Los Angeles Times - Top News:
Victors and vanquished, old guard and new, senators gathered in the still-unsettled chamber for the first day of business. Two seats are in dispute and there's suspense over who will inherit a third. As the Senate opened for business Tues (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Jon Stewart hosted Michael Wolff, author of Rupert Murdoch bioraphy "The Man Who Owns The News," Tuesday night on "The Daily Show."Stewart, who has gone toe to toe with Murdoch's Fox News, disputed Wolff's claim that Murdoch "is the most powerful man for the longest period in our era.""But his power is a power of influence, (Read More)
Huffington Post:
TOLEDO, Ohio — Joe The Plumber is putting down his wrenches and picking up a reporter's notebook.The Ohio man who became a household name during the presidential campaign says he is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative Web site pjtv.com. Samuel J. Wurzelbacher (WUR'-zuhl-bah-kur) says h (Read More)
L.A. Now:
Fresh from her work on John McCain's campaign, there is new chatter about former eBay Chief Executive Meg Whitman running for California governor. Whitman would join other possible candidates, including Gavin Newsom, Jerry Brown and Antonio Villaraigosa on the Democratic side. From the Associated Press:A person who knows ab (Read More)
Political Punch:
News you may have missed while you were living your life: lobbyist Vicki Iseman is suing the New York Times for $27 million for the Times' February 21, 2008 story "falsely communicating that Ms. Iseman and Senator John McCain had... (Read More)
CNN:
A lobbyist who was romantically linked to Sen. John McCain in a New York Times article has sued the paper for $27 million, saying the story has damaged her career and "sense of personal self-worth."
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washingtonpost.com - In Congress:
A Washington lobbyist filed a $27 million defamation lawsuit against the New York Times yesterday, accusing the newspaper of falsely intimating that she had a romantic relationship with Sen. John McCain and used it to benefit her clients.
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FOXNews.com:
Lobbyist Vicki Iseman is suing The New York Times for $27 million, claiming their profile of John McCain gave the false impression that she had an affair with him. . (Read More)