Nightly Ramble:Last One This Year

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Last day of the year and all of that. We may or may not go out tonight to capture some photographs of fireworks

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Nearly the last one of the year. A slower day than some, so tonight’s ramble through the headlines will be a shorter

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I ended up having to go into work today and tomorrow, and so we will see a Nightly Ramble for both those days. We’ll

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• (Shake of the head) What you need to understand, Billy,

From Channel 13 in Birmingham Alabama:

Andrea Lindenberg and Rod Carter
Published: December 1, 2008  Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford was arrested Monday and the 101-count indictment against him has been unsealed.

This morning, U.S. Attorney Alice Martin announced that

James at OTB is saying:

Senator Ted Stevens, who looked to have narrowly won re-election to the Senate weeks after being convicted on felony corruption charges, has now apparently lost as absentee ballots are slowly counted.

Sen. Ted Stevens, the

CLEVELAND — Among the thousands of graves at Highland Park Cemetery, one modest tombstone stands out.

 

Alex Holmes Sr. has been at rest in that cemetery for 15 years. But recent election records show he cast a ballot in this

Word from the Boston Pheonix, this morning:

This morning, Massachusetts State Senator Dianne Wilkerson was arrested on charges of attempted extortion and wire fraud after an 18-month investigation by the FBI. The FBI alleges that Wilkerson took bribes from

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• Yeah, yeah, yeah… I know, Colin Powell. All the rage over the weekend. I don’t think there’s much argument against the idea that there’s a

This is getting interesting:

Rep. Tim Mahoney paid $121,000 to a former mistress who worked on his staff and sued him after he threatened her job when she tried to end the relationship, former and current staff aides told ABC

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• The Fed cut interest rates early this morning, to 1.5%. I’m not sure if that’s going to have the desired effect, but what

But it’s not like the GOP, John McCain, in particular, wasn’t trying to do the people’s business. They were stonewalled by Democrats.

Again….

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Another weekend is here, but we’ve got lots to cover before we get there. So, let’s get to it.

• Personaly, I think Palin won on

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Lots to cover today, as always and as dictated by events, most of it to do with the bailout which at this point (About