Tues news - 3 Feb

Daschle: 'I ... will not be a distraction' - Politico Staff - Politico.com

Daschle withdraws as nominee for HHS secretary

Holder Confirmed as Nation's First Black Attorney General He Overcame Objections of Some in GOP

My Way News - Clinton eyes Asia for first trip abroad

Breitbart.tv » Biden Fumbles Clinton Oath Of Office After Poking Fun At Chief Justice

Mohala threatened to use infected needles on crew-Delhi-Cities-The Times of India

Ten new species of amphibian discovered in Colombia - Telegraph

Official: Performance czar withdraws candidacy

National death toll hits 55 in ice storm, 24 in KY - Yahoo! News

Iran sends first home-built satellite into orbit

Phelps avoids hot water with sponsors — for now - Yahoo! News

IRS raids Vegas casino as part of investigation into former Fry's executive - San Jose Mercury News

Bibi vows to topple Hamas if elected | Israel | Jerusalem Post

FT.com / Companies - Google and Nasa back new school for futurists

Obama's promise of ethics reform faces early test - International Herald Tribune

Call for pope to step down over Holocaust denier

Groundhog bites Bloomberg at ceremony -- Newsday.com

Fearless Staten Island Chuck bites mayor - Staten Island Real-Time News - SILive.com

Glasnost In London – War Fever In Washington by Eric Margolis

An Open Letter to Robert Reich by Glenn Jacobs

For Justice, End Legal Immunity by William L. Anderson

Putin to the West: Take Your Medicine by Justin Raimondo

Cures for Our Economic Disease by Ron Paul

The Looming Crisis at the Pentagon by Tom Engelhardt and Chalmers Johnson

Melting Glacier Shows Heat Under Alaskan Volcano: Discovery News

Plums 'are new super-food and full of disease-fighting antioxidants'

Inmates in charge of the asylum in DC

Congress: The New Power Class

Our Indentured Servanthood Returneth

The Obama cult and self identity

Obama on collision course with military over Iraq?

'Daniel Pearl and the Normalization of Evil'

What Planet is Obama From?

Palin makes the case for drilling in ANWR

Dems step up the pressure on Republicans with partisan attacks

Why nationalizing the banks is a crummy idea

H.R.1: The House's Pig Pen

An Elephant Never Forgets

Breaking: Tom Daschle withdraws his name as HHS nominee

The NY Times Suggests Daschle Should Step Down

It's Official: President Obama names GOP Senator Judd Gregg Commerce Secretary

O'Reilly declares war on New York Times after it calls him out on immigration

Attorney: Rove Will Cooperate With DOJ Probes

McConnell: 'There is considerable senatorial Democratic unrest'

Why hasn't President Obama used his huge email list for message control before the stimulus debate started?

David Broder: The Village Wants Bipartisanship

An Afghan Surge - In Waste And Corruption

Kirsten Powers to Glenn Beck: 'I think you sound like coocoo for Cocoa Puffs'

McConnell: In the Senate it routinely takes sixty votes to do almost everything

Why are people like Grover Norquist telling us how to run the economy?

Welfare Rolls Are Not Going Up. Why?

The David Dukes out there have little to fear from Michael Steele

Daschle withdraws Obama nomination - White House- msnbc.com

U.S. Officials: Al-Qaida Leadership Cadre 'Decimated' : NPR

North Korea 'prepares to test long range missile' - Times Online

Bill creates detention camps in U.S. for 'emergencies'

IndiaDaily - Obama appointed more than 17 lobbyists after talking big on anti-lobbyist, clean Governance

Yale Daily News - Conservatives: Without a voice?

Asia Times Online :: Middle East News, Iraq, Iran current affairs

Auschwitz survivor dies at 100 in fire at home in Brooklyn

AFP: Indonesian hardliners seek to ban Rotary, Lions clubs: reports

'Mummy, don't': Woman kills her only daughter, 12, after boyfriend says, 'It's the child or me' | Mail Online

Man pleads guilty to raping boy in public library

Sean Penn Visits Venezuela's Hugo Chavez for 2nd Time

CNSNews.com - Jewish Groups Say Hugo Chavez Is Creating A Climate for Attacks

Obama and Chavez to meet in Trinidad in April

Hero pilot: Splash landing in Hudson 'surreal'

02-03-2009: Proposal To Put Scanners/Databases In Restaurants

02-03-2009: Joe The Plumber Now Doing Political Strategy For GOP

02-03-2009: U.S. Dollar Devaluation On Its Way

U.S. Warned On Protectionism

02-03-2009: Pelosi Fast-Tracking Huge Bills

02-03-2009: Google And NASA Prepare For Machines Becoming Smarter Than Humans

02-02-2009: The Reality Of FEMA Camps And The Martial Law Apparatus

02-02-2009: Secret Spending: Fed Lends Two Trillion Without Oversight

02-02-2009: Sources: Judd Gregg To Accept Commerce Secretary Position

State Budget Troubles Worsen: At Least 46 States Faced or Are Facing Budget Shortfalls for This and/or Next Year

California goes broke, halts $3.5 billion in payments

Bill Would Expand Homeland Security's Collection Of Biometric Information

Chinese military chief vows nuclear, conventional build-up

China Attempts to Militarize Space, Indian Defence Takes Note

Iraq's Shocking Human Toll: About 1 Million Killed, 4.5 Million Displaced, 1-2 Million Widows, 5 Million Orphans

VIDEO: Rahm Emanuel, if you are on No Fly List, No Gun!

The Obama Crossroads: Neo-Liberal Coup or Responsible Government

Dana Milbank - 1040 Apologies and a Number of Old Friends - washingtonpost.com

Democrats are hypocrites when it comes to paying taxes - Los Angeles Times

Jonathan Kay: Iraqi democracy is Bush's true legacy - Full Comment

Attack of the Zombie Republicans - THE WEEK

RealClearPolitics - Articles - Republicans as Democrats

Conservatism Is Dead

Welfare Reform, Phase Two by Steven Malanga, City Journal Winter 2009

Secret report urges new Afghan plan - David S. Cloud - Politico.com

To deprogram a Jihadist - Featured - Macleans.ca

Michael Steele's GOP - Los Angeles Times

CQ Politics | Gregg Voted to Kill Commerce Before He Agreed to Lead It

TheHill.com - Dems warn leaders to resume regular order

RealClearMarkets - Articles - Economic Enemies of the State

A new counter-offensive against atheists

Nurse suspended for offering to pray

Egyptian Christians Sent to Prison after Brutal Police Raid

Bill creates detention camps in U.S. for 'emergencies'

Survey: Tax cheats don't play well among Americans

re: Daschle on Taxes - John J. Pitney - The Corner on National Review Online

Obama names Judd Gregg commerce secretary

Get ready for new battle over 'gays' in military

Student illegal at UCLA wants your money

Calls for Obama to deport illegal aunt

Iran denies secret talks with U.S.

Dakota Fanning 'rape' movie on ice

Obama 'guarantees' West Bank withdrawal

New PLO to compete with U.S.-backed group

U.S. partner, not Hamas, firing rockets into Israel

Hamas leader thanks Iran for help in Gaza fight

Breitbart.tv » Biden Fumbles Clinton Oath Of Office After Poking Fun At Chief Justice

CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Gingrich says Palin has head start in 2012 « - Blogs from CNN.com

Glenn Thrush's Blog: Judd vs. Palin - Politico.com

Students warned against criticizing university

Congress sued to remove prez from White House

Eligibility: The question that won't go away

D.C. Station Dumps Its Failing Liberal 'Obama 1260' Talk Format | NewsBusters.org

Drivers full of excuses | Weird True Freaky | News.com.au

Octuplets mom gets TV, book offers to tell story - Yahoo! News

Ananova - Smelly footed student wins right to study

Women with large chins are more likely to cheat - Telegraph

Prostate cancer treatment a step closer | theage.com.au

Insulin may be key to fighting Alzheimer's disease - Times Online

Hawkins kindergartner turns Oxycontin over to teacher; police say uncle hid pills in pocket of girl's jeans - Kingsport Times-News Online

Breitbart.tv » 13-Year-Old Music Prodigy Pens Tune For New York Philharmonic

New GMTV presenter chases off burglars while dressed only in her pyjamas - Telegraph

Gay pride flag flies at police HQ - Telegraph

Could ecoterrorists let slip the bugs of war? | Jeffrey A. Lockwood - Times Online

The Standard - Hong Kong's First FREE English Newspaper

Travel chaos as Europe shivers in heavy snowfalls

Sledding spills, and chills - The Boston Globe

Ananova - Thief breaks into lavatory

Fearless Staten Island Chuck bites mayor - Staten Island Real-Time News - SILive.com

Cops: Woman beat sister at reception / nwi.com

Police Blotter: Man stumbles on ice, shoots victim in ankle for laughing - City

Police: Prius driver rammed pickup in road rage attack | police, pickup, prius - Top Stories - Colorado Springs Gazette, CO

Warrant issued for 'Girls Gone Wild' founder

New .tel domain names set to create the world's virtual phone book - Times Online

Mat made of moss stays alive with the help of bath water - Telegraph

Smithsonian Institution wants Aretha Franklin's Inauguration Day hat -- chicagotribune.com

Fresh Look at Martha Washington: Less First Frump, More Foxy Lady - washingtonpost.com

Doctors don't know why my baby daughter isn't getting any bigger - mirror.co.uk

Did you sign up for socialism?

Stop playing God with the economy

How to reverse Obama's culture of death

Pelosi nonpartisan?

Nancy Pelosi's New Deal

Stock up on bug bombs

Will Obama hold 'fixed' press conferences?

From Africa with love

This is the sub-prime house that Barack Obama built - Telegraph

Truthdig - Reports - It’s Not Going to Be OK

Top 10 reasons Gitmo should be on Alcatraz

Limiting Couples to Just Two Kids Is Not the Way to Save the Earth « FOX Forum « FOXNews.com

Feingold Calls for Constitutional Change to Senate Appointment ...

US-allied Arab states back Abbas in Hamas row

NKorea may be set for missile test: US official

Sri Lanka Tigers urged to end war

Pentagon study: US should pare Afghanistan goals

German pope becomes an embarrassment in homeland

Africa: Anti-Christian Gaddafi Takes Over as AU Chair

Bomb blast rips northwest Pakistan mosque

More Burmese Boat People Are Rescued off Indonesia

Student flees Taliban in 'Pakistan's Switzerland'

Turkish PM Vows to Fight Anti-Semitism

Turkish president expects to boost ties with Saudi Arabia

Explorers confident that wreck is long-lost Victory

Treasure Hunters Say They’ve Found a 1744 Shipwreck

Middle East a focus for Clinton and allies

US attorney general vows no Wall St 'witch hunts'

Ex-mayoral aide sentenced for role in Detroit sex scandal

Buy American, buy a trade war

New Face of GOP Brings a Brash Style

Yee-haw! Palin gets involved in Texas politics - endorses Perry

Activist Group Calls for Deportation of Obama's Aunt

Congress now expected to approve a DTV switchover delay this week

Charlie Crist keeps options open for Senate run

Ex-Illinois governor calls removal a 'hijacking'

Making sense of the Coleman-Franken recount trial

FBI Uncovers Worldwide $9M ATM Card Scam

Auto sales are worst in 26 years

Denny's gives away free Grand Slam breakfasts

White powder letter mailer arrested

Windows 7 will come in many flavors

Google Ocean Takes You Under The Deep Blue Sea

Human Clones: One Step Closer

Stem cells from human-animal hybrids 'unlikely'

Yahoo PR chief to leave, Bartz offers bounty on leakers

Former Yahoo sales chief to head AOL's Platform-A

Report: Google Execs May Face Jail Time in Italy

Google brings Gmail tasks to iPhone

Christian Bale's F-Word-Laced Verbal Tirade Caught on Tape

How to get your $10 refund from Comcast

New Tricks up Oscar's Sleeve

Springsteen, Phish, Beasties set for Bonnaroo

Hollywood studios, actors postpone contract talks

Court Tells Roman Polanski To Suck It, Regrettably In Retrospect

Fuller, co-founder of Habitat for Humanity, dies

Firm tied to salmonella ran unlicensed Texas plant

Are the Wrong Kids Getting Vitamins?

Hormone linked to depression after pregnancy

Insulin May Protect Against Alzheimer's

Hearing Begins to Investigate Medical Helicopter Crashes

Enoki Mushrooms Recalled Due to Listeria

Fertility ethics

Study Shows Secondhand Smoke Cost Indiana 390-Million Dollars

Global Update Global Fund Is Billions Short

Nonviolent Inmates Could Get Out Early

FOXNews.com - Kidnapped American U.N. Official in Pakistan Loves to Help Refugees, Friend Says - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News

VOA News - Students Arrested as Threats to Establishment of Zimbabwe Unity Government Mount

Blagojevich on NBC's "Today Show" talks of "ghost governor" offer. Transcript. - Lynn Sweet

American Idol: Jennifer Hudson Lip Syncs Super Bowl Performance--So What?

Aging rock stars born to run out of steam? Bruce Springsteen says no way

Mental Illness By Itself Does Not Predict Future Violent Behavior, Study Finds

Transcripts John McCain on the 'Early Show'

Transcripts Michelle Obama's Remarks to the DOE Staff

Transcripts Roundtable on Daschle's Taxes

Transcripts Interview with Michael Steele

Transcripts Analysts on Fillling the Cabinet

Transcripts Interview with VT Governor Jim Douglas

video - Daschle Withdraws Nomination To Be HHS Secretary

video - Jim DeMint Calls For Daschle To Withdraw

video - Daschle On Tax Cheats: IRS Should Enforce Laws

video - Eric Holder Sworn In As Attorney General

video - Blagojevich: "I'll Clear My Name"

video - Obama To Release Details Of Plan To Spend $350 Billion

video - Newt Gingrich On The Stimulus Package

video - Daschle "Deeply" Sorry For Tax Mistake

video - Clinton Officially Sworn In As Secretary of State

video - Olbermann: Palin Disses The GOP By Missing Retreat

video - Steele Vows GOP Comeback

video - Obama Taps Gregg To Lead Commerce Department

video - Daschle Campaign Ad Lauds Use Of 1971 Pontiac

video - Obama's Performance Czar Withdraws Nomination