The mother of Bristol Palin’s boyfriend sent text messages discussing drug transactions less than a month after the young woman’s mother, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was nominated as the Republican vice presidential candidate, according to court documents filed this week.

Chip Saltsman (pictured), candidate to head the Republican National Committee, sends out a Christmas goodie bag to RNC members with a CD including the racially loaded parody of Obama’s liberal supporters.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave Channel 4’s annual alternative Xmas message this year. In the video he congratulated Barack Obama for becoming the 44th President of the USA and urged Muslims and Christians to work together for brotherhood and unity.

Eartha Kitt was a brilliant and talented actress and singer. Her career spanned more than four decades. Here are some of our favorite Eartha Kitt moments.

A Classic case of missing the forest for the trees

President-elect Barack Obama made clear to his aides that he wanted to spend the Christmas holiday in Hawaii, as he had done in years past: There is no more campaign, this will be a true family vacation.

British Nobel laureate Harold Pinter — who produced some of his generation’s most influential dramas and later became a staunch critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq — has died, his widow said Thursday. He was 78.

In celebration of Kwaanza we are giving e-awards to the people we thought best symbolized the seven principles of Kwaanza.