Mississippi man targeted in ricin letters investigation arrested  —  (Reuters) - Federal agents arrested a Mississippi martial arts instructor on Saturday after his home and a former business were searched as part of an investigation into ricin-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and two other public officials.

Dems Cave On FAA Sequestration Cuts, Flight Delays  —  The House of Representatives passed legislation Friday giving the Federal Aviation Administration unique flexibility under sequestration to use agency funds to avoid air traffic controller furloughs.  —  The final vote was 361-41 …

White House correspondents partiers say Tom Brokaw's got it wrong  —  White House correspondents just want to have fun.  —  That was the message that members of the media and others making the rounds at Friday night's parties had for Tom Brokaw in the face of his renewed criticism of the Correspondents' Association dinner.

False Flags, Sharia Law, and Gun Grabs: GOP Lawmakers Embrace The Crazy  —  The conspiracy theories percolating up to local party leaders and even the halls of Congress should be a warning sign for the GOP, writes John Avlon.  —  A few days after the Boston bombings, Stella Tremblay went …

GOP faces Senate recruitment woes in key states  —  You are here  —  Home » United States Senate » GOP faces Senate recruitment woes in key states  —  Graphic profiles eight retiring U.S. senators  —  FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2013, file photo Rep. Paul Broun, R-Georgia …

Biden: Economic collapse kept McCain from the White House  —  (CNN) - Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that if not for the economic collapse surrounding the 2008 presidential race, Sen. John McCain might have beat President Barack Obama.  —  “The truth of the matter is, Barack knows it …

SF Pride: ‘Bradley Manning will not be a grand marshal’  —  Further to the outrage expressed at the announcement of Bradley Manning being a grand marshal at San Francisco Pride, a few minutes ago Lisa L. Williams, SF Pride board president issued the following statement:

9/11 jet landing gear is found — behind Ground Zero mosque site  —  An apparent piece of landing gear from a passenger jet used in the Sept. 11 attacks was found behind the site of the controversial Ground Zero mosque, police said.  —  The piece of gear was discovered Wednesday …

The Mind of a Con Man  —  One summer night in 2011, a tall, 40-something professor named Diederik Stapel stepped out of his elegant brick house in the Dutch city of Tilburg to visit a friend around the corner.  It was close to midnight, but his colleague Marcel Zeelenberg had called …

Sarah Palin  · 3,538,798 like this  —  There's no such thing as a coincidence.  Today I'm looking forward to speaking at a pro-life women's resource center in Nevada.  I intend again to remind women that we are strong enough and capable enough to choose life and work together to create …