The Huffington Post has a browseable data set for campaign donations... Particularly sexy as it allows you to search for different companies and see which way the people who work there tend to work. You can also search for individuals. This is the database journalism that Adrian talks about in action.
The Onion has the US election result! Wonderful piece of satire that's in fact so wonderful it's barely funny at all. I should introduce this to the Open Rights Group people.
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain has chosen Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate. She would be the first woman to serve on a Republican presidential ticket.
AFP - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua's anti-corruption drive has claimed another scalp with news Friday of the arrest of an ex-governor who allegedly embezzled millions of dollars of state funds.
AP - The NBA officially handed over the Seattle franchise to Oklahoma City about two months ago, and three trucks arrived downtown at headquarters on Friday.