Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo, younger brother of President Barack Obama, has penned a new novel which chronicles his experiences as the son of Barack Sr. and Ruth Nidesand, a woman he met after divorcing Stanley Ann Dunham. “It’s a work of fiction, but there’s a lot going on in there that parallels my life,” Ndesandjo…

McDonnell takes Virginia. Christie take New Jersey. Maine denies gays their civil rights. Bloomberg—an Independent—bullied his way into a third term that didn’t exist until he had the rules changed. Across the political landscape, the GOP had a pretty big night. In all these instances, Independents swung the vote. Were these the same Independents that…

It looks like Bob McDonnell will take the helm as Virginia’s governor. From the AP: Republican Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell’s victory in Virginia over Democrat R. Creigh Deeds was a triumph for a GOP looking to rebuild after being booted from power in national elections in 2006 and 2008. It also was a setback for the…

Bill Cosby is ready to get his Suge Knight on. No; he won’t be dangling people out of windows or getting laid out outside of nightclubs, but he and the three rappers he’s dubbed The Cosnarati are looking to go hard body—with healing—on their latest release “Bill Cosby Presents The Cosnarati: State of Emergency.” That…

Yet another sticky issue on the road to health care reform. According to the Washington Post, some Democrats are concerned about provisions in the bill that could lead to publicly-funded abortions. The outcome of those talks could be crucial in deciding the fate of the health-care bill. Democrats need the vast majority of their caucus…

The list according to CNN: 1. New York’s 23rd Cong. Dist. 2. Virginia governor 3. New Jersey governor 4. Same-sex marriage vote in Maine 5. Medical marijuana in Maine 6. Civil unions in Washington state 7. New York mayor 8. Boston, Massachusetts, mayor 9. Atlanta, Georgia, mayor 10. Houston, Texas, mayor Get the scoop on…

Detroit gets a bit of good news for a change. Ford, in it’s first nine months of the year has posted $1.8-billion profit, a $10.6-million dollar improvement from the 12 months previous. From the Detroit Free Press: Even the company’s long-struggling North American division reported a pretax operating profit of $357 million — its first…

It’s not a phone, smart or otherwise. TwitterPeek is essentially a Kindle for Twitter. That’s it. It’s a device for tweeting more efficiently, which is abundantly hilarious and even more tragic because it doesn’t seem horribly unreasonable. Got the scoop from Marcus Troy Are they for real? TwitterPeek Mobile Tweeting Device with Lifetime Service Included…

Born in Eritrea, runs as American. Such is the story of Meb Keflezighi, the runner who took the mens’ New York City Marathon title yesterday. His victory signals a resurgence of American distance runners, but for Keflezighi the victory was bittersweet. From ESPN Keflezighi was back Sunday, wiping away tears after the New York City…