The Guardian:
The worst thing about all this tat was that it was rubbish bought with other people's moneyLast weekend, I spent eight hours at simply the only place to be in Manhattan: the US Marshals Service National Forfeited Jewellery Auction, also known as the Madoff car-boot sale. And I must tell you, the soupy atmosphere of voyeuris (Read More)
ABC News Video: Nightline:
Sarah Palin talks about President Obama, Sen. John McCain and the media.
John McCain - United States - Government - Alaska - Executive Branch. (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
• Compass fears poll defeat could be devastating • Pre-budget report may be deciding factorThe influential centre-left pressure group Compass has reopened the question of whether Gordon Brown should lead Labour into the general election.The group held out against the previous coup attempt in June, but now fears that if Brow (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
Metropolitan Police say fewer youth murders justify a tactic critics say can alienate childrenPolice have doubled the number of Afro-Caribbean and Asian primary school children they stop and search in London in the last year, figures released today reveal.Police say the increased use of the controversial powers is to tackle (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
• Winfrey interview signals start of 2012 campaign• Book reveals father figures – God and Ronald ReaganAnyone seeking clues as to whether Sarah Palin plans to run for US president in 2012 should consider the quotation from her father, Charles Heath, that she uses to introduce the final chapter of her new book, Going Rogue. (Read More)
The Guardian:
We liveblog Sarah Palin's turn on Oprah Winfrey today, where she will flog her book, settle some scores, and give her presidential bid a boost.8.00pm: On Oprah Winfrey's wildly popular television chat show tonight, former Republican vice-presidential candidate and Alaska governor and likely 2012 presidential candidate Sarah (Read More)
The Guardian:
As Kosovan Serbs defy Belgrade's call for a total boycott of elections, obstructionism is starting to look an outmoded policyKosovo held the first elections after independence without incident, and apparently without any loser. The new state had to choose mayors and local assemblies, and although the turnout was low at 45%, (Read More)
The Guardian:
The readers' editor on … the familiar confusion between underestimate and overestimateSome sentences make you think twice. When Guiding Light, the world's longest-running soap opera, came to an end in September, a short piece in G2 solemnly declared: "Its role in US culture cannot be underplayed." Was the writer delivering, (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
Labour MPs are demanding to know why the Electoral Commission's inquiry into Lord Ashcroft's donations to the Conservative party has dragged on for 10 monthsControversy over Lord Ashcroft's donations to the Conservative party deepened last night after Labour MPs demanded an urgent meeting with Britain's elections watchdog.P (Read More)
The Guardian:
Right-wing radicals are already pinning presidential ambitions on a mother-of-five from Minnesota who calls herself a 'fool for Christ' and condemns Obama as a socialist at the head of a gangster regimeShe is a striking brunette with a decidedly outspoken attitude. She lambasts President Barack Obama as a socialist and has (Read More)
The Guardian:
Many Kosovo Serbs will boycott local elections tomorrow - and not without good causeThe first local elections since Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia in February 2008 take place tomorrow, and calls for Kosovo Serbs to vote are growing louder. Urging the group to express their democratic rights and (Read More)
The Guardian:
She's 81 and growing frail, but revered author and poet Maya Angelou has lost none of her legendary wisdom and humour. In a rare interview, she explains why she's not about to retireDuring a trip to Senegal, Maya Angelou called Samia, a friend she had made in Paris several years before, and was invited over for dinner. Pas (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
She's 81 and growing frail, but revered author and poet Maya Angelou has lost none of her legendary wisdom and humour. In a rare interview, she explains why she's not about to retireDuring a trip to Senegal, Maya Angelou called Samia, a friend she had made in Paris several years before, and was invited over for dinner. Pas (Read More)
The Guardian:
• David Davies will suggest dropping Derby and Challenge Cup• BBC has not bid for live international cricket since 1998A review of sport's "listed events" will recommend that the England cricket team's home Ashes Tests should be screened on free-to-air television.The recommendations on the "crown jewels" of British sport wi (Read More)
The Guardian:
Failed running mate of John McCain 'talked about everything', says OprahOprah Winfrey has offered a preview of her much-anticipated audience with Sarah Palin. "We talked about everything," she says in a trailer for the interview.The encounter was expected to be frosty because of Oprah's backing for Barack Obama. Before the (Read More)