Ingrid Betancourt rescued from 6-year FARC kidnapping
Fifteen hostages, including former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three US military contractors, have been freed.
Colombia’s Defence Minister Juan Manuel Santos made the announcement at a news conference. He said military spies tricked rebels into giving them up ... read more
Mark Dean Schwab execution schedule for Tuesday
Florida’s new procedure for lethal injections could be tested Tuesday when executioners strap down a condemned inmate for the first time since a botched execution.
Mark Dean Schwab, 39, is scheduled to die exactly 16 years after he was sentenced in the 1991 kidnapping, rape and murder o... read more
Supreme Court Strikes Down D.C. Ban on Handguns
The Supreme Court, splitting along ideological lines, today declared that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to own guns for self-defense, striking down the District of Columbia’s ban on handgun ownership as unconstitutional.
The 5 to 4 decision was written by Jus... read more
Obama asks donors to help Clinton pay off debt
Sen. Barack Obama has asked top contributors to help former rival Sen. Hillary Clinton retire the debt from her failed presidential campaign, an Obama campaign source said.
Obama and Clinton ran a protracted race for the Democratic presidential nomination that left Clinton with a campaign deb... read more
Barack Obama’s new seal lasts one day
Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is retiring a presidential seal that made its debut at a Chicago event last week.
“It was a one-time seal for a one-time use,” Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. The seal, which resembled the official presidential seal, had a picture of a bald eagle o... read more
Prince Williams knighted, we just love the suit
Prince William was made a Royal Knight of the Garter on Monday at a ceremony presided over by his grandmother — the British monarch — and attended by his father, brother and girlfriend.
Queen Elizabeth II made William the 1,000th knight to join the order and formally presented him... read more
Key member of Obama’s VP committee steps aside
A key member of Sen. Barack Obama’s vice presidential search team, Jim Johnson, is stepping down after criticism over a mortgage he received, the Obama campaign said Wednesday.
“Jim did not want to distract in any way from the very important task of gathering information about my ... read more
Obama’s birth certificate still a mistery
Jim Geraghty of National Review’s Campaign Spot blog thinks Barack Obama would be wise to release his birth certificate, thus quelling “unlikely” rumors circulating on the right side of the Web.
Rumor one: Obama was born in Kenya. Rather unlikely, as it would require everyone in his fam... read more
Gennifer Flowers and Paula Jones whore it out a little more
Gennifer Flowers and Paula Jones want to offer Internet viewers the lurid details of the encounters they claim with former President Clinton, before he won the White House — for $1.99 a pop.
The two women, whose names were widely known in the early 1990s as they claimed sexual encounters wi... read more
Will Sarah Palin be McCain’s VP?
Who? When?
Republicans including, I imagine, Sen. McCain himself are asking these questions about his selection of a vice presidential candidate.
Ideally, a presidential candidate wants a running mate who will help him or her win the election, and (maybe) to govern afterwards. But most... read more
