Almost four and a half years after the city of New Orleans was devastated by a Category 5 hurricane, The Saints have helped restore confidence and pride to the region by capturing the Superbowl XLIV championship against the Indianapolis Colts by a score of 31-17. Meanwhile, over at YouTube, sports fans and Superbowl viewers have begun voting on their favorite commercials. Voting ends February 15, 2010…

Calling it a movement of the people, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on Saturday delivered the keynote address at the 1st Annual National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Tennessee.

Hand-picked as John McCain’s Republican running mate in 2008, Palin spoke of the potential of a second American Revolution being born when she said “from Virginia, to New Jersey, to Massachusetts, voters are sending a message up and down the East Coast…”

A potentially dangerous snowstorm headed for the nation’s Capitol on Friday closed schools, triggered winter warnings and placed an additional financial strain on local and state governments.

An urgent bulletin from the National Weather Service predicted record snowfall in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. region which could rival the January, 1922 “Knickerbocker Storm.”

Less than one week after speaking to the House Republican caucus about how to bridge enormous political divisions to solve the country’s problems, President Obama on Feb. 3 urged Democratic Senators to regain the high ground by getting out of the Washington bubble and speaking directly to the American people…

In our pursuit of perfect, blissful union, it’s tempting to want to tweak a couple of things to speed the process along. A trip to the salon to change your mousy brown hair to a deep, sensual red is nice. A new wardrobe that makes you feel saucy? Great idea…a new pair of boobs and liposuction-attention of that Abercrombie model wannabe? Not so much. There is never a good reason to change the essence of what YOU are to fit the requirements of someone else…

On January 19th, 2010, Massachusetts voters will decide who gets to serve in former Senator Edward Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat. The choices: Democrat Martha Coakley, Republican Scott Brown, or Libertarian Joe Kennedy. Big 3 News callers StandingStones and BryanA1360 discussed the prospects for a Republican upset, and what impact it would have on the Democratic majority…

For the past 2 years, the Crimson Tide (Alabama) has dominated the college football rankings in the top 5 spots. This year the Crimson Tide went 13-0 beating the Florida Gators 32-13 after a battle with the great Tim Tebow. The Texas Longhorns went 13-0 after beating the Nebraska Cornhuskers 13-12 with Hunter Lawrence barely making a field goal…

The nation’s public cable network wants Congress to debate in the open. In a letter dated December 30, 2009, C-SPAN called upon President Obama and United States Congressional leaders to conduct final health care overhaul deliberations in public view.

The single-page request, written by C-SPAN Chairman and CEO Brian P. Lamb, was prompted by House and Senate leaders’ recent decision to hold reconciliation discussions in private…