Alleged Bin Laden Shooter: Osama “Died Like a Pussy”  —  According to Robert O'Neill—the former Navy SEAL who claims he shot Osama bin Laden—the Al Qaeda leader “died like a pussy” and “knew that we were there to kill him.”  —  In a previously unreleased audio interview aired last night on CNN …

Will YOUR job still exist in 2025?  New report warns 50 per cent of occupations will be redundant in 11 years time  —  From self-driving cars to carebots for elderly people, rapid advances in technology have long represented a potential threat to many jobs normally performed by people.

GORBACHEV WARNS WORLD ‘ON BRINK OF NEW COLD WAR’  —  BERLIN (AP) — Tensions between the major powers have pushed the world closer to a new Cold War, former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev said Saturday.  —  The 83-year-old accused the West, particularly the United States, of giving in to …

In Florida, Medicinal Marijuana Got More Votes Than Rick Scott  —  Total votes for medical marijuana outnumbered the total votes cast for Republican Gov. Rick Scott by a half-million votes.  So why did the measure still fail to pass?  —  Although Florida didn't quite rouse enough young voters …

McCain Poised to Press Obama, and Pentagon, at Armed Services Helm  —  WASHINGTON — Of all the areas where Barack Obama and John McCain clashed during the 2008 presidential campaign, none was more combustible than defense, with their starkly different views on the deployment of American men and women to wage war overseas.

U.S. air strikes target Islamic State convoy in Iraq  —  (Reuters) - U.S. air strikes destroyed an Islamic State convoy near the Iraqi city of Mosul but U.S. officials said on Saturday it was unclear whether the group's top commander Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been in any of the 10 targeted vehicles.

After rout, Dems stick to script  —  Democrats aren't planning a shakeup despite the thumping they took at the polls on Tuesday.  —  Leaders in both the House and the Senate — including Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) — are expected to retain their spots atop …

Republicans ♥ Pipeline  —  The Keystone XL oil pipeline is so popular!  Ever since the Republicans won control of the Senate, it's become the Taylor Swift of political issues.  —  “We can act on the Keystone pipeline,” said the House speaker, John Boehner, as he launched into his description of the next Congress.

Health Care Reform Imperiled  —  Will five Supreme Court justices eliminate essential health care subsidies for more than four million lower-income Americans, based on a contorted reading of four words?  —  It sounds inconceivable, but that would be the effect of a ruling in favor …

Amateurism Has an Influential Friend in Baylor's Kenneth Starr  —  WACO, Tex. — Kenneth W. Starr stepped onto Baylor's football field before a game last month wearing a track suit.  He looked in better shape — less paunchy, less stressed — than he did more than 15 years ago …

It's time to work on America's agenda  —  Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat, represents Massachusetts in the Senate.  —  There have been terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Election Days for Democrats before — and Republicans have had a few of those, too.  Such days are always followed …

Poli Sci Experiment Takes Heat For Asking If Blacks Are ‘Too Demanding’  —  Like their peers across the country, when some South Carolina voters walked out of the polling station this week, they were asked to take an exit poll.  But some of the questions were a little different — things like …