Browns Linebacker Tank Carder Calls Someone a 'Faggot' on Twitter, Doesn't Agree with Being Gay, Apologizes

Cleveland Browns linebacker Tank Carder got into an argument late last week with another Twitter user before caling him a "faggot" and then proceeding to unleash a series of tweets explaining himself, Outsports reports.

Said Carder, complaining about people angry at him for using the slur: "Yea, they all gettin butt hurt." He later added, "I don't agree with being gay or lesbian at all, but saying faggot doesn't make me a homophobe, it's just a word."

Carder then issued a non-apology "if I offended anyone in anyway."

After Carder's tweets began getting around, he spoke out again today, saying, "I want to sincerely apologize for the word I used! I did not in anyway mean to offend anyone! That tweet doesn't define me as a person!"

What action the NFL will take remains to be seen.

Outsports notes: "Major League Soccer puts the penalty at a three-game suspension for this kind of language. The NBA puts the cost at $50k."

Man Who Beat Gay Alabama Woman at Thanksgiving Had Assaulted Her Before with a Pipe Wrench: VIDEO

Earlier today I posted about the horrific assault on 23-year-old Mallory Owens from Mobile, Alabama, who was beaten within inches of her life by Travis Hawkins Jr. Hawkins' sister is Owens' girlfriend.

Owens had been invited to Thanksgiving by the family, who was "trying to be nice," according to Owens' mother. It's not the first time that Hawkins has attacked her:

Earlier this year, family members tell News 5 that Travis Hawkins Jr. hit Mallory over the head with a pipe wrench. She was injured, but the family did not pursue charges after that incident.

D.A. Ashley Rich claims they have no reason at this time to declare it a hate crime. Hawkins Jr. is free on bond.

Watch WKRG's video report and interview with the family, AFTER THE JUMP...

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Elmo Puppeteer Kevin Clash Faces Third Underage Sex Allegation

Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash, who resigned from Sesame Street before the Thanksgiving holiday after being hit with a second underage sex allegation, now faces a third, the NY Daily News reports:

This time puppeteer Kevin Clash is facing a lawsuit accusing him of sexual activity with a 16-year-old in 2000. The accuser, now 29, will be filing a lawsuit in Manhattan Federal Court Tuesday, says the man's attorney Jeff Herman.

He said the lawsuit is being filed as a "John Doe" because the accuser does not want to use his name. Herman said his client started writing a book in 2009 describing his experience with Clash.

The lawyer said he will have pages from that book at a press conference Tuesday to announce the lawsuit. Herman said the accuser is from the South and was in high school when he came to New York 13 years ago for modeling work.

Clash's accuser says they met on a gay chat line.

Former Florida GOP Chair Admits Party Aimed to Suppress Voters

Former GOP officials and current GOP consultants admit to the Palm Beach Post that the party's main goal in pushing new early voting laws was to suppress voting by minorities and Democrats:

Republican leaders said in proposing the law that it was meant to save money and fight voter fraud. But a former GOP chairman and former Gov. Charlie Crist, both of whom have been ousted from the party, now say that fraud concerns were advanced only as subterfuge for the law’s main purpose: GOP victory.

Former Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer says he attended various meetings, beginning in 2009, at which party staffers and consultants pushed for reductions in early voting days and hours.

“The Republican Party, the strategists, the consultants, they firmly believe that early voting is bad for Republican Party candidates,” Greer told The Post. “It’s done for one reason and one reason only. … ‘We’ve got to cut down on early voting because early voting is not good for us,’ ” Greer said he was told by those staffers and consultants.

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News: Chris Brown, Donald Trump, Tavern on the Green, Namibia

Crowd of 300 sexually assaults three women in Tahrir Square in Cairo.

Is this the end? And should NYC officials be planning for a future tsunami?

Chris Brown deletes Twitter account after offensive exchange with female comedy writer.

Mr. Gay Namibia stripped of crown: “It has come to the attention of the Mr Gay Namibia organisation that Mr Wendelinus Hamutenya , the former title holder of the Mr Gay Namibia 2011 title, is accused of unbecoming conduct. Due to the gravity of the accusations against him the Mr Gay Namibia organisation had no alternative but to suspend him with immediate effect on November 24 2012, pending the outcome of the investigation.”

NYPD reopen case: "Marsha P. Johnson was the transgender performer and activist whose body was found in the Hudson in 1992, the police deciding it was a suicide, as various observers reacted in deep suspicion, certain there was more to the story."

Trump's kids reportedly told him to cool it on the Obama-bashing: "'The three of them met and went to see their dad in his Fifth Ave. office. They showed a lot of respect, but told him he’s worked too long and too hard to build up the reputation he has. They understand completely he’s always been outspoken and that he likes attention, but this is too much,' says a source who knew about the mid-October meeting."

Twitter had a strong reaction to Lindsay Lohan's Liz & Dick.

Cleveland crowd cheers Macklemore's call for equal marriage in concert.

Gay couple to reopen NYC's iconic restaurant Tavern on the Green, face charges of nepotism: "The partners, who for 15 years have owned Crêperie Beau Monde and L'Etage 624, a restaurant and lounge in Philadelphia, were described as novices compared with New York City-based rivals such as veteran caterer Great Performances. Some newspaper articles suggested that the pair won the 20-year lease through connections—Mr. Caiola's sister is married to Mayor Michael Bloomberg's former deputy mayor, Kevin Sheekey, who is now a top executive with Bloomberg LP."

Naked dude mounts London statue.

Shangela discusses her Glee appearance: "A little less than four years ago I stepped onto a small stage at West Hollywood's Here Lounge to compete in the amateur drag contest. For my 'Single Ladies' performance, I was wearing a borrowed wig and a one-piece swimsuit from Ross onto which I had hot glued rhinestones the day before."

Gay man likely to become San Diego City Council president.

Celine Dion accepts the cutest award ever.

Male model fix: Lucas Bernardini.

Man-made ocean acidification causing animals to dissolve in southern waters: "This is actually happening now," says Geraint Tarling of the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, UK. He and colleagues captured free-swimming sea snails called pteropods from the Southern Ocean in early 2008 and found under an electron microscope that the outer layers of their hard shells bore signs of unusual corrosion.

VIDEO: A preview of Britney's "Scream and Shout".

Princes Harry and William write letter of support for UK HIV organization: "Terrence Higgins Trust, founded thirty years ago by friends of Terrence Higgins, one of the first people in the United Kingdom to die of AIDS, has been the other constant in this story of our generation. Every day, its inspirational staff and volunteers work ceaselessly to turn the lives of HIV sufferers around. They have prevented countless new infections, supported thousands of people to live healthy lives with HIV, and campaigned tirelessly to gain a greater public understanding of the personal, social and media impact of HIV."