Pat Dollard

Tornadoes fueled by unusually warm winter air sliced through parts of the South and Midwest on Friday, killing at least half a dozen people, injuring dozens of others. (Dec. 31)

Politico: Joe Miller finally conceded the Alaska Senate race to Sen. Lisa Murkowski Friday, indicating he would not pursue further legal action in the last unresolved race of the 2010 cycle. At a press conference Friday, Miller told a group of supporters he would not appeal Murkowski’s 10,000 vote write-in victory, effectively ending two months [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea, which has conducted two nuclear tests in the past, on Saturday welcomed the new year with calls for a Korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons, better ties with rival South Korea and a promise to boost its military strength. The North’s annual New Year’s message comes in the [...]

Washington Post: On the first day of December, Gena Bell walked into the lobby of the CasaMagna Resort in Cancun, both thrilled and a little wary about what was to come. “I can’t believe we’re here!” she said, taking in the view of the water. She’d had that feeling a lot recently. Two years ago, [...]

Fox News: The war on terror didn’t much factor into the 2010 midterm elections. But if Rep. Mike Rogers has his way, Congress is going to start paying a lot more attention to the way the Obama administration is prosecuting that war. The Michigan Republican, who since last year has been howling about the president’s [...]

Houston Chronicle: Some of the people held hostage by two armed robbers have been released from the Chase Bank where they have been held for nearly three hours, Pearland police said. The robbers remain inside the bank. Five hostages emerged Friday afternoon, one wearing a striped, short-sleeved shirt with his hands in the air, and [...]