Arkansas Democratic Campaign Manager Comes Home To Find Child's Cat Murdered, 'LIBERAL' Written On Dead Body

Warning: there is a picture. The campaign manager of Arkansas Democratic congressional candidate Ken Aden arrived home last night to find his child’s pet cat murdered on the front porch with the word “LIBERAL” scrawled across its lifeless body.

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Shots fired at Virginia Tech.

A police officer has been shot at Virginia Tech, and a suspect is at large on the Blacksburg campus, the university reports. A campus-wide message advised of a potential second shooting victim at a campus parking lot. “Stay indoors,” it warned.

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Air Force dumped remains of troops' in Va. landfill

The Air Force dumped the incinerated partial remains of at least 274 American troops in a Virginia landfill, far more than the military had acknowledged, before halting the secretive practice three years ago, records show. The landfill dumping was concealed from families wh …

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Blagojevich gets 14 years

Rod Blagojevich, Illinois’ 40th governor, was sentenced to 14 years in prison today for the attempted sale of a U.S. Senate seat, illegal shakedowns for campaign cash and lying to federal agents.

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webOS devices to be discontinued by HP

And just like that, Palm's baby was abandoned.

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Boy dies from 'brain-eating amoeba' in Va.

Virginia health officials say a child has died of a brain infection from a microscopic bug, sometimes called a “brain-eating amoeba,” that lives in stagnant water.

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Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility

Since its launch in November 2007, Android has not only dramatically increased consumer choice but also improved the entire mobile experience for users.

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Federal "gainful employment" rule tightens oversight of for-profit colleges - The Washington Post

Federal education officials are tightening oversight of the ­burgeoning for-profit higher-education sector with the release Thursday of a new regulation they say will require career preparatory programs to yield “gainful employment.”

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SDF choppers drop water on troubled Fukushima reactors

Self-Defense Forces helicopters dropped water on the troubled No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima nuclear power plant on Thursday morning as it is feared the reactor may have released radioactive steam due to damage to its containment vessel.

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Google and Twitter Team Up to Allow Egyptians to Tweet by Phone

Like many people we've been glued to the news unfolding in Egypt and thinking of what we could do to help people on the ground. Over the weekend we came up with the idea of a speak-to-tweet service—the ability for anyone to tweet using just a voice connection.

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Drunk Woman Drives Car Into Canal, Rescued by Bystander

Police say a 23-year-old Fenwick Island woman who was driving drunk careened into a bayside canal, sinking her car, and would have drowned if a bystander hadn't rescued her.

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TSA Pat Down Goes In Underwear

More Americans are growing angrier, over what the Transportation Security Administration, admits are more intrusive security put downs at airports. One woman is comparing her experience at Lambert Airport to a sexual assault.

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Lawmakers Move to Eject Nude Scanners From New York Airports

A New York City lawmaker on Thursday introduced legislation to prohibit the TSA from using its advanced body scanners at New York airports, including JFK, the busiest international airport in the country.

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CIA drones could be grounded by software suit

Intelligent Integration Systems (IISi) of Boston, Mass., developer of a sophisticated mapping software that guides CIA drones, has accused Netezza, its onetime partner in the deal, of stealing its technology after it refused to go along with an expedited production schedule alleg …

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Google announces Google Instant search

The announcement itself is taking its time right now, with background facts like Google recently crossing the one billion users a week milestone, but the Google Instant service has been activated and you can see details about its immediate result delivery at the source below.

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Oil Rig Explosion in Gulf

An oil rig has exploded 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana, with 12 people overboard and one missing, the Coast Guard said Thursday morning.

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Call phones from Gmail

Gmail voice and video chat makes it easy to stay in touch with friends and family using your computer's microphone and speakers. But until now, this required both people to be at their computers, signed into Gmail at the same time.

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Flight Attendant Gets Angry With Passenger, Opens Emergency Chute And Slides Out Of Plane

A jetBlue flight attendant upset because a passenger refused to apologize after accidentally striking him with luggage, allegedly spewed obscenities over the PA system, then activated and slid down a plane's emergency chute before disappearing into a terminal at John F.

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Richard Garriott wins $28 million jury award in NCsoft suit

A federal court jury on Thursday awarded $28 million to Austin computer game pioneer Richard Garriott in his lawsuit against NCsoft Corp. , his former employer.

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100 million Facebook pages leaked on torrent site

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Cap may be on Deepwater Horizon, But Oil Still Spills Elsewhere

Believe it or not, these incidents are almost commonplace. It's just that until the Deepwater Horizon incident, they went unnoticed. In Michigan, nearly one million gallons of oil has been dumped into the Talmadge Creek, which flows into the Kalamazoo River.

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DoD can't account for $8.7 billion in Iraq

The Defense Department is unable to account for $8.7 billion of the $9.1 billion in Development Fund for Iraq monies in received for reconstruction in Iraq. This according to a study published today by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction.

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The Long Game And The Breitbart Implosion

I have not been immune to feeling frustrated and depressed by the sheer power and energy of the Fox News/Drudge/Breitbart media onslaught against anything to do with Obama.

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Live Cam of Oil Spill in the Gulf

You are watching a live video feed of the BP Oil Spill from the ocean floor, 5000 feet below the surface. Chairman Ed Markey requested this footage be made available to the public.

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Secrets From Inside the Obama War Room

The first of 10 "AFPAK" meetings came on Sept. 13, when the president gathered 16 advisers in the Situation Room in the basement of the White House. This was to be the most methodical national-security decision in a generation.

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