TRENDING: Barbara Bush to Palin: stay in Alaska  —  (CNN) - Sarah Palin may not have the biggest fan in former first lady Barbara Bush.  —  “I sat next to her once.  Thought she was beautiful,” Barbara Bush said.  “And she's very happy in Alaska, and I hope she'll stay there.”

Gawker loses round with Sarah Palin  —  A federal judge on Saturday ordered the website Gawker to pull down unauthorized excerpts from Sarah Palin's forthcoming book, “America By Heart,” until a hearing scheduled for Nov. 30.  —  On Saturday evening, the link was broken to Gawker's scoop …

NONE DARE CALL IT SABOTAGE.... Consider a thought experiment.  Imagine you actively disliked the United States, and wanted to deliberately undermine its economy.  What kind of positions would you take to do the most damage?  —  You might start with rejecting the advice of economists and oppose any kind of stimulus investments.

TSA pat-down leaves traveler covered in urine  —  ‘I was absolutely humiliated,’ said bladder cancer survivor  —  Below:  —  A retired special education teacher on his way to a wedding in Orlando, Fla., said he was left humiliated, crying and covered with his own urine after an enhanced pat …

$11,000 fine, arrest possible for some who refuse airport scans and pat downs  —  Palm Beach Post  —  If you don't want to pass through an airport scanner that allows security agents to see an image of your naked body or to undergo the alternative, a thorough manual search …

Incoming Speaker Takes Commercial Flight, but Skips the Pat Down  —  WASHINGTON — Representative John A. Boehner, the soon-to-be Republican speaker, pledged recently that he would fly commercial airlines back home to Ohio, passing up the military plane used by the current speaker, Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat.

In Wake of Losses, New Powers for a Political Master  —  WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats engineered a leadership change in response to the election devastation, but the shakeup did not come in the House, where Nancy Pelosi held on to power in her caucus despite having lost more than 60 seats …

Pope: condoms can be justified in some cases  —  VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI says in a new book that condoms can be justified for male prostitutes seeking to stop the spread of HIV, a stunning comment for a church criticized for its opposition to condoms and for a pontiff who has blamed them for making the AIDS crisis worse.

Think Again: Global Aging  —  A gray tsunami is sweeping the planet — and not just in the places you expect.  How did the world get so old, so fast?  —  “The World Faces a Population Bomb.”  —  Yes, but of old people.  —  Not so long ago, we were warned that rising global population would inevitably bring world famine.

Democrats strategists ready to take page from GOP playbook in 2012  —  Major Democratic strategists, still reeling from a barrage of midterm spending by conservative groups, are planning a similarly well-funded campaign by liberal organizations aimed at reelecting President Obama in 2012.

Obama's Foreign Policy Triumph: Missile Defense!  —  For those who remember the “Star Wars” hysteria of the 1980s, when it was an article of faith among liberals that missile defense was 1) impossible and 2) a mortal threat to world peace, it is remarkable to see President Obama …

Terrorists Believed to Be Planning Attack in Berlin  —  It would be an attack on the very heart of democracy.  SPIEGEL has learned that terrorists may have been planning an attack on the Reichstag, the home of the German parliament and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Berlin.

Weekly Address: Senators Opposing New START “Want to Trust But Not Verify”  —  WASHINGTON - In this week's address, President Obama called ratifying New START this year “fundamental” to America's national security.  Failure to ratify the treaty this year not only would mean losing …