A look into the planning that went into Palin's not entirely humiliating showing in the VP Debate.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev will join forces with Russian tycoon Alexander Lebedev to launch a new political party independent of the Kremlin, the billionaire businessman said on Tuesday.

New Hampshire has a major problem with this,especially the Manchester area.

Pope Benedict XVI has become the first pontiff to harness solar power to provide energy for the Vatican. Roof tiles on the Paul VI auditorium - used in poor weather for the Pope's weekly audience with pilgrims - are being replaced by 2,700 solar panels.

Wall Street put a gun to the head of the politicians and said, Give us the money--right now--or take the blame for whatever follows. The audacity of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's bailout proposal is reflected in what it refuses to say: no explanati

Paulson holds 500 million in Goldman shares, now Buffet is putting five billion into Goldman. Why? Because, he has a guarantee from Paulson that Goldman will be supported by taxpayers.

The contribution record of the military has become less Republican since the Iraq war began, and some donors say they're contributing to express dissatisfaction with the Bush administration's handling of the war... (Their censors probably block Kucinich)

On Tuesday, FEMA held what was called a "news briefing" on the California fires, but the questions asked did not come from reporters. They were asked instead by FEMA staffers.

Israel's regard for Palestinians can be summed up in how it imprisons and terrorises them, writes Khaled Amayreh in the occupied West Bank.