Urging all who will listen to ignore hardening storyline that places Obama as nominee, Clinton launches ad blasting D.C. punditocracy for counting her out.

To hear Mayor Byron W. Brown's aides tell it, the widespread rumor that prompted him Thursday to deny he was leaving office or that he would be arrested was the work of Nixonesque dirty tricksters.

The 24-hour news site www.xfusenews.com ,a forum based U.S. based independent news site is now offering an opportunity for a voice to all those effected by the recent war without any government spin or propaganda.

Democrat Barack Obama said Wednesday he was looking for a partner in government as his running mate, as a top aide dismissed a vice presidential choice based on the ability to win a swing state.

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's cabinet approved a bill to give him immunity from prosecution by Italian courts, which the media billionaire says have persecuted him ever since he entered politics 14 years ago.