By now, everyone knows Hank Williams, Jr. got kicked off Monday Night Football (or quit, depending on whom you ask) after making incendiary remarks about President Obama on Fox News . Within days, Bocephus retaliated by recording a song about the kerfluffle and releasing it on his website, where it was reportedly downloaded more than 150,000 times in 24 hours. Read full article > >

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From Hank to Toby, five shamelessly pandering country songs

As new candidates dip their toes in the water for the 2012 Republican nomination, one contender is getting out of the pool. John Thune, a senator from South Dakota, announced on his website Tuesday afternoon that he’s not entering the presidential…

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Thune Not Running for President

Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi has been put under house arrest, his website says, after he called for a rally in support of Egypt and Tunisia’s popular uprisings.

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Iran ‘house arrest’ for Karroubi

Iranian security forces raid the office of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, a statement on his website says.

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Mousavi office ‘raided’ in Iran