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Palin Finds One Bond With Clinton

Could there be a “coffee summit” in the future between Hillary Rodham Clinton the secretary of state, runner-up for the Democratic presidential nomination, former senator and author and Sarah Palin, author, former Republican vice-presidential candidate ...

From SARAH WHEATON, The New York Times,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Sarah Palin,  U.S. Republican Party,  Margaret Thatcher

Common Grounds for Clinton and Palin?

We’ll skip straight to the obvious joke. Could the coffee summit be in the works? In her first year in office, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been exposed to plenty of summitry, but the latest potential addition to her schedule could ...

From SARAH WHEATON, The Caucus,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Barack Obama,  Sarah Palin,  U.S. Republican Party,  John McCain

Chapel Housing 9/11 Remains Is Set Afire

The inside of a temporary structure where the remains of those who did not survive the burning World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001, was itself set aflame on Saturday morning. A 26-year-old man was arrested. None of the remains themselves were ...

From SARAH WHEATON, The New York Times,  31 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg,  Franklin D. Roosevelt

Papers Detail Swiss Pursuit of Polanski

For Roman Polanski, the acclaimed filmmaker who spent 31 years on the lam from child rape charges, Switzerland was a public refuge. Though he lived in Paris, he traveled to the country frequently, and even owned a chalet in the Alps. But, according to ...

From SARAH WHEATON, The New York Times,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Roman Polanski,  U.S. Department of Justice

Shot Kills Bronx Woman in Home

A bullet burst through the first-floor window of a Bronx home on Tuesday evening, striking a 92-year-old woman in the back and killing her, the police said. The police and neighbors identified the woman as Sadie Mitchell, a widow. Mary Fields, who ...

From SARAH WHEATON, The New York Times,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Sadie Mitchell

King Siblings Settle Estate Lawsuit

The children of Martin Luther King Jr. settled a longstanding and bitter dispute over the slain civil rights leaders' estate late Monday night. A lawsuit pitted two of Mr. King’s children, Bernice King and Martin Luther King III, against a third child, ...

From SARAH WHEATON, The New York Times,  13 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Bernice King,  Martin Luther King, Jr.,  Martin Luther King III,  Coretta Scott King,  Andrew Young

Quake Near Samoa Sets Off Tsunami

An earthquake triggered a tsunami that killed at least several dozen people in the Samoan islands in the Pacific Tuesday, but fears of surges in other parts of the region began to subside in the hours after the quake. Christopher Moore of the National ...

From SARAH WHEATON, The New York Times,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: National Weather Service

A More Conciliatory Admadinejad at the U.N.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad predicted the downfall of the current economic system, championed the cause of Palestinians and called for a return to monotheistic morality during his address to the United Nations General Assembly Wednesday evening. ...

From SARAH WHEATON, The New York Times,  23 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,  United Nations General Assembly,  Barack Obama

Dave Matthews, Edwards Wedding Singer?

Among the numerous surprising details in Neil A. Lewis’s report about John Edwards, who is reportedly considering admitting to fathering the baby of his mistress, Rielle Hunter, we found one particularly striking element. Citing a book proposal for a ...

From SARAH WHEATON, The Caucus,  19 Sep 2009

Related Topics: John Edwards,  Dave Matthews Band,  Rielle Hunter,  New York Times Company,  Barack Obama

White House Adviser on ‘Green Jobs’ Resigns

Van Jones resigned as the White House’s environmental jobs “czar” on Saturday, after weeks of controversy over his past comments and affiliations had slowly escalated. Van Jones speaking at a conference in Las Vegas last month. Appointed as a special ...

From SARAH WHEATON, The New York Times,  6 Sep 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  George W. Bush,  Glenn Beck

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