Uh, oh - raw data in New Zealand tells a different story than the “official” one.  —  Reposted from TBR.cc Investigate magazine's breaking news forum:  —  New Zealand's NIWA accused of CRU-style temperature faking  —  The New Zealand Government's chief climate advisory unit NIWA is under fire …

At the First Obama State Dinner, the First Crashers  —  WASHINGTON — This much is known: About 7:15 Tuesday night, a glittering blonde, decked out in a red and gold sari, holding the hand of her black-tuxedoed escort, swept past the camera crews and reporters camped out to catch …

Explosive- Climategate Files Were Leaked to BBC But They Refused to Cover the Story  —  The scandal grows...  It looks like the New York Times is not the only news organization to ignore the greatest scandal in modern science.  —  BBC joins in to “Hide the Decline"-

China's backing on Iran followed dire predictions  —  Before Obama's visit, NSC warned leaders of Mideast turmoil  —  Two weeks before President Obama visited China, two senior White House officials traveled to Beijing on a “special mission” to try to persuade China to pressure Iran to give up its alleged nuclear weapons program.

Thanksgiving in Tikrit, Iraq  —  Over the Tigris river, through the desert and through a rough neighborhood where people occasionally throw RKG-3 anti-tank grenades at US military vehicles......we drove.  —  Not to Grandma's house—but one of Saddam's old palaces for Thanksgiving Dinner at the old FOB Dagger.

BREAKING: CHARGES FILED IN KENNETH GLADNEY CASE!  —  CHARGES WERE FILED TODAY IN THE KENNETH GLADNEY CASE!!  —6 Are Charged in Town Hall Disturbance and Beatings!  —  They were charged with “misdemeanor” violations for smashing a black man on the cement and calling him n*****.

Emirate has a lot of explaining to do  —  It came in a short statement about the restructuring of Dubai World, one of the emirate's biggest and best-known companies, with the big news buried near the end.  —  But the decision to ask bondholders of the company and its most troubled subsidiary …

Senior Liberals desert Turnbull  —  By Online parliamentary correspondent Emma Rodgers  —  The Liberal Party is in turmoil with the resignations of five frontbenchers from their portfolios this afternoon in protest against the emissions trading scheme.  —  Tony Abbott, Sophie Mirabella …

Obama's Thanksgiving proclamation  —  By The Associated Press (AP) - 16 hours ago  —  President Barack Obama's Thanksgiving Day proclamation, as released by the White House:  —  What began as a harvest celebration between European settlers and indigenous communities nearly four centuries ago …

Obama and fellow Democrats at odds about troop increase for Afghanistan  —  Caucus wouldn't back a costly expansion of Afghan war  —  President Obama will reveal his new Afghanistan war strategy in a speech Tuesday evening to cadets at West Point, but his most skeptical audience is likely …

On Thanksgiving eve, Obama issues special Hajj message to world's Muslims  —  (UPDATE: A news video update on the Hajj has been added below.)  —  Statement by the President on Hajj and Eid-ul-Adha, as provided by the White House  —  Michelle and I would like to send our best wishes …

Palin fuels presidential rumors: ‘I like’ the sound of ‘President Palin.’  —  Yesterday, Sarah Palin was greeted by a throng of supporters in The Villages, Florida — a retirement community northwest of Orlando.  (Glenn Beck visited the same town this past weekend.)