High school students were bribed with promises of extra credit to go to a rally with Vice President Joe Biden in Portland, Ore. Adults attending were asked for their views about Biden's accomplishments and most of them struggled to respond. About the best anyone could come up with was, "he's got a great grin."


Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has just about had it with his fellow Republicans. Following the Supreme Court's decision not to take up same-sex marriage, Huckabee said if the GOP abandons opposition on this issue and abortion, "you lose me. I'm gone. I'll become an independent."

How Your Taxes Are Spent
Taxpayers paid for 20 airplanes costing $486 million in 2008 for transporting troops and equipment in Afghanistan, but they were not put to use. Five years later they were taken out of service and the Defense Department sold them for scrap at a price of six cents per pound. An Afghan company bought them for $32,000.