Raw Story · 14 minutes old · Israeli warplanes carried out intensive raids on Hamas targets on Monday as ground troops surrounded Gaza's main city, while Israel faced mounting diplomatic pressure for a ceasefire.

Huffington Post · 21 minutes old · FREEPORT, Bahamas — Jett Travolta's body shows no sign of head trauma and his death certificate says he was killed by a "seizure," an undertaker said Monday, as the 16-year-old's celebrity parents prepared for a Florida funeral.

Huffington Post · 23 minutes old · It is known that truth is the first casualty in wars. The current war on Gaza is no different. Below is a list of 10 myths perpetuated by Israel and repeated ad nauseum by many in the media.

Raw Story · 25 minutes old · By a slim margin, Democrat Al Franken was today declared the winner of Minnesota's bitter Senate contest, defeating Republican incumbent Norm Coleman...

Huffington Post · 29 minutes old · WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (IPS) - Until mid-2007, there was a serious political obstacle to a massive conventional war by Israel against Hamas in Gaza: the fact that Hamas had won free and fair elections for the Palestinian parliament and was still the leading faction in a fully legitimate government.

Huffington Post · 1 hour old · You can help re-build New Orleans for only 99 Cents! How cool is that?

Raw Story · 1 hour old · Israel did not ask for US backing in advance of a ground offensive into Gaza, US Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday, as tens of thousands of Israeli troops backed by tanks pounded the Palestinian enclave."They didn't seek clearance or approval from us," Cheney told CBS television.

Huffington Post · 1 hour old · Incredible testimony from someone who was actually out on a boat in the Tennessee flyash spill sludge collecting water samples. The data that Sandra and Appalachian Voices helped produce refuted what TVA and EPA were saying about the toxicity of the water and will help protect drinking water for local residents.

Huffington Post · 1 hour old · Does Blue Cross gives their customer service employees special training to achieve that monotone, or do they put them in a dungeon to get them to sound like they hate their jobs?

Think Progress · 1 hour old · CORRUPT REPUBLICAN ALERT!! Outgoing Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne recently spent about $235,000 in taxpayer funds to renovate the bathroom in his fifth-floor office. More proof GOPers have no idea what conservative means.

Huffington Post · 1 hour old · Warren Goldstein writes:"There are far too many reasons to feel distress,sadness and anger about Israel's massive air bombardment & invasion of Gaza.Its shortsightedness;Its counterproductive lethality;The self-righteousness of the so called friends of Israel".American Jews are not all lining up to support Israeli bombs & tanks ravaging Gaza.

Firedoglake · 1 hour old · John Yoo and John Bolton, two recently coverted and now stalwart defenders of the Constitutional principle of separation of powers, kidnap and torture the New York Times op-ed page to urge the Obama Administration to restore that principle with respect to treaty ratification after its long abuse by. . . Bill Clinton. Why would they do this?

Huffington Post · 2 hours old · The Minnesota State Canvassing Board confirmed on Monday that Al Franken has won his Senate election, ending a weeks-long recount process that started with the Democratic challenger facing a roughly 215-vote deficit.

Firedoglake · 2 hours old · "Hold the Coronation: Caroline Kennedy’s Senate Chances Sinking Like a Stone" Note: I'll be on MSNBC at 6:50 ET with David Shuster talking about Roland Burris tonight -- jh When we started to hear all those rumors about the "inevitability" of Caroline Kennedy as David Paterson's choice for the Senate, it sure sounded like the last-ditch attempt of

Firedoglake · 2 hours old · Dianne Feinstein, the California Democrat who's about to take the reins as chairwoman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, doesn't appear to be too happy with Leon Panetta's prospective appointment to the CIA.I was not informed about the selection of Leon Panetta to be the CIA Director."

Firedoglake · 2 hours old · Obama just announced several new nominations for DOJ. I thought I'd look at the two most notable appointments from the perspective of their response to Bush's DOJ. As expected, Obama nominated Elena Kagan to be Solicitor General, in what is almost certainly a stepping stone to a SCOTUS appointment for her. Kagan, as Dean of Harvard Law School, is

Firedoglake · 2 hours old · Honda, Toyota, Fail More in December than Two of Three “Failed” US CarmakersCar sales in December were--as expected--still way down as compared to last year. But as with November, there were some interesting numbers last month. Remember--these are year on year declines (which suggests the total market is down slightly less than it was in November):

Huffington Post · 2 hours old · A Minnesota board on Monday certified results showing Democrat Al Franken winning the state's U.S. Senate recount over Republican Norm Coleman, whose lawyer promised a legal challenge that will keep the race in limbo for weeks.

Think Progress · 2 hours old · Perhaps we can regain a government run by ethical people.

Firedoglake · 2 hours old · As expected, the Minnesota Supreme Court has once again examined a legal motion by Norm Coleman's legal team, studied it from every angle, and - once their bellies got over being so sore from laughing - bounced it back onto Norm's head, smeared in Tabasco sauce.