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A sheriff's official in Georgia says former major league pitcher Brian Powell has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 35.
Jody Powell, who was White House press secretary and among the closest and most trusted advisers to President Jimmy Carter, died Monday of a heart attack. He was 65.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has endorsed New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's re-election bid.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell was mildly critical Tuesday of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., whose angry response to a Cambridge, Mass., police officer touched off a national debate involving President Barack Obama.
Colin Powell, one of the nation's most prominent African-Americans, is going after people who attacked Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor because of her stand in favor of affirmative action.
Colin Powell says the U.S. took too long to strengthen its forces in Iraq after Baghdad fell early in the war.
Colin Powell worries that President Barack Obama is trying to tackle too many big issues at one time and he offers this advice: take a hard look at costs and consider the additional red tape that will be created.
Colin Powell says Michael Jackson had controversy in his life, but in death his art should be celebrated.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says he's still a Republican, but the party needs to change and be more inclusive.
A baby lemur who fell into the moat at his enclosure in a Little Rock, Ark., zoo Wednesday was quickly pulled out and revived with CPR administered by zoo staff. Tragically, zoo officials reported that 5-week-old Houdini later died, possibly of pneumonia.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell will appear on prime time to thank a disabled Gulf War veteran for his service.
Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboard player Billy Powell, who played on such hits as "Sweet Home Alabama" and survived the 1977 plane crash that killed three band members, died Wednesday. He was 56.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell thinks he knows exactly how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would have reacted had he been alive to see an African-American sworn in as president.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday he'll never forget the night Barack Obama won the presidential election.
Powell's Books is asking employees to scale back their hours or take sabbaticals to cope with disappointing sales.
Gen. Colin Powell helped deliver a $1 million gift Monday for the planned Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and called on all Americans to donate to the National Mall project.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who broke with the Republican party to endorse Barack Obama, called Obama's election as the country's first black president "historic" and said he would be a president for all Americans.
Troy Anthony Powell has been running Tap’s Barber Shop for nine years and has seen business get better every year — until this year.
Colin Powell's endorsement of Democrat Barack Obama may have seemed a shocking about-face for the longtime Republican, but the move was entirely in keeping with Powell's reputation as a shrewd political survivor intent on retouching a legacy tarnished by his early support of the Iraq war.
- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Sen. , D-Ill., for president on Sunday, criticizing his own Republican Party for what he called its narrow focus on irrelevant personal attacks over a serious approach to challenges he called unprecedented.
Colin Powell, a Republican and retired general who was President Bush's first secretary of state, broke with the party Sunday and endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president, calling him a "transformational figure" while criticizing the tone of John McCain's campaign.
Asafa Powell ran the second-fastest 100 meters in the world, clocking 9.72 seconds at the Athletissima Grand Prix meeting on Tuesday.
Asafa Powell withdrew Tuesday from the Gaz de France meet because of a groin cramp, not wanting to take any risks with the Olympics less than a month away.
Former 100-meter world record holder Asafa Powell has pulled out of the final at the Golden Gala meet due to a groin problem.
Ex-Powell chief on Cheney: 'The man is now just crazy'Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, the former chief of staff to Bush Secretary of State Colin Powell, said in response to an interviewer's question Thursday that he believes Cheney has gone a bit farther than too far.
Fifty Questions on 9/11It's September 11 all over again - eight years on. The George W Bush administration is out. The "global war on terror" is still on, renamed "overseas contingency operations" by the Barack Obama administration. Obama's "new strategy" - a war escalation - is in play in AfPak.
Too Little, Too Late From Powell, Ashcroft and RidgeI was moved to wonder why Ridge didn't make a bigger deal about this very important fact. His resignation was announced on December 1, 2004. The New York Times noted:
Colin Powell has been the victim of profiling yet he scolds Gates. "I was also victim of profiling, Powell says: Powell said he was the target of racial profiling many times and he sometimes got angry.
t r u t h o u t | Dick Cheney, Patron Saint of Torture-FreeSteve Weissman is summing up in a most clear-cut way what the real base of the war crimes consisted in. If your eyes were not open already, this piece by Weissman will do the job for you.
Powell Hits Back At Limbaugh: Calling Sotomayor A 'Reverse Racist' Is 'Nonsense' Last May, hate radio talker Rush Limbaugh called Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, a "reverse racist," referring to Sotomayor's past comment that a "wise Latina woman with the richness of her experience would more often than not reach a b …
Colin Powell: Celebrate Michael Jackson's art Colin Powell says Michael Jackson had controversy in his life, but in death his art should be celebrated.
There is a youtube video showing a broadcast of Rush Limbaugh referring to General Powell as "Genital Powell". Is this the class the Republican party wants to show? Would it be alright for me to refer to Rush Limbaugh as "Anal Cyst Limbaugh? www.youtube.com/watch
CNN Poll: Powell tops Cheney, Limbaugh â�� The CNN Wire - CNN.com Blogs"WASHINGTON (CNN) — As Colin Powell fires back against Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh in the latest skirmish of the battle over the future of the Republican Party, a new national poll indicates that Americans have a much more favorable opinion of Powell than Cheney or Limbaugh."
CNN Poll: Powell, Cheney and Limbaugh As Colin Powell fires back against Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh in the latest skirmish in the battle over the future of the Republican Party, a new national poll indicates that Americans have a much more favorable opinion of Powell than Cheney or Limbaugh.
Ron Reagan calls Limbaugh a "jiggly pile of mess" -- and other gems.Limbaugh hasn't had a natural erection since the Nixon Administration; think he's compensating for something? Now, I wouldn't pick on him for any of this stuff, not his blubbiness, not his man-boobs, not his inability to have a natural erection -- none of that stuff -- to me, off …
CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Limbaugh blasts Powell attack « - Blogs from CNN.comColin Powell represents the stale, the old, the worn-out GOP that never won anything." Limbaugh, who has been called the de facto leader of the Republican Party by leading Democrats, also said that he is resigning from the position.
Powell Rebukes Rush, Cheney: "I may be out of their version of the Republican Party, but there's another version waiting to emerge once again" Colin Powell issued a sharp rebuke Tuesday night to Rush Limbaugh and Dick Cheney for trying to exclude him from the backbiting Republican Party.
Limbaugh responds to Price: 'How the hell' can Price say Powell is better for GOP than Cheney? This morning on MSNBC's Morning Joe, host Joe Scarborough asked Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) if he believed that Rush Limbaugh and former Vice President Cheney were "somehow better Republicans than Colin Powell." "Goodness, no," Price responded.
Scorsese: my friendship with Michael PowellHe fell in love with The Red Shoes aged nine - now Martin Scorsese is bringing a glorious new print to Cannes. He talks about his debt to its director
This picture is from the Eddie from NJ archives. I made reference to it in a recent post. The persons in the picture are George W Bush, and Then Secretary of State Colin Powell, and of course, yours truly. The picture is filed Under "Reaching across the Isle."
Coulter: Goldwater lost because he was too liberalIt's always special when the King and Queen of Wingnuttery get together. And last night on The O'Reilly Factor, BillO and Ann Coulter didn't disappoint. We even got some special comedy stylings from the Annorexic One:
Cheney, Gingrich, McCain: Old GOP Guard Appear On Sunday Shows [UPDATED]Newt Gingrich, John McCain, and Dick Cheney appeared as scheduled on Sunday's morning talk show circuit, unleashing a torrent of attacks on President Obama and arguing that the Republican Party should resist efforts to "moderate." On Fox News Sunday, Gingrich called Obama a "McC …
Limbaugh to Colin Powell: "Become a Democrat"Rush Limbaugh fired back at Colin Powell for his critical comments earlier this week, saying Wednesday that the former secretary of state should join the Democratic Party.
Limbaugh Wants to Kick Colin Powell Out of the GOPOn Monday, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said that he believed the Republican party is in "deep trouble," "getting smaller," and being led by polarizing figures like Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) and Rush Limbaugh.
Jazz News: "Raising the Bar" Jazz Series Legacy Trio: Curtis Lundy, Rodney Kendrick and Craig Haynes at Beanrunner CafeJazz Series Legacy Trio: Curtis Lundy, Rodney Kendrick and Craig Haynes at Beanrunner Cafe in Peekskill NY
Perez on Obama: "First Black President of the American Empire ... Terror is terror"Critique of Obama's war crimes: "It is a terrible thing when a man as intelligent as Barack Obama, and the people who support his imperial policies choose to use cunning over critical reason ... Terror is terror".
Colin Powell's former chief of staff: Cheney is 'evil,' his fearmongering is 'assisting' al Qaeda. Weeks after President Obama was inaugurated, Dick Cheney gave an interview to Politico slamming Obama's detainee policies and warning that he was making America less safe (charges he repeated again last Sunday).
The Bush Era Has Been an Eight-Year-Long Madoff-Style RipoffThree days after the world learned that $50 billion may have disappeared in Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, The Times led its front page of Dec. 14 with the revelation of another $50 billion rip-off. This time the vanished loot belonged to American taxpayers.
Freedom Rider: Bush Goes Out a WinnerBush has every reason to spend his final days in the White House gloating. He can gloat because his Defense Secretary, Robert Gates, will keep his job in the Obama White House.
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