Todd Palin Lawsuit: New E-Mail Flap Hits First Dude of Alaska
When he toured the country with his wife Sarah, many Republicans on thecampaign trail gave Todd Palin rock star status.xA0 John McCain and SarahPalin eventually lost the election to Barack Obama and Joe Biden, butthe... |
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US Army Continues Transformation to 21st Century Warfare
The United States Army considers the current transformation its mostextensive restructuring since World War II. The Army has estimated thatrestructuring units from a division-based force to a more agile... |
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The Real Lesson of Watergate
Last week, I wrote about the new movie "Frost/Nixon" and how it wasreviving interest in Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal.xA0 That's agood thing, because the lesson of Watergate is not what most people... |
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The Message to DC: No More Bailouts
If our government's economic experts really knew what they were doing,they wouldn't be frenetically experimenting with the people's money,treating billions like nickels. They wouldn't be so hellbent... |
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The Barack Obama Centrist Label
I am far less convinced than many that Barack Obama will be a centristin office. Despite his announced future Cabinet appointees, I find itamazing that people are so willing to believe he'll change his stripesthat fast... |
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Biggest Full Moon: Spectacular Night Show
Does the moon look usually large� It's not your imagination � it isthe biggest and brightest full moon to be seen for the last 15 years.�That's because it will be much closer than usual. The moon "will be... |
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The Non Fur-Lined PETA Coffin, Dying for Animal Rights
One slogan on a PETA coffin in particular, plays on a long-running ad,"Told You I Wouldn't Be Caught Dead in Fur!"� Are you dying to supportthe People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and the little critters... |
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Do Chicago Politics Stain Obama
I have not seen it recorded whether John F. Kennedy, after he waselected president in 1960, held conversations with Massachusetts Gov.Foster Furcolo as to who would be appointed to fill his seat in theSenate... |
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Obama Must Not Fire Blagojevich Prosecutor Fitzgerald
When Bill Clinton took office in January 1993, he was hearing thefootsteps of Little Rock U.S. Attorney Charles A. Banks, who was hot onhis heels as he probed charges of corruption that swirled around theWhitewater... |
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Global Enforcement Effort Targets Child Pornographers
Yesterday, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey, speaking after a jointUnited States and European Union EU ministerial meeting, highlighted"Operation Joint Hammer" -- the US component of an ongoing globalenforcement... |
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Captive Teen Case Photos, Video New Arrests, Details, Emaciated Boy
New details and arrests have been revealed in the case of the captiveteen boy showed up at a California gym with a chain locked to hisankle, claiming he had just fled his captors. Police have alreadyarrested... |
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Big Three Auto Firms Will Need Music, Too
The American "love affair" with cars is close to dead, then-Ford Motorchief Bill Ford lamented six years ago. "In California, people used towrite songs about T-Birds and Corvettes," said Henry Ford'sgreat-grandson. "Today... |
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Impeach Bush Ornament Nixed: Deborah Lawrence and the Free Speech Debate
Seattle artist Deborah Lawrence wasnx92t George W. Bush impeachedDoesn't the guy leave office in a month and she is willing to createan "Impeach Bush" ornament to try and get the job done.xA0 She won't getthe... |
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A Tarp or A Tarpaulin, What Is TARP
The somewhat archaic noun "tarpaulin" has several definitions, eachrelating in some way to covering up.xA0 As though there were too fewentities in the Executive Branch of the Federal Government and to some... |
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The Debt We Owe Laura Bush
With so many newspapers columns about bailouts and debt, I thought Imight just change the pace by paying tribute to a woman to whom we asAmericans are indebted -- First Lady Laura Bush. I know President... |
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Computer Crime: Forensic Device Allows Investigators Quick Access to Critical Data
It seems that no matter what illegal activity is pursued, whether it ispornography, kidnapping, murder, or even terrorism, the so-calledcriminal masterminds leave a winding but traceable trail of related |
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Punk'd: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Obama, Hangs Up on Phone Call From President-Elect
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen received a phone call from President-electBarack Obama, and she hung up on him.� While she campaigned hard forSenator John McCain when Ileana Ros-Lehtinen received the unexpected... |
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Buzz: World's Oldest Marijuana Stash Photos Discovery
The buzz is in for Thursday as the world's oldest marijuana stash hasbeen discovered and it is some very old pot.� It appears to prove thathumans figured out several thousand years ago to enjoy marijuana... |
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Iraqi Uranium and a False Charge Against President Bush
When pundits are asked to name the best Presidents of the 20th CenturyHarry S. Truman�s name always comes up. That is interesting becausewhen he left office 56 years ago he had lower approval ratings than... |
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Homeland Security Experts Offer President-Elect Obama Counseling
The Homeland Security & Defense Business Council and the GeorgetownPublic Policy Institute today held a transition briefing to discuss thehistorical context of the US Department of Homeland Security... |
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