CNN bid to tie Palin to secessionists is a stretch – Los Angeles Times
‘Who is Todd Palin? What is his influence?” CNN’s Rick Sanchez asked urgently Tuesday afternoon, just before a commercial break. “What is his tie to AIP, the Alaskan Independence Party?” The anchorman’s serious tone and dancing eyebrows — not to

Virginia Locke, 88, director of nursery school – Boston Globe
Virginia Margaret (Keefe) Locke, the former longtime director and head teacher of the Village Nursery School in Harvard, died Oct. 5 of complications associated with a lung infection at the Nazareth House, an assisted living home in San Rafael, Calif

Roy Moore; led FBI cases against Klan in Mississippi – Boston Globe
JACKSON, Miss. – Roy K. Moore, an FBI agent who oversaw investigations into some of the most notorious killings of the civil rights era, has died. He was 94. Mr. Moore died Sunday in a nursing home in Madison, Miss., of complications from pneumonia

McCain calls for ‘voter fraud’ inquiry – Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — Over the last year and a half, paid employees of ACORN, a liberal-leaning community organizing group, have helped 1.3 million mostly young, mostly poor people register to vote, enrolling more new voters overall than any nonpartisan