Speaking at a forum at Howard University on the effective use of social media, political communications experts urged college students and other young voters to transform their Facebook and Twitter contacts into powerful political networks in advance of the 2012 elections.

By Pamela M. Prah, Stateline Staff Writer

SOCIAL POLICY BEAT

With the kickoff of the holiday season, state politicians have stepped up their appeals to businesses, hunters and the general public to donate to food banks, with a few governors bringing in donations of their own.

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room

8:40 P.M. EDT

Courtesy of The White House

11:35 P.M. EDT

     THE PRESIDENT:  Good evening.  Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children.