Obama Will Seek Syria Vote in Congress  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama stunned the world and paused his march to war on Saturday by asking Congress to give him authorization before he launches a limited military strike against the Syrian government in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack.

Russia's Vladimir Putin challenges US on Syria claims  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin has challenged the US to present to the UN evidence that Syria was responsible for chemical weapons attacks.  —  Mr Putin said it would be “utter nonsense” for Syria's government to provoke opponents …

Mary Cheney Criticizes Her Sister on Same-Sex Marriage  —  Mary Cheney, the younger sister of Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Senate candidate, sharply criticized her sister's stance on same-sex marriage and urged her own Facebook friends to share the message.  —  Posting on Facebook on Friday evening …

IRS Scandal Didn't Happen To The Tea Party; It Was Invented By The Tea Party  —  JennyBeth Martin rallies the troops on May 16, 2013  —  Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published an amazingly dishonest profile of Jenny Beth Martin, head of the national Tea Party Patriots organization.

Sex between students and teachers should not be a crime  —  Betsy Karasik is a writer and former lawyer.  —  There is a painfully uncomfortable episode of “Louie” in which the comedian Louis C.K. muses that maybe child molesters wouldn't kill their victims if the penalty weren't so severe.

The parody shirt the NSA doesn't want you to wear  —  The politically themed T-shirt company Liberty Maniacs is in hot water for its latest spoof design  —  Two days after the world learned the National Security Agency logs practically every American phone call, the agency had started cracking down on entrepreneurs who made fun of it.

You know that “women make 77 cents to every man's dollar” line you've heard a hundred times?  It's not true.  —  How many times have you heard that “women are paid 77 cents on the dollar for doing the same work as men”?  Barack Obama said it during his last campaign.

Police: 2 Women Gang Raped By Juveniles In Wilmington Park  —  WILMINGTON, Del. (CBS) — Neighbors near Kosciuszko Park in Wilmington expressed anger and outrage Friday, after learning the details of a brutal gang-rape that happened in the park Thursday.  —  Police say two women, ages 32 and 24 …

To pee or not to pee: Women sell positive pregnancy tests on Craigslist for $25 each. . . and there is no shortage of motivated buyers  — One seller writes ‘Wanna get your boyfriend to pop the question?’, while some buyers are motivated by revenge  —  A number of women across the country …