AP:
NEW YORK—Michael Crichton, the million-selling author of such historic and prehistoric science thrillers as “Jurassic Park,” “Timeline” and “The Andromeda Strain,” has died of…
Parents regularly dream of raising their children to go on and do great things, but they don’t usually have time to notice that simply by…
One of the greatest figures of Americana died at his home in Chicago today. Studs Terkel was famous for his oral histories of America–most notably…
Terrifying:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The ATF says it has broken up a plot to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102…
Reuters:
The Connecticut Supreme Court overturned a ban on same-sex marriage on Friday in a victory for gay-rights advocates that will allow couples to marry…
After four days of credit contraction, bank failure, skyrocketing unemployment and dipping stock markets, the House approved the bailout bill today. It won 263-171, with…
The Huffington Post just reported that a Republican official speaking on anonymity has reported that Democrat -turned-Independent-turned-??? Joe Lieberman of Connecticut will speak at the…
From ABC News:
John Edwards repeatedly lied during his Presidential campaign about an extramarital affair with a novice filmmaker, the former Senator admitted to ABC…
CBS is reporting that Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) has been indicted for making false statements in his financial disclosure forms between 1999 and 2006.
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Big news out of Massachusetts:
The Massachusetts Senate today passed a bill that would repeal a 1913 state law that prevents gay and lesbian couples…
Following yesterday’s statement of a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that Iran should be careful to not make “provocative remarks” over…
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that singer R. Kelly has been found not guilty on all 14 of the charges he was facing, which stemmed from…
CBS via The New York Times: Tim Russert, the Meet the Press anchor and political analyst for NBC, died from an apparent heart attack earlier…
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