A Girl Scout leader and her husband were arrested after an emaciated, terrified and nearly naked 17-year-old showed up at…
From The New York Times Online: Typically presidents have to wait until long after they’ve left office for holidays to…
President-elect Barack Obama signaled a clear desire Wednesday to use a significant portion of $700 billion in financial bailout funds…
Since reparations is an accursed term, I'm comfortable with just labeling it a "bailout" for now.
From Ben Smith at Politico: The floating of the name of former Rep. James Ramstad as Obama's drug czar has…
Plaxico Burress messed up big time. But the media’s overreaction to his incident has been just as bad.
From Ada McMahon at Green For All: Last week, President-Elect Obama announced that upon taking office he will enact an…
President-elect Barack Obama named New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as commerce secretary on Wednesday, filling a top economic post in…
According to the Times of London, Barack Obama’s Kenyan grandfather was tortured by British colonial rulers during the Mau-Mau uprising…
Relieved Republicans celebrated a resounding win in Georgia’s hard-fought U.S. Senate runoff, a victory that denied Democrats a filibuster-proof majority…
By Jesse Washington Gay is the new black, say the protest signs and magazine covers, casting the gay marriage battle…
Gary Coleman has pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge stemming from a September incident at a bowling alley.
The fallout from Plaxico Burress' self-inflicted gunshot wound may still cause problems for New York Giants middle linebacker Antonio Pierce…
NEW YORK (AP) Odetta, the folk singer with the powerful voice who moved audiences and influenced fellow musicians for…
From The Huffington Post: After Giants' star Plaxico Burress shot himself in the leg, MSNBC's Willie Geist put together a…
The American News Project has a new video in which they investigate the white supremacist threat to Obama’s life.
Ford Motor Co. is asking Congress for a $9 billion “stand-by line of credit” to stabilize its business, but says…
From The New Republic: Omniscient reader EC notes something crucial about new appointees James Jones, Eric Holder and Timothy Geithner:…
From Foreign Policy Passport: In an interview with Charlie Gibson George W. Bush tells Gibson his biggest regret is "the…
From Ben Smith at Politico: The communications for Obama's transition, Dan Pfeiffer, flatly denied a Daily Mail report that Obama…
