AOL News has a new home! The Huffington Post.
Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Hot on HuffPost:
Walker Recall Effort Struggles To Gain Momentum
Controversial Book On Obama Appears To Have Lifted Key Quote
Springfield
Gas Station Roof Collapses in Massachusetts [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL News...
Illinois Mayor Died After Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound, Autopsy Finds
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyResidents of Springfield, Ill., received startling news Wednesday that an autopsy found Mayor Tim Davlin apparently killed himself with a single gunshot to the chest. Davlin, 53, was pronounced dead at his home Tuesday morning, after police responded to a 911 call, according to the State Journal-Register. CNN reported Davlin was discovered just before he was due in court to present an accounting of his late cousin's $845,000 estate. The two-term Democrat was executor of the assets. Illinois State Police have not released any details about the death. The coroner said toxicology tests on ...
Woman Says School Fired Her for Gay Marriage Notice
By Hugh Collins - AOL News(Nov. 11) -- An Illinois woman says she lost her job at a Catholic university just for announcing her marriage to another woman, even though her employer knew they were planning to wed. Laine Tadlock printed an announcement of her marriage to Kae Helstrom in The State Journal Register newspaper. The announcement mentioned that she worked at Benedictine University's Springfield campus, where she was director of the education department. Tadlock says her employers knew she was gay when they hired her, and that she had told them of her plans to get married in Iowa before the ceremony. But ...
'Blago' Verdict: Instant Reactions
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(Aug. 17) -- On Tuesday evening, it was "Blago" vs. the blogosphere. The former of course being ex-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who exited a federal courthouse in Chicago guilty on just one of the 24 counts filed against him (lying to federal investigators). It was a disappointing verdict for the prosecution and all of those who wished that Lady Justice would have come down more swiftly and harshly on the man accused of attempting to auction-off Barack Obama's old Senate seat, among other alleged corrupt practices. (He now faces up to five years in prison for the one guilty ...
One-Armed Suspect Inspires Great Headline
By David Moye - AOL News(July 19) -- Sometimes bad people can inspire great things -- or at least great headlines. At least that's the case for Manuel Hernandez, 28, of Springfield, Mass. He was arrested July 13 for allegedly jumping a 68-year-old man and stealing $354 from him. http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=686529&pid=686528&uts=1279550121 http://www.aolcdn.com/ke/media_gallery/v1/ke_media_gallery_wrapper.swf ...
President Obama vs. Scott Brown in Hoops Showdown?
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyIt's well known that President Obama has got game, having played hoops growing up in Hawaii, recreationally while in college and law school, and in pick-ups games on the playgrounds of Chicago when working as a community organizer. He's even promised to replace the White House bowling alley with a basketball court. Washington's newest senator, Scott Brown (R-Mass.), is also a baller. After winning election last month, Brown, a former guard at Tufts University, told NBC's Jay Leno and others that he'd love to take on the president in a game of one-on-one. "I think it would be fun," Brown ...
Follow Politics Daily
POPULAR
- Nancy Pelosi Confirms House May Skip Up or Down Vote on Senate Health Bill
- Debrahlee Lorenzana: A Double Take on Those Double D's
- Campbell Brown Quits CNN With Shockingly Frank Farewell
- Palin Earnings Estimated at $12 Million
- The Five Most Racist Obama Cartoons?
- Jimmy Carter Leaves Church Over Treatment of Women
- Soraya M., Stoned to Death for Being an "Inconvenient Wife''
- No posts are available.
News From Our Partners
- Dragon arrives at space station in historic 1st
- Picking new leader, Egyptians search for superman
- Egyptians vote in first free presidential vote
- Moon chips from Vegas casino mogul sent to NASA
- Egyptians vote to rid nation of autocratic rule
- More Stories »
- 'Masters of the Universe' Sure Have Fragile Egos
- Romney: My Mistakes 'Haunt Me'
- Newt Lauds Romney: He's Like Eisenhower
- Irked Senate Panel Votes 30-0 to Cut Pakistan Aid
- GSA Bash Organizer Steps Down
- More Stories »
- Know Your Enemy
- Obama’s Challenge in Egypt
- The Edwards Waiting Game
- Are Doctors Doing Too Much?
- The Pagan Cult of Reagan
- More Stories »
- Ambition Counteracting Ambition
- Robert Blagojevich Speaks Out
- In Iowa, Obama Calls Romney's Words 'A Cow Pie of Distortion'
- In Iowa, Obama Calls On Congress to Act on Clean Energy Tax Credits
- Romney Has Interesting Morning in Inner-City Philly
- More Stories »
Top News
More News
More on Aol
Local News
More Blog/Sites
Sites and Services
HuffPost Politics