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Wednesday night's speech in Tucson could turn out to be the trickiest assignment of Obama's presidency. Considering what the situation called for: Memorializing victims, comforting a traumatized community, unifying a country left even more polarized by the tragedy, projecting optimism about the future. So how'd he do? He was at ... Full story

Elizabeth Edwards, before her death from cancer, pulled off a maneuver even Sandra Bullock might be impressed by: In her final days, the political wife left estranged husband John Edwards out of her will. "All of my furniture, furnishings, household goods, jewelry, china, silverware and personal effects and any automobiles owned by me at the time of my ... Full story

Dream act 2010 status, latest news update. The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (The "DREAM Act") is a piece of proposed federal legislation in the United States that was first introduced in the United States Senate on August 1, 2001 and most recently re-introduced there and the United ... Full story

Sarah Palin Twitter Controversy, Palin's Tweet: Obama Is A Taliban Muslim. Here are the latest news and updated reports Sarah Palin Twitter Controversy Palin tweeted that "The blood of Jesus against Obama history made 4 Nov 2008 a Taliban Muslim illegally elected president USA: Hussein." The post was not written ... Full story

Obama speech in Indian Parliament, Full text of Obama speech.Here are the latest news and updated reports on US president Barack Obama Tour of India. Obama praised "the father of your nation" MahatmaGandhi and noted his influence on Martin Luther King and the ... Full story

Guccione dies at 79, Penthouse founder Bob Guccione died. According to the latest news and updated reports, Robert Charles Joseph Edward Sabatini "Bob" Guccione died on October 20, 2010 at the age of 79 due to cancer at Plano Specialty Hospital in Plano, Texas. Robert ... Full story

Joe Miller is expected to win Senate seat over Alaska's Lisa Murkowski. The results of Senate polls on Wednesday show Joe Miller holding a slim lead of about 1,900 votes over Lisa Murkowski. A winner will be declared only after election officials count as many as 10,000 absentee ballots, which could take several days. Joe Miller ... Full story

Mr. President, Obama turns 49 years old on Wednesday and plans to fly back home tonight for celebration. Mr. Obama is planning to have dinner with some friends in Chicago. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, said he is looking forward to spending the ... Full story

Happy Doctors' Day quotes and greeting cards, celebrate this "Doctors' Day" by sending Greeting Cards and Quotes to all your Friends, Medicos, Docs and to your family doctor. The first Doctors Day observance was March 30, 1933 in Winder, Georgia. Eudora Brown Almond, wife of Dr. Charles B. Almond, decided to ... Full story

Senator Robert C. Byrd's hometown remembers him fondly. Robert Carlyle Byrd was born Nov. 20, 1917, in North Wilkesboro, NC, as Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr., the youngest of five children. Byrd, a Pillar of the Senate, Dies at 92. Robert Carlyle Byrd was a United States Senator from West ... Full story