Tsongas declared 5th District winner  —  LOWELL — Democrat Niki Tsongas of Lowell defeated Republican John Ogonowski of Dracut today to capture the 5th District congressional seat vacated by Marty Meehan earlier this year.  —  With 195 of 195 precincts reporting, Tsongas captured 54,363 votes …

All in the family: Cheney and Obama related  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - Go back far enough, the saying goes, and everyone's related.  —  But could it be possible that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Vice President Dick Cheney share a common ancestor?  —  Cheney's wife Lynne says yes.

CHENEY AND OBAMA COUSINS?  —  From NBC's Adam Verdugo  —  In an interview with MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell this afternoon, Lynne Cheney revealed that while researching the Cheney family tree for her new book "Blue Skies, No Fences," she discovered that the Vice President Cheney and Barack Obama are related — albeit distantly.

Talk show host apologizes for faulty report of NYC mugging  —  NEW YORK - An Air America radio personality apologized Tuesday for saying that a colleague, the liberal talk show host Randi Rhodes, had been the victim of a violent street mugging perpetrated by "the right wing hate machine."