There’s a fine line between playful and mean-spirited. At last night’s Golden Globe Awards, Ricky Gervais bulldozed over the nuance View full post on TIME.com: Top Nation and US stories

Well, that couldn’t have worked out any better for the NFL View full post on TIME.com: Top Nation and US stories

A new mood seems to be gaining hold among the state’s politicians and ordinary folk — but don’t try to take away their guns! View full post on TIME.com: Top Nation and US stories

Most trailer occupants rent the land but now the owners want to go condo. The first round in court went to the renters, but that’s just one battle in a long war View full post on TIME.com: Top Nation and US stories

Defense attorney Judy Clarke comes to the side of accused shooter Jared Loughner in Tucson, Ariz., with an infamous list of people she has saved — to loud public disapproval — from the death penalty. Among them, the Unabomber and Susan Smith View full post on TIME.com: Top Nation and US stories

There were more twists and turns than you would find in some of James Bond’s previous movies, but finally, the long-running saga surrounding the future of the famous film franchise has come to an end View full post on TIME.com: Top Nation and US stories

As if the Cleveland Cavaliers aren’t in pathetic enough shape, now their former franchise star is piling on View full post on TIME.com: Top Nation and US stories

Stay-at-home moms may soon have a harder time saying, “Charge it.” View full post on TIME.com: Top Nation and US stories

Most trailer occupants rent the land but now the owners want to go condo. First round in court went to the renters but that’s just one battle in a long war View full post on TIME.com: Top Nation and US stories

The snowpocalypse just isn’t happening in the Northeast View full post on TIME.com: Top Nation and US stories