Plouffe calls out GOP candidates over Obama reaction  —  Washington (CNN) - “Reprehensible.”  “Irresponsible.”  “Hard to stomach.”  —  White House senior adviser David Plouffe did not mince words Sunday when talking about the reaction by Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum …

Hippies head for Noah's Ark: Queue here for rescue aboard alien spaceship  —  Thousands of New Agers descend on mountain they see as haven from December's apocalypse  —  NOTE: WE DO NOT STORE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) BUT YOUR IP ADDRESS WILL BE LOGGED TO PREVENT ABUSE OF THIS FEATURE.

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Stupid or Lying: Wildly Overpaid Faculty Edition  —  The Kaplan Test Prep Daily has determined that American faculty are overpaid: … Right; the reason for the increase in college tuition is “insufficient teaching schedules,” not the massive increase in administrative costs.

Former Vice President Cheney has heart transplant  —  Former vice president Dick Cheney, who has suffered five heart attacks since his late 30s, underwent a heart transplant Saturday after more than 20 months on a transplant list, according to his office.  —  “Although the former Vice President …

Police in CA looking into possibility of hate crime in death of severely beaten Iraqi woman  —  EL CAJON, Calif. — A woman from Iraq who was found beaten next to a threatening note saying “go back to your country” has died, and police are investigating the possibility of a hate crime.

A Festival of Lies  —  THE historian Victor Davis Hanson recently wrote a brutally clear-eyed piece in The National Review, looking back at America's different approaches to Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, Egypt, Pakistan and Afghanistan and how, sadly, none of them could be said to have worked yet.

Rep. Paul Ryan says he'd ‘consider’ a vice presidential candidacy  —  Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) said Sunday that he would have to consider joining the Republican presidential ticket if asked to run for the vice presidency—but insisted he'd given the matter little thought while concentrating …

Sen. Schumer presses DOJ to probe ‘stand your ground’ laws  —  Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is asking the Justice Department to expand its probe of the Trayvon Martin shooting to examine controversial “stand your ground” laws in Florida and other states.  —  Schumer, in comments Sunday on CBS's …

Breakdown: Death and Disarray at America's Racetracks  —  RUIDOSO, N.M. — At 2:11 p.m., as two ambulances waited with motors running, 10 horses burst from the starting gate at Ruidoso Downs Race Track 6,900 feet up in New Mexico's Sacramento Mountains.  —  Nineteen seconds later …