Transgender teacher trouble

At Foxboro Elementary School, in Vacaville, CA, 23 students have been pulled out of a music class because of their transgender teacher.

The teacher, formerly a woman, returned to school as a man at the beginning of the year and parents feel like their rights were violated because they were not told about the teacher’s gender reassignment. The school board has said that releasing this kind of information would be an illegal violation of the teacher’s privacy rights.

So what if Obama were Muslim?

Since the beginning of his campaign, rumors about Obama’s secret Muslim background have been plaguing him. His campaign has been quick to deny these allegations, and campaign volunteers went so far as to bar two Muslim women from sitting behind the podium, at a rally in June, so they wouldn’t be photographed with Obama.

Obama could lose - because he's black

Six percentage points is the price Barack Obama could pay on election day for being black. This disturbing calculation was found in a landmark poll by the Associated Press in conjunction with Yahoo and Stanford University.

The poll was designed ot probe people's racial attitudes and how those attitudes affect voting. Obama is the first black man to run on a major party ticket.

Standford University political scientist Paul Snmiderman told AP that in a close contest, racism "might be enough to tip the election."

Student GOP leader quits over Obama remark

The leader of a Pennsylvania group of college Republicans has been forced to resign after posting what have been deemed racially insensitive comments about Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on the Internet.

Adam LaDuca, 21, the former executive director of the Pennsylvania Federation of College Republicans, wrote on his Facebook page in late July that Obama has "a pair of lips so large he could float half of Cuba to the shores of Miami (and probably would.)"

Ellen and Portia tie the knot

US comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres married her long-time partner, actress Portia de Rossi, at their home in Los Angeles on Saturday, August 16.

Mentally disabled protest “Tropic Thunder”

"Tropic Thunder" is pushing the envelope too far for groups representing the mentally disabled.