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Palin's Media Tour Continues

Sarah Palin’s media tour continues tonight on Fox News’ Hannity . The former vice-presidential candidate has already given The Oprah Winfrey Show its highest ratings in two years. (That means Palin was more popular than Whitney Houston and Mackenzie Phillips, both of whom unloaded heaps of personal baggage on Oprah’s couch.) Palin is promoting her best-selling book... More

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CBS News Investigation Gets Action

A CBS News report about a backlog of rape kits awaiting DNA testing in cities across the country has spurred a change of policy in at least one city. The San Antonio Police Department announced that it will now test all rape kits in stranger rape cases, CBS News reported on its web site. A five month CBS News investigation by correspondent Armen Keteyian and producer Laura Strickler... More

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Hannity to Address 'Daily Show' Claims on "Tea Party" Video

Fox News host Sean Hannity has said that he will address charges tonight on his self-titled primetime show that a recent segment used misleading video footage to inflate the attendance of a recent anti-Obama rally in Washington. The decision comes after a Nov. 10 segment on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show With Jon Stewart presented apparent evidence that Hannity ’s Nov. 5... More

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White House Spokesperson Dunn Steps Down

Anita Dunn, the White House communications director who escalated the administration’s clash with Fox News, is stepping down. Dan Pfeiffer, her deputy will take over. The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza broke the news this morning on The Fix. Dunn will not sever all ties with the White House. Hired as an interim communications director when Ellen Moran left to take a job... More

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Fort Hood Story Takes A Turn

The horrific shooting at the Army training base at Fort Hood, Texas took a dramatic turn on Thursday night when Army spokesperson Lt. Gen. Robert W. Cone announced at a press conference that shooting suspect Major Nidal Malik Hasan was not dead as the Army had previously asserted. It was Cone who told the media at a press conference less than an hour after the shooting that Hasan... More