Sarah Palin Will Not Run for President  —  ABC News' Polson Kanneth reports:  —  Sarah Palin will not run for president.  She made the announcement in a letter to supporters Wednesday night.  —  Read Palin's letter here:

Steve Jobs, Apple's Visionary, Dies at 56  —  Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then did nothing less than lead a cultural transformation in the way music, movies and mobile communications were experienced in the digital age …

The four habits of highly successful social movements  —  (On Monday, I asked Rich Yeselson for his thoughts on Occupy Wall Street.  Yeselson, a research coordinator at Change to Win, is a skilled organizer and a thoughtful historian of social movements in America and Europe.

Board of Trade has a message for Occupy Chicago  —  Someone at the Board of Trade is getting cheeky with the Occupy Chicago protests.  This photo was taken by someone at the protests.  It shows offices at the Board of Trade Building eight stories up with “We Are The 1%” taped to the windows.

Is CBS News Silencing Fast and Furious Reporter?  —  Yesterday, CBS News investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson told radio show host Laura Ingraham that the White House yelled and swore at her over her reporting on the Fast and Furious gunrunning scandal tied to the deaths of two U.S. law enforcement agents.

Deer Appear on Brooklyn Shore, in Disturbing Circumstances  —  White-tailed deer, tree-browsing icons of the suburban wildlife scene, have been making inroads in New York City.  Their numbers on Staten Island have grown to the point where many residents consider them a nuisance.

Ohio's response to Muslim lawsuit over prison meal preparation riles state pork industry  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A decision by Ohio officials to remove all pork products from prison menus in response to a lawsuit by Muslim inmates is not sitting well with the state's pork producers and processors.

Roger Ailes: I Hired Sarah Palin Because She Was ‘Hot And Got Ratings’ … Fox News , Sarah Palin , Roger Ailes , Cable News , Fox News 15th Anniversary , Fox News Anniversary , Roger Ailes Sarah Palin , Roger Ailes Wolf Blitzer , Media News  —  NEW YORK — As the most powerful man in the universe …

West to Jackson: ‘Take two!’  —  Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) has just one piece of advice for Samuel L. Jackson - focus on your film career and stop talking about politics.  —  “I think Samuel Jackson needs to pay more attention to the upcoming release of the movie ‘Avengers’ next summer and not …

Back Home, and Homeless  —  Mid-June, 2011: I find myself alone in a dark wooded park tucked between million-dollar houses south of Stanford University, looking for a spot in the bushes to stash my bags.  Until that morning I'd been living in a cheap weekly-rate motel in Palo Alto.

Washington Post Staff Writer Who Wrote Rick Perry Attack Piece Has Criminal Past  —  On October 1, 2011, the Washington Post's Stephanie McCrummen authored a story for publication in the Post concerning Texas Governor Perry's lease of a hunting spot with an offensive name.

96-year-old Chattanooga resident denied voting ID … Dorothy Cooper is 96 but she can remember only one election when she's been eligible to vote but hasn't.  —  The retired domestic worker was born in a small North Georgia town before women had the right to vote.

Dem unity, minus Obama  —  After months of squabbling, Democrats on Capitol Hill have united in recent weeks.  And in an unusual twist, they have done it in spite of President Obama.  —  House Democrats, who have helped the GOP pass controversial bills this year, drew the line on a stopgap spending bill last month.

Michelle Obama jokes daughters fight over Secret Service  —  By: CNN White House Producer Alexander Mooney  —  (CNN) - Turns out the Secret Service doesn't just protect the Obamas, they also are the root of a bit of tension between the younger members of the first family.

Farmers Strain to Hire American Workers in Place of Migrant Labor  —  OLATHE, Colo. — How can there be a labor shortage when nearly one out of every 11 people in the nation are unemployed?  —  That's the question John Harold asked himself last winter when he was trying to figure out how much help …