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Netflix confirmed that all 13 episodes of the second season of "House of Cards" will be available for streaming at 3:01 a.m. (ET) on Feb. 14. - Gender Rights Maryland Executive Director Dana Beyer announced Thursday her candidacy for the 18th district state Senate seat currently occupied by gay state Senator Rich Madaleno.
- The Employment Non-Discrimination Act receives bursts of media attentions that punctuate long waiting periods. If you haven't been following closely, here's what you may have missed.
- There's bad journalism, and then, there is bad online, show-biz journalism, which is in a class by itself when it comes to laziness, lack of fact-checking and flatout hack-ocity (I know that's not a word, but it speaks to my anger at the moment).
- Just when you thought Betty White couldn't possibly do more to endear herself to the LGBT community, the "Golden Girls" alumna took part in a promotional video for Spirit Day, GLAAD's anti-bullying initiative that asks people to wear purple to show support for LGBT youth.
- A roundup of NFL experts' picks for Sunday's game between the Baltimore Ravens and Miami Dolphins.
- A roundup of NFL experts' picks for Sunday's game between the Ravens and Buffalo Bills.
- Gov. Martin O'Malley and Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown will be two of the headliners at a fundraiser for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe Wednesday night as the former Democratic National Committee chairman takes his drive for dollars to Annapolis.
- Couples increasingly reimagine weddings to reflect contemporary values, tastes
- Cal Thomas writes that sexual misbehavior overseas is tarnishing America's global image.
- Cal Thomas writes that the Philadelphia doctor's trial should change the discussion about abortion in this country.
- Urban families need more than minimum wage work to have a chance at success
- Delta Gamma members instructed to stop being 'weird,' 'awkward' with Sigma Nus
- Liberals dominate the media even though they're in a minority of the electorate
- A few years ago, the History Channel was best known to some as a punch line on HBO¿s ¿The Sopranos.¿ Remember mobster Tony Soprano sitting alone late at night in his New Jersey McMansion eating ice cream and watching World War II documentaries about Adolph Hitler and Winston Churchill?
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- Apocalypse When? Well, 12:01 a.m. past us by (even in Mayan Time, otherwise known as Central Time) and the nothing really happened. Pessimists are still holding out hope though, guessing maybe it will happen at the end of long day's work right before your Christmas vacation starts.
- Christmas may actually be 11 days away but nerds are getting their gifts early today. Last night, Google released their popular Google Maps app. And later tonight, the first part of the Hobbit will be released in theaters. The reviews are in and while they aren't ecstatic they are encouraging.
- The conspiracy theorists are out in force after both Facebook and Google had technical issues yesterday. The outages of various services including Gmail appear to be unrelated. But thankfully, Twitter has been unaffected and able to feed the paranoia.
- It's entirely possibly that I'm fudging the online trends this morning to give more weight to news of a monkey in fancy coat wandering around an Ikea. It is just that depressing today and who knows if even Ikea monkey can counteract this clinical case of Mondays.
- Meghan Daum says that for women in high places, meeting a physical standard is part of the deal
- Baltimore pastor Donte Hickman took exception to a statement made in the Huffington Post Friday by Baltimore pastor Jamal Bryant who was quoted saying church leaders supporting same-sex marriage are "hypocrites."
- After drawing national attention for his attempt to muzzle a football player who supported gay rights, a Maryland delegate walked back his position Sunday and said Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo should be allowed to speak out in favor of same-sex marriage.
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- A New York comedian's online post about Progressive auto insurance's refusal to pay a claim in his sister's fatal auto accident in Baltimore went viral online, sparking international coverage and a barrage of outraged comments.
- Following the lead of Time magazine, CNN Friday suspended Sunday morning show host and international affairs analyst Fareed Zakaria for plagiarism.
- Mitt Romney is right that Harry Reid should put up or shut up on his allegations about the GOP nominee's tax returns, but only Mr. Romney can make the issue go away.
- The disconnect between NBC¿s success on TV and failure in social media with the Olympics highlights not only the landmark transformation taking place in media these days, but also the radical change in audience expectations and behavior, analysts say.
- After sex abuse scandal, State Farm will not sponsor Penn State football
- If you're an athlete, and you are reading this, Emmanuel Yarborough is heavier than you.
- St. Patrick's Day attackers plead guilty in videotaped beating
- Aaron Sorkin's "The Newsroom" nails the failure of journalism today
- They're in video games, TV shows, fun runs, amusement parks — we can't seem to outrun our love for zombies
- When a woman refused to pay the automatic 17% gratuity at a Houston seafood restaurant named La Fisherman, the restaurant locked her and her party inside the restaurant and called the police.
- It must have been a good 11 years ago that I met Pete Seeger, poet par excellent, troubadour, folk singer and messenger of the ages. It was at the Carroll County Farm Museum's folk music festival called Common Ground on the Hill, and he was the headliner
