Minnesota governor’s race recount heats up with Republican nominee Tom Emmer naming the chief litigator on his legal team.

I’m not sure if maybe Stephen Colbert is more prescient or more tuned into the zeitgeist than I thought. We’ve done a number of posts over the last year or so on a guy named Bryan Fischer, top issues guy for the American Family Association. We’ve had him beating up on Muslims and gays, about what you’d expect from someone from his edge of the ideological woods. Today though he’s coming out against Grizzly Bears. They’re a “curse” he says. And it’s time for them to go. To get right with the Judeo-Christian worldview it’s time to get rid of bears.

Yeah, no idea.

I’m not sure we can take Mitt Romney really seriously as a 2012 presidential candidate until he gets the contract settled with Fox News.

Former in-house counsel for pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline indicted for obstructing justice and making false statements for her communications with the FDA on behalf of the company.

Jon Stewart puts the question to Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R): “Would you like to see, at some level, Texas as its own country? A little bit? A little bit? United Republic of Texas?” Watch.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was living large back when he was U.S. attorney. According to a new inspector general’s report from the Justice Department, Christie was the No. 1 offender among U.S. attorneys who exceeded the government rate for travel expenses like fancy hotels and car service.

The latest on the protracted vote count in the Alaska Senate race, where tea partier Joe Miller is already questioning the fairness of the process.

George W. Bush: Waterboarding was legal “because the lawyer said it was.” Watch.

Democratic House committee chairmen throw their support to Steny Hoyer for minority whip in the new Congress, the second ranking Democratic leadership position.

Olbermann issues statement apologizing to viewers, slamming NBC.