Politico reports on Gov. Sarah Palin's prolific spending while governor of Alaska. "She supports spending taxpayer cash on initiatives that tickle her fancy," Ken Vogel notes. "During her tenures as both mayor and governor, operating budgets ballooned by 55 percent in Wasilla and 25 percent in Alaska." Some examples of ...

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This week, the New York Times reported that "tens of thousands of eligible voters in at least six swing states have been removed from the rolls or have been blocked from registering in ways that appear to violate federal law." But instead of expressing concern about tens of thousands of ...

During a campaign rally this evening in Lakeville, MN, an audience member asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for a "real fight" with Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) at next week's presidential debate. When McCain responded, "We want a fight, but we will be respectful," the crowd broke out into loud boos. ...

Legislative panel concludes that Palin abused the power of her office. A Republican-dominated Alaska State Legislative panel voted unanimously this evening to release to the public the results of the investigation into Governor Sarah Palin's dismissal of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. (Full report PDF here) Among four key points released in the report, the most significant "concludes that Palin violated the state's executive branch ethics act, which says that 'each public officer holds office ...

The investigator authorized by the Alaska Legislative Council to examine the “Troopergate” scandal released his report today, and found that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) “abused her power” by pushing State Police Commissioner Walt Monegan to fire her former brother-in-law Mark Wooten: For the reasons explained in section IV of this report, I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 2952.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act. Alaska Statute 2952.110(a) ...

It's been 25 years of Gardner Dozios' The Year's Best Science Fiction, and the 25th anniversary edition totals 692 pages of testimony to the state of the industry. Dozois dedicates the first 51 pages alone to a summation of the previous year, a trend he started in the first volume a quarter of a century ago. Congratulations is in order for the editor of this venerable series. Now we judge whether this year's group was ...

As of October 1, 2008, the state of Texas now requires that driver's license applicants show proof of legal immigration status when getting an original, renewal, or duplicate license. For those who are not citizens or permanent residents, the license will have on its face an indication of the expiration date of legal status. Public Safety Commission Chairman Allan Polunsky, of San Antonio, said he initiated the policy change after learning of a taxi driver ...

Why does Hollywood hate RealDVD so much? Here's a hint: it has nothing to do with piracy and everything to do with controlling innovation. Earlier this week, a district court in San Francisco extended the temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking RealNetworks' distribution of its RealDVD software, at least until a full-dress preliminary injunction hearing can be held sometime in late November. Although reporters have done a good job reporting on the hearing, they have not ...

Ars Technica's Julian Sanchez takes a long, investigative look at the entertainment industry's claim that piracy costs the American economy 750,000 jobs and $250 billion and discovers the truth: they made it up and repeated it until they forgot they had made it up. With Customs a dead end, we dove into press archives, hoping to find the earliest public mention of the elusive 750,000 jobs number. And we found it in—this is not a ...

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BUSINESS BUZZ: Forget following the plunging Dow Index — it’s the Ted Spread that really matters. Even scarier than the nastily named VIX, the Ted is a measure of credit risk. The higher the number, the more screwed the economy is, and it’s on the rise. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment » The Best Links: Follow the TED Spread Here A Less Complicated Explanation of The TED Spread A Complicated Explanation of ...

ABC is refusing to run an ad from Al Gore’s “We” campaign that’s pretty innocuous when you compare it to the swill they run from the oil industry 24/7.

Link: http://www.ctv.ca...... Canadian banks are the soundest in the world. To everyone who didn’t follow through on their threat in 2004 to move north if Bush were re-elected: sorry, you really missed the boat on this one. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment »

(Video: Interview with former Alaskan Independence Party chairman Mark Chryson) Esther Kaplan, Investigative Editor for The Nation Institute, says: While the McCain camp continues to hammer home Barack Obama's ties to a former '60s radical, the press corps has yet to report on how far-reaching Sarah Palin's ties are to contemporary radicals -- specifically, the paranoid anti-government figures behind the Alaskan Independence Party. Reporters Max Blumenthal and David Neiwert found that AIP activists played a ...

President George W Bush vows to work "aggressively" to restore economic stability, as world stock markets tumble.