Maybe Sarah Palin Doesn't Want to Be President

Apr 16th 2010 – 12:40 PM |AOL News

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(April 16) -- In politics, as in many other competitive endeavors, money talks. Sarah Palin's words this week have rekindled speculation about a White House run, but several commentators say the...

Poll of Tea Party Supporters Reveals Surprises

Apr 15th 2010 – 12:58 PM |AOL News

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(April 15) -- Bloomberg's headline reads like something produced by the Department of the Totally Obvious: Tea Party Backers Conservative, Angry at Washington, Poll Shows. Nothing new there. No...

Charting 2010's Biggest Earthquakes

Apr 14th 2010 – 2:57 PM |AOL News

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(April 14) -- Hardly a week has gone by lately without news of another powerful earthquake somewhere in the world. Although scientists say the rash of quakes is not unusual, Wednesday's disaster in...

McCain Uses Dracula Ad to Mock Opponent Hayworth

Apr 13th 2010 – 5:53 PM |AOL News

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(April 13) -- Sen. John McCain has staked his claim to honors for weirdest commercial of the campaign season. But he has some competition. The Arizona Republican's latest ad in his primary race...

Many Give KFC's Double Down a Thumbs-Down

Apr 13th 2010 – 1:43 PM |AOL News

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(April 13) -- The story getting the widest coverage across the Internet so far this week isn't about nuclear arms, the Supreme Court or even Sarah Palin's latest sound bite. It's the debut of the...

How Big Will Fight Be Over Supreme Court Nominee?

Apr 12th 2010 – 12:19 PM |AOL News

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(April 12) -- This much is certain: There will be a fight over whoever is chosen to succeed retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. Whether it's the Washington equivalent of a classic heavyweight...

Palin Escalates War of Words on Nuke Policy

Apr 9th 2010 – 11:43 AM |AOL News

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(April 9) -- The flap over Sarah Palin's criticism of President Barack Obama on nuclear policy is mushrooming. In a conversation Tuesday night with fellow Fox News personality Sean Hannity about the...

Mine Explosion Echoes Tragedy From Long Ago

Apr 8th 2010 – 3:57 PM |AOL News

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(April 8) -- When Susan Kushner Resnick heard the news that at least 25 West Virginia coal miners had died in an explosion, she "just started to cry." Tragedy struck a few weeks after "Goodbye Wifes...

Tiger Woods Nike Ad Gets Some Cheers, More Jeers

Apr 8th 2010 – 11:45 AM |AOL News

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(April 8) -- Tiger Woods says nothing in his latest Nike ad. Instead, everyone else is talking about the commercial, in which the only voice heard is that of the golfer's dead father, Earl Woods. In...

Conservative Senator Praises Pelosi, Knocks Fox

Apr 7th 2010 – 12:45 PM |AOL News

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(April 7) -- There's something to be said for getting out of Washington after the bitter battle over health care reform. Back home in Oklahoma, Republican Sen. Tom Coburn sounded like a changed man...

Americans Get Mixed Messages About Census

Apr 6th 2010 – 5:40 PM |AOL News

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(April 6) -- Mail back your census form and be counted. The Constitution requires it. Don't participate. Some of the questions on that form are unconstitutional. People are getting conflicting...

Despite Danger, US Coal Mining Deaths Are Rare

Apr 6th 2010 – 11:23 AM |AOL News

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(April 6) -- The disaster in Montcoal, W.Va., is a grim reminder of the dangers coal miners face. Statistics are of little comfort to those who live with the risks every day, but coal mining deaths...

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