WASHINGTON, July 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Berman and Company is pleased to announce that Sarah Longwell, Communications Director, has been recognized as a 2010 "Rising Star" by Campaigns & Elections' Politics Magazine. Campaigns & Elections Rising Stars are people under 35-years-old who have already made a significant mark in political consulting, campaigning or advocacy.

By Bill Mann WHILE MOST OF YOU are at work during the day, I'm probably home, watching television. That's what we TV critics do, besides putting on weight (time to have my shower curtain let out again) and occasionally spending 24 hours a day in a bathrobe.

By Compiled by Kari Morandi The following is a list of some recently released books that have crossed our desks. "LION OF JORDAN: THE LIFE OF KING HUSSEIN IN WAR AND PEACE," by Avi Shlaim, Alfred A.

By Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Sep. 23--The struggle between Congress and the president over who gets to make the rules isn't new.

By Jill Lawrence WASHINGTON -- Bonnie Lauria had a modest request this week for a panel of Democrats at a United Auto Workers conference: Stop the torrent of words. "Too much information is not good sometimes," said Lauria, 64, a retired General Motors plant worker from West Branch, Mich.