Nevada Tea Party chairman resigns over secret recording of Sharron Angle trashing GOP

US News News - October 6, 2010

Nevada Tea Party chairman resigns over secret recording of Sharron Angle trashing GOP (The CW Washington, WDCW-TV)

The chairman of the Tea Party of Nevada resigned Tuesday after a recording was made public capturing Republican Sharron Angle badmouthing GOP leaders during a meeting with the shadowy group's U.S. Senate candidate.

Presidential Seal Falls Off Podium As Obama Speaks (WCVB-TV Needham Heights)

The presidential seal fell off President Barack Obama's lectern and clattered to the stage as he delivered a speech to a women's conference.

Brewer Offended Foreign Governments Meddling in Arizona ... (Fox News)

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is opposing a court ruling that lets other countries file a friend-of-the-court brief in her appeal of a decision that put parts of the state's new immigration law on hold.

GOP-allied group weighs in with $4 million in ads (PhillyBurbs)

A deep-pocketed alliance with ties to top Republicans Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie is pumping more than $4 million into key Senate races in a single week of advertising, a crucial infusion to counter a surge in Democratic Party spending as Election Day draws near.

Rep. Tierney's wife to plead guilty to tax charges (WAOW-TV Wausau)

The wife of Massachusetts Congressman John Tierney has agreed to plead guilty to charges she helped her brother conceal what authorities say was an illegal offshore gambling business that generated millions of dollars.

Anti-gay church's lawyer study in contradictions (Buffalo News)

In one photo, Margie Phelps has a furrowed brow and is stomping on the American flag at one of the numerous protests her fundamentalist church has held nationwide against the military, gays and the Catholic church.

Greene asks SC Democratic Party chief to resign (WCNC-TV Charlotte)

U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene wants South Carolina's Democratic Party chairwoman to step down because she won't support his long shot bid.

News ads hit Blunt on children issues, scandal (KRCG-TV Jefferson City)

A children's centered political group that ran ads four years ago in Pennsylvania and Arizona is now targeting Missouri's Republican U.S. Senate candidate, Roy Blunt.

Mardi Gras can proceed; Blaine, Barry Kern patch up differences (nola)

Blaine Kern and his son, Barry, today announced a settlement of the l awsuit the younger Kern filed to wrest control of the family business that builds floats for 21 Carnival parades.

Late Edward Kennedy's son, Patrick, writing memoir (Log Cabin Democrat)

Rhode Island U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, son of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, is writing a memoir.

Supreme Court grapples with NASA privacy questions (WAFF-TV Huntsville)

Weighing privacy vs. security after 9/11, the Supreme Court seemed unwilling Tuesday to stop federal investigations into the private lives of people who want to work at government installations - even those who don't have security clearances and don't work on secret projects.

Many Tea Partiers part of US religious right (reuters)

Many supporters of the conservative Tea Party movement that has shaken up U.S. politics share the same views as the Christian right on social issues like abortion and the role of religion in public life, according to a poll released on Tuesday.

Falcon Lake 'pirate' attack: Sign of spillover from Mexico drug war? (csmonitor)

Pirates murder man in Texas.The alleged shooting of a US boater by Mexican pirates on Falcon Lake, which straddles the Texas-Mexico border, is raising fears about spillover drug violence from Mexico into the US.

Cracked-Out Criminal Faces Death for Killing Girlfriend (WSYX)

An Ohio man who bludgeoned his girlfriend to death, threw her body in a river and stole her ATM card to feed his crack addiction faces execution on Wednesday.

Survey: Latinos still strongly support Democrats (KSDK NewsChannel 5)

In a year when Democrats are struggling to energize supporters, Hispanic voters appear significantly less motivated than the rest of the U.S. to cast election ballots even though two-thirds of Latino registered voters say they'll vote Democratic in their congressional race, a Pew Hispanic Center study shows.