Pat Dollard

MANCHESTER, Conn. (AP)– Police in Connecticut have confirmed nine people were killed and two others injured in a shooting rampage at a beer distributorship. Manchester police Lt. Christopher Davis says the shooter is among the dead at the Hartford Distributors facility. A company official identified the shooter as Omar Thornton, a driver who had been [...]

The Washington Times: The father of Anwar al-Awlaki, the U.S.-Yemeni citizen who has been dubbed as al Qaeda’s top English-language Internet recruiter, will sue the Obama administration in an effort to stop U.S. drones from trying to kill his son. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights announced on Tuesday that [...]

The Hill: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is going to yank consideration of legislation responding to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill for the summer without floor debate or votes this week, according to Democratic senators and Senate GOP aides. Reid has scheduled a press conference for 2:30 p.m. with fellow Democrats to discuss [...]

Los Angeles Times: WASHINGTON — — The Senate floor debate over the nomination of Elena Kagan to U.S. Supreme Court began Tuesday morning, but much of what is expected to take place over the next few days likely will have little to do with Kagan herself. Her confirmation appears assured. At least five Republicans have [...]

New York Times: WASHINGTON — A group of human-rights lawyers filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging a federal regulation that restricts their ability to provide legal services to certain terrorism suspects. At the same time, they unveiled broader plans to contest the Obama administration’s decision to authorize the military and the C.I.A. to kill a [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Democratic leaders say they’ve emptied the swamp of congressional corruption. Never mind the ethics trials to come for two longtime party members. “Drain the swamp we did, because this was a terrible place,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi said last week of the Republican rule in the House that ended in January 2007. Pelosi’s [...]

MANKATO, Minn. (AP) – Brett Favre’s spectacular stint with the Minnesota Vikings appears to be over. Favre has informed the Vikings he will not return to Minnesota for a second season, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The 40-year-old Favre called coach Brad Childress to say his injured [...]

ABC News: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner acknowledged that it is still a “tough economy” for most Americans, and warned it’s possible the unemployment rate will go up for a couple of months before it comes down as more people enter the labor force. “When they see a little hope that there may be jobs out [...]

The Hill: Developers should “put the brakes” on a planned mosque near the site of the 9/11 attacks in New York City, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Tuesday. Lieberman, an independent senator who caucuses with Democrats, endorsed a pause on the building of an Islamic center and mosque near ground zero, joining some Republican lawmakers [...]

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Politico: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) accused the president Monday of being “small-minded” and “bizarre”. The 2008 Republican Presidential nominee called out President Barack Obama for being a detractor of the surge policy in Iraq while he served in the Senate and then claiming the strategy as his own now that it has proven successful. “He [...]