Via an AP breaking news alert: JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) A family spokesman tells the AP that ex-Sen. Stevens was killed in a plane crash in Alaska.
Just got this in an AP breaking news alert: SAN DIEGO (AP) Ousted USDA employee Shirley Sherrod says she will sue blogger Andrew Breitbart.
From an AP breaking news alert: COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) Tim Scott, black lawmaker, defeats Strom Thurmond’s son in GOP runoff for House nomination. Tim Scott is a teabagger, but the beauty of him beating out segregationist Strom’s son – well that is priceless.
From an AP breaking news alert: NEW ORLEANS (AP) Judge blocks offshore drilling moratorium imposed by Obama administration after Gulf spill. It’s interesting how the administration is supposed to be so in charge of offshore drilling, yet they can’t stop it. UPDATE Here’s another breaking alert: WASHINGTON (AP) White House: Administration will appeal ruling against […]
A new study has estimated the Iraqi death toll at 655,000 since the start of the invasion. This study was conducted using a new method: Researchers used household interviews rather than body counts to estimate how many more Iraqis had died because of the war than used to die annually in peacetime. “We estimate that […]