GOP candidates get an edge with out-of-state cash
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 11:59 am PDT
 AP - The private rooms at Carmine's, a large Italian restaurant downtown, have been hopping with political donors at lunch this week. It's a month to Election Day, and House and Senate candidates are searching far from home for last-minute campaign cash. Full Story | Top |
The Fast Fix: Mayor Rahm?
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 05:13 am PDT
The Newsroom - Rahm Emanuel is resigning as White House chief of staff today to run for mayor of Chicago. The move is sure to provoke lots of tough questions about the his own political future and that of the president he is … Full Story | Top |
Can the Tea Party govern?
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:32 am PDT
 Y! News Special Report - By Josh Kraushaar National Journal The lion's share of attention paid to the Tea Party movement has gone to its Senate candidates, a slew of outsiders who have touted their opposition to excessive government, shaking up the Republican Party and … Full Story | Top |
Christie tries to shift focus from education blunder
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 01:25 pm PDT
The Upshot - Nothing like a $100 million gift to make some bad PR go away. That's no doubt the moral that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has taken away from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's nine-figure charitable gift to the troubled public schools of Newark, just a few weeks after his own administration muffed a potential $400 million [...] Full Story | Top |
Political dance continues in Chicago mayor's race
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 03:40 pm PDT
 AP - When Rahm Emanuel quit Friday as President Barack Obama's chief of staff, he said it was for "new challenges" in Chicago, talked up the unbeaten Bears and lauded the city — never once mentioning he was coming home to run for mayor. Full Story | Top |
Rahm's gone: New day, new tone for the White House
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:51 pm PDT
 AP - Reshaping the tone and tenor of the White House, President Barack Obama on Friday replaced the colorful and caustic Rahm Emanuel with the private Pete Rouse as his chief of staff, shifting to a new phase of his presidency with a drastically different aide as trusted gatekeeper. Full Story | Top |
US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,207
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:04 pm PDT
AP - As of Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010, at least 1,207 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count. Full Story | Top |
UN claims possible genocide in DRCongo
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:36 am PDT
 AFP - The United Nations said acts of genocide may have been committed in the DR Congo as it published a hotly-contested report Friday detailing massacres by foreign armies and rebels in the war-torn nation. Full Story | Top |
Obama apologizes to Guatemala for US human experiments
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 07:02 pm PDT
 AFP - President Barack Obama personally apologized to his Guatemalan counterpart for a US-led study conducted in the 1940s, in which hundreds of people in the Latin American state were deliberately infected with sexually-transmitted diseases. Full Story | Top |
NAACP, labor unions, liberal activists plan rally on Mall
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 12:29 pm PDT
Daily Caller - The NAACP and several labor unions, including the AFL-CIO and SEIU, will convene at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., Saturday for their “One Nation Working Together” rally which is, according to the event’s website, aimed at elevating concern about jobs, justice and public education. Full Story | Top |
O'Donnell denies misrepresenting education
Fri, 1 Oct 2010 04:11 pm PDT
 AP - After nearly disappearing from public view following her upset victory in Delaware's GOP primary, Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell re-emerged Friday, denying reports that she tried to falsify her education background. Full Story | Top |
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