Climategate U-turn as scientist at centre of row admits: There has been no global warming since 1995  —  The academic at the centre of the ‘Climategate’ affair, whose raw data is crucial to the theory of climate change, has admitted that he has trouble ‘keeping track’ of the information.

VP vs. VP: Cheney calls Biden ‘dead wrong’  —  Vice President Joe Biden and former Vice President Dick Cheney hurtled barbs across the airwaves Sunday in a split-screen debate over terrorism, charging each other with being dangerously “misinformed” or just “dead wrong.”

Personification of Patriotic, Pro-America Areas No Longer Supporting Sarah Palin  —  Yesterday, “Joe” the “Plumber” endorsed the Teabagger candidate for governor in Pennsylvania, and made a startling announcement. … But what about all that campaigning you did for him, Joe?

CONFUSION-BASED RAGE.... National Review published a couple of items recently about President Obama having cut taxes for 95% of working families.  This is, in reality, what happened, but the conservative magazine was incredulous.  “If the taxes of 95 percent of Americans actully [sic] …

Kyl: Dems have already decided how to force health bill through  —  Senate Republican Whip Jon Kyl of Arizona on Sunday threw more cold water on the chances that his party would cooperate with a Feb. 25 healthcare reform summit at the White House, protesting that Democrats already seem poised to force a bill through Congress.

Rise of the Massachusetts Right: Scott Brown Was Only the Beginning  —  The Chowdah Revolution is far from over, if recent reports are read critically.  —  And its scent has been picked up as far afield as Rhode Island and down on the Cape.  —  Delahunt with his “excellent friend”

Our human rights v. The Others  —  Ten American Baptists were arrested two weeks ago in Haiti on charges that they exploited the chaos in that country by attempting to smuggle 33 young Haitian children across the border without permission — either to bring them to a life of Christianity or …

Afghan Civilians Killed in Offensive on Taliban  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — The top United States commander in Afghanistan confirmed that a rocket went astray during operations in the Marja area of Helmand province, killing 12 civilians, according to a statement issued by the International …

A Previous Shooting Death at the Hand of Alabama Suspect  —  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The neurobiologist accused of killing three colleagues at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, on Friday fatally shot her brother in 1986 in suburban Boston, and the police there are now questioning whether …

Under Obama, more targeted killings than captures in counterterrorism efforts  —  When a window of opportunity opened to strike the leader of al-Qaeda in East Africa last September, U.S. Special Operations forces prepared several options.  They could obliterate his vehicle with an airstrike as he drove through southern Somalia.

Palin's Cunning Sleight of Hand  —  Liberals had a blast mocking Sarah Palin last weekend when she was caught addressing the Tea Party Convention with a cheat sheet scrawled on her hand.  Even the president's press secretary, Robert Gibbs, couldn't resist getting into the act and treated …