You remember Herman Cain? Well, he is still making ads, and the latest ones are weird—to say the least. In the video released today—which Business Insider calls “crazy”—a rabbit is launched out of a cannon and then shot in mid-air as a little girl says, “This is small business. This is small business under the current tax code. Any questions?”

Taliban leaders are insisting that US Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, who allegedly massacred 16 Afghan civilians as they slept, be prosecuted prosecuted in Afghanistan, and according to Islamic law. The comments followed a move by the Taliban last week to cut off talks with the US because of American officials’ “ever-changing position,” said a spokesman. Meanwhile, more details continue to

JFK conspiracy theorists are having a good day: Cuban leader Fidel Castro apparently knew President Kennedy would be assassinated and even told spies to listen carefully to radio chatter coming from Texas on November 22, 1963, the Miami Herald reports. In a new book, former CIA analyst Brian Latell draws on Cuban sources and declassified US documents to argue that

U.S. employers added 227,000 jobs in January to complete three of the best months of hiring since the recession began. The unemployment rate was unchanged, largely because more people streamed into the work force. The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate stayed at 8.3 percent last month, the lowest in three years. And hiring in January and December

Advertisers just realized Rush Limbaugh is an asshole and aren’t flocking back to him since he apologized to a Georgetown law student for calling her a “slut.” In fact, another company is yanking its commercials from the right-winger’s radio program. “Mr. Limbaugh’s recent comments went beyond political discourse to a personal attack, and do not reflect our values as a

Cancer isn’t done with Hugo Chavez. The Venezuelan president says the tumor that he recently had removed from his pelvic area was a recurrence of cancer. The disease didn’t spread beyond the tumor, which “was totally extracted” during his procedure in Cuba, the Venezuelan president told viewers in a televised message yesterday. He added that he’ll receive radiotherapy treatment, the

Army Private Bradley Manning, probably the second most famous person connected to Wikileaks, has been nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Manning joins a list of 231 nominees—people like Russian human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina. Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, and former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl are also believed to be on the list. The nomination of Manning, who has

Rick Santorum’s request for Secret Service protection has been approved and the candidate will start receiving protection tomorrow, as Arizona and Michigan votes, an administration official tells the AP. Each party’s nominee receives Secret Service protection but it can be provided earlier if Homeland Security approves. The campaign of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich requested Secret Service protection last week

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said today he has to have more surgery after doctors in Cuba found a new lesion in the same place where he had a tumor removed last year. The announcement thrust Venezuelan politics into new uncertainty because the 57-year-old socialist leader is seeking re-election this year, hoping to extend his more than 13 years in power

Pierre Casiraghi, the 24-year-old Monegasque prince and grandson of Grace Kelly, got his ass kicked at a “vicious” nightclub brawl this weekend — involving Paris Hilton’s ex Stavros Niarchos and the former owner of Hawaiian Tropic — that landed him in the hospital… and with a ‘broken face’ Casiraghi was apparently left with “deep cuts and blood everywhere” — a