News & Politics

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCPh6lAd1ZU Happy Holidays, fellow Planeteers! Un(der)reported News presents 12 news items for the 12 days of Christmas.   How NORAD keeps track of Santa In 2007,...

TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS - AT THE PLANET Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the post Not a blogger was stirring, not even...

I had never heard of David Sedaris or his alter ego, Crumpet the elf, until last year; and I listen to NPR all the...

From Talking Points Memo: Tea Partiers' Next Target: American Business? The end-all-regulation, my-health-insurance-company-is-just-fine-thanks crowd in the Tea Party movement have found an unlikely target for their...

WASHINGTON DC -- On a cold Christmas Eve morning the United States Senate met for one last vote on H.R. 3590. With Vice President...

BBC news reports a rise in the pagan population of Britain, with an item on their celebration of Christmas as the traditional Winter Solstice....

Talking Points Memo has just put out this sobering article: Fragile Health Care Agreement Fraying? Whispers, But Not Yet Some Democrats are popping champagne and already...

From Talking Points Memo: Senate Votes Again And Just One Vote Left On Health Care The Senate just cleared its next-to-last procedural hurdle before passing its...

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter of New York's 28th congressional district wrote an op-ed for CNN on Wednesday that outlines why she feels it's time to...