Tea Party

Election 2010: Republicans take back the House, while the Democrats cling to their Senate majority
By Stephanie Tardugno
November 3, 2010 - 10:43am
Republicans will pick up 60 House seats after this year's election.

Voters' anger over a stubborn jobless rate and anxiety over troubled economy helped Republicans to a sweeping takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives and a stronger presence in state offices, projections indicate, according to CNN.

Nine dead in Italian train accident
By Flavia Colangelo
April 12, 2010 - 11:55am
Plus, Tea Party protests in Syracuse and actress Dixie Carter dies at age 70.

A derailled train in Italy has killed nine people this morning, according to Italy's Civil Protection office. CNN reports at least 20 more are injured, five being serious.

The train was traveling on the Val Venosta line, one of the newest railways opened in 2005, when it was derailed by a landslide, say authorities. More than 200 rescures are on the scene

Head of the transport department for the local government Thomas Widmann says the landslide was probably caused by a broken irrigation pipe. The mud entered the train and suffocated the passengers, Widmann says.