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Harry Reid

Reid's wife breaks neck, back in car crash

Daughter also hurt. Senate majority leader's spokesman says their injuries are "non-life threatening"
Gawker

Gawker's Scott Brown scoop falls flat

Defamation suit against Massachusetts senator didn't make news for a reason
Alex Koppelman
Education

National education standards target media literacy

Could new guidelines for a nation-wide core curriculum spawn a generation of bloggers?
Jenn Kepka
Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck misses Joe McCarthy

The Fox News host reaches a new low in his rewriting of U.S. history Video
Mike Madden
Democratic Party

Cowardly politics

Party strategists -- still afraid of seeming weak on National Security -- summon the debunked playbook of the past
Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck and the war on progressives

A generation after Democrats fled from the term "liberal," the right is going after "progressive," too
Mike Madden
R.I.P.

Once-revered S.C. lawmaker freezes to death alone

Goggins was the first black woman in the S.C. Legislature and helped transform the American education system
SEANNA ADCOX
Republican Party

GOP finance chief's dubious "charity" background

Rob Bickhart, the finance chief whose weird anti-Obama PowerPoint embarrassed the GOP, has a strange resume
Joe Conason
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Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 17:21 EST

ACORN gives up Ohio business license

Organization wont be cropping up in Ohio as "WALNUT or CHESTNUT" either
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Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 15:56 EST

Obama gives away $1.4M Nobel prize

The president distributes his prize money among charities and organizations
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Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 14:45 EST

Yemen holds N.J. man after al-Qaida shootout

Sharif Mobley's father claims: "He's no terrorist."
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Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 14:11 EST

Lesbian teen back at Miss. school after prom flap

She says classmates are angry after district cancelled dance because she wanted to bring a female date
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Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 14:10 EST

House votes to probe leaders over Massa

Ethics committee will try to determine what top Dems knew, and when they knew it
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Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 11:40 EST

Fair and balanced

The people who run Fox News' Web site aren't even trying anymore
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Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 10:42 EST

Biggest aftershock hits Chile on inauguration day

The temblor rocked buildings as dignitaries arrived for the swearing-in of a new president
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Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 10:12 EST

Blagojevich presents top 10 list

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Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 09:45 EST

Can House get healthcare done by deadline -- or at all?

The date President Obama wants bill passed by is approaching, but it's still not clear that Dems have the votes
Alex Koppelman
Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 09:17 EST

Success of lone gunmen may shift al-Qaida strategy

Terror group may now be favoring smaller, simpler attacks, as long as they still sow "fear"
By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press
Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 08:06 EST

Toyota troubles put spotlight on US safety agency

A House panel plans to investigate the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's oversight of auto industry
By KEN THOMAS and STEPHEN MANNING, Associated Press
Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 20:20 EST

65-year-old woman arrested for hoarding 60 dogs

Animal control found the dogs inside crates stacked two-high in Alice Via's apartment
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Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 20:20 EST

The GOP's bait-and-switch game

Strategy: Prey on fear, promise a return to fiscal conservatism, rake in donations, don't follow through
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Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 20:19 EST

Usain Bolt, Serena Williams win Laureus Awards

Ironically, both Bolt and Williams won awards with "sportsman" in the title
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Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 19:59 EST

Math and English classes could be standardized

Texas and Alaska have already chosen to opt out of the newest incarnation of education reform
By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP, Associated Press
Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 19:11 EST

Slide show: Glenn Beck, professional time-waster

Gold, Nazis, bald Communists and stand-up comedy: Let us count the ways that Glenn Beck has wasted people's time
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Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 18:59 EST

House rejects call for withdrawal from Afghanistan

The bill, asking for troops to leave by the end of the year, never left the starting gate
By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press
Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 17:36 EST

Pro-Census campaign takes to smart phones

"Be Counted, Represent" to offer free music and concert tickets to try to boost Hispanic participation
By JACOB ADELMAN, Associated Press
Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 16:45 EST

More harassment allegations against Eric Massa revealed

Pattern of behavior that led to congressman's resignation reportedly goes way back
Alex Koppelman
Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 16:07 EST

Wife of House Judiciary chairman jailed for bribery

Judge denied Monica Conyers' request to change her guilty plea and sentenced her to 37 months
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Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 15:11 EST

Military commissions: A bad idea

They are a legal experiment that the Supreme Court has rejected. Federal courts can handle complex terrorism trials
By Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld and Joshua Dratel
Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 14:11 EST

"Filegate" judge: There's no there there -- and never was

At long last, federal Judge Royce Lamberth dismisses "Filegate." Let's not forget the fraud's keenest promoters
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Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 13:45 EST

Glenn Beck says he almost tossed Eric Massa

Fox News host thought several times about ending embarrassing hour-long interview, he says Video
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Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 13:31 EST

New York City can keep "Tavern on the Green" name

Creditors of iconic, bankrupt Central Park restaurant had hoped to gain ownership
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Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 13:24 EST

Female WWII aviators honored with gold medal

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