Each of the top presidential candidates already has at least one super PAC raising unlimited funds to support his or her campaign. Now some members of Congress are getting in on the action, too. Several new super PACs have sprung up in recent months with the explicit aim of helping a particular lawmaker, including Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) and Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-Calif.). There are also super PACs that have formed to oppose the reelections of Sens. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) and Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.). Read full article > >

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Congressional incumbents start attracting ‘super PACs:’ The Influence Industry

Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson apologises to fans for his team’s display in their 2-1 Carling Cup quarter-final loss to Crystal Palace.

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Maryland won’t fire Coach Randy Edsall after the football team went 2-10 in his disastrous first season. That’s just not happening. And Edsall says he’s not interested in other coaching positions . After his horrendous start on and off the field in College Park, Edsall still believes he’s the right person for this job. But it’s past time for him to prove it. Read full article > >

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For six years, Rep. Louise M. Slaughter pressed her colleagues to co-sponsor legislation that would ban them from using information they gleaned on Capitol Hill to guide their trades in the stock market. Most lawmakers bristled, offended by the mere suggestion that they would ever engage in such behavior. Others politely listened but walked away — some as recently as last month. Slaughter (D-N.Y.) never expected to hear from them again. Read full article > >

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The federal government isn’t doing enough to regulate their use.

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Foster Children Take Too Many Psychiatric Drugs

Three alleged members of a rebel group are arrested in Colombia on suspicion of kidnapping 10-year-old Nohora Valentina Munoz last September.

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Amid the festive sparkle of 37 Christmas trees and a 400-pound gingerbread White House , Michelle Obama honored military families as she unveiled her 2011 holiday decor. The “Shine, Give, Share” theme was reflected in the East Room’s shimmering quartz ornaments and the silver pine cones in the Entrance Hall. The stately 1767 portrait of Ben Franklin in the Green Room looked curiously out at the recycled aluminum trees adorning antique tables. The first lady added some glitter to the Wednesday afternoon event as well, wearing a black knit dress with a sparkly white collar . Read full article > >

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Amid the festive sparkle of 37 Christmas trees and a 400-pound gingerbread White House , Michelle Obama honored military families as she unveiled her 2011 holiday decor. The “Shine, Give, Share” theme was reflected in the East Room’s shimmering quartz ornaments and the silver pine cones in the Entrance Hall. The stately 1767 portrait of Ben Franklin in the Green Room looked curiously out at the recycled aluminum trees adorning antique tables. The first lady added some glitter to the Wednesday afternoon event as well, wearing a black knit dress with a sparkly white collar . Read full article > >

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Kris Humphries is seeking an annulment of his marriage to Kim Kardashian . The reason? Fraud. People and TMZ reported this afternoon that the NBA player and soon-to-be-former Mr. Kardashian filed papers in L.A. Superior Court to have the less-than-two-month marriage annulled. In the documents, Humphries checked a box marked “nullity of voidable marriage” and said the basis for the nullity is “fraud,” a box the American public metaphorically checked weeks ago after assessing the short-lived Kardashian-Humphries marriage . Read full article > >

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LONDON — As an escalating debt crisis forces Europe to forge closer ties or risk breaking apart, no nation is drifting further from the fold than the one that was always the most skittish about the region’s steady march toward integration: Britain. The 27-nation European Union — and within it the subgroup of 17 countries that share the euro currency — has aspired for years to build the world’s single-largest integrated economy bound by common laws and open borders. By jealously safeguarding the British pound and eschewing the euro, Britain has toed a middle ground, becoming a card-carrying E.U. member while also adhering to Winston Churchill’s old adage of being “with Europe, but not of it.” Read full article > >

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MEXICO CITY — The most elaborate cross-border tunnel ever found linking Mexico and United States — a passageway complete with electric rail cars, hydraulic doors and an elevator — was uncovered in a San Diego warehouse this week, along with a record haul of 32 tons of marijuana, authorities announced Wednesday. Read full article > >

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Unionist councillors in Belfast call for the lord mayor to publicly apologise for failing to present an award to an Army cadet or resign.

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Unionist councillors in Belfast call for the lord mayor to publicly apologise for failing to present an award to an Army cadet or resign.

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SCRANTON, Pa. — Pushing the latest provision of his jobs bill in this hardscrabble, blue-collar town, President Obama stepped up his campaign Wednesday to politically damage his Republican rivals by suggesting that their core values do not square with those of ordinary Americans. Obama called on a crowd of 1,000 cheering supporters to pressure Congress to support an extension of a payroll tax cut that is set to expire at year’s end, costing working families $1,000 next year. The Senate, which has supported only one of Obama’s jobs bill measures this fall, could vote on that proposal as early as Friday. Read full article > >

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Last night at the Omni `Shoreham, Tom Colicchio may have faced the toughest critic of his well-decorated career: a shy, cherubic boy from Toledo, Ohio, named Austin Jackson , who is likely the first person ever to spit out the celebrity chef’s food in front of a packed auditorium. Colicchio was not alone in getting flayed by a 6-year-old kindergartner. All four celebrated chefs who took part in the Great American Family Dinner Challenge — a stunt in which two teams attempted to prepare a multi-course dinner based on a SNAP or food stamp budget of $10 per family — felt the sting of Austin’s criticism. The boy didn’t even require words to express his displeasure. Read full article > >

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