Daily Show Prep - Monday May 11, 2015

• Obama approves Arctic drilling
• House Dems seek repeal of Obamacare tax
• George Zimmerman involved in shooting incident
• White House rejects Seymour Hersh account of bin Laden kill
• PR nightmare for United Airlines: They kick autistic kid off the plane
• Hilarious: Carly Fiorina gets hammered by Chuck Todd for losing CarlyFiorina.org, snags ChuckTodd.org
• Four charged in MS police murder
• FBI: Cop killings have nearly doubled in a year
• Tom Brady suspended for four games
• 'Empire' creator is offended by whites writing for blacks
• Eye-roller: Michelle Obama speaks of emotional toll of being first black first lady
• Elizabeth Warren blames Baltimore riots on financial misdoing
• Uber-rich! Ride share valuation may top $50 billion
• State of California watering freeway hillsides in the rain during drought
• Walmart bottled water comes from Sacramento municipal supply
• Nashville pre-K paving way for future
• UC San Diego students required to take final exam naked
• High school threatens to cancel prom if students hold NFL-style draft
• Sexting fueling teenage depression
• Elderly man with hooker under his bed loses housing subsidy
• Woman survives off own breast milk
• Cursed at Birth, The Most Unfortunate Name of the Day: Genuine Ho
• Expert of the Day: Ryan Girdusky of Red Alert Politics on Obamacare costing hours for part-time workers

Daily Show Prep - Friday May 8, 2015

• FBI: 'Maybe thousands' in America under the influence of ISIS
• Detroit TV anchor angers local Muslims with comment
• BSNBC's Chris Hayes supports Pam Geller
• Americans not in labor force hits new record high
• Social Security's in worse shape than we thought
• Issa taking hit for 'poor' comments, but he's right
• Feds forcing public schools to adopt transgender policies
• Chick-fil-A t-shirts cause stir and suspensions at Pa. school
• Facts about the upcoming Jade Helm 15 military exercise
• Ben Carson says we should probably raise the minimum wage
• Lindsey Grahamnesty '98.6 percent sure' he's running for president
• Nearly 3,500 days since the last major hurricane hit the U.S.
• Democrats trying to win back the House through the courts
• Morgan Freeman: 'We are indeed all bigoted'
• American Ebola patient thought cured has disease in his eye
• BBQ joint to host 'White Appreciation Day'
• What car shoppers care about
• Oregon's mysterious 'disappearing lake' explained; no, it's not global warming
• Job advice: Don't insult your prospective employer online
• Cursed at Birth, The Most Unfortunate Name of the Day: Fannie Licker
• Expert of the Day: Brian Olsen of the United Criminal Justice Employees of Texas about bill prohibiting labor union dues from being automatically withheld from paychecks

Daily Show Prep - Thursday May 7, 2015

• Senior al Qaeda leader killed by drone
• Pam Geller: No contact from FBI, Homeland Security since attack
• Wilders plans Muhammad cartoon expo in the Netherlands
• National Review: I'm more hateful than Pam Geller
• Border braces for summer surge
• LAPD cop indicted for smuggling illegal
• Baltimore police investigation contradicts state's attorney
• Appeals court rules against NSA's phone records program
• Senate votes 98-1 to give congress a say in Iran nuke deal
• Bill Clinton puts blame for family scandals on accountant
• Chinese province bans rooftop crosses
• The wealth gap widens
• Fox's Bob Beckel in addiction rehab
• Russian "state-of-the-art" tank breaks down during debut
• Md police officer suspended after biting man in the testicles during fight
• Man raped at gunpoint by three women who steal his semen
• Tesla enters the home battery market
• 'Monsignor Meth' sentenced to 5 years
• Japanese zoo apologizes after naming baby monkey after royal baby
• Cursed at Birth, The Most Unfortunate Name of the Day: Bita Negar
• David Harsanyi, Senior Editor at the Federalist, says Huckabee is not right for the Republicans

Daily Show Prep - Wednesday May 6, 2015

• ISIS threatens to kill Pamela Geller
• ISIS claims to have 71 trained soldiers in 15 states
• Texas shooter was heartthrob in Pakistan
• FBI overlooked Texas shooter because 'there are so many like him'
• Baltimore mayor calls for federal investigation of her own police department
• One of the officers asks judge to make prosecutor turn over knife
• CO2 at all-time high, temperatures still flat
• Deflategate investigation finds Brady probably knew
• Exxon Mobile quits Clinton Global Initiative
• Seattle $15 minimum wage already killing jobs
• Hillary seen as too old by many voters
• Duggars dump Santorum for Huckabee
• Daily Kos: Why 'Whiteness' is one of the greatest scams in history
• Where's Keystone XL? Oil train derails in North Dakota
• For second Mother's Day in a row, Denver could see snow
• Equal pay? Jennifer Lawrence demands $20 for next picture
• Woman cuts family off from WiFi over health concerns
• The Washington Post's take on the Jade Helm conspiracy theory
• One in seven marriages end over social media
• CA senate candidate's aide claims to be descended from Knights Templars
• Why is everyone down on Jamie Foxx for his rendition of the National Anthem?
• Woman uses online pizza order to call for help in hostage situation
• Michelle Obama says museums not inviting to non-whites
• Cursed at Birth, The Most Unfortunate Name of the Day: Dr. Shit Fun Chew
• Expert of the Day: Eric Blehm, author of Legend, the story of a Green Beret hero

Daily Show Prep - Tuesday May 5, 2015

• ISIS claims responsibility for Texas shooting
• Huckabee announces for president
• Australian news organization questions the fairness of reading to your kids
• Court: Warrantless cellphone tracking not illegal
• Pentagon seeks to calm fear of Jade Helm military exercise
• Italian police reveal what Jesus looked like as a boy
• Nearly 21 percent of jobs in Baltimore are government jobs
• Baltimore schools spend far more than the national average
• Poll: Race relations worse in over 2 decades
• FLOTUS weekend ski trip cost $57,000 in transportation alone
• VA official stole $150,000, spent it on hookers and gambling
• Sensors in airplane seats monitor health
• Portland opens first vegan mall with vegan strip club
• Key to wealth is more education
• Indiana man accused of killing, eating ex-girlfriend
• Japanese hotel launches 'crying rooms'
• Cop sues Starbucks over hot coffee burns
• Couple faces 15 years in prison for having sex on the beach
• Professor fails students for refusing to condemn her Christian faith
• Fans file $5 million lawsuit against Manny Pacquiao
• Man tries to cash $368 billion check to open Italian restaurant
• 95-year-old WWII vet fights off would-be robbers with cane
• New Indiana Jones movie will happen. Let's just hope it doesn't suck like the last one
• Ad blocker lets you block the Kardashians
• Actor Seth Gilliam arrested for DUI
• Cursed at Birth, The Most Unfortunate Name of the Day: Hitler Mussolini
• Expert of the Day: Patrick Poole from PJ Media says feds saw no credible threat at Texas Muhammad cartoon contest

Daily Show Prep - Monday May 4, 2015

• Two gunmen dead after terrorist attack in Texas
• ISIS-linked Twitter account tweeted about attack before it happened
• Second gunman identified
• CNN blurs out cartoons of Muhammad at event
• Three more Republicans jump into the presidential race
• NYPD cop dies after Saturday shooting
• This is rape? Man poses as 50 Shades-type hunk, turns out to be 68-year-old fat guy
• Baltimore got $1.8 billion in stimulus money for crime prevention
• Iran bans 'devil-worshipping' haircuts
• Bill Clinton defends his foundation
• Hard Times: Smith College - all female - to start admitting transgenders
• Duh: Study says debt causes depression
• Daily Kos: The most racist areas in the nation
• Hilarious Video: Councilman forgets to cut off his mic when he leaves the room and goes to the bathroom
• Waitress refuses tip from Kansas guv, gives him one of her own
• Idiot Alert: Woman posts she hates her job before she starts, told not to bother coming in
• Must've been one helluva dunk: Man gets stuck in basketball hoop, cops have to cut him down
• Joe Bonsall of the Oak Ridge Boys on his new book, On the Road with the Oak Ridge Boys
• Cursed at Birth, The Most Unfortunate Name of the Day: Dr. Will Tickel

Daily Show Prep - Friday May 1, 2015

• Police charged in Freddie Gray death
• Sharpton calls for the Department of Justice to take over local police departments
• Michael Moore joins Ed Schultz in calling for the police to be disarmed
• The word 'thug' being redefined by the thugs
• Chris Christie: Criminal charges prove I had nothing to do with Bridgegate
• Anvil Joe: 'Path has already been paved' to Iranian nukes
• Republicans accused of whisper campaign on Hillary's age
• Larry Flynt endorses Hillary
• New country formed: Liberland
• Experts predict robots will take over a third of the jobs by 2025
• Cops investigating kiss by 7-year-olds
• Barbra Streisand's dog bites flight attendant
• Expert of the Day: Jorge Bonilla from Media Research Center and the Latino war on Rubio