Pat Dollard

Sports Grid: Semi-anonymous lady blogger Stefanie authors the “Chasing the Jersey” blog, which details her many run-ins (and sexy times) with professional and amateur athletes. For those that aren’t familiar with the term: a “jersey chaser” is someone who only sleeps with members of a certain team or players in a certain sport. My blog [...]

Wall Street Journal: “Little Fockers” took the top spot at the weekend box office, but movies starring Jeff Bridges took the next two slots. The comedy sequel “Little Fockers” (Universal) starring Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand took in $34 million according to early estimates from Hollywood.com. Final figures are due [...]

The Hill: President Obama will spend more time outside of Washington, D.C. next year engaging with the public, according to a top White House adviser and close friend of the president. One year before Obama faces reelection, he is expected to make a greater effort to connect with potential voters after facing charges being too [...]

USA Today: GREAT FALLS, Mont. — His eyes twinkled and his laugh was quick. Walter Breuning was in a good mood Wednesday, contemplating Christmases past and the upcoming new year. “Christmas is such a nice time of the year,” Breuning mused. He offered a familiar Christmas wish for people. “By gosh, I wish they’d be [...]

The Hill: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Sunday that controversial new airport security procedures are likely to remain in place since they have been effective. Some airline passengers and lawmakers have objected to the new Transportation Security Administration (TSA) policy, which includes full-body scans and pat-downs. Asked on CNN’s “State of the Union” if [...]

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) – The 101st Airborne Division, a force in America’s major conflicts since World War II, is seeing its worst casualties in a decade as the U.S. surge in Afghanistan turns into the deadliest year in that war for the NATO coalition. The Army division known as the Screaming Eagles, formed ahead [...]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – New York state contributed 448,000 troops and $150 million to the Union cause during the Civil War, not to mention untold tons of supplies, food, guns and munitions. But with the 150th anniversary of the war’s start just months away, New York state government has so far failed to scrounge up [...]

VATICAN CITY (AFP) – Fresh attacks on Christians marred the Christmas holiday as Pope Benedict XVI led pleas by religious leaders for an end to persecution in Iraq and peace in the Middle East. While record crowds flocked to Bethlehem, the Palestinian town where Jesus Christ was believed to have been born, hundreds also defied [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Don’t look for any big changes in President Barack Obama’s Cabinet as the new year gets under way. The president’s press secretary, Robert Gibbs, tells CNN’s “State of the Union” that he doesn’t expect any major shuffling to take place in the Cabinet. Gibbs says that there’s much work yet to be [...]

New York Times: WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration has been transformed into a global intelligence organization with a reach that extends far beyond narcotics, and an eavesdropping operation so expansive it has to fend off foreign politicians who want to use it against their political enemies, according to secret diplomatic cables. In far greater [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The end of the year means a turnover of House control from Democratic to Republican and, with it, Congress’ approach to immigration. In a matter of weeks, Congress will go from trying to help young, illegal immigrants become legal to debating whether children born to parents who are in the country illegally [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A band of frigid weather snaking its way up the East Coast on Sunday threatened to bring blizzards and a foot of snow to New York City and New England, while several states to the South made emergency declarations as the storm caused crashes on slick roads. Airlines grounded hundreds of flights [...]

JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel’s foreign minister said Sunday a peace deal with the Palestinians is impossible under current conditions and that Israel should pursue a lesser deal instead — a concept the Palestinians swiftly rejected. The latest diplomatic spat between the two sides came as violence along the Israel-Gaza border simmered. After days of accelerated [...]

(AFP) – WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange said in an interview published Sunday he had signed deals for his autobiography worth more than one million pounds (1.2 million euros, 1.5 million dollars). Assange told Britain’s Sunday Times newspaper that the money would help him defend himself against allegations of sexual assault made by two women in [...]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – At least 45 people have been killed across Haiti due to accusations they are using “black magic” to spread cholera, the director of a Voodoo association said Friday. Most of the killings are occurring in the southern coastal town of Jeremie, where people are being lynched, set on fire and attacked [...]