While deemed as one of the greatest American novels written since World War II, Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man" has been banned from school libraries in Randolph County, North Carolina. The novl has long been seen as a seminal work of fiction, which deals with the honest realities of race in America.
Ty Warner, the owner and founder of Ty Inc, and creator of Beanie Babies, is set to plead guilty to tax evasion after hiding millions of dollars in a secret Swiss bank account, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday.
Ayvani Hope Perez, a 14-year-old Georgia girl who was abducted in a home invasion robbery, was found alive on Wednesday after a massive search by multiple law enforcement agencies, local police said.
Tea Party Republicans are bringing forward a bill that would make funding the government conditional on defunding President Obama's 2010 healthcare law, Fox News reported. This move is seen as a major victory for the Heritage Action PAC, and its group's leader Senator Jim DeMint. The animosity in Washington is so bad, a government shutdown may be pending as a result of this action.
