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Oprah sets date for show's final curtain, after 25 years at the top...lambasts James Frey for his disputed memoir A Million Little Pieces , 2006. She later called to apologise for being rough on him. Barack Obama's presidential campaign gets the Winfrey seal of approval, and a University of Maryland study... |
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Television queen...life story, of course, but in endorsing him Oprah was able to make much of hers too. Oprah 's endorsement proved a boost to the Obama presidential campaign "There are those who say that it's not his time," she told one audience. "Think... |
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BBC News | 23 hours ago
Lib Dems can keep GBP2.4m donation
...the rules. At all times the party acted in good faith in releation to the receipt and the expenditure of these donations in the 2005 general election campaign Liberal Democrats The watchdog concluded: "There is no reasonable basis, on...
In this article: Michael Brown, UKIP, Liberal Democrats, 2005 General Election, and Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000
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Asbury Park Press | 1 day ago
Liberace, Cruise, Palin among Winfrey's many guests
...the book contained extensive fabrications, she chews out the author on her show and later apologizes for being so rough on him. Barack Obama's presidential campaign gets the Winfrey seal of approval, and a University of Maryland study...
In this article: Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Palin, Tom Cruise, BeBe Winans, Ellen DeGeneres, Chicago, Oprah's Book Club, Danny Ocean, Barack Obama's presidential campaign, and University of Maryland
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CBS News | 1 day ago
Alexandra Kerry Arrested for Alleged DUI
...Sen. John Kerry Stopped on Hollywood Street; Released after 5-Hour Jail Stay Alexandra Kerry , right, with her sister, Vanessa , at the 2004 Democratic Convention. (AP) AP) The daughter of Sen. John Kerry has been arrested in Hollywood for...
In this article: Alexandra Kerry, John Kerry, Hollywood, All rights reserved, 2004 Democratic Convention, Los Angeles, and Massachusetts
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Houston Chronicle | 3 days ago
Parker and Locke make their cases to conservatives
...the city's affirmative action program, but got her loudest applause when she reiterated her pledge to not raise taxes. Both: No new taxes "I have stated on a number occasions on the campaign trail that I don't plan to raise taxes in...
In this article: Tax, GOP, No new taxes, and George H.W. Bush
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scotsman.com - Scotland | 3 days ago
Jim Sillars drops bombshell as he tells SNP to keep Trident and back Nato
The calls come in a new pamphlet released by Mr Sillars yesterday. A former ally of Mr Salmond , the pair fell out after the 1992 general election , and he has long been critical of the current Nationalist strategy of focusing first on...
In this article: Jim Sillars, NATO, Scotland, Alex Salmond, EU, UK, Nationalist, 1992 General Election, and European Free Trade Association
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washingtonpost.com | 3 days ago
Paul Farhi on pop culture: Nostalgia not what it used to be? Plus Lou Dobbs and Washington Blade.
...I first saw them; one's aesthetic judgments evolve (a little bit at least) over time. But, man, those shows were baaad--slower than a Florida election recount and as cheap-looking as a used Yugo. I find that many a fondly remembered show...
In this article: James Garner, The Prisoner, YouTube, Grace Kelly, Dragnet, All in the Family, and Ivy League
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NBC | 3 days ago
Indiana lawmakers meeting for organization day
Indianapolis - No new taxes , no new spending. That was the message from the Republican caucus at the Indiana Statehouse Tuesday as state lawmakers attended Organization Day. House Minority Leader Brian Bosma spoke at a gathering for...
In this article: Brian Bosma, Tax, Revenue, No new taxes, WTHR, Dispatch Broadcast Group, House of Representatives, and Indianapolis
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Huffington Post | 4 days ago
Hannah Fisher: Focusing on the Facile
...personal attacks on Party leaders. Such discourse takes a form similar to the pre-election behavior of Electoral candidates in the run up to the 2008 US Presidential Elections. In turn, this diminishes hope of the imminent restoration of the...
In this article: Gordon Brown, Britain, Labour, David Cameron, New Wave, Barack Obama, Mars Bar, Conservatism, Liberal Democrats, and 2008 US Presidential Elections
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | 5 days ago
Where have all the protests gone? US students in limbo
...diminished the possibilities of future student anti-war protests." Hayden , one of the "Chicago Seven" charged with inciting to riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention , said students have "rechanneled" their activism, notably...
In this article: Barack Obama, Stanford University, Stanley Aronowitz, Tom Hayden, YouTube, US, White House, and Afghanistan
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Yahoo! News | 7 days ago
Bauer pick panned, praised (Politico)
...to those of top GOP election lawyer Ben Ginsberg , who was counsel for the Bush-Cheney campaign during the 2000 election and in the Florida recount , and also was the top lawyer for Mitt Romney's 2008 presidential campaign. "Can you...
In this article: Barack Obama, White House, Greg Craig, Perkins Coie, and Ronald Reagan
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USATODAY.com | November 13, 2009
Official: Craig to step down as White House lawyer
...decisions earned Obama considerable criticism, some from the right and some from the left. Bob Bauer , who was general counsel on Obama's presidential campaign and a longtime adviser to Obama , has agreed to take Craig 's place, the officials...
In this article: Greg Craig, Barack Obama, White House, Obama's presidential campaign, Bill Clinton, Tokyo, All rights reserved, Detainee, and USA Today
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Full print edition | November 12, 2009
Public opinion on Afghanistan: Hearts and minds
Voters are losing faith but their politicians are not, yet OF ALL the feats performed by the Sun, such as supposedly deciding the 1992 general election , evoking sympathy for Gordon Brown is the most unlikely. The newspaper had another aim...
In this article: Afghanistan, 1992 General Election, Al-Qaeda, Gordon Brown, New York, and BBC
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Independent.co.uk - UK | November 11, 2009
Has Cameron done a deal with Murdoch?
...down after losing the 1992 general election , a defeat for which The Sun claimed victory with the slogan " It was The Sun wot won it ". But there were signs yesterday that the attack may have rebounded on The Sun. Mr Brown, who is blind in...
In this article: James Murdoch, David Cameron, The Sun, Conservative Party, News International, Peter Mandelson, Gordon Brown, Labour Party, and Rupert Murdoch
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution | November 08, 2009
Runoff system a Southern relic
...the early 1990s after Democrat Wyche Fowler lost a U.S. Senate race to Paul Coverdell. Fowler got more votes than Coverdell in the 1992 general election , but neither candidate broke 50 percent. In the runoff, Coverdell beat Fowler , which...
In this article: Republican Party, Democratic Party, Kasim Reed, Wyche Fowler, Paul Coverdell, Georgia, and U.S. Senate
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Daily Herald | October 25, 2009
Long after politics, George McGovern now fighting world hunger
...people who say history is dull; I always think they must have had a bad history teacher," said McGovern , 87. A Democrat who lost the 1972 presidential election to Richard Nixon , McGovern represented South Dakota in the Senate from 1963 to...
In this article: George McGovern, Abraham Lincoln, U.S. senator, Bob Dole, John F. Kennedy, World War II, 1972 Presidential Election, and Northwestern University
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Philly.com: Politics | October 12, 2009
What's with all the @#%! language?
...politics, Clymer remembers it being a lot more difficult to get a quoted curse into print years ago. He recalled that when he covered the 1972 presidential election for The Baltimore Sun , he had to go over the national editor's head to...
In this article: Barack Obama, Ryan Lizza, Adam Clymer, Lyndon B. Johnson, White House, YouTube, Richard Nixon, Kanye West, George W. Bush, and Joe Biden
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Las Vegas Review Journal | October 10, 2009
Book details bets on 1960 election
A mob book reveals details about alleged betting by Kennedy family members on the outcome of the 1960 presidential election. After running a blurb last week about Ted Kennedy , writing in his new book "True Compass," that he won an...
In this article: Ted Kennedy, Patrick Swayze, Holly Madison, Las Vegas, Champagne, and Recession
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Miami Herald - Breaking News | September 30, 2009
Michelle Obama arrives in Copenhagen for IOC vote
...deal when the late Mayor Richard J. Daley was invited to sleep in the White House 's Lincoln Bedroom after delivering Illinois and the 1960 presidential election to fellow Democrat John F. Kennedy. It was a striking sign that an Irish...
In this article: Michelle Obama, International Olympic Committee, Barack Obama, Chicago, Copenhagen, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, White House, Rio de Janeiro, Stanley Cup, and Tokyo

