shoot down any snowy owls that may cross into the airport's airspace.

It looks like George Zimmerman may get off Scot-free yet again after his girlfriend reversed course on her decision to press charges against him for allegedly trashing her house and waving a gun in her face.

[A Frenchman reacts to American-themed Christmas decorations in a small southeastern French town called Menton. Photo by Lionel Cironneau via AP.]

Police in Georgia are investigating a cruel prank at a Home Depot bathroom that resulted in a customer becoming glued to a toilet seat.