- Sarah Palin’s book’s release date has been moved up from the spring to November 17. It has an intriguing title – Going Rogue: An American Life.
- Rep. Michele Bachmann has her own action figure.
- Facebook pulled an Obama assassination poll and the Secret Service is investigating.
- South Carolina Rep. Bob Inglis represents one of the most conservative Congressional districts in the nation. Yet, he faces challenges from four Republicans in next year’s primary. Inglis has faced criticism that he has moderated. On the other hand, Inglis believes that he is simply trying to steer overheated political discourse into more civil exchanges.
- The Saudis may have okayed the Israelis to fly over their air space if they should decide to attack Iranian nuclear facilities.
- The employees of the taxpayer-funded National Science Foundation are finding that porn is more interesting than science.
- Montana Senator Max Baucus is all alone in the results of the most recent financial disclosure statements in the Senate. He has a next worth of minus $40,000.
- Guy Laliberte, the founder of Cirque du Soleil, marks another first for the Russian space program when he is launched into space Wednesday. Take a look at this picture for the world’s first space clown.
- An elite Swedish combat unit, with a “long experience in the area of intelligence,” made an error in a training operation by blowing up the wrong house. The owner said there were no hard feelings.
- Japan plans to allow married couples to use separate surnames.
