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MEXICO CITY – President Felipe Calderon said he would consider a debate on legalizing drugs Tuesday as his government announced that more than 28,000 people have been killed in drug violence since he launched a crackdown against cartels in 2006.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston have called off their second engagement after he told her he may have fathered a baby with another woman.

Rosie O'Donnell and Friends - Helen Thomas is Right! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1aJfVaKipw

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 6, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Facing immense pressure to veto a measure that both opts the state out of the federal health law's abortion mandate and requires ultrasounds before abortion, Florida governor Charlie Crist has said that, even though he is personally "pro-life," he may strike down the bill out of unwillingness "to impose my will on others."

A rising star on the Christian music scene is returning to the public eye with a new identity after a mysterious seven-year absence spent mostly on the other side of the world. Jennifer Knapp is not only coming out with a new album, she is also "coming out," a term the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter considers "very bizarre" as she nervously relaunches her career.. The 36-year-old Kansas native, who dated men during her college days, is braced for a backlash from religious fans who faithfully shot down whispered rumors about her sexuality over the years. On the other hand, she said in...

Economists, political scientists, reporters and pundits spend too much of their time looking at dysfunctional societies and trying to explain why there are poverty, joblessness and hopelessness. In many ways, Haiti is easy to explain - no rule of law and 200 years of corrupt and incompetent governments. Switzerland is the polar opposite. It has almost no corruption and has the rule of law with honest, competent judges and government administrators. The question should be, "What can we learn from the Switzerlands of the world about how to do things right" rather than, "What is wrong with the Haitis of...

About 10 years ago I was having my annual holiday party, and my niece had come with her newly minted M.B.A. boyfriend. As he looked around the room, he noted that my employees seemed happy. I told him that I thought they were. Then, figuring I would take his new degree for a test drive, I asked him how he thought I did that. "I'm sure you treat them well," he replied. "That's half of it," I said. "Do you know what the other half is?"

Charlie Crist is swimming in campaign money, and polls consistently show him to be among the most popular politicians in America. But something ominous and unpredictable is brewing in Florida....

There are many things public officials probably shouldn't do during a severe recession, but no one seems to have told the leaders in Florida about them.

LONDON – Queen Elizabeth II has switched bearskin hats for turbans outside Buckingham Palace, where Sikh soldiers have begun guarding the monarch and her treasures, Britain's defense ministry said Friday.

The Club for Growth, a conservative anti-tax group, is considering running ads in the Republican Party's Senate primary race against Florida Gov. Charlie Crist for supporting higher state taxes and President Obama's $787 billion economic stimulus spending package.

See Huckabee's endorsement here. And PLEASE support Marco Rubio for the Florida senate race against Charlie Crist. Rubio is the only conservative running. His website: http://www.marcorubio.com/

Having had the pleasure of living several years in Houston earlier this decade, I was constantly amazed at the many things that Texas gets right that other states routinely bungle (see here, for starters). Friends' eyes have been known to glaze over as I tell them that cities like Houston and Dallas are poised to be the powerhouse cities of the 21st century, and in tandem, that Texas is going to blow away most, if not all, other states in economic performance in the next few decades.

David Letterman is in the hot seat for several crude jokes he made on CBS' "The Late Show" about Sarah Palin and her teenage daughter. Letterman, in his monologue Monday night, noted that the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate attended a Yankees game during a trip to New York City, where she was honored by a special needs group. Letterman referred to Palin, Alaska's governor, as having the style of a "slutty flight attendant."

TAMPA -- What goes through Marco Rubio's mind in the dark of night? ''Just cutting taxes not enough. We need Tax Reform!'' he shouted via Twitter recently at 1:55 a.m. ``Tax code is too complicated, too anti-job creation and full of unfair exemptions.'' Another night at 2:37 a.m.: ``In last election Americans voted for change. But they did not vote to expand size or role of govt. That was not what Prez. campaigned on.'' The line between fearless warrior, unhinged zealot and doomed martyr can be hazy. It's hard to tell where to place underdog Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco...

TAMPA -- What goes through Marco Rubio's mind in the dark of night? ''Just cutting taxes not enough. We need Tax Reform!'' he shouted via Twitter recently at 1:55 a.m. ``Tax code is too complicated, too anti-job creation and full of unfair exemptions.'' Another night at 2:37 a.m.: ``In last election Americans voted for change. But they did not vote to expand size or role of govt. That was not what Prez. campaigned on.'' The line between fearless warrior, unhinged zealot and doomed martyr can be hazy. It's hard to tell where to place underdog Republican U.S. Senate candidate Marco...

AUGUSTA, Maine – Maine's governor signed a freshly passed bill Wednesday approving gay marriage, making it the fifth state to approve the practice and moving New England closer to allowing it throughout the region....

All three evening news broadcasts saw viewership declines again last week...

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. -- Gwyneth Paltrow is responding to critics who are attacking her lifestyle Web site, Goop.com...

It's 2009, the end of a decade which -- when it comes to television -- was defined in large part by reality shows. By now, most of us reality fans have become a bit jaded. Backstabbing, catfights, rants, breakdowns - there's just not much shock value left anymore. So after Valleywag ran this story about public reaction to one man's behavior on (of all shows) "Wife Swap" a few weeks ago, it got me thinking about how this particular guy had disturbed and outraged so many people.