Analysis: Obama's pick highlights his weaknesses (AP)

“No Burris, no way, no how! (Never mind)”
Durbin, Burris and Reid enjoy a chuckle together Wow, that was fast! One minute Harry Reid and Dick Durbin are vowing never to seat anyone appointed to the Senate by Hot Rod Blagojevich and...

Fatal Calif. train station shooting sparks anger (AP)
AP - Protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer turned violent Wednesday night with windows broken, fires set and train stations closed.

Pink slips pile higher amid deepening recession (AP)
AP - Pink slips are piling higher as companies scramble to cut costs even deeper to survive the country's economic and financial storms.

Melting snow causes heavy flooding in Wash. state (AP)
AP - Rain and high winds lashed Washington state Wednesday, causing widespread avalanches, mudslides, flooding and road closures as the heavy snowfall that has buried parts of the state began...

Joe The Plumber/Israel Redux
I did some digging and found the following interview Joe Wurzelbacher did with Shepherd Smith on Fox News back in October. Among the highlights… When asked if he knows anything about...