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AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Gulp . I'm sure it's incredibly safe but yikes, I really can't stand heights. Give me rough seas, bike riding in Paris, eating insects or dodging motorcycles on the streets of Vietnam over this any day. Visitors to the Sears Tower's new glass balconies all seem to agree: The first step is the hardest. The balconies are suspended 1,353 feet in the air and jut out four feet from the building's 103rd...
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Political Wire (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) and his publisher have parted ways, CNN reports. In a statement: "Sentinel has agreed to release Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina from his contract to write a book about fiscal conservatism, which was to be called Within Our Means and was scheduled for publication in March 2010. This is a mutual decision. We wish Governor Sanford the best." "Prior...
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Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
The future of Michael Jackson's children was thrown into question Thursday when his ex-wife emerged and won a delay in a custody hearing while she decides whether she wants to raise her two offspring.
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Gateway Pundit (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
(Don't) Let her go! Far Left moonbat Cynthia McKinney remained in jail today after her attempt to break through an Israeli blockade into Hamas-controlled Gaza. FOX News reported: Former U.S. lawmaker and Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney and several other human rights activists remained in an Israeli prison Thursday after refusing to sign a deportation form that they claim is self-incriminating....
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Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | 45 minutes ago
A spokesman for the singer's family said 11,000 tickets will be distributed for the 10 a.m. event, which will be free. City officials are concerned about security and logistics. Staples Center will be the site of a public memorial service on Tuesday for Michael Jackson, a publicist for the Jackson family said Thursday, but it is unclear who will pay for the massive law enforcement deployment necessary...
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Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
When carpenter Greg Douglas crashed his pickup truck, his toolbox hit him and smashed his ribs and collarbone. After a month in the hospital, the medical bills hit him even harder, totaling $165,000.
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Patterico's Pontifications (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
[Guest post by DRJ] Today’s edition of The Obama Show has Barack Obama talking about his daughter Malia’s birthday party this weekend at Camp David: “The president talked about his family’s plans for the July Fourth holiday during an AP interview Thursday, and revealed that Camp David had been invaded by about 20 girls there to [...]
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StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Investigators have begun to narrow down clues to what caused the Airbus A330 to plunge off the coast of Brazil.
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CNN (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
A federal judge tentatively overturned the conviction of a Missouri woman accused of using MySpace to deceive a teenage girl who eventually committed suicide, a U.S. attorney's spokesman told CNN.
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division reviewed Sanford's travel records and "found absolutely no misuse of funds," agency director Reggie Lloyd said. Sanford, who is spending the holiday weekend in Florida with his wife and their four sons, released 44 pages of personal and official travel records and credit card statements Thursday showing that he did not use public money in connection...
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White House.gov Blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Vice President Biden arrived in Iraq today to visit U.S. troops and to meet with Iraqi leaders.
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Highlights of President Barack Obama's interview Thursday with The Associated Press: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION The nation's first African American president said a recent Supreme Court ruling in favor of white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., doesn't close the door on thoughtful efforts at affirmative action aimed at maintaining diversity in the workplace or in college admissions. He cautioned that affirmative...
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Little Green Footballs (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
A massive military offensive is under way in Afghanistan against the Taliban . NAWA, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan. One Marine was killed and several others were injured or wounded on the first full day of...
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