Sarah Palin's book tour hits NC's Fort Bragg

Sarah Palin brought her book-signing tour to North Carolina's Fort Bragg on Monday as thousands greeted the former Republican vice presidential candidate in a campaign-like gathering that tested military rules involving politicians.

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David Weigel of the Washington Independent brings us a look at a possible Republican purity test that future candidates would be required to pledge to, if they expect to receive financial support from the Republican National Committee.

Rupert Murdoch is considering a tie-up with Microsoft which would see the technology group pay for exclusive rights to content from his stable of newspapers, including the Times and the Sun, to attract visitors to its Bing search engine. As part of the deal, Murdoch would prevent stories from his News Corp outlets appearing on rival Google News, despite the fact that the service provides the bulk of web traffic for sites such as ;www.genuineonlinebusiness.blogspot.com.

IRAQ Inquiry.. began..

Iraq: Inquiry Begun on Municipal- Iraqi authorities are investigating large-scale fraud in the Baghdad city government, where employees have stolen millions of dollars

8 US Troops Die; New Deadliest Month in Afghanistan.

Obama's upcoming issues include health care, Afghanistan and federal deficit. President Barack Obama held a "rigorous final meeting" with his Afghanistan war council and is expected to announce his revised strategy for the eight-year-old conflict just after his Thanksgiving break.

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