The due-process-free assassination of U.S. citizens is now reality  —  It was first reported in January of last year that the Obama administration had compiled a hit list of American citizens whom the President had ordered assassinated without any due process, and one of those Americans was Anwar al-Awlaki.

Chris Christie seriously considering run for president in 2012  —  BATON ROUGE — Gov. Chris Christie is seriously rethinking his months of denials and may launch a campaign for the White House after all, a source close to the governor said tonight.  —  In the last week, Christie …

Wait, Is Malaise French for “Soft”?  —  Obama speaking in Orlando: … Interesting perspective.  I wonder where America could have lost its competitive edge.  It couldn't possibly have anything to do with a government that blows billions on green energy boondoggles while making it harder …

Veteran agitators flock to Occupy Wall Street  —  The city's most experienced agitators—the labor and community groups that typically organize local marches, rallies and sit-ins—have been largely missing from the Occupy Wall Street protest that is in its 13th day at Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan.

90 percent of Americans say economy stinks  —  New York (CNNMoney) - Three years after a financial crisis pushed the country deep into recession, an overwhelming number of Americans - 90% - say that economic conditions remain poor.  —  The number, reported Friday in a new CNN/ORC International Poll …

WLS Radio's Bill Cameron Reports  —  CHICAGO (WLS) - On Tuesday, President Barack Obama tried to keep the pressure on Congress to consider his nearly $450 billion jobs bill, saying it had been two weeks since he sent the bill to Capitol Hill “and now I want it back.”

Morgan Stanley Seen as Risky as Italian Banks  —  Morgan Stanley (MS), which owns the world's largest retail brokerage, is being priced in the credit- default swaps market as less creditworthy than most U.S., U.K. and French banks and as risky as Italy's biggest lenders.

Investigation clears gay Fort Worth teacher  —  Kristopher Franks set to return to work Friday after 4-day leave stemming from allegations of improper behavior  —  nash@dallasvoice.com  —  FORT WORTH — Gay Western Hills High School teacher Kristopher Franks, put on paid administrative leave on Monday …

Turns out, the South is a pretty nice place to live  —  When I first moved to Washington D.C., my dad jokingly warned me not to hype home too much.  “If they find out just how nice we have it down here, all your new East Coast friends will want to move to the South and our cost of living will go up,” he teased.

Phony Fear Factor  —  The good news: After spending a year and a half talking about deficits, deficits, deficits when we should have been talking about jobs, job, jobs we're finally back to discussing the right issue.  —  The bad news: Republicans, aided and abetted by many conservative policy intellectuals …

Outsize Severance Continues for Executives, Even After Failed Tenures  —  The golden goodbye has not gone away.  —  Just last week, Léo Apotheker was shown the door after a tumultuous 11-month run atop Hewlett-Packard.  His reward?  $13.2 million in cash and stock severance …

EXCLUSIVE: Matheson may run in different district  —  SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - Just when you thought Utah's redistricting process may have run out of twists and turns, well, hold on.  —  Thursday morning, Second District Democratic Congressman, Jim Matheson dropped a bit of a political bombshell.

Bachmann condemns Arab Spring, blames it on Obama  —  CONCORD, N.C. — Michele Bachmann condemned the Arab Spring and blamed President Obama for allowing it to happen by “showing weakness” and by compromising the United States' relationship with Israel.  —  Why do you think there was an Arab Spring …