Cheney Is Linked to Concealment of C.I.A. Project  —  The Central Intelligence Agency withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight years on direct orders from former Vice President Dick Cheney, the agency's director, Leon E. Panetta …

Rebuilding Something Better  —  Nearly six months ago, my administration took office amid the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression.  At the time, we were losing, on average, 700,000 jobs a month.  And many feared that our financial system was on the verge of collapse.

Teen Girl Falls In Open Manhole While Texting  —  Alexa Longueira Suffers Deep Cuts, Bruises After Landing In Raw Sewage, Blames DEP For Leaving Hole Unattended  —  NEW YORK (CBS) ― It was an accident waiting to happen — an open sewer and a 15-year-old girl who was texting while she walked.

EXCLUSIVE: Palin plans to stay in politics  —  Brushing aside the criticisms of pundits and politicos, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she plans to jump immediately back into the national political fray — stumping for conservative issues and even Democrats — after she prematurely vacates her elected post at month's end.

She Broke the G.O.P. and Now She Owns It  —  SARAH PALIN and Al Sharpton don't ordinarily have much in common, but they achieved a rare harmonic convergence at Michael Jackson's memorial service.  When Sharpton told the singer's children it was their daddy's adversaries, not their daddy …

In Supreme Court Pick Sotomayor, an Insider's Rise Meets an Outsider's Doubts  —  In Sotomayor, an Insider's Achievements Meet an Outsider's Insecurities  —  Within weeks of arriving in New Haven as a law student in the fall of 1976, Sonia Sotomayor fell in with a few first-year classmates whose ascent …

A Seemingly Very Nice Middle-Class Girl  —  Peggy Noonan used her Friday column in the Wall Street Journal to throw some dirt on Sarah Palin's grave.  It's vintage Noonan: airheaded, dripping with condescension, and completely missing the point.  No serious conservative needs to hear anything …

Michael Moore Gets It Wrong  —  Michael Moore has been working on another documentary.  This time, he's taking on capitalism: … How ridiculous is that?  The wealthy, and everyone else, almost always decide that they don't have enough wealth.  People ask their bosses for raises.

Gov. Ritter Steered Stimulus Money To Ex-Employer  —  DENVER (AP) ― Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has awarded some of the state's first stimulus money to his former employer in a no-bid contract.  —  Ritter hired his former law firm, the Washington-based Hogan & Hartson …

Twitter Nabs a Legal Eagle from Google  —  Twitter, the popular micro-blogging service, has stolen a prominent Google lawyer.  —  The startup has hired Alexander Macgillivray, associate general counsel for products and intellectual property at Google, to be its general counsel, according to a person with knowledge of the hiring.