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Citing financial disclosures filed by the Republican National Committee with the Federal Election Commission, the report said expenses for Palin began in early September.

Robinson had a notable career as lyric coloratura soprano during the 1970s and '80s on the stage of New York's famed Metropolitan Opera, as well touring with them. She also appeared at other major national houses, including touring with the

The Obama campaign sent TPM the call, which features a small business owner lamenting "sleazy phone calls" from McCain "viciously -- and falsely -- attacking Barack Obama."

The 30-second spot entitled "Sweat Equity," begins with footage of Obama saying, "I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody."

Making Southern publishers successful," is SNPA's mission, newly-elected SNPA President Donna Barrett said in the statement, and added that the mission must extend beyond paid-circulation dailies. Barrett is CEO of Birmingham, Alabama-based Community Newspaper Holdings Inc.

Responding to a question from the evangelical leader about recent polls showing Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) trailing in key states and nationwide, Palin said she wasn't discouraged because she has frequently found herself in "underdog situations" where everything turned out

Obama met with his Senior Working Group on National Security, which includes several former military officials, former Amb. Richard Holbrooke, Sen. Sam Nunn (D-GA), chairman of the Senate Armed Services committee and Chief Executive Officer of an organization called the

Jamie Day had put on a shirt by the time police arrived, but male customers said she had been totally nude and "performing" while handing out drinks at the Pub Room earlier, KMOX news reports.

Some African leaders have understood the advantages their countries could derive from press freedom. Others have behaved like despots again this year. The continent's best-placed countries continue by and large to be the same, with Namibia (23rd), Mali (31st), Cape

The report of the Commission on Post-Election Violence chaired by Judge Philip Waki has, as expected, opened a torrent of debate on its prescriptions on ending impunity and reining in electoral violence.

The police department has set out to deal with rape cases reported during the political turmoil that followed last year's General Election.

A Kenyan employee of a United Nations procurement office allegedly directed some $350,000 (about Sh26 million) in contracts to companies linked to her husband, other relatives and friends.

Two kids of the same parents were kidnapped yesterday in front of their school on Peter Odili road in Port Harcourt. They are aged nine and seven.

Members of the disbanded National Social Security Fund board will be investigated by the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission to establish whether there was any wrongdoing in the Sh1.4 billion investment deal.

The Government was on Tuesday facilitating the release on bail of former assistant minister Raphael Wanjala and girlfriend Joyce Akinyi now held in an Indian prison.

BEING RATHER FAR AWAY from home, I have not had the chance to fully digest the Waki Report.

Two university students were among six people arrested in Machakos for allegedly selling fake examination papers to Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education candidates.

There is an alarming increase in rape cases. From Kano to Calabar, Lagos to Lokoja, Maiduguri to Markurdi, Enugu to Ekiti, rape stories jostle for headline spaces in newspapers and prime time bulletins on the airwaves. Even then, statistics have

Bauchi State government has demoted two secondary school principals, Safiya Bashir of Government Girls' Secondary School, Yana and Mohammed Musa of Government Secondary School, Disina to class teachers for alleged corrupt practices.