Reaction to Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter plans to switch from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party:
Veteran Sen. Arlen Specter says President Barack Obama has promised to campaign for him in next year's Democratic primary in Pennsylvania.
Veteran Sen. Arlen Specter says his switch to the Democratic Party was a "painful decision," but he found himself increasingly at odds with a Republican Party that has moved to the right.
Veteran Republican Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania switched parties Tuesday with a suddenness that seemed to stun the Senate, a moderate's defection that pushed Democrats to within a vote of the 60 needed to overcome filibusters and enact President Barack Obama's top legislative priorities.
Veteran Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania disclosed plans Tuesday to switch parties, a move intended to boost his chances of winning re-election next year that also will push Democrats within one seat of a 60-vote filibuster-resistant majority.
Several officials say veteran Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania intends to switch parties, advancing his own hopes of winning a new term next year while pushing Democrats one step closer to a 60-vote filibuster-resistant majority.
Tennis Australia has confirmed it wants its Davis Cup match against India moved out of the southern city of Chennai in May due to security concerns.
An Iranian woman who surrendered to U.S. authorities hoping to get probation was instead sentenced Friday to more than five years in federal prison for her role in a scheme to smuggle military night-vision goggles to Iran.
Like callers dialing 911 and getting no answer, boaters could end up stranded — or worse — if they haven't upgraded their emergency distress beacons by this weekend. But the improved technology will speed rescues and spare agencies from many false alarms.
LAS VEGAS — The head of the Federal Communications Commission sharply disagreed Saturday with President-elect Barack Obama’s call to delay the scheduled switchover to all-digital television next month, warning that pushing back the transition would confuse Americans and put wireless companies at a significant disadvantage.
Police said a West Valley City woman tried to avoid a drunken driving arrest by putting her daughter in the driver's seat before police arrived. Charges filed this week in 3rd District Court say the woman drove recklessly on Nov. 28 through a Costco parking lot in West Valley City. Authorities said she hit a curb and blew out a tire in the process.
A federal jury on Thursday convicted an Iranian woman of attempting to obtain thousands of pairs sophisticated U.S.-made night-vision goggles for Iran's military and police.
The barrio of Petare, one of the biggest slums in Latin America, has traditionally been a stronghold for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
Members of a family from Burbank, Ill., say they went to a funeral home to view their 91-year-old grandmother's body but found another woman's body in her casket.
Tony Stewart knows he's taking a gamble by leaving NASCAR's elite Joe Gibbs Racing team to join one that usually runs in the middle of the pack.
A federal judge threw out the conviction and sentence Thursday for an Iranian woman who had pleaded guilty in a scheme to illegally obtain U.S.-made military night vision goggles for Iran.
Indicted in a scheme to obtain night vision goggles for Iran, Shahrazad Mir Gholikhan decided after three years to turn herself in. She had a deal to plead guilty, get time served and go home to her twin daughters.
In an ever-uncertain market for publishers, HarperCollins is looking to resolve two of the industry's major concerns: High author advances and the high rate of returned books.
The body double was only on stage for a few seconds, and the switcheroo was relatively innocuous. But since it involved the "Hannah Montana" show — the sold-out tour for which tickets have been scalped for hundreds of dollars — even the use of a brief stand-in for its star, 15-year-old Miley Cyrus, was enough to cause plenty of buzz when video of the switch was posted on the Internet.
The government so far has done a poor job of educating the public about a 2009 nationwide switch to digital television that could unwittingly leave millions of viewers without programming they currently receive, House lawmakers said Wednesday.
A state representative abruptly left the Republican Party and became a Democrat, the first time in 20 years that a Colorado lawmaker has switched parties.
On Saturday afternoon, Marcello Giordani's phone rang with an urgent request. Tenor Joseph Kaiser was ill, and the Metropolitan Opera wanted to know if he could take over in Gounod's "Romeo et Juliette" later that night.
A Montana state senator has officially changed his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, breaking a tie to give his new party a 26-24 advantage.
With the defection of the traitor Specter from the Republican Party came cheers from the hard Right. "We are better off without him," they said. "We're flushing the RINOs from the party," they asserted.
The truth is that Sen. Arlen Specter is a political opportunist who has literally thrown his constituency under the bus just to save his political career. In the political sense, he is a traitor.
This strikes me as being bad news for the Republican Party more than it is good news for the Democrats
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scratching an itchy spot turns off an itch "switch" in the spinal cord, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a finding they think could lead to better treatments for itching disorders.
Some report getting worse reception and fewer stations, at least for now
No mixed signals over whether we'll have mixed signals.
A drunken Long Island driver switched places with his passenger — but the new driver also was intoxicated. Suffolk County police said an officer spotted the driver and passenger stopped on the road and switching places early Thursday in Mount Sinai.
I guess Obama was asleep at the switch too when he was a Senator. Amazing that now he is talking about our financial mess when he voted for the bail out. I guess his contributions from wall street and the financial interests were too important when he was running for office.
The cable comes with a Migration Assistant that performs a similar function to Apple's Migration Assistant -- it copies music, movies, photos, files, and Internet preferences from the PC to the Mac at USB 2.0 speeds.
Touch-screen voting machines used in Decatur County, Tennessee, have been giving early voters problems this week by registering their votes for Republican presidential candidate John McCain as votes for Democratic candidate Barack Obama.
Many pundits can't seem to grasp the logic of McCain's campaign strategy. A look at his military career (fighter pilot) and everything becomes clear.
Sen. Barack Obama isn't just inspiring black voters to register in large numbers as he gets closer to being the Democratic presidential nominee. Evidence indicates that he's motivating some black Republicans to switch parties.
Kessler has been a longtime critic of McCain.
When the iPhone was first introduced, I made it clear to anyone who asked (and many who didn't) that I had no interest in ditching my Treo 755P. I had a couple issues with the iPhone that were keeping me from considering it:
No, I couldn't do it at all, no matter how guilty they were and even if they had harmed a love one. I wouldn't want to do it either, because I am one of those who do not believe that evil cures evil.
What I'm calling for is a historic, nation's first 'Bi Partisan ticket' to defeat the equally historic 'first black' candidate Barak Obama, whom I believe will harm this country with his limited National Experience.
As a Linux Journal editor, I'd love to claim that in my college years I realized the oppression stemming from proprietary operating systems. I'd love to confess that Linux was the natural choice amongst a sea of other options.
...For the first time this campaign season, Barack Obama has surpassed Hillary Clinton's support among superdelegates, according to the ABC News delegate estimate.
Cunning drivers in China are finding new ways to enjoy a licence to speed. Flouting legal limits, the speedsters are clocking up illegal speeds and giving the cameras the switch. The drivers are using machines to swap the numbers on their licence plates in seconds.
Mobile phone network operator Vodafone launched a legal bid yesterday to prevent Ofcom from making it easier and quicker for customers to change networks.
I am happy to announce the release of our set of Free Electronics Stock photos. This is a collection of 286 usual electronics items that you may already being familiar with, but haven't the time to take photos of them.
Is there a switch that turns you gay? That's the startling question raised again by a recent experiment in which scientists said they were able to turn on and off homosexual behavior in fruit flies.
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The new ad, dubbed "Now What," features Hodgman as a book author. Hodgman's first book, "I Want to Buy a Computer, Now What?" tries to counter Apple's personal shoppers and hands-on help available from the Apple Store.
I'm a Mac guy, too, though not one who believes bashing Windows is a prerequisite. So consider this column a primer on switching to the Mac. I'll come back next week with advice for folks who plan on sticking with Windows.