What’s a kid gotta do to get an “F” these days? At a growing number of middle schools and high schools across the country, students no longer receive failing marks when they fail. Instead, they get an “H” — for “held” — on their report cards, and they’re given a …

A group of parents in a California school district say they are being bullied by school administrators into accepting a new curriculum that addresses bullying, respect and acceptance — and that includes compulsory lessons about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community that will be taught to children as young …

Some say short dudes compensate for their lack of height by becoming overachievers. Or hostile. Or both. It’s not my job to psychoanalyze, just to lay out some selectively chosen facts that make my case the way I want. So I present you with Rock’s Short List. Randy Newman was …

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A new CNN poll says that 71 percent of Americans do not believe Sarah Palin is qualified to be president. Just 29 percent say she is qualified. Even among Republicans, 47 percent do not think Gov. Palin should be president. Certainly the media is driving that opinion: (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) …

LOS ANGELES – Despite all his successes as a screen fixture in the 1980’s, Oscar-nominated actor Mickey Rourke isn’t afraid to admit he was ‘a has-been’ who hit rock bottom in the dark world of addiction and abuse. However this year’s ultimate ‘comeback kid’ has put his pen to paper …

The suspect in the deadly shooting at a military recruiting center in Arkansas is the latest in a series of Muslim converts accused of planning or launching violent attacks in the U.S., part of what security experts call an alarming domestic trend. The attack came less than two weeks after …

It’s “So You Think You Can Dance” meets “The Biggest Loser”! Except if they actually met, “Loser” would think “SYTYCD” is too full of himself and “SYTYCD” would think “Loser” is too fat. The premise of “Dance Your Ass Off”—12 overweight people compete in weekly dance competitions while also competing …

Redmond O’Neal, the son of Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal, was not at his mother’s bedside in her final days. The 24-year old remained behind bars in California as his mother succumbed to cancer Thursday. According to a source, Fawcett’s family was expected to ask for Redmond to be released …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Kos and Effect Daily Kos blog founder Markos Moulitsas is telling his fellow liberals to ditch the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee because the money could be going to moderate Democrats who voted against the House health care bill. Moulitsas writes: “Skip any …