GRAHAM, Wash. — Josh Powell's boys were coming for a visit, and he had preparations to make.He boxed up their books and toys and took them to a charity. He carried heavy cans of gasoline inside his house and set aside a hatchet.Read More... More on Susan Powell […]

To chronicle what may wind up being Dr. Chase's worst day ever, "House" (Mon., 8 p.m. EST on Fox) gave fans one of its occasional unconventional storytelling methods. Rather than the traditional straightforward storytelling approach, the saga unfolded via flashbacks as the team was questioned about the incidents of their latest case.The case i […]

Anderson Cooper sat down with Joan Rivers and her daughter Melissa on "Anderson" (Weekdays, Syndicated) to chat about a little bit of everything. With hoarding so popular in the media and on television -- holding down two weekly reality series -- he asked the women if they have any hoarding tendencies.Melissa revealed that she still has some clothi […]

LOS ANGELES -- The entire staff at an elementary school where two teachers were arrested on suspicion of lewd conduct will be removed while the school district investigates, the Los Angeles school superintendent said Monday night.Superintendent John Deasy told parents and media that 88 teachers and 40 support staff at Miramonte Elementary School are being re […]

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's campaign is returning about $200,000 in contributions collected by family members of a Mexican casino owner who fled the U.S. after facing drug and fraud charges.The Obama campaign said Monday it had decided to return the donations arranged by Chicago brothers Carlos Cardona and Alberto Rojas Cardona, who had begun […]

Australian economic and social overview - wealth, income, distribution, growth and human development. Read more on the blog... […]

Comparing Australian pollsters and their relative partisan leans Read more on the blog... […]

Latest Australian political polling trends for October Read more on the blog... […]

Australian federal election simulations and polling trends Read more on the blog... […]

Australian polling trends for Labor, the Coalition and the Greens Read more on the blog... […]

Being the end of June, it’s time to crank up the stats and run our quarterly election simulations based on polling aggregates of the last 3 months from all the pollsters that provide state level breakdowns. However, before we do, it’s worth updating... Read more on the blog... […]