... and according to CNN and The New York Times, that running mate is Senator Joesph Biden of Delaware. As far as I know, the Obama camp has neither confirmed nor denied this claim. I guess we'll find out tomorrow if it's true.

35 of them, to be exact.

He's on C-Span right now. He just covered signing statements, and is now on to directing others to break the law; he's listing all the congressional subpoenas Bush administration officials have ignored.

Good. By rights, he should have been impeached and removed from office years ago.

(Thanks to txvoodoo for the heads-up ( Read more... )

No, Hilary hasn't conceded, but ABC News is reporting that Barack Obama will have enough delegates to clinch the democratic nomination. He needs nine more delegates to win the nomination.

Based on the preliminary exit polls and our reporting, ABC News projects Sen. Barack Obama will have enough delegates to secure the Democratic nomination after ( Read more... )

MSNBC is reporting it, but there's no link on the website yet. ETA: AP has it up.

I expect he will endorse Obama after this.

Sorry to all my Edwards-loving friends.

AmericaBlog has links to the local news: Clinton campaign workers have been taken hostage: live local tv coverage.

The man claimed to have a bomb.

Hillary was NOT in New Hampshire.

The nearby Edwards and Obama offices have been evacuated as a precaution.

ETA: They're now saying it seems that the two hostages have been released, and it's now a ( Read more... )

according to BBC World News. It's not a pardon, he still has to pay a fine and do community service, but he won't go to jail. Or as CNN puts it: Scooter Skates.

This is after an appeals court today refused to delay Libby's sentence pending appeal.

ETA: Firedoglake says it all:

Demonstrating his complete contempt for trial by jury, rule of law ( Read more... )

I. Lewis Libby has been sentenced to 30 months in prison, a $250,000 fine, and 400 hours community service, for obstructing justice and other counts in the Valerie Plame leak case. He must submit a DNA sample ( Read more... )

...because his wife Elizabeth's breast cancer has come back?

The press conference is coming up, but that's what Polito.com is reporting.

ETA: The Edwards campaign is now pushing back on the story, although whether they're denying the whole story or the "possibly dropping out" part is unclear.ETA2: Elizabeth Edwards's cancer is back, in the bone ( Read more... )

From the Washington Post:
A federal jury today convicted I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby of lying about his role in the leak of an undercover CIA officer's identity, finding the vice president's former chief of staff guilty of two counts of perjury, one count of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice, while acquitting him of a ( Read more... )

... at least, according to Reuters.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S.-backed Iraqi television station Al Hurra said Saddam Hussein had been executed by hanging shortly before 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) on Saturday.


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