In her first interview since the bottom of the David Petreaus scandal fell out, Jill Kelley told the Daily Beast's Howard Kurtz that Paula Broadwell is one scary cyberbully.
On Friday, the bottom fell out on the news cycle. After the election, we really thought we were in for weeks heaped on top of weeks of Fiscal Cliff sorting, explaining and whatnot. And then there was this shiny Petraeus scandal which was gifted from the gods of slow news days, which now involves showrunners from Law And Order SVU. Wait what?
TMZ has an email from Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo, to his alleged underaged lover. And it's the type of stuff that makes you feel icky and itchy—which is probably why everyone else would just rather crack jokes.
After seeing how well feelings and hunches worked out in that landslide of the election, Republicans are now putting the Petraeus scandal to the same test. And just like the election, Jon Stewart is here to crush those feelings.
The longtime general is moving to his new post as the head of the CIA
Protests over the pastor's actions enter their third day
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