Pat Dollard

Feisty little girl. Seems to think she can kill the lion in its den. She’ll eventually test the theory, and she just might be proven right. Mediaite: “The back-and-forth between Bristol Palin and Countdown host Keith Olbermann continued Friday morning, as Palin hit a local Alaska radio show to discuss her “Worst Person in the [...]

Fox News: The father of two missing children in Mobile, Ala., told authorities that his children are dead and that he had buried them, according to FOX10 News. John DeBlase, 27, allegedly made these revelations during a thorough interview with police, leading investigators to search for the childrens’ bodies within a 100-mile radius of Mobile, [...]

Fox News: Two members of China’s top ruling body orchestrated the Google hacking, which led the Internet giant to momentarily pull out of China last March, according to The New York Times on Saturday. These revelations came from diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks. This is not an isolated incident, according to the report. China has [...]

BERLIN (AP) – The online payment service provider PayPal has cut off the account used by WikiLeaks to collect donations, serving another blow to the organization just as it was struggling to keep its website accessible after an American company stopped directing traffic to it. PayPal said in a blog posting that the move was [...]

Cybercast News: (CNSNews.com) – American journalism is in “grave peril,” FCC Commissioner Michael Copps says, and to bolster “traditional media,” he said the Federal Communications Commission should conduct a “public value test” of every commercial broadcast station at relicensing time. In a speech at the Columbia University School of Journalism in New York on Thursday, [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama has signed legislation that keeps the government running and averts a shutdown that could have happened this weekend. The bill that Obama signed Saturday gives the lame-duck Congress two more weeks to try to pass a legislation funding the government for the rest of the budget year—through September. If [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama said Saturday that he’s ready “to roll up my sleeves” and work with congressional leaders on a deal not to raise taxes before rates are set to rise on Jan. 1. The president said in remarks after commenting on a newly sealed free trade pact with South Korea that [...]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Joe Miller is fighting as though Alaska’s Senate race has yet to occur. He has maintained a presence on TV, conservative radio and the Internet, casting himself as a righteous reformer in the face of an out-of-control establishment. He is still raising money and speaking out against his opponent. Miller has [...]

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DETROIT (AP) — Wayne State University says it’ll no longer offer the Helen Thomas Spirit of Diversity Award, citing recent comments made by the longtime journalist. In a statement Friday, the Detroit school says it “encourages free speech and open dialogue,” but strongly condemns what it says are “anti-Semitic remarks” made by Thomas on Thursday. [...]

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran’s intelligence chief accused the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency of sending spies in the guise of inspectors to gather information about Iran’s nuclear activities, state TV reported Saturday. The claim was another sign that Iran has hardened its stance since the assassination a week ago of a prominent nuclear scientist and [...]

Fox News: President Obama’s failure to stand his ground in ongoing negotiations with Republicans on key issues from taxes to jobless benefits has stirred howls of protest from many of his supporters on the left who are beginning to question the president’s leadership skills. Supporters say Obama should have been able to close the deal [...]

Washington Times: The Senate blocked President Obama’s and Democratic leaders’ tax cut plans Saturday in a foreordained symbolic vote that now sends both sides back to the negotiating table to work out a viable deal. A bipartisan filibuster, led by unified Republicans and joined by four Democrats and one independent, proved there isn’t enough support [...]

Washington Post: MATAMOROS, MEXICO – The U.S. government is turning to elite units of Mexican marines to go after drug cartel bosses in aggressive “capture or kill” missions, providing intelligence and training to bolster what officials say is Mexico’s most trustworthy and nimble force. The effort includes more direct information-sharing and training than previously known, [...]

The Hill: Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Friday predicted a Senate vote on the DREAM Act will be held next week. “Sen. Reid is going to call it,” Durbin told The Hill shortly after the chamber adjourned at 3:30 p.m. Friday. Two procedural votes are scheduled for Saturday morning on competing plans to address [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Their defeat on the Senate floor is predictable and the speeches have the ring of the recent campaign season. But Democrats are already eyeing the 2012 elections and eager to engineer a showdown over tax cuts in an attempt to depict Republicans as guardians of the rich. “All those people out there [...]

Bloomberg: Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said that Sarah Palin is “absolutely” electable as president, a topic of debate among Republicans even though she has yet to announce her intentions for 2012. “It’s up to her to make the case to voters,” Jindal said in an interview on “Political Capital With Al Hunt” airing this weekend [...]