TRENDING: Comedian tells ‘special needs’ joke at Palin event  —  Washington (CNN) - In comedy, timing is everything.  —  And minutes before Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor and parent of a child with Down syndrome, made her much-anticipated speech in Iowa, Los Angles-based comedian Eric Golub told …

Palin says ‘room for more’ in GOP race  —  DES MOINES — Sarah Palin tantalized supporters on the eve of her appearance at a tea party rally by telling reporters “there's room for more” candidates in the contest for the Republican presidential nomination.  But she gave no hint as to whether she was talking about herself.

Files Note Close C.I.A. Ties to Qaddafi Spy Unit  —  TRIPOLI, Libya — Documents found at the abandoned office of Libya's former spymaster appear to provide new details of the close relations the Central Intelligence Agency shared with the Libyan intelligence service — most notably suggesting …

G.O.P. Stands on Health Mask Records as Governors  —  The three most prominent current or former governors running for president — Rick Perry, Mitt Romney and Jon M. Huntsman Jr. — are firmly united in their commitment to repealing President Obama's health care law.

Without Insurance, 24-year-old Dies of Toothache  —  A 24-year-old Cincinnati father died from a tooth infection this week because he couldn't afford his medication, offering a sobering reminder of the importance of oral health and the number of people without access to dental or health care.

Don't Fear Islamic Law in America  —  MORE than a dozen American states are considering outlawing aspects of Shariah law.  Some of these efforts would curtail Muslims from settling disputes over dietary laws and marriage through religious arbitration, while others would go even further …

President Zero  —  Read his lips: No new jobs.  —  'The simplest question," Dick Cheney writes in his memoir In My Time, “is the most important one.  ” He mentions this in the context of asking how many American nukes were aimed at Kiev during the Cold War.

Broken Windows, Ozone, and Jobs  —  I've actually been avoiding thinking about the latest Obama cave-in, on ozone regulation; these repeated retreats are getting painful to watch.  For what it's worth, I think it's bad politics.  The Obama political people seem to think that their route …

Cameron Todd Willingham Execution: Rick Perry's Role Deserves Scrutiny … In the three weeks since Texas Gov. Rick Perry stormed into the 2012 presidential race, bigfooting past the Ames Straw Poll and surging to frontrunner status, the media have flocked to the new entrant like flies to cow manure.

The Austerity Economy  —  Do the dismal economic numbers really reflect the turn to fiscal austerity?  I keep hearing people say no, because austerity hasn't actually happened yet in America.  But they're wrong.  —  The fact is that the fading out of the stimulus, and in particular of aid …

Obama wants Congress to pass transportation bill, save jobs  —  President Obama on Saturday called for Congress to skip the “political posturing in Washington” and pass measures funding the nation's transportation programs.  —  In his weekly address, the president said a failure to pass …