1) Supreme Court refuses to hear Redskins' naming case
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive a lawsuit on behalf of Native American activists who claimed that the Washington Redskins' team name is so offensive that it does not deserve trademark protection.
2) Shepard Smith, leaning against prevailing winds on Fox News
NEW YORK -- Shepard Smith had barely started his program when a Fox News producer told him that their reporter had snagged an interview with Chris Christie, the challenger locked in a tight race with New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine.
3) Cleric says he was confidant to Hasan
SANAA, YEMEN -- In his first interview with a journalist since the Fort Hood rampage, Yemeni American cleric Anwar al-Aulaqi said that he neither ordered nor pressured Maj. Nidal M. Hasan to harm Americans, but that he considered himself a confidant of the Army psychiatrist who was given a glimp...
4) Arrest at Walmart leads to charges of racism
ST. LOUIS -- Nearly three years after Heather Ellis switched checkout lines at a southeast Missouri store and touched off what she calls a racially charged dispute with white customers and authorities, the young black schoolteacher faces a trial that could send her to prison for 15 years.
5) Boomers see views relaxing on marijuana
Smoking pot isn't what it used to be for Joe Lee, a 62-year-old vintage-record dealer in Rockville.
6) Obamacare: Buy now, pay later
Obamacare is not "reform" -- given what it would do to spending, it's more like malpractice.
7) Taxpayers on hook as some bailed-out firms prove frail
NEW YORK -- A year ago, the financial system was tottering and government officials arranged a $2.3 billion emergency cash infusion into CIT Group, a troubled lender to small businesses.
8) Better, by a mile
For one Indian summer afternoon at FedEx Field on Sunday, the Redskins let Washington put on rose-colored NFL glasses that, for now, alter the hue of a dismal season. With a 27-17 win over Denver, full of battering runs by Ladell Betts and a trick-field-goal touchdown bomb by a punter named Hunte...
9) A sign of positive change
"We can do this," Phillip Daniels said. Do what? "We did it before."
10) Death through a closed door
First, there was a single bang. Then, the screams.
