Sheriff's office fires deputy in Ft. Sanders party incident  —  KNOXVILLE (WATE) - The Knox County Sheriff's Office says they have fired the deputy involved in Saturday night's block party in Fort Sanders.  —  Frank Phillips, 47, has been with the Knox County Sheriff's Office since 1992.

Rep. Michael Grimm, facing federal charges, surrenders to FBI  —  NEW YORK — Rep. Michael G. Grimm (R-N.Y.) surrendered Monday morning to federal authorities in New York as he faces multiple charges connected to a restaurant business he operated before entering Congress in 2011 …

Palin: ‘Waterboarding Is How We Baptize Terrorists’ (VIDEO)  —  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) says she wouldn't be afraid to torture terrorists if she were president.  —  “C'mon!  Enemies who would utterly annihilate America, they would obviously have information on plots.  They carry out jihad.

High Plains Moochers  —  It is, in a way, too bad that Cliven Bundy — the rancher who became a right-wing hero after refusing to pay fees for grazing his animals on federal land, and bringing in armed men to support his defiance — has turned out to be a crude racist.  Why?

Exclusive: Kerry Warns Israel Could Become ‘An Apartheid State’  —  The secretary of state said that if Israel doesn't make peace soon, it could become ‘an apartheid state,’ like the old South Africa.  Jewish leaders are fuming over the comparison.  —  If there's no two-state solution …

The GOP has a demographic problem, and it looks like it could get even worse  —  It's no secret that Republicans have a demographic problem when it comes to national elections.  But what many people don't realize is that the GOP's issues will be worse in 2020 than in 2016 — unless things change dramatically.

Exclusive: The Extended Donald Sterling Tape  —  Deadspin has acquired an extended, 15-minute version of the conversation between Clippers owner Donald Sterling and his then-girlfriend V. Stiviano.  If the original nine-minute tape acquired by TMZ left any questions about Sterling's opinions …

Warren blasts financial services industry  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has been worried for 25 years about the power of the financial services industry, and that's not going away.  —  On Sunday, Warren reiterated those concerns while promoting her new book, “A Fighting Chance,” on ABC's “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”

Tornadoes slam several states; multiple deaths reported  —  Are you there?  Please send your videos, pictures and text to iReport, but please stay safe.  —  Mayflower, Arkansas (CNN) — Tornadoes tore through several states Sunday evening as severe weather slammed into parts of the central United States.

Heartland Institute Edits George Carlin's Words For Cheap Facebook Hits  —  The billionaire funded think tank's stunt proves it's less interested in scholarship than it is in scoring points.  —  [Caution: It's George Carlin, and NSFW]  —  Did the idiots running social media …

GOP Establishment Has Upper Hand in May Primaries  —  Circle May 20 on your calendar; it is shaping up as a good day for the Republican “establishment.”  —  That's the day Republican primary voters in Georgia, Idaho and Kentucky pick their nominees for the fall campaigns - and, in the process …

Bob Schieffer: Romney may consider 2016 run if Jeb Bush doesn't  —  Mitt Romney has said time and time again that he has no interest in running for president a third time.  —  But, on Sunday morning, CBS' Bob Schieffer said not to write off the idea of a 2016 campaign by Romney so quickly.

The UK in the Balance  —  The colorful Nigel Farage and his UKIP are getting most of the attention as the insurgent party of the populist right in the UK these days, but another fringe party, Liberty GB, is making some headlines.  Apparently party leader Paul Weston was arrested recently …