Democrats won big in a special election in Illinois on Saturday, winning the congressional seat formerly held by GOP House Speaker Dennis Hastert. [read post]

The developer, Dennis Stackhouse, made headlines in south Florida earlier this month when the media exposed his suspicious relationship with Democrat Representative Kendrick Meek, who helped him get public funding for a failed biopharmaceutical park in a predominantly black and poor section of Dade County. [read post]

Air Force Associate general counsel Philip Meek told Reuters the US "was reluctant to sign any rules or agreements because it had an 'asymmetric advantage' in space and had more to lose than other nations. [read post]