Debate Swings Door Open for Perry, Closed For Palin  —  Most people have better things to do than to watch a presidential debate eight months in advance of the Iowa caucuses.  So when considering a debate like the one that took place among Republican candidates in New Hampshire tonight, it's important to be mindful of the following:

‘Paula Brooks,’ editor of ‘Lez Get Real,’ also a man  —  Just one day after the author behind a popular Syrian lesbian blog admitted to being a married, American man named Tom MacMaster, the editor of the lesbian news site Lez Get Real, with the tag­line “A Gay Girl's View on the World,” acknowledged that he is also a man.

In 5-4 Vote, Supreme Court Limits Securities Fraud Suits  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a mutual fund's investment adviser may not be sued for securities fraud over misstatements in fund prospectuses.  —  The 5-to-4 decision split along ideological lines.

Obama: ‘I would resign’ in Weiner's situation  —  President talks scandal, debt ceiling in an exclusive interview with TODAY's Ann Curry  —  Below:  —  In an exclusive interview with TODAY's Ann Curry that will air on Tuesday's show, President Barack Obama said that if he were Democratic …

Obama fundraiser underwhelms  —  The empty seats at President Obama's fundraiser in Miami, Fl. were hard to miss.  —  MIAMI, Fla. — A low-dollar fundraiser here Monday felt like a throwback to the 2008 campaign.  —  There was the same old soundtrack - including “City of Blinding Lights” …

Obama: My family would be fine with just 1 term  —  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says his wife and daughters aren't “invested” in him being president and would have been fine had he decided against running for re-election.  But he says they believe in what he's doing for the country.

Can Heterosexuality Be Cured?  —  “Congressman Weiner departed this morning to seek professional treatment.”  —  Unlike homosexuality, heterosexuality is amenable to therapeutic remedies—or so Anthony Weiner and his fellow House Democrats would like us to believe.

Herman Cain's Anti-Muslim Bigotry Should Be Disqualifying  —  The loyalty test he proposes for Muslim Americans isn't just discriminatory and unconstitutional — it would never work  —  Presidential candidate Herman Cain has reiterated his position that any Muslim serving in his administration …

Bankruptcy Court: DOMA Unconstitutionally Limits Same-Sex Married Couples From Joint Bankruptcy Filing  —  Today, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, in Los Angeles, released an opinion finding Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional …

GLAAD's Troup Coronado Helped Put Bush Judges On the Bench  —  The story of how GLAAD took AT&T money, then sent an AT&T-written form letter to the FCC on their behalf, just keeps getting more and more sordid.  Central to the saga appears to be former AT&T lobbyist Troup Coronado, who sits on the board of GLAAD.

Obama makes first presidential visit to Puerto Rico  —  MIAMI, Fla. - President Barack Obama makes the first official presidential visit to Puerto Rico in 50 years Tuesday, traveling to the U.S. territory in search of Hispanic votes back home.  —  He's expected to be on the island for only five hours …

CIA to operate drones over Yemen  —  View Photo Gallery —  Anti-government protests continue in Yemen, even afterYemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's departure from the country.  U.S. and Yemeni officials worry that a loss of government control in the south could further destabilize this strategic Middle Eastern nation.

Report: Grand jury probing possible CIA war crimes in Iraq  —  A federal prosecutor has launched a secret grand jury to investigate possible CIA war crimes at the Abu Gharib prison in Iraq, Time magazine reported.  —  Federal prosecutor John Durham, who was first appointed to probe …

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Did Mitt Romney commit voter fraud when he cast a ballot for Scott Brown in last year's special election in Massachusetts?  On Monday, one of his lesser known opponents for the GOP presidential nomination, Fred Karger, filed a complaint with Massachusetts state election officials alleging …

A “Weak” Field?  Not Tonight: A Post-Debate Analysis  —  Overall, I was impressed.  The talking heads keep chattering about a “weak” GOP field, but I didn't perceive weakness tonight.  I saw a panel of strong, passionate communicators, and a number of credible alternatives to our current president and his disastrous policies.