Socialite’s climb halted by unfolding scandal
5:53 AM 11/15/2012
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jill Kelley's climb to the top of Tampa's social ladder may be as spectacular as her fall from it.
Android Bounces Back From U.S. Market Share Declines
Android gained in the U.S. market in March after three months of consecutive declines, increasing its market share slightly to 52%, according to comScore.
Jon Bon Jovi’s daughter hospitalized, arrested after heroin overdose
9:25 PM 11/14/2012
CLINTON, N.Y. (AP) — Jon Bon Jovi's 19-year-old daughter was hospitalized and facing drug charges Wednesday after overdosing on heroin in a dorm at her college in upstate New York, authorities said.
House GOP picks woman for a top leadership post
8:46 PM 11/14/2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stinging from double-digit election losses among female voters, House Republicans elected a woman to their top leadership team Wednesday in a tense test of gender politics and the clout of the GOP's power brokers.
Dad: George P. Bush eyeing Texas Land Commissioner
7:43 PM 11/14/2012
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — George P. Bush's father has issued a fundraising letter asking donors to open their pocketbooks because his son "is considering" running for Texas land commissioner, though a political strategist for the younger Bush said Wednesday that no final decision has been made.
Dad: George P. Bush eyeing Texas Land Commissioner
7:41 PM 11/14/2012
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has written a fundraising letter saying his son George P. Bush "is considering" running for Texas Land Commissioner.
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. leaves Mayo Clinic
8:09 PM 11/13/2012
CHICAGO (AP) — Questions about Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s health and political future swirled again Tuesday as the Chicago congressman left the Mayo Clinic for the second time but didn't disclose where he was going, even as Congress returned from a seven-week election break.
Law enforcement union sues over Walker’s law
5:58 PM 11/13/2012
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A law enforcement union filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of a Wisconsin law effectively ending collective bargaining for most public workers.
Catholic bishops stay course on gay marriage fight
5:45 PM 11/12/2012
BALTIMORE (AP) — A subdued U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops acknowledged Monday that voters rejected the stands they took against gay marriage and birth control, but church leaders gave no sign they would change their strategy ahead.
Democrat Sinema wins Arizona congressional seat
4:03 PM 11/12/2012
PHOENIX (AP) — Former Democratic state Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has been elected to represent a new Phoenix-area congressional district, emerging victorious after a bitterly fought race that featured millions of dollars in attack ads.
Healing the divisions in postelection America
4:12 PM 11/11/2012
APPOMATTOX, Va. (AP) — Baine's Books sits in the heart of this historic village, a Main Street institution where townspeople gather for coffee and conversation and, every Thursday after sundown, an open mic night that draws performers from near and far with guitars and banjos in hand, bluegrass and blues on their lips.
GOP showing in Calif. worries party strategists
6:48 PM 11/10/2012
LOS ANGELES (AP) — If the future happens first in California, the Republican Party has a problem.
McKenna concedes Washington state governor’s race
10:18 PM 11/09/2012
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna is conceding defeat.
He called it, and now Silver’s a pop-culture star
8:11 PM 11/09/2012
NEW YORK (AP) — The other night, Nate Silver got a little taste of what things are going to be like for him, post-Election 2012.
Changing times: Politicians’ tears more common now
8:30 AM 11/09/2012
It seems out of place: The president of the United States breaking down in tears as he thanked campaign workers for their tireless work for his re-election.
‘Next Bush’ makes campaign filing in Texas
12:08 AM 11/09/2012
DALLAS (AP) — George P. Bush, a nephew of former President George W. Bush and son of one-time Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, has made a campaign filing in Texas that is required of candidates planning to run for state office, an official said Thursday night.
Voters in Washington state approve gay marriage
9:07 PM 11/08/2012
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state has approved gay marriage, joining Maine and Maryland as the first states to pass same-sex marriage by popular vote.
Colo. Democrats pick state’s 1st gay House speaker
8:31 PM 11/08/2012
DENVER (AP) — Colorado Democrats have elected the first openly gay House speaker in state history, giving control of the chamber to a man who was the public face of a fierce debate over civil union legislation that Republicans defeated six months ago.
Life sentence in Ariz attack that wounded Giffords
7:28 PM 11/08/2012
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Gabrielle Giffords limped to the front of the courtroom and stared silently Thursday as she came face-to-face for the first time with the man who tried to kill her.
Darwin gets 4,000 write-in votes against Ga. rep.
7:22 PM 11/08/2012
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Charles Darwin earned almost 4,000 write-in votes against a Georgia congressman who denounced evolution and other scientific theories as "lies straight from the pit of hell."
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