Topic - Shirley Sherrod

• NY rep says he didn't send Twitter photo

  Anthony Weiner's attempt Wednesday to end the media storm surrounding a lewd photo sent from his Twitter account only led to more questions, as he denied sending the picture but couldn't say "with certitude" that the man in it wasn't him.

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  Sherrod's suit against Breitbart tests libel law in Web era

  The defamation lawsuit filed by a former Obama administration official against conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart promises to test the application of traditional libel laws in an emerging media landscape in which blogs and social networking websites have taken the place of newspapers and television broadcasts.

• Political Scene

  Chicago's mayoral hopefuls are entering their final full week of campaigning before the election next Tuesday.

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  E-mails show Vilsack hastily decided to oust Sherrod

  Former Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod pleaded with officials to hear her out after she was ousted from the USDA during a racial firestorm in July, internal e-mails show.

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  Sherrod nixes return to USDA

  Shirley Sherrod, the Agriculture Department employee ousted during a racial firestorm that embarrassed the Obama administration, rejected an offer to return to the department on Tuesday. But in a cordial news conference with the man who asked her to leave -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack -- she said she may do consulting work for him on racial issues.

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  Shirley Sherrod declines offer to return to USDA

  Shirley Sherrod, the Agriculture Department official ousted during a racial firestorm last month, declined Tuesday to return to the agency, though she said it was tempting.

• American Scene

  Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said he's sure he'll meet with ousted employee Shirley Sherrod but that they're still arranging a time to get together.

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  'Dr. Laura' plans to end radio show at end of year

  Talk show host Laura Schlessinger says her desire to talk freely without having affiliates and sponsors attacked led to her abrupt decision to end her "Dr. Laura" radio show later this year.

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  Ousted Sherrod reconciles with NAACP

  Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod is publicly patching up relations with the NAACP after the group's president condemned her for misconstrued comments she made about race that sparked a national furor.

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  CLEGG: Colorblind myopia

  The news over the past week or two has been filled with charges and countercharges of racism in the NAACP and the Tea Party movement, criticism of the way the Obama administration has handled its voter-intimidation investigation of the New Black Panther Party, the firing and rehiring of Shirley Sherrod, and a Wall Street Journal opinion column by Sen. James Webb, Virginia Democrat, criticizing affirmative action.

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  Breitbart to get RNC invite

  The Republican National Committee will invite Andrew Breitbart to its rescheduled "big donor" fundraiser in Southern California, which had been set to feature the conservative columnist and online-media mogul, along with numerous California Republican politicians.

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  Ousted USDA employee Sherrod plans to sue Breitbart

  Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted an edited video of her making racially tinged remarks last week.

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  Sherrod vows to sue Breitbart

  Shirley Sherrod, the Agriculture Department employee whose hasty dismissal by the Obama administration sparked a national uproar over race, said Thursday that she will sue the conservative blog mogul who posted the misleading video excerpt that led to her removal.

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  Obama talks race, pop culture on 'The View'

  President Obama on Thursday said the racial firestorm that led to the ouster of a black Agriculture Department official was a "phony controversy" generated by the media. He said his administration overreacted by forcing her out.

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