CIA Director David Petraeus resigns, cites extramarital affair  —  CIA Director David Petraeus resigned Friday, citing an extramarital affair and “extremely poor judgement.”  —  In a letter released to the CIA work force on Friday afternoon, Petraeus disclosed the affair, and wrote …

Mitt Romney's ORCA program couldn't stay afloat  —  Mitt Romney's campaign boasted for the last two weeks that they would outgun President Barack Obama's team in the Democrats' area of strength - voter-targeting.  They would use a state-of-the-art system called ORCA, named for the killer whale …

Supreme Court to review key section of Voting Rights Act  —  The Supreme Court on Friday said it would decide the constitutionality of a signature portion of the Voting Rights Act.  —  The justices three years ago expressed skepticism about the continued need for Section 5 of the historic act …

What The 2012 Election Would Have Looked Like Without Universal Suffrage  —  These five maps look at how the 2012 election would have played out before everyone could vote.  —  President Barack Obama has been elected twice by a coalition that reflects the diversity of America.

After Obama reelection coal company CEO reads prayer to staff, announces layoffs  —  Paul Fraughton/AP - In this 2007 file photo, Murray Energy CEO Robert Murray waits to be interviewed by a television news program in Utah.  On Nov. 7,2012, the day after the presidential election, Murray laid off 156 employees.

Where America's Racist Tweets Come From  —  Warning: The tweets are really, really racist.  —  A map of the location quotients for racist tweets: the darker-green the state, the higher the location quotient (Floating Sheep)  —  The day after Barack Obama won a second term as president …

Philip Roth: “I'm done”  —  The most decorated living American author quietly announces his retirement in an interview with a French magazine  —  Philip Roth is calling it a career.  —  In an interview with a French publication called Les Inrocks last month — which does not appear …

Noonan: ‘People Are Afraid of Change’  —  Republicans got complacent.  Now it's time to rethink.  —  President Obama did not lose, he won.  It was not all that close.  There was enthusiasm on his side.  Mitt Romney's assumed base did not fully emerge, or rather emerged as smaller than it used to be.

Hardin GOP official: ‘Maggots’ elected Obama  —  Texas Republicans are already using the s-word.  —  One party official from Southeast Texas calls for — not secession — separation.  —  “Why should Vermont and Texas live under the same government?” writes Hardin County Republican treasurer Peter Morrison …

Interior proposal would limit commercial oil shale development on federal lands in West  —  The Interior Department on Friday issued a final plan to close 1.6 million acres of federal land in the West originally slated for oil shale development.  —  The proposed plan would fence off a majority …

GOP Rep. Bono Mack loses Calif. seat  —  Republican Rep. Mary Bono Mack fell to Democratic challenger Raul Ruiz Friday in a tight battle for California's 36th Congressional District, east of Los Angeles, the Associated Press reported.  —  A southern California native, Bono Mack succeeded her late husband …

Obama Ends Tradition Of Post-Reelection Press Conferences  —  No questions, please.  —  (Getty)  —  President Obama delivered a statement today, his first to the White House press corps since winning reelection, calling for a balanced approach to fix the deficit that included cuts and revenue increases.

Charles Darwin gets 4,000 write-in votes in Athens against Paul Broun  —  Charles Darwin, the 19th-century naturalist who laid the foundations for evolutionary theory, received nearly 4,000 write-in votes in Athens-Clarke County in balloting for the 10th Congressional District seat retained Tuesday …