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Sarah Palin Endorses Vet, Cleared in '04 Iraq Killings, for N.C. House Seat

-Mary C. Curtis

Ilario Pantana hopes to unseat Democrat Rep. Mike McIntyre in military friendly North Carolina. Critics say the New York transplant doesn't understand local issues.

Florida Pastor Who Wanted to Burn Koran Gets Free Car Instead

-David Gibson

Terry Jones says he wants the Hyundai a New Jersey car dealer promised him for not burning the Islamic holy book, but says it's not for him.

Whoopi and Joy Walk Off 'The View' During Spat With O'Reilly

-Matt Lewis

Tensions flared Thursday on 'The View," when Bill O'Reilly's comments about Muslims prompted Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar to briefly walk off the set.

Pastor Terry Jones Was 'Terrified' And 'Lost' Before Halting Koran Burnings

-David Gibson

Evangelical leaders who talked Jones out of his plan describe the behind-the-scenes efforts.

Newt Gingrich Fires Up Conservative 'Values' Voters in Attack on 'Secular" Democrats

-Tom Diemer

Conservative "values" voters got some red meat Saturday from Newt Gingrich who warned that a "secular socialist machine" led by President Obama is bent on fundamentally changing the country.

New Republic Editor Apologizes for Saying Muslims Don't Deserve Rights

-David Gibson

Martin Peretz is chastened, at least halfway, by criticism of his remarks from a New York Times columnist. "When I insist upon a sober recognition of the threats to our security, domestic threats included," Peretz wrote, "I do not mean to suggest that the Constitution and its order of rights should in any way be abrogated."

Newt Gingrich: Obama's 'Kenyan, Anti-Colonial' Worldview Rules America

-David Gibson

The former speaker says the president is channeling his late Kenyan father's socialism, and is "authentically dishonest" and "factually insane." He adds: "This is a person who is fundamentally out of touch with how the world works, who happened to have played a wonderful con, as a result of which he is now president."

Florida Pastor in New York on 9/11: 'Mission Accomplished, We Will Not Burn Koran'

-David Gibson

Terry Jones says his threats succeeded in exposing "radical elements" in Islam, and he still hopes to get the so-called Ground Zero mosque moved.

Would You Burn the Koran? Or Just Hit the 'Delete' Key? History's View

-David Gibson

Destroying Islam's Koran with a single keystroke -- as some imagine -- would wind up backfiring. Trying to snuff out a holy book or tradition always does.

Koran-Burning Threat Still Up in the Air; Imam Says He's Open to Meeting

-David Gibson

Florida Pastor Terry Jones has given mixed messages about whether he intends to carry out the burning at his small Florida church on the 9/11 anniversary.

Rush Limbaugh, Pastor Terry Jones Were High School Classmates

-Tom Kavanagh

On the Cape Central High School website, a classmate at the Cape Girardeau, Mo., school recalls: "I knew him the early 70s. He graduated from Central (I think) in 69. He was a funny, friendly guy back then, when he was dating my friend, Lisa. My how the years change some people. Every picture I've seen of him, he's wearing an intense scowl."

Pastor Terry Jones Changes His Mind, Says Koran-Burning May Still Happen

-David Gibson

The Florida preacher flip-flopped Thursday, first calling off his plans to burn Korans on Saturday, then later saying he hadn't made up his mind.

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