As a sixth generation Texan, I would like to both thank you and empathize with you for the state of your political leadership in the great State of Arizona.

WASHINGTON - Call it plagiarized passion fruit mousse. Or a farfalle fake. Or maybe stolen slaw.

NEW YORK - NBC News is close to naming chief White House correspondent David Gregory as Tim Russert's replacement on the top-ranked Sunday political talk show "Meet the Press," a network executive said Tuesday.

I, for one, support what Moira Johnson is doing.

WASHINGTON - Paris Hilton's mother doesn't share John McCain's sense of humor.

NEW YORK - Rosie O'Donnell has tossed off countless one-liners and quips in her career. On Monday, she had one line she said she never imagined she'd utter: "Please welcome Rupert Murdoch."

As a sixth generation Texan, I would like to both thank you and empathize with you for the state of your political leadership in the great State of Arizona.

"The unions are calling for a strike against the liberal website, Huffington Post. No wonder the liberals want to restrict the freedom of speech exhibited by conservatives. They are too stupid to support liberal speech."

President Obama’s new “religious tolerance” consultant to the Pentagon, Mikey Weinstein, wants Christian military service members who openly talk about their faith in uniform to be charged with treason, which is a crime punishable by death according to military law.

NEW YORK - Lindsay Lohan has been attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, her publicist said Friday. "She started attending some, and I think it's a positive thing," Leslie Sloane told The Associated Press. "My biggest fear is who's the big idiot to out which (chapter) she goes to."

After completing a full-length, shot-for-shot, live action version of Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story last summer, two young East Valley filmmakers have released the video on YouTube.

Let’s get my views of the gay and lesbian community out of the way first, to clear the runway for the topic of gays and the Boy Scout program. Yes, some of my “best friends and relatives are gay.” They are lovely people. But, I cannot support gay marriage, yet passionately support civil unions and government benefits that go with.

If a reporter from an ideologically-anchored publication interrupts a President by shouting out questions right in the middle of his statement and it’s unprecedented, will some partisans immediately rush to his side to defend him and claim this is the way real, respectable, professional journalists operate? Yep.

What if every business in America — large and small — were to add just one job?

NEW YORK- A Yom Kippur appearance at a synagogue. A trip to Washington's Holocaust museum. A circumcision? Ever since Mel Gibson said he wanted the Jewish community to help him make amends for his anti-Semitic comments, suggestions have been pouring in, some in jest and some quite serious.

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's campaign says a satirical New Yorker magazine cover showing the Democratic presidential candidate dressed as a Muslim and his wife as a terrorist is "tasteless and offensive."

I am beyond saddened by the events in Tucson this past weekend and even more disappointed in the reputation Arizona has made for itself recently. But this backlash of "who's to blame?" only makes it worse.

I am beyond saddened by the events in Tucson this past weekend and even more disappointed in the reputation Arizona has made for itself recently. But this backlash of "who's to blame?" only makes it worse.

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid says he agrees with a fellow Mormon who wrote recently that Mitt Romney has "sullied" the LDS faith and that the GOP presidential candidate is "not the face of Mormonism."

The conventional wisdom among conservatives is to oppose most regulations that force private businesses to do something they don’t want to do. It would say let the free market work because the market works best without government interference.

Jose de la Isla, guest commentary

NEW YORK - Election viewership on television and online could approach records Tuesday night - provided some suspense holds.

The world of news and information, in terms of who produces it, how it gets produced and how it is delivered, is exploding with new enterprises popping up almost every day. Traditional media is struggling to find its way in this new world, both in terms of understanding how it works as well as competing in it. If traditional media is to survive it is essential that it understands this new world and to figure out how to carve out a place in it.

Which lip balm works best to heal your lips after kissing for hours on end?