State Files Claim Against Texas Firm
washingtonpost.com — By Lisa Rein The claim against Texas-based Premier, formerly Diebold, alleges that state elections officials were forced to spend millions of dollars to address a host of security flaws in the machines from 2003 through the November election......More… (Politics)
Samuel Huntington and the Positivity of Power Thinking
nytimes.com — By LEE SIEGEL Standing at the beginning of a new year, two weeks before a new president is inaugurated, and amid expectations of major political and economic change, we are, you might say, at a Huntington moment......More… (Politics)
Sidney Ray Baldwin/Lionsgate
nytimes.com — Foreground, from left, Richard Dreyfuss as Vice President Dick Cheney and Josh Brolin as President Bush in Oliver Stone’s “W.” As President George W. Bush (Josh Brolin) lunches on a baloney sandwich, Vice President Dick Cheney (Richard Dreyfuss) ........More… (Politics)
GPS hidden cameras watching over Baby Jesus
google.com — When Baby Jesus disappeared last year from a Nativity scene on the lawn of the Wellington, Fla., community center, village officials didn't follow a star to locate him......More… (Politics)
Workers rescued from St. Helens building collapse
msnbc.msn.com — By DAVID KROUGH, kgw.com Staff ST. HELENS, Ore. -- A Port of St. Helens worker was rescued from a collapsing building. Fire spokesman Ron Youngberg said the roof of the Port-owned building at the Multnomah Industrial Park on Old Portland Road came ........More… (Politics)
Famous Case New Eye
nytimes.com — By AP BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A new prosecutor in Colorado said he planned to take a new look at one of the country’s most famous cold cases: the killing of JonBenet Ramsey in December 1996......More… (Politics)
10 essay writers can win chance to see Obama take oath
usatoday.com — By Fredreka Schouten, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - The hottest ticket in town - a chance to witness President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration - will be the jackpot in an essay contest being announced today by the Presidential Inaugural Committee......More… (Politics)
Girl 15 Is Facing Charges in Fatal Stabbing in Bronx
nytimes.com — By CHRISTINE HAUSER A 15-year-old girl has been arrested in the killing of a Bronx man who was fatally stabbed and stuffed in a plastic bag, the police said on Saturday......More… (Politics)