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Christine O'Donnell's Debate Performance Draws Semi-Positive Reviews

(Oct. 14) -- Christine O'Donnell and Chris Coons -- also respectively known to each other as "The Witch" and "The Bearded Marxist" -- faced off Wednesday night in a nationally televised debate more captivating for its entertainment value than as a tight political race. Although Coons carried in a sizable lead over tea...

Brewer's Gaffe Puts Her in Special Debate Club

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's long and awkward pause in her gubernatorial debate was the talk of political junkies this week. Why she froze was anybody's guess. The governor compounded her problems by preceding her uncomfortable interlude with an inaccurate claim (that she balanced the state's budget) and by following it with...

Did This Woman Just Solve the Ansel Adams Mystery?

(July 29) -- Is Uncle Earl the next Ansel Adams? According to one resident of Oakland, Calif., the answer is yes. After two days of debate over a newly surfaced collection of 65 photographic negatives attributed to the legendary environmental photographer -- a cache said to be worth a cool $200 million, if genuine --...

Dozens Arrested at Protests of Arizona Immigration Law

PHOENIX (July 29) -- Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thursday despite a judge's ruling that delayed enforcement of most of the law, and about 50 people in Phoenix were arrested after peacefully confronting officers in riot gear. Gov. Jan Brewer called U.S. District Judge Susan...

Champion Debate Team Rejects City's Verdict

Part 2 of a four-part series about a small academy at the center of a national battle over the direction of public education in America NEW YORK (June 22) -- New York City's Metropolitan Corporate Academy, a small public high school in Brooklyn, doesn't have any sports teams because it doesn't have the money for them, let...