Despite Democratic expectations of picking up another four to five seats in the 2008 elections, the GOP claims that it may lose only two more seats, resulting in a 53-to-47 Democrat-to-Republican ratio. more >>

You read it here first: The Senate was up to passing an amendment to lift the 1975 ban on those little pet turtles baby boomers had growing up. And today they did it. more >>

Just like the return of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles after a 14-year absence from the silver screen, real live pet turtles might soon be making a comeback after an even longer 32-year wait. What, you didn't know that those small turtles you kept in a plastic aquarium as a kid are banned by the Food and Drug Administration? The threat of salmonella did it in 1975. more >>