The Big Loser of the Night: CBS  —  If there was a loser on the debate stage tonight, it was CBS.  First, they scheduled their debate on a Saturday night between two major football games.  Then they decide to only broadcast the first hour of their 90-minute debate.  Then their Internet feed failed for the final 30 minutes.

U.S., EU pressure Netanyahu to scrap proposed bill against Israeli NGOs  —  EU ambassador to Israel, Andrew Standley, warns prime minister's national security adviser, Yaakov Amidror that passage of legislation could harm Israel's standing.  —  The European Union and the United States …

Is this the sexiest political ad campaign ever?  Putin's model army strikes again with raunchy video to get Russians voting  —  They've washed cars in skimpy outfits and torn their clothes off - all to promote the hardman of Russian politics, Vladimir Putin.

President Obama to CEOs: 'We've Been a Bit Lazy'  —  For the second time in as many months, President Obama has taken the nation that elected him president to task for its own lackadaisical economic performance on the global stage.  —  Obama told a group of CEOs today that the United States has gotten …

Holder pushes back on Fast and Furious probe  —  Attorney General Eric Holder is trying to get in front of the Fast and Furious controversy that has led to calls from conservatives for his resignation.  —  Holder has shed the low-key persona that sought to quietly deflect a torrent …

An Elegy for Berlusconi, the Man Who Ruined Italy (Again)  —  The Economist has a great elegy for my favorite now deposed leader, Silvio Berlusconi.  If you gave me a list at the beginning of the year of Hosni Mubarak, Moammar Gadhafi and Berlusconi, I would have said that Berlusconi …

Lessons From the Battle of BlogCon 2011: The Occupiers Deserve Derision  —  The weirdos, losers and mutations who make up the Occupy movement showed the world their glass jaw when their Denver branch descended upon the FreedomWorks BlogCon 2011 new media convention on Friday.

The Devil and Joe Paterno  —  WHEN I think about the sins of Joe Paterno, and the ignominious ending of his long and famous career, I think about Darío Castrillón Hoyos.  —  Castrillón is a Colombian, born in Medellín, who became a Catholic priest and then a bishop during …

Occupy Portland: Several hundred protesters prepare for midnight eviction  —  Several hundred Occupy Portland demonstrators still in Chapman and Lownsdale squares Saturday night appeared ready to resist a 12:01 a.m. deadline to leave the parks or risk arrest.

Cain: God Convinced Him to Run for President  —  Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain gestures during a speech at the Values Voter Summit in October  —  ATLANTA, Ga. - Herman Cain, whose campaign could use some redemption in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal …