Romney ‘stunned’ by Obama's letter to Iran  —  Mitt Romney said Friday that he was stunned by reports of President Obama's letter to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.  —  “That the president would write a letter of this nature, in effect legitimizing a nation and a leadership …

Two midterm elections have hollowed out the Democratic Party  —  When President Obama was elected in 2008, his victory signaled a generational change and the prospect of renewal for the Democratic Party.  Instead, the opposite has occurred.  Over the past six years, the party has been hollowed out.

Ebola nurse plans to leave Maine  —  The Maine nurse at the center of the Ebola quarantine debate plans to move away from the state next week, according to a report by the Portland Press Herald.  —  Kaci Hickox, a volunteer with Doctors Without Borders, announced plans to leave about a week …

Alleged Bin Laden Shooter: Osama “Died Like a Pussy”  —  According to Robert O'Neill—the former Navy SEAL who claims he shot Osama bin Laden—the Al Qaeda leader “died like a pussy” and “knew that we were there to kill him.”  —  In a previously unreleased audio interview aired last night on CNN …

In Florida, Medicinal Marijuana Got More Votes Than Rick Scott  —  Total votes for medical marijuana outnumbered the total votes cast for Republican Gov. Rick Scott by a half-million votes.  So why did the measure still fail to pass?  —  Although Florida didn't quite rouse enough young voters …

Will YOUR job still exist in 2025?  New report warns 50 per cent of occupations will be redundant in 11 years time  —  From self-driving cars to carebots for elderly people, rapid advances in technology have long represented a potential threat to many jobs normally performed by people.

U.S. air strikes target Islamic State convoy in Iraq  —  (Reuters) - U.S. air strikes destroyed an Islamic State convoy near the Iraqi city of Mosul but U.S. officials said on Saturday it was unclear whether the group's top commander Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been in any of the 10 targeted vehicles.

Republicans ♥ Pipeline  —  The Keystone XL oil pipeline is so popular!  Ever since the Republicans won control of the Senate, it's become the Taylor Swift of political issues.  —  “We can act on the Keystone pipeline,” said the House speaker, John Boehner, as he launched into his description of the next Congress.

Amateurism Has an Influential Friend in Baylor's Kenneth Starr  —  WACO, Tex. — Kenneth W. Starr stepped onto Baylor's football field before a game last month wearing a track suit.  He looked in better shape — less paunchy, less stressed — than he did more than 15 years ago …

GORBACHEV WARNS WORLD ‘ON BRINK OF NEW COLD WAR’  —  BERLIN (AP) — Tensions between the major powers have pushed the world closer to a new Cold War, former Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev said Saturday.  —  The 83-year-old accused the West, particularly the United States, of giving in to …

The people who wrote Obamacare think the new Supreme Court case is ridiculous  —  It is now a vexing question in front of the Supreme Court: did Congress intend for Obamacare's federal-run exchanges to distribute tax credits to millions of enrollees?  —  On Friday afternoon …