msnbc.com: Decision '08

Nov. 13: Rachel Maddow is joined by Air America national correspondent Ana Marie Cox to assess the veracity and plausibility of Sarah Palin’s criticisms of former McCain staffers in her new book. (Other)

John Lackey pitched into the eighth inning and Torii Hunter hit a three-run homer off the rock pile in center field, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 5-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox in their playoff opener Thursday night.

The Obama administration’s effort to help homeowners avoid foreclosure may not achieve its goal of helping 3 million to 4 million borrowers, a government watchdog group says.

Matt Holliday dropped a sinking line drive for an error with two outs in the ninth inning, leading to a two-run rally by the Los Angeles Dodgers that gave them a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.

Meredith and Lexie's dad, Thatcher Grey, landed in Seattle Grace in need of a liver transplant. Devoted Lexie wasn't a match, but indifferent daughter Meredith was a perfect donor.

Galu finally lost a challenge, but the tribe didn't exactly vote the way their supposed leader thought they should. Dissension in the ranks, anyone?

As ACORN strives to survive the worst scandal in its 39-year history , the organization is doing what it does best: mobilizing low-income people to help restore the group's credibility.

Prosecutors brought fraud charges Thursday against a family doctor accused of promising terminally ill cancer patients in their darkest hours that they would be cured with an herbal treatment.

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“Dear Friends, My heart procedure went off perfectly. It’s like having a brand new ticker,” she wrote on her Twitter page on Thursday afternoon.

The suicide attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul lays bare that this conflict is a single war with multiple fronts that extend well beyond Afghan battlefields.

Yorvit Torrealba hit a two-run homer, Aaron Cook pitched effectively into the sixth and the Colorado Rockies beat Cole Hamels and the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 Thursday to even their NL playoff series at 1.

America's stores saw some signs of life from consumers in September, resulting in the first sales gain since July 2008 and fueling some hope for the holiday shopping season.

A senior official says President Barack Obama is prepared to accept Taliban involvement in Afghanistan's political future and is more focused on keeping al-Qaida at bay.

Even during his most frenzied days, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner makes time to talk to a select group of powerful Wall Street bankers.

The House votes to make it a federal crime to assault people because of their sexual orientation, expanding the hate crimes law enacted after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968. Sponsored By: National Geographic Channel New Series ...

Senate Democrats have reached a deal to extend unemployment insurance benefits to workers in every state who are in danger of seeing their benefits run dry in the coming weeks.

The global Muslim population stands at 1.57 billion, meaning that nearly 1 in 4 people in the practice Islam, according to a report billed as the most comprehensive of its kind.

Pentagon statistics obtained by University of California researchers show that women are far more likely than men to be kicked out of the military under the "don't ask, don't tell policy."