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Aide: Blago hid in bathroom from budget director
Associated Press - Thu Jul 8, 2010
CHICAGO - Rod Blagojevich hid in the bathroom, ducked into a back room and left the office early to avoid discussing complex issues with his budget director, his former deputy said Thursday at the ousted governors corruption trial. More»

Many Gulf federal judges have oil links
Associated Press - Sat Jun 5, 2010
MIAMI - More than half of the federal judges in districts where the bulk of Gulf oil spill-related lawsuits are pending have financial connections to the oil and gas industry, complicating the task of finding judges without conflicts to hear the cases, an Associated Press analysis of judicial financial disclosure reports shows. More»

Oklahoma Tea Parties And Lawmakers Envision Militia
Associated Press - Mon Apr 12, 2010
OKLAHOMA CITY - Frustrated by recent political setbacks, tea party leaders and some conservative members of the Oklahoma Legislature say they would like to create a new volunteer militia to help defend against what they believe are improper federal infringements on state sovereignty. More»

GOP leader's skinny-dip confession stuns Utah
Associated Press - Fri Mar 12, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - A late-night confession by Utahs House majority leader about sitting nude in a hot tub with a minor 25 years ago has shocked this conservative states political establishment but has not prompted calls from party leaders for him to resign. More»

SoCal "Family Values" Senator Gets DUI Leaving Gay Bar
KTLA-TV - Fri Mar 5, 2010
SACRAMENTO, California - The county district attorney says Republican state Senator Roy Ashburns blood-alcohol level was .14 percent when he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after leaving Faces, a gay bar and nightclub. More»

Leaked documents reveal GOP plan to use scare tactics
Yahoo News Blog - Thu Mar 4, 2010
National GOP leaders are doing damage control today after a Politico scoop lifted the curtain on the partys plan to tap voters "fear" in the coming campaign season. More»

Republican Senator Says "Tough Shit" to Unemployment Extension
CNN - Thu Feb 25, 2010
Washington - The Senate adjourned Friday without approving extensions of cash and health insurance benefits for the unemployed after a lone senator blocked swift passage due to his insistence that Congress first pay for the $10 billion package. More»

"How's that hope-y, change-y stuff workin' out for ya?"
Associated Press - Sun Feb 7, 2010
NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Sarah Palin, in a speech that was short on ideas but big on enthusiasm, took aim at President Barack Obama and the Democrats, telling a gathering of "tea party" activists that America is ripe for another revolution. More»

4 Louisiana phone plot suspects have Conservative ties
Associated Press - Tue Jan 26, 2010
NEW ORLEANS - Four men accused of trying to tamper with Democratic US Senator Mary Landrieus office phones shared a common experience as young ideologues writing for conservative publications. More»

Bush Feared Successor Might Revoke Telco Spy Immunity
Wired - Thu Nov 12, 2009
The George W Bush administration expressed concern future administrations might not use the legal amnesty it wanted to give the nations telecommunication companies that were being sued for assisting the presidents warrantless, electronic wiretapping program, according to internal documents released Thursday. More»

Senator Edward M. Kennedy dies at age 77
Associated Press - Tue Aug 25, 2009
BOSTON - Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, the last surviving brother in a political dynasty and one of the most influential senators in history, died Tuesday night at his home on Cape Cod after a year-long struggle with brain cancer. More»

Rove involvement in US attorney firing detailed
Associated Press - Mon Aug 10, 2009
WASHINGTON - Former White House political adviser Karl Rove played a central role in the ouster of a US attorney in New Mexico, one of nine prosecutors fired in a scandal in 2006 over political interference with the Justice Department, according to transcripts of closed-door testimony released Tuesday. More»

Brawl breaks out in South Korean parliament
Associated Press - Tue Jul 21, 2009
SEOUL, South Korea - Hundreds of competing lawmakers screamed and wrestled in South Koreas parliament Wednesday as a rivalry over contentious media reform bills descended into a brawl that sent at least one to a hospital. More»

S.C. Governor Mark Sanford goes AWOL for the Boink of the Century
Associated Press - Tue Jun 23, 2009
COLUMBIA, South Carolina - After going AWOL for seven days, Governor Mark Sanford admitted Wednesday that he had secretly flown to Argentina to visit a woman with whom he was having an affair. More»

Cheney: No link between Saddam Hussein, 9/11
CNN - Mon Jun 1, 2009
Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday that he does not believe Saddam Hussein was involved in the planning or execution of the September 11, 2001, attacks. More»

Fox sticking with schedule instead of Obama
Associated Press - Sun Apr 26, 2009
NEW YORK - The Fox network is sticking with its regular schedule over President Barack Obama this week. More»

Forgotten Franklin letters offer glimpse into U.S. history
CNN - Fri Apr 24, 2009
LONDON, England - An American professor doing research in London stumbled across a series of previously unknown letters written by, to, and about Benjamin Franklin, a stunning find that sheds new light on early US history. More»

Pennsylvania rocked by 'jailing kids for cash' scandal
CNN - Sun Mar 1, 2009
Pennsylvania - At a friends sleepover more than a year ago, 14-year-old Phillip Swartley pocketed change from unlocked vehicles in the neighborhood to buy chips and soft drinks. More»

Obama releases secret Bush anti-terror memos
Associated Press - Sun Mar 1, 2009
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration threw open the curtain on years of Bush-era secrets Monday, revealing anti-terror memos that claimed exceptional search-and-seizure powers and divulging that the CIA destroyed nearly 100 videotapes of interrogations and other treatment of terror suspects. More»

Credit card holders livid about 'rate-jacking'
CNN - Wed Dec 17, 2008
It arrived in Rich Stevens mailbox a few weeks ago: the notice that Citibank had "rate-jacked" the Visa cards belonging to him and his wife. More»

How Freddie Mac halted regulatory drive
Associated Press - Mon Dec 8, 2008
WASHINGTON - From a hefty lobbying budget to the use of free baseball tickets, Freddie Mac fended off any meaningful regulation in the years before the housing mortgage giant crashed, records obtained by The Associated Press show. More»

U.S. agents 'bugged Tony Blair's private phone calls for years'
Daily Mail, UK - Mon Nov 24, 2008
American spymasters snooped on the private life of Tony Blair, according to reports in the US. More»

Judge orders White House to produce wiretap memos
Associated Press - Sat Nov 1, 2008
WASHINGTON - A judge has ordered the Justice Department to produce White House memos that provide the legal basis for the Bush administrations post-September 11 warrantless wiretapping program. More»

McCain guarantees victory
Politico - Sun Oct 26, 2008
Senator John McCain said Sunday on NBCs "Meet the Press" that he can "guarantee" a win on November 4 in a squeaker victory that wont be clear until late that night. More»

GOP mailing depicts Obama's face on food stamp
The Press-Enterprise - Fri Oct 17, 2008
The latest newsletter by an Inland Republican womens group depicts Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama surrounded by a watermelon, ribs and a bucket of fried chicken, prompting outrage in political circles. More»

Republicans Rain Negative Automated Calls on Voters
New York Times - Fri Oct 17, 2008
Voters in at least 10 swing states are receiving hundreds of thousands of automated telephone calls - uniformly negative and sometimes misleading - that the Republican Party and the McCain campaign are financing this week as they struggle to keep more states from drifting into the Democratic column. More»

Fake Michelle Obama Interview Fascinates Blogosphere
Huffington Post - Tue Oct 14, 2008
Over at The Corner, Byron York has had to post an item officially alerting the right wing of the blogosphere that an article purporting to be a genuine interview with Michelle Obama, is in fact a fake. More»

Big ballot boo-boo: Osama for president?
Times Union - Fri Oct 10, 2008
TROY, New York - Rensselaer County gaffe makes national news after absentee ballots misspell Barack Obamas name. More»

White House considers "ownership stakes" in banks
Associated Press - Wed Oct 8, 2008
The Bush administration is considering taking ownership stakes in certain US banks as an option for dealing with a severe global credit crisis. More»

Some state unemployment funds drying up
CNN - Tue Oct 7, 2008
The demand for unemployment benefits across the country has put a strain on state unemployment funds, with such funds in at least 10 states facing insolvency in 2009, according to a policy group. More»

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