Here's a video of Vice President hopeful Sarah Palin being blessed by a Kenyan pastor to ward off Satan and witchcraft. Read the AP story here. read more »

Matt Brown, the police minister of New South Wales in Australia, resigned just after three days on the job over reports that he "dirty danced" in his underwear. read more »

True to their words, Thailand's People's Power Party renominated Samak Sundaravej for the Prime Minister post after the court kicked him out for violating the country's Constitution by accepting payment for appearing in a cooking show he had hosted for seven years before becoming prime minister. read more »

Britain's Prime Mister Gordon Brown was gushing about the Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama in a magazine article, while ignoring any mentions of John McCain, but was forced to retract his "endorsement" after people in the McCain camp called to complain. read more »

Despite opposition groups best attempts, they couldn't get Thailand prime minister Samak Sundaravej removed from office. However, a cooking show did. read more »

North Korean spies infiltrated the International Taekwondo Federation and used its members in an attempt to assassinate South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan, according to Taekwondo master and son of the founder of the ITF, Choi Jung-hwa. read more »

According to the LA Times, the well-funded California Correctional Peace Officers Association is initiating a recall against California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. read more »

According to the BBC, Russia's stock market has fallen 30% since the country invaded Georgia, taking $20 billion out of country in the last month. Will this help convince Russia to engage the West on friendlier terms? read more »

A female bodyguard assigned to protect Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair went into a Starbucks to use the restroom and came back out with her coffee, but not her gun. read more »

Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has resigned from his post and pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice as part of a deal with prosecutors, ending a saga that began early this year when it was discovered that Kilpatrick misused public funds to cover up an affair. read more »