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• Politics, Palin good for ‘Saturday Night Live’
NEW YORK - The politics-fueled ratings train of "Saturday Night Live" keeps rolling along this election season with Tina Fey's impersonations of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin luring viewers. "SNL" averaged a 7.4 household rating/18 ...
• A low-voltage encounter for presidential rivals
From the charges that had flown back and forth recently between the rival campaigns, you might have expected good brawling blood-and-guts politics when you tuned in on Tuesday night. But what viewers got was a pair of candidates who seemed unwilling ...
• Politics scuttles plan to put diplomats in Iran
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki acknowledged Thursday that his nation is closely monitoring the U.S. election, anticipating major changes from whoever occupies the White House next. WASHINGTON - The Bush administration shelved plans to set ...
• Gay marriage ban attracts big money in Calif.
According to figures compiled by the National Organization on Money in State Politics, a little less than $33 million was spent on campaigns to pass or defeat gay marriage bans in the 24 states where they appeared on ballots in 2004, 2005 and 2006 ...
• Kenya deports U.S. author of anti-Obama book
Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality," came just hours before he was to launch his book in a country where the U.S. Democratic candidate for president is wildly popular. Corsi was detained at immigration headquarters in Nairobi for not having ...