Target announces corporate office layoffs

Target Corporation announced layoffs this morning at its corporate headquarters in Minneapolis, adding to the tens of thousands of job losses that have already been announced this week.

MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Goes on 7-Second Delay

NEW YORK — After an F-bomb dropped on "Morning Joe," the MSNBC news-talk show has installed an early-warning system.

Joe Scarborough's "@!$%#" Up: Swears On Air (VIDEO)

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My Fellow Prisoners...

While campaigning in Pennsylvania today, John McCain said: Across this country, this is the agenda I have set before my fellow prisoners...

Palin: "Katie Couric Annoyed Me"

Appearing on a friendlier news outlet, Gov. Sarah Palin said she was "annoyed" with the way Katie Couric handled their interview and complained that the CBS Evening News host failed to give her the opportunity to take a proverbial axe to Barack Obama.

Bailout Is Law

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- After two weeks of contentious and often emotional debate, the federal government's far-reaching and historic plan to bail out the nation's financial system was signed into law by President Bush on Friday afternoon.

Hooray for Hollywood

I've never fully understood the right's penchant for Hollywood bashing. Americans seem to like the entertainment industry quite a bit, and voters who might be swayed by cheap shots at movie stars are probably already inclined to back Republicans anyway.

McCain Caught in Lie over Mortgage Meltdown

Yesterday "Two years ago, I warned that the oversight of Fannie and Freddie was terrible... " December 2007 "So, I'd like to tell you that I did anticipate it, but I have to give you straight talk, I did not."

Obama Ad: "Honor"

As promised by campaign manager David Plouffe last week, the Obama campaign is "taking the fight" to John McCain with a tough new ad entitled "Honor." With most of the spot's script coming from editorials blasting the Arizona Republican's recent distortions on the stump and on th …

Media Helps Palin Cheat On Foreign Policy Test

...I took my car to get inspected Friday and was told I needed some sort of "tie rod end" replaced.

Iraq: Violence is down – but not because of "surge"

As he leaves Iraq this week, the outgoing US commander, General David Petraeus, is sounding far less optimistic than the Republican presidential candidate, John McCain, about the American situation in Iraq.

Does Bush believe McCain was Tortured in Vietnam?

In all the discussion of John McCain's recently recovered memory of a religious epiphany in Vietnam, one thing has been missing. The torture that was deployed against McCain emerges in all the various accounts.

Wyden Challenges Order Authorizing Export of Alaskan Natural Gas

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Citing projections that natural gas will cost Americans an average of 22% more this winter than last, U.S.

Lipstick Ad Pulled Due to Copyright Infringement

A new ad from Sen. John McCain relates to Sen. Barack Obama's recent "lipstick on a pig," comment. The video also features a comment from CBS' Katie Couric.

Gallup: Support for Obama lags in South

Gallup's weekly aggregate numbers for September 1-7. One indicator is particularly interesting: Preference by Region. East: Obama +9 Midwest: Obama +6 South: McCain +15 West: Obama +7

Todd Palin - Shadow Governor?

In the aftermath of the Walt Monegan firing, one question keeps surfacing over and over again; why does the governor's husband, Todd Palin appear to hold so much power?

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Is McCain's VP Pick [CONFIRMED]

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a self-styled "hockey mom" who has only been governor for a little over a year, is GOP Presidential candidate John McCain's choice for Vice President, CNBC has learned.

McCain Unable to Sway Party on Immigration, Climate

Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- The Republican Party released a draft of its 2008 platform that differs from candidate John McCain on issues including immigration, stem-cell research and climate change, while endorsing his ideas for economic growth and free trade.

"Schmuck"!!

Obama campaign chief of staff Jim Messina slams McCain in a meeting with Iowa Democrats. Speaking of McCain's home state of Arizona, says: "If Senator McCain continues to be the schmuck he's being, we're going to play there, you know, and go tell some truth."

Bob Casey Calls McCain Bush's Sidekick (VIDEO)

Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey harshly criticized John McCain during his address to the Democratic Convention. Casey noted that while McCain casts himself as a "maverick," he has voted with Bush 90 percent of the time. Casey then said, " That's not a maverick, that's a sidekick."

Obama Injects Humor Into Campaign With New Ad

Maybe his new ad -- a jauntier, more aggressive attack than the campaign has released before -- will help. To the tune of Sam Cooke's "Wonderful World," a vocalist sings of John McCain: "I'm not up on the economy ... don't know much about industry ...

Biden's penchant for profanity already rubbing off?

"If we can spend 10 to 12 billion dollars a month in Iraq, we sure as hell can pay 10-12 million dollars -billion dollars right here in the United States," he said, according to ABC's Sunlen Miller.

Police arrest Ninjas

CLIFTON — Two "modern day Ninjas" calling themselves Shinobi Warriors on a quest to rid the area of drug users and drug dealers have been put out of business by police. On Wednesday at 2:35 a.m.

Baby pronounced dead lives after hours in cooler

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A stillborn Israeli baby who was pronounced dead by doctors "came back to life" on Monday after spending hours in a hospital refrigerator.

Christian Site's Ban on 'G' Word Sends Homosexual to Olympics

The American Family Association obviously didn't foresee the problems that might arise with its strict policy to always replace the word "gay" with "homosexual" on the Web site of its Christian news outlet, OneNewsNow.

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