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It is going on three months since the war "ended" in Iraq, and another shooting war has begun there. Last week's announcement of two more Americans killed by hostile fire brought the total to 31 since the president's May 1 declaration of victory. It also brought the sharpest attack yet from Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts. More

Mark Twain once said, "There is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress." Were he alive today, he just might have mentioned professional athletes. More

NASA and the nation have some big questions to answer before the United States restarts its space shuttle program. More

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Here we go again: What did the president really know? That More

We generally support Sen. Bill Frist, but we think legislation he pushed to put a cap on pain and suffering in malpractice cases has some flaws. More

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The Pentagon is experimenting with Internet voting for the 2004 elections for approximately 100,000 voters who live overseas and now receive absentee ballots. More

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Over the Fourth of July weekend, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was nearly squished. A giant beam nearly fell on her as she sat on the stage during a celebration of the U.S. Constitution. More

Californians are used to earthquakes. But this one's different. In fact, it has so rattled the political landscape in the Golden State that it has the state's political establishment running for the doorjambs and stocking up on canned goods. It's dawning on them: This could be The Big One. More

This just in: Children of divorce do better when both parents live in the same general vicinity. Stunning, I know. More

It has taken the main challenger of former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean a while to follow Dean

Media and lawmakers around the state may be too quick to condemn University of Tennessee President John Shumaker over alleged misuse of a state airplane, and we think the culprit may be the ghost of Wade Gilley. More

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California's at it again. The land of goofy politics is about to hit another low point. With a state budget deficit of major proportions staring them in the face, the voters are about to hold a $30 million special election to recall their governor. More

People in the major news media have come in for considerable criticism. They've been charged with anti-Americanism, leftism, bias and just plain lying, as in the cases of former New York Times reporter Jayson Blair, The Associated Press' Washington reporter Christopher Newton, and the New Republic's associate editor Stephen Glass. More

Food, the last frontier. Efforts are mounting on several fronts in the fight to de-tubby our teens, deflate our obese children, and forsake the fat. More

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