http://www.megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:29:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/1#item_1 4d93240aabdaee0f34c113431abbd08f I’ve just completed Mike’s Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) amd from 1961 for Keith’s to hide the decline. Mike’s series got the annual land and marine values while the other two got April-Sept for NH land N of 20N. The latter two are real for 1999, while the ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:34:00Z http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/1#item_2 eca03cae14c2785787f2fd3a6fc19784 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:34:00Z http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/1#item_3 0c20c20f8e60295c1942ea9a4de7e8c3 Senator John McCain’s future in the U.S. Senate may be a little less assured than previously thought. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely 2010 Republican Primary voters in Arizona finds the longtime incumbent in a virtual tie with potential challenger J.D. Hayworth. McCain earns 45% of the vote, while Hayworth picks up 43%. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:34:00Z http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/1#item_4 bcad34e1cc2e0a25eaad4e36b7455bdb PRINCETON, NJ -- The latest Gallup Daily tracking results show 49% of Americans approving of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, putting him below the majority approval level for the first time in his presidency. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:34:00Z http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/1#item_5 748c8eaffabe5cb2f372f313c4a2982a Steve Mosher alerted us to an interesting development: Some one dropped a link to a zipped directory of files that contain what appear to be emails between various bloggers and climate science illuminati Of course this may be some sort of scam. If so, someone spent a lot of time putting together fake email/code etc. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:09:25 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/1#item_6 102b44da06d0ac936b7fd66b739ac2a5 Rick Klein is ABC News' Senior Political Reporter and author of The Note's morning look at the upcoming day in politics. Throughout the day, ABC News' political team contributes to The Note with the very latest news and analysis from the nation's capital. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:09:25 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/1#item_7 469d47db5ad3cabcfac7047a3fec4c31 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T14:48:46Z http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/1#item_8 3717aaa7e067272c338dc50176d87f83 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:31:51 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/1#item_9 4bc88eb2d8001de46211c01d28e646a2 New guidelines for cervical cancer screening say women should delay their first Pap test until age 21, and go for screening less often than had been previously recommended. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:31:51 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/1#item_10 7490a2cf8273eb83dc19923655fb4891 The Obama Justice Department is having problems prosecuting terrorist cases because top department attorneys have conflicts of interest. According to documents obtained exclusively by The Washington Times, Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli, No. 3 official in the Justice Department, had to recuse himself on at least 13 active detainee ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:31:51 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/1#item_11 c622a0fbe8a6068e7bb53846ac97a826 The bottom line from Mann is important to remember: “You can go back nearly 2,000 years and the conclusion still holds–the current warmth is anomalous. The burst of warming over the past one to two decades takes us out of the envelope of natural variability.” (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:03:43 -0400 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/1#item_12 be661791940eac18573f2f5e59196bd7 Officials in a small Michigan town featured in a new video about Guantanamo by Liz Cheney’s national security group want her to know that they’re not falling for her “fearmongering” — and tell us they want Gitmo detainees in their town. (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:41:16 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/1#item_13 e7bd42770459fa963f40003af69b70f8 After emerging out of nowhere over the summer as a seemingly potent and growing political force, the tea party movement has become so rife with internal feuding over philosophy, strategy and money that some supporters fear it will disintegrate before realizing its full potential. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:03:43 -0400 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/1#item_14 71f707b430d2e6c850eec06f3754c85b BAGHDAD - It seems that the Brett Favre-Green Bay Packers saga is such a worldwide phenomenon that it's being used by detainees in American military camps. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/1#item_15 b83ada16fc168054c43a71cfba3e2607 Republican activist and free market think-tanker Grant Bosse formally declared his candidacy today in New Hampshire’s 00th Congressional District after news that the Obama administration has attributed a majority of the state’s stimulus jobs to that non-existent district. (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:41:16 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/1#item_16 6192a6985c6935cf84a5f8b754f346f1 Mayor of Sacramento Kevin Johnson (Photo by Jeff Carlick/NBAE via Getty Images) and District of Columbia Public Schools chancellor Michelle Rhee (Examiner File Photo) (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/1#item_17 814de5e01dad7cf81ffec7e824c068c9 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/1#item_18 5cc12c10e1e9cb78d5f086869f01d768 WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush, trying to calm a political storm, released his Vietnam-era military records Friday to counter Democrats' suggestions that he shirked his duty in the Texas Air National Guard. But there was no new evidence that he was in Alabama during a period when Democrats have questioned whether he showed up for service. ( ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:22:08 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/1#item_19 bc0ab7697f63a1ef672f4abe79eb94c5 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:52:51 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/1#item_20 40d452aaad4bce1c14561c0f2d7e71e0 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-21T00:18:23Z http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/21#item_1 76a00e8856794b8e93b4ae0931179413 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:59:59 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/21#item_2 4e4831be42909d38c68a99f2a4eb4b71 The more I look at the merged Senate bill, the more I’m afraid that Harry Reid might have been laying the ground work to betray progressives on the issue of the public option, and gain the support of Olympia Snowe. Many of Snowe’s top demands managed to make their way into the bill. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:12:05 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/21#item_3 3b053ab9bf024647598be844568e3b39 Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:41:16 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/21#item_4 773ffb44a4c965776782ddc8dacab37e Ray Bradley is Director of the Climate System Research Center (www.paleoclimate.org) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geosciences. His interests are in climate variability and why climate changes, over a wide range of timescales. He did his graduate work at the Institute of ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:05:29 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/21#item_5 4d317ada81d47d75116f396e018b4c96 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:52:51 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/21#item_6 cd236c9cd5b3e7d7c626f50f55f1c2dc Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said Friday night that she’s “leaning towards” voting to start debate on the health care bill – which would leave Democrats just a single vote shy of clearing a critical test for the reform package on Saturday. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:28:02 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/21#item_7 41fc090d9017a752012ab3bba1fcafdc Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:41:16 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/21#item_8 1d9473d41b49634b64765ae26b0306fc Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government. Professor Stern is the first holder of the IG Patel Chair and also directs the Asia Research Centre and the India Observatory. He was Chief Economist of the World Bank (2000-2003), then Head of the UK Government Economic Service and led a Review of the Economics of ... (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:41:16 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/21#item_9 32fe8568df3b46bdbd011b43ebd59d0a Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:36:09 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/21#item_10 7359827e2497ae6d6464bddb2ed33a7c Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:32:23 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/21#item_11 d68e9d7f1ebdb8cd3971c0357a89d60a Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:20:00 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/21#item_12 c99e2436c714d52c8e870418288241dd Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:36:09 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/21#item_13 91ae51e9c59fe86ec26b1297b2a3fc17 Advocating civil disobedience to resist laws compelling institutions to perform abortion or recognize unions. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:36:09 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/21#item_14 db97c9a65cdf769fb679d6ac9d858759 Earlier this week, the inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, a k a, the bank bailout fund, released his report on the 2008 rescue of the American International Group, the insurer. The gist of the report is that government officials made no serious attempt to extract concessions from bankers, even though these bankers received ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:52:51 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/21#item_15 df109426ddf84f2429ba085bcf13df8c Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/21#item_16 e35b93e1b043a0cb1857a2bf00a461f7 WASHINGTON — I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, resigned Friday after being indicted for lying in the investigation of the leak of a covert CIA operative's identity. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/21#item_17 59542557be347289e4ee96f2f7e58a12 Senate Democratic leaders have amended their newly released health reform bill to include a contentious provision allowing some workers to receive cash vouchers toward exchange coverage in lieu of enrolling in employer-based plans. Here’s an explanation from a statement released moments ago by the amendment’s sponsor, Sen. Ron Wyden (D- (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/21#item_18 e986da02fa18b8bf68cf38a78b2db0f2 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:02:47 -0600 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/21#item_19 412d8177c3448f8977cfda24d90de86c The media is stirring up drama regarding tomorrow's vote - namely, they are speculating whether Landrieu and Lincoln will vote with Reid to start debate. Of course they will. Three big reasons: (a) "Keep the Ball Rolling". Tomorrow's vote -... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:12:05 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/21#item_20 5fa0ad9d99fca958d6aac5e2b90d6af8 Bo Lipari, the former executive director of New Yorkers for Verified Voting, has debunked The Gouverneur Times' claim of a "virus" in the computerized voting systems that skewed the results of the 23rd Congressional District race. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/41#item_1 5c48f68a74d95b314b297ec865b0b25a Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:12:05 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/41#item_2 93bdd625221247591a0f5413f104b40e Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/41#item_3 f3d6b571eb85f6e74ddc8774e46942c3 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:07:20 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/41#item_4 4c0c0e1788f54772365642c28dfc7c11 The Lafayette County Republican Central Committee is proudly celebrating a new crazy billboard on I-70 near Grain Valley. It calls for citizens to "starve the beast" and "vote out incumbents" -- and if that doesn't work, "PREPARE FOR WAR." (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:36:22 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/41#item_5 4c87de5d09e917d3e30bc825dea636e2 Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Angry students at the Davis, California, branch of the University of California refused to vacate the school's administration building Thursday evening in a show of defiance and protest over a 32-percent undergraduate tuition hike instituted by the California Board of Regents earlier in the day. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T16:56:33-05:00 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/41#item_6 91e21ec98471646a5437e0e48d589978 Keith Hennesey details Obama's violations of his No new middle-class taxes" pledge, including the Reid hike of the Medicare payroll tax that I flagged Wednesday. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:00 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/41#item_7 a7c7e0f4b19e2a0f83eae84ba3757cd4 BAGHDAD, May 28 -- The U.S. military freed more than 600 detainees Friday from Abu Ghraib prison, the largest release since officials announced their intention to cut the population in half and send people home to their families. (Read on Source) ]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:21:09 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/41#item_8 9b48bba0ccf9ba09a273c4d44c310798 The Large Hadron Collider experiment, designed to shed light on the cosmos, restarts after 14 months of repairs. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:07:20 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/41#item_9 c2e87143c510370a121bebf7a2e6310d Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T22:49:30Z http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/41#item_10 6050ee10f3a41f7f52b537555a68bcc0 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:07:20 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/41#item_11 97e3fa6180afa9d1644f02692c71bf31 Egypt has recalled its ambassador to Algeria after World Cup qualifying football matches between the two countries resulted in a number of outbreaks of violence. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:07:20 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/41#item_12 c13a09599b7873c00a4e861eda9e42dc Apropos Sean's post on the results of the CNN survey, there are plenty of data points to to explain why Americans are visibly frustrated with the state of the economy. While Wall Street Banks are set to dish out record-breaking bonuses just a year after being bailed out of the financial collapse, things are not [...] (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:22:08 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/41#item_13 faef09834a4fa2137143dbac892a4481 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:22:08 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/41#item_14 d9874daa3d107589e142790f879aca57 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:45:07 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/41#item_15 32bf0799a74eff50312a55c5befd5bc8 Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:40:59 EST http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/41#item_16 3f40aa91c1e42e5846da897e4c30674b Members of the Hispanic Caucus says Emanuel's mark is all over the push to block insurance for illegals. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:07:20 +0000 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:07:20 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/41#item_18 bdcd5cdb8aa53a01b18c96d33693e91f Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:07:20 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/41#item_19 d7d342ea6068629aed89f2772aa35e62 UPDATE: Folks, please note that some of the designs that you’re finding as “still there” are simply thumbnails that haven’t yet churned out of our Marketplace.  If you click on them, you’ll most likely find that the products themselves are no longer available.  The thumbnails themselves will also disappear shortly ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:51:47 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/41#item_20 7768e01c2b6f2125eec100cc48db446b Tina Feytook a shot at her bosses Wednesday night, saying: "NBC is sadly the fourth-place network; actually, we're in ninth place if you count the radio stations ahead of us right now." The 1,200 guests at the Ad Council gala at the Waldorf laughed raucously as Fey continued, "I really believe that if everyone in this room would watch NBC for one ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:07:20 +0000 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/61#item_1 3433aee3c2a35a4c07cd923673a3630a Unless you've recently arrived in 2009 on a time machine, you know that smoking isn't good for you. Did you know, however, that smoking isn't good for your computer, either? It's true, at least according to Apple. Two readers in different parts of the country claim that their Applecare warranties were voided due to secondhand smoke. Both readers ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:43:24 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/61#item_2 3cb5bad3f71bb9051d9a2fa2bedb10fe What was with last night's Season 6 finale of Project Runway? It was as if a bolt of bad news had been delivered backstage to which the audience wasn't privy but which left the judges lachrymose and shaken. First Coach Ryan weeping in the Jets locker room, and now this. The finale was teased as the episode when we would see Tim Gunn "lose it," ... (Read on Source) ]]> 20 Nov 2009 11:58EDT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/61#item_3 3acddfb30aeb3d6e598c8cfeee396959 Market researchers may have seen signs of growth in the overall personal computer industry during the third quarter, but it looks like right now computer giant Dell Inc. is really lagging the industry. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:37:14 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/61#item_4 478ca6e84fdabc383394f9b4c0404b01 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:45:31-05:00 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/61#item_5 f2318d30039131825318bb93b411981c NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Here's a Black Friday reality check: Of the hordes of pre-dawn shoppers who line up for hours outside stores on the day after Thanksgiving, most will not bag the best bargains that appear in merchants' circulars. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:45:31-05:00 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/61#item_6 5b782d0692717c1478bfbc5632346dc1 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:04:17 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/61#item_7 6f339c754a44f3fd565b91d3a8289c5c Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:45:31-05:00 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/61#item_8 b863f9ace09981ce8a9ad061fec86b85 The head of L.A. Live challenged City Attorney Carmen Trutanich on Thursday to either file criminal charges over the Michael Jackson memorial service or apologize for hinting the company may have broken the law. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:51:47 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/61#item_9 40c5bf962ab92ee1d9e6fe5d47d69e09 The French Football Federation turns down the Republic of Ireland's request for a replay of their controversial World Cup play-off game. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/61#item_10 befee8d092ddaf12161a7719956e7368 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:51:47 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/61#item_11 43fbb1ca64fee40a429aaf93a982a427 Lord knows, but had the resourceful and courageous Yoani Sánchez, 32, come of age before the Internet, it's most likely that we would have never heard of her. Nor would we have had the opportunity to read her charming but pugnacious slice-of-life portraits of Cuba, which she has been sending out through cyberspace since April 2007 as the ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:04:17 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/61#item_12 8e96ac4d477d0da762763d64bbb442d6 An exclusive interview he gave to Southern Weekend -- a weekly supplement to the Southern Metropolis Daily newspaper -- was published in Thursday's editions, but the page that carried the interview was removed from many copies. And the official online edition of the newspaper had no coverage of the event. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:04:17 -0500 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/61#item_13 0ec66a609bfac8e42afd37fc33eb8926 Read on Source) ]]> 20 Nov 2009 11:58EDT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/61#item_14 ded11ee7df7b6ab697e753cae52ea4b8 Event notice: New York University's Center for Law and Security is hosting an all-day conference today in New York City on "Counterinsurgency: America's Strategic Burden." Click here for more details. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/61#item_15 959fb95990f46c48df83d84b1f1e2bf6 Conservative commentators such as Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Michael Savage frequently employ rape metaphors when discussing progressives or progressive policies. For example, Beck said that New Yorkers are "being raped by [their] government," while Limbaugh, during a discussion of health care, told his listeners: "Get ready to get gang-raped ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:36:22 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/61#item_16 2ce0883934da032388002a8603a449cb DCCC chair Chris Van Hollen has made preparations to avoid a repeat of the GOP sweep of '94, arguing that political observers who say Dems are in for big losses are premature. "It's going to be competitive, but this is not going to be a 1994 redux," Van Hollen told Hotline OnCall . "We're doing things that are within our control. Now, obviously ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/61#item_17 89e34449967b971b290dc5fcee1ea3af Russia has agreed to ease the terms under which it supplies gas to Ukraine, in a deal which Moscow says should prevent disruption in coming months. The deal was announced after talks between Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Yulia Tymoshenko. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:36:22 GMT http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/61#item_18 1293670ab4c236c37a2581565b3fb8e7 “I don’t discuss my personal finances,” Tony Garcia says, sitting in his spacious photography studio on Melrose Avenue. In these hard times, with boarded-up storefronts lining the length of Melrose, Tony Garcia Photography seems to be a rare patch of prosperity. At the moment, the main studio is set up for work on a Sprite ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/61#item_19 711102884623e8a5d51811c7b068ff54 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/61#item_20 1227b340129a300526c97082ac2b42be Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/81#item_1 15dce28267738ff3ec4774d82db3fb95 Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/81#item_2 f7d09cd27ca8402b467b029f5164917f Legislative leaders had challenged the authority of the state's independent pay commission after it voted to trim salaries. But Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown's opinion says the panel can cut compensation. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/81#item_3 1eb30cb442b60ca6b7e710e5ee7e398a Decade in Review - 2004 Watch Jon and The Daily Show News Team's wall-to-wall coverage of Indecision 2004. (03:39) Tags: George W. Bush, elections, Indecision 2004, Indecision, Iraq, Iraq War, war, violence, Rob Corddry, Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, Ed Helms, John Kerry, John Edwards, Democrats, Republicans, Dick Cheney, space, science, ... (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/81#item_4 d9691bccb39653b2c8d5ea90cd591ebb A 1985 local law bars political committees from accepting contributions of more than $500 if the group plans to use that money to make an independent expenditure for a city candidate. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:07:56 -0800 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/81#item_5 d2893442df556326d9253fdfcf647b3b Christina Ambers, once dubbed the "Heidi Klum of foot models," says a romance with her porter-turned-husband, Angel Rotger, turned her into a pariah among workers at 340 E. 74th St., who made her hail taxis and retrieve packages on her own. (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:39:35Z http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/81#item_6 230df3fd6f4c8fa3e5f3547e9668d1e3 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-20T09:39:35Z http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/81#item_7 7cc3bdd5b9b3525f6934aeb21c2f9736 A power station in Wales: Nobody wants to sign any kind of binding treaty at the upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen in December. The chances of a binding agreement being reached at the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen seem slimmer than ever. But environmentalists still see a small chance of progress at the December meeting. (Read on Source) ]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:59 -0400 http://www.megite.com/politics/1258795860/81#item_8 2fa7e83f13207688e3abaad14669dccc Read on Source) ]]>