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Navy slotback John Howell hopeful for one last run
Senior underwent knee surgery in October
PICKET: Flashback- Vogue ran loving profile of Syrian first lady as Syrian gov't slaughtered its people
Bloomberg News is reporting that President Barack Obama is considering nominating Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue, to be either his next ambassador to Britain or France.
The White House congratulates royal couple
The same day Prince William and Kate Middleton made it official and confirmed that they are expecting a child, President Obama and first lady Michelle quickly sent their congratulations to the British royal couple on the future king or queen.
PICKET: Sen. Sessions - Obama's 'secret' cliff plan would hike fed debt another $9T...let C-SPAN into talks
The office of Senator Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican and Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued a statement on Monday night warning that President Obama's fiscal cliff plan would push the federal debt another $9 trillion over ten years. This would take the federal debt to over $20 trillion by the end of the president's second term and to over $25 trillion over ten years. According to Sessions, by 2016, the yearly federal spending would overshadow $4 trillion. This would include a 30 percent increase in welfare costs.
PICKET: Report- Rahm slams Netanyahu for supporting Romney during election
Israel National News is reporting Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyuhu for supporting Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney during the last election.
As Dems, GOP spar over 'fiscal cliff,' Obama golfs with Clinton
While negotiations with Congress on the "fiscal cliff" are going nowhere fast, President Obama enjoyed an unseasonably warm Sunday by playing golf with former President Bill Clinton, who no doubt can share his own stories of showdowns with Republican lawmakers.
PICKET:(VIDEO) Amb. Rice and Sec. Clinton cat fight continues
The Chicago Sun Times's report on Friday saying that if Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had to choose between U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice and Senator John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, to succeed her, Clinton would likely opt for Senator Kerry.
Maryland soccer thumps Louisville, returns to the College Cup
Terps reach season's final weekend for first time since 2008
Maryland forward Jake Layman still adjusting to college game
Forward played only three minutes against Northwestern
Hatch derides Democrats' 'Thelma and Louise' fiscal strategy
Sen. Orrin Hatch labeled President Obama's proposal to avert the looming fiscal cliff of tax hikes and spending cuts "a classic bait and switch on the American people," saying Mr. Obama and others on the left have shown "an utter lack of leadership" to tackle reform to the country's entitlement programs the Utah Republican says must be part of a deal to work toward curing the nation's financial ills.
Obama pitches middle-class tax plan from the road
Taking the venue for his weekly address on the road, President Obama made a visceral appeal to the American people from the floor of a Pennsylvania factory he visited this week, imploring Congress to approve a plan to extend the Bush-era tax cuts on the first $250,000 of Americans' income.
Cuccinelli dismisses 'rebranding' of GOP, makes appeal to Bolling supporters
Virginia Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli on Saturday dismissed calls by some for the Republican party to "rebrand" or remake itself in the wake of the 2012 elections and offered an olive branch to supporters of Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, who announced this week he does not plan to seek the GOP nomination for governor next year.
Ben Stein: People who attack Christmas not 'well in the head'
Economist Ben Stein said there is an underlying sense of anger behind the so-called "War on Christmas" and that he doesn't consider people who attack the holiday "well in the head."
Fleck: Pa. Republican becomes first openly gay lawmaker in state history
Pennsylvania State Rep. Mike Fleck revealed publicly on Saturday he is gay, making him the only currently sitting openly gay Republican state legislator in the country and the first in Pennsylvania's history, PoliticsPA reported.
Cardin: We should get tax deal done 'before Christmas'
While the White House and congressional Republicans appear nowhere close to a deal that would avoid the economic double whammy of the expiration of the Bush-era tax rates and deep spending cuts scheduled to begin at the start of next year, a Democratic senator said Saturday that the two parties should get a solution on the tax rate issue before Christmas.
Despite 'cliff,' preparations on for Obama Hawaii vacation
The prospect of pitching over the federal "fiscal cliff" isn't stopping the White House from moving forward with President Obama's year-end Hawaii vacation plans.
Incoming House gets first woman committee chair
House Speaker John A. Boehner on Friday named Rep. Candice S. Miller of Michigan as chairwoman of the House Administration Committee for the new Congress, after the Republican House majority faced criticism earlier this week for the all-white male lineup of the 19 committee chairmen previously named.
