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  • In this photo released by Warner Bros. on Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, right, gives Lady Gaga "veggie bikini" inspired by her "meat bikini" on the Japanese Vogue Cover during the taping of Season 8 Premiere of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" from Club Nokia on-site at the MTV Video Music Awards, in Los Angeles. This episode airs Monday, Sept. 13. (AP Photo/Warner Bros., Michael Rozman) NO SALES.

    Gaga speaks, Reid acts on 'don't ask, don't tell'

    Does Lady Gaga run the U.S. Senate?


  • Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal

    EDITORIAL: States tell Obama to take a hike

    States across the country want Washington to stop meddling in their affairs when it comes to the environment, health care and guns, and it's not just right-wingers leading the charge. Last week, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal fired a shot at the Environmental Protection Agency for its attempt to coerce the state into regulating carbon dioxide as if this naturally occurring gas were a pollutant.


  • Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Kelly Ayotte talks to supporters with her husband Joe Daley at her side in Concord, N.H., Tuesday, Sept. 14,2010. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

    Ayotte declared winner in N.H. GOP Senate primary

    The state of New Hampshire on Wednesday certified former state Attorney General Kelly Ayotte as the winner of the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, setting the stage for a possible recount.


  • World Scene

    Iran's internal battles over the handling of U.S. detainee Sarah Shourd flared again Monday as the mouthpiece of the powerful Revolutionary Guard led the backlash against a decision to free her on $500,000 bail.


  • Nets GM Billy King holding predictions for now

    Billy King isn't ready to make any bold predications about the New Jersey Nets this season.


  • Political Scene

    Former Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich has asked a judge to nullify the lone conviction in his mostly deadlocked corruption trial, saying the jury's decision was underpinned by errors at trial and misconduct by prosecutors.


  • ** FILE ** Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks to members of the media at the federal building in Chicago on Aug. 17, 2010, after a jury found him guilty of one count of lying to federal agents. His wife, Patti, is at right. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

    Blagojevich asks judge to nullify conviction

    Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has asked a judge to nullify the lone conviction in his mostly deadlocked corruption trial, saying the jury's decision was underpinned by errors at trial and misconduct by prosecutors.


  • In this March 2, 2010 file pool photo, former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon during at the Lincoln Theater on the University of Hartford campus in West Hartford, Conn. A bomb threat, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010, forced the evacuation of a political fundraiser in Connecticut attended by Ms. McMahon, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate. She faces Democrat Richard Blumenthal in the November election. (AP Photo/John Woike, Pool, File)

    Bomb threat at McMahon fundraiser in Connecticut

    A bomb threat forced the evacuation of a political fundraiser in Connecticut attended by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon.


  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski reportedly will make an announcement about a write-in campaign, after losing the Republican primary and an offer by the Libertarian Party nominee to be on the November ballot. (Associated Press)

    Libertarian won't give spot to Murkowski

    Alaska's Libertarian Party candidate for Senate said in an interview Sunday that he will not give up his line on the ballot to Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who was upset in the Republican primary last month by "tea party"-backed challenger Joe Miller and has been considering a third-party run for her job.


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