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The Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Sun Oct 18, 3:11 am ET
RANDOLPH – In a rousing speech Saturday before about 350 women gathered for Vermont's 13th annual Women's Economic Opportunity Conference, advocate Lilly Ledbetter won a standing ovation after urging women to fight back in the face of injustice like the two decades of pay discrimination she experienced. ... - By SUSAN ALLEN TIMES ARGUS STAFF
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Gay City News - Sun Oct 18, 3:36 am ET
On July 12, 1996, the US House of Representatives, caught up in a sudden nationwide frenzy about the prospect that the Hawaii state courts might be moving toward legalization of marriage by same-sex couples, passed the Defense of Marriage Act in a 342-67 vote.
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New York Daily News - Sat Oct 17, 2:00 am ET
A self-styled Queens anarchist arrested at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh last month is under investigation by a federal grand jury, a prosecutor revealed Friday.
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The Huffington Post - Wed Oct 14, 3:09 pm ET
Senator Michael Bennet became the lastof the major state-wide candidates to announce his third quarter fund-raising totals Tuesday. As expected, Bennet widened his fund-raising lead over Democratic and Republican opponents.
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Daily Breeze - Fri Oct 16, 10:01 pm ET
Staples Center turns 10 years old today, the anniversary of the downtown Los Angeles arena's first public event - a concert by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
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UPI - Thu Oct 15, 8:47 pm ET
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Joseph "Beau" Biden III said Thursday he is still considering whether to run for the Delaware seat in the U.S. Senate his father vacated last year.
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SFist - Fri Oct 16, 12:11 am ET
Obama, who is currently in town for a Democratic National Convention fundraiser at the Westin St. Francis Hotel, was met with protesters from both the left and right sides this evening, the majority of which vocalized their stance on Obama's health care reform plan.
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Gallup - Fri Oct 16, 5:26 am ET
John Edwards’ favorable rating is 21%, a new low for him, after a steep 27-point slide from Gallup’s prior measurement in January 2008. Another former vice presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, has her lowest favorable rating (40%) since she became a well-known political figure last fall.
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Newsday - Tue Oct 13, 4:06 pm ET
AP IMPACT: Obama, top officials focus taxpayer-paid travel on Democratic-leaning states
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The Crowley Post-Signal - Thu Oct 15, 6:30 pm ET
Young Democrats Edmund Reggie and Camille Gravel tortured themselves sulking on the noisy floor of the 1956 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Adlai Stevenson had about as much chance to unseat President and World War II hero Dwight Eisenhower as a snowball in hell.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 7, 11:49 am ET
A man who threatened to kill Barack Obama last summer just before the Democratic National Convention in Denver has pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges.
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Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Sat Nov 7, 12:07 pm ET
DENVER - A man who threatened to kill Barack Obama last summer just before the Democratic National Convention in Denver has pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges.
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Idaho State Journal - Sat Nov 7, 1:07 pm ET
A man who threatened to kill Barack Obama last summer just before the Democratic National Convention in Denver has pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges.
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CBS4 Denver - Sat Nov 7, 11:39 am ET
A man who threatened to kill President Barack Obama just before the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver has pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges. Thirty-five-year-old Shawn Adolf faces 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to having firearms as a felon. Adolf was arrested in August of last year after officers in a Denver suburb pulled over his cousin and found rifles, a ...
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KWGN Denver - Sat Nov 7, 12:05 pm ET
DENVER (AP) — A man who threatened to kill President Barack Obama just before the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver has pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges.
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Los Angeles Downtown News - Tue Nov 10, 1:39 am ET
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - It’s been a long while since the Rolling Stones, The Who or Pink Floyd played the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Exposition Park, but Bruce Springsteen had two sold-out concerts there early this year, and you can’t do much better than that.
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Mon Nov 9, 5:05 am ET
The House health care reform bill is so comprehensive and complex that many local residents qualified their support for or opposition to the legislation.
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Los Angeles Downtown News - Mon Nov 9, 12:41 am ET
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - It’s been a long while since the Rolling Stones, The Who or Pink Floyd played the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Exposition Park, but Bruce Springsteen had two sold-out concerts there early this year, and you can’t do much better than that.
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Los Angeles Downtown News - Sun Nov 8, 9:11 pm ET
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - It’s been a long while since the Rolling Stones, The Who or Pink Floyd played the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Exposition Park, but Bruce Springsteen had two sold-out concerts there early this year, and you can’t do much better than that.
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Los Angeles Downtown News - Sun Nov 8, 1:56 pm ET
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - It’s been a long while since the Rolling Stones, The Who or Pink Floyd played the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Exposition Park, but Bruce Springsteen had two sold-out concerts there early this year, and you can’t do much better than that.