Statement Regarding Comments Overheard On FOX40.com Stream Following Sarah Palin Speech  —  SACRAMENTO - Thousands of people from California and around the world tuned in to FOX40.com to listen to a speech prepared by Sarah Palin Friday evening from the campus of California State University, Stanislaus.

G-20: Obama Gives Press the Slip  —  Holed up with seven other global leaders in the woods of Muskoka, Canada, President Barack Obama gave the White House press corps the slip last night.  —  The president is attending the G-8 and G-20 summits with his global counterparts this weekend.

Costner cleanup device gets high marks from BP  —  It was treated as an oddball twist in the otherwise wrenching saga of the BP oil spill when Kevin Costner stepped forward to promote a device he said could work wonders in containing the spill's damage.  But as Henry Fountain explains …

The Age of Nancy  —  Let us sing a song about the wonderfulness of Nancy Pelosi.  —  What a run she's been on.  This week — with the big financial reform package edging toward completion, and the House approving a major campaign finance reform bill — was a reminder of what an incredibly productive speaker she's become.

G8: Obama interested in Huntsville's golf courses: Clement  —  Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (top, R), Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (top, L), U.S. President Barack Obama (bottom, R), and French President Nicolas Sarkozy pose for a group picture after a working session …

What Is Hidden and What Is Revealed  —  Something that pops up every time old/new media tensions emerge is the view—which I find, frankly, bizarre—common in the newspaper world that pretending to not have opinions makes your work better.  One underlying presumption here is the odd notion …

Blue America Welcomes Tarryl Clark in Her Race Against Michele Bachmann  —  Hard to say who the worst member of Congress is.  But there are few short lists that would exclude narrow-minded and extremist Minnesota religious fanatic Michele Bachmann.  However, today isn't about Bachmann.

Icelander's Campaign Is a Joke, Until He's Elected  —  REYKJAVIK, Iceland — A polar bear display for the zoo.  Free towels at public swimming pools.  A “drug-free Parliament by 2020.”  Iceland's Best Party, founded in December by a comedian, Jon Gnarr, to satirize his country's political system, ran a campaign that was one big joke.

Widow of Houston Officer Killed by Illegal Immigrant ‘Shocked’ at ICE Appointment  —  Shown here are Rodney Johnson, right, a Houston police officer killed in 2006, and his widow Joslyn Johnson.  (MyFoxHouston)  —  The widow of a Houston police officer killed by an illegal immigrant was …

Election clock ticks for campaign finance bill written for midterms  —  Despite a hard-fought victory in the House, supporters of the Democratic campaign finance bill are now confronting a more dispiriting reality: the dwindling chances the legislation will affect the fall elections.