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Longtime National Rifle Association chief Wayne LaPierre announced his resignation Friday, Fox News Digital has learned."With pride in all that we have accomplished, I am announcing my resignation from the NRA," LaPierre said in the NRA's press release, which was exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital. "I’ve been a card-carrying member of this organization for most of my adult life, and I will never stop supporting the NRA and its fight to defend Second Amendment freedom. My passion for our cause burns as deeply as ever."

FReepers, it’s time to purchase a new cookware set. My current non-stick pan is chipping. I have lodge cast iron pans for occasional use, but would like an everyday non-stick pan. Any suggestions?

Paul Vasquez, the burly mountain man whose awestruck reaction upon seeing a double rainbow propelled him to internet stardom and turned him into a folk hero, has died in Central California. He was 57. Vasquez, who called himself Yosemitebear on social media, died early Saturday at a hospital emergency room, the Mariposa County coroner's office told the Modesto Bee. 'It's a double rainbow all the way across the sky! What does it all mean?' Paul Vasquez, in the viral video The cause of death has not been released. Vasquez had recently posted on his Facebook page that he had gone...

If a Wi-Fi connection is free and open to you, it’s also free and open to hackers. Firefox Private Network is a desktop extension that helps secure and protect your connection everywhere you use Firefox. Try it free during our beta trial. I also loaded the EFF Privacy Badger extension and found 112 beacons on the DailyMail Home page. I listed them below. acdn.adnxs.com ib.adnxs.com secure.adnxs.com insight.adsrvr.org match.adsrvr.org use-va1.adsrvr.org aax.amazon-adsystem.com aax-us-east.amazon-adsystem.com c.amazon-adsystem.com fls-na.amazon-adsystem.com ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com s.amazon-adsystem.com ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com z-na.amazon-adsystem.com swa.and.co.uk a4135.casalemedia.com as-sec.casalemedia.com cdn.digitru.st ad.doubleclick.net cm.g.doubleclick.net googleads.g.doubleclick.net googleads4.g.doubleclick.net pubads.g.doubleclick.net securepubads.g.doubleclick.net cdn.doubleverify.com cdn3.doubleverify.com tps11001.doubleverify.com tps11003.doubleverify.com tps11005.doubleverify.com tps11006.doubleverify.com tps11009.doubleverify.com tps11010.doubleverify.com tps11011.doubleverify.com tps11012.doubleverify.com tps11013.doubleverify.com tps11015.doubleverify.com...

NEW YORK Police say a stylist at a Brooklyn barbershop threw a client through the front window after he complained about his haircut. According to the Daily News of New York, the 33-year-old victim was at the Levels Barbershop in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, on Thursday afternoon. Police say he threatened to withhold payment for the cut because he didn't like it. Police said the barber was enraged and shoved him through the storefront window, leaving a gaping hole in the glass. The victim's face was ripped open and his clothing was covered in blood. He was taken by ambulance to...

< Snip >Shares in Charter Communications (CHTR) plunged after the cable TV firm reported first quarter earnings and lost more video subscribers than expected, also sparking a sell-off in Comcast (CMCSA) and Altice USA (ATUS). Charter plummeted 11.7% to 263.33 on the stock market today. Comcast fell 4.6% to 31.81. Altice dropped 9.3% to 17.59.

If you could have lunch with anyone in history, living or dead, who would it be?

FLORENCE — Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission president, opted to deliver a speech in French on Friday morning because he said “English is losing importance” in Europe. He gave the comments, which are unlikely to mend fences after a war of words between Brussels and London over Brexit negotiations, at the “State of the Union” conference in Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio — an annual event for European dignitaries. Juncker said he was opting for French because “slowly but surely English is losing importance in Europe and France has elections this Sunday and I want the French people to understand what I...

Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg are two investors in Bridge International Academies. But in Uganda, the group's 63 schools have been "ordered to shut down in a matter of weeks, leaving the lives of thousands of pupils in limbo." An anonymous reader quotes CNN: Uganda's High Court has described the Bridge International Academies...as unsanitary and unqualified, and has ordered it to close its doors in December because it ignored Uganda's national standards and put the "life and safety" of its 12,000 young students on the line. The Director of Education Standards for the Ministry, Huzaifa Mutazindwa, told CNN that the...

Crowd chanting "Podesta! We got your emails, Podesta!" live on @CNN during discussion Podesta: "Uh, uh, uh, it uh,..."#PodestaEmails14 pic.twitter.com/WyDHHaMP4G— Pamela Moore (@Pamela_Moore13) October 21, 2016

Things just keep getting worse for Oculus. A day after revelations that founder Palmer Luckey has allegedly been funding a pro-Trump/anti-Hillary "sh**posting" meme factory, a number of of virtual reality developers are expressing anger at, or saying they will boycott, the Facebook-owned Oculus unless Luckey resigns. "Insomniac Games condemns all forms of hate speech," Motherboard quoted the console games maker as saying. "While everyone has a right to express his or her political opinion, the behavior and sentiments reported do not reflect the values of our company. We are also confident that this behavior and sentiment does not reflect the...

The "affluenza" brat partied a little too hard at a strip club in Mexico while on the lam and needed Mommy's help to foot the bill. Ethan Couch, 18, typically stayed inside his room at Los Tules, a resort in Puerto Vallarta, but one night, he decided to hit a gentleman's club. Hours later, he was escorted back to the lobby of the resort flanked by two bouncers from the club after he could not pay his big bill. Hotel workers had to go get his mom, Tonya, who was sleeping upstairs. "He did not have enough money to pay...

(Reuters) - A Texas teen, who was a fugitive after allegedly breaking his probation sentence for killing four people while driving drunk, has been arrested in Puerto Vallarta in Mexico, CNN reported on Monday, citing officials briefed on the matter. Ethan Couch, 18, was sentenced to probation about two years ago in juvenile court for intoxication manslaughter and is wanted in Tarrant County, Texas. He and his mother went missing earlier this month.

Comedian Steve Harvey introduces the Son of God.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KfCLS4hmj5U

Flip Wilson & George Carlin Funny News Clips. Classic comedy skits. Hippy Dippy Weatherman

Retail chain RadioShack is looking to cash in the information it holds on its customers as part of its bankruptcy sale. According to Hilco Streambank, personal data including over 65 million customers' names and physical addresses, as well as 13 million email addresses, has been made available to the highest bidder. All this despite the fact that the company's online privacy policy quite clearly states: We will not sell or rent your personally identifiable information to anyone at any time. We will not use any personal information beyond what is necessary to assist us in delivering to you the services...

We would like to take this opportunity to separate fact from fiction: There was never a Muslim prayer – or a prayer of any specific religion at the Stock Show this year. Because the Stock Show is an annual community event that attracts many visitors from around the world, country and state each year, last spring, we established a faith-based committee consisting of a wide range of local clergy. We based our decision on and selected our participants from the Mayor’s Faith Cabinet Directory. We invited each participant to provide a one-minute prayer to include the safety of the contestants,...

<p>Robbie Rogers, a former midfielder for the United States national team who most recently played in England, had revealed in a blog post that he was gay, too.</p> <p>Robbie Rogers, a midfielder for the Columbus Crew from 2007-2011, revealed Friday that he is gay. He wrote: “My secret is gone, I am a free man, I can move on and live my life as my creator intended.”</p>