A college student home for the weekend might expect a warm bed and a hot meal. That had to wait for Addie Witt, who drove east Friday night from Ohio's Otterbein College to join her father, Kerry Witt, on a chilly parking lot sleepover next to the cinder block wall of a Sam's Club in Washington County. (Today)

The Senate voted last night to begin full debate on major health care legislation, propelling President Barack Obama's top domestic initiative over a crucial, preliminary hurdle in a formidable display of muscle-flexing by the Democratic majority. (Today)

A crowd of more than 1,500 was lined up outside a Washington County big box store late this morning as former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin began signing her memoir,"Going Rogue," on one more stop in a cross country book tour. (Yesterday)

WASHINGTON ??? Democrats have hit the magic number of 60 to move ahead on historic health care legislation. (Yesterday)

After emerging out of nowhere over the summer as a seemingly potent and growing political force, the tea party movement has become so rife with internal feuding over philosophy, strategy and money that some supporters fear it will disintegrate before realizing its full potential. (11/20/2009)