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Earlier this week, the campaign of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., seized upon a column in the New York Post that described Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., as having urged Iraqi leaders in a private meeting to delay coming to an agreement with the Bush administration on the status of U.S. troops. "Obama has tried in private to persuade Iraqi leaders to delay an agreement on a drawdown of the American military presence," Post columnist Amir Taheri wrote, quoting Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, who told the Post that Obama, during his meeting with Iraqi leaders in July, "asked why we were...

An 18-year-old girl has been left with horrific injuries after she was attacked by a gang of men for wearing a bikini. Jessica Byrnes-Laird from Haughton, Louisiana, stopped at a local convenience store on the way back from the beach with her boyfriend on Sunday. Surveillance footage shows the group of men then approached the car and started catcalling her. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3182354/Horrific-injuries-suffered-girl-attacked-gang-catcalling-men-wearing-bikini-way-beach.html#ixzz3hc6OiKm6 Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

Honest Conservative features an all-star lineup on Freedom Radio tonight beginning at 8 PM Eastern. With the Pennsylvania primary (and a special election in PA-12) just two weeks away, the team is ready to clean up the mess the liberal incumbents have left behind. Retired Army Lt. Col. William Russell (PA-12) is the REAL conservative vying to defeat both PA machine pic Tim Burns and Murtha's aide Mark Critz. Former Hazelton Mayor Lou Barletta (PA-11), known for his principled stance on illegal immigration, is vying to defeat incumbent Paul Kanjorki. Retired Marine Col. Frank Ryan (PA-17) seeks to unseat Tim...

Brian Haughton is a small business owner and Philadelphia firefighter on leave of absence from the job he loves. Brian will be in to discuss his run to become the United States Congressman representing Pennsylvania 13. Thomas Joscelyn contributes at The Weekly Standard and joins us to discuss 9/11 hijacker recruiter Mohamedou Slahi, who a federal judge has ordered released, and Abdul Hafiz who is back fighting alongside the Taliban after President Obama released him on December 19th. Freedom Radio is an online, Sunday evening Internet radio show that airs 8 to 10 PM Eastern time. Here is tonight's show...

"General reaction seems to be that the CRUgate emails are genuine, but with the caveat that there could be some less reliable stuff slipped in. In the circumstances, here are some summaries of the CRUgate files. I'll update these as and when I can. The refs are the email number. Phil Jones writes to University of Hull to try to stop sceptic Sonia Boehmer Christiansen using her Hull affiliation. Graham F Haughton of Hull University says its easier to push greenery there now SB-C has retired.(1256765544) Michael Mann discusses how to destroy a journal that has published sceptic papers.(1047388489) Tim...

To the rhinos and crocodiles of the far north, the day was like any other. They ate, swam and napped, unaware a celestial body was headed their way at 60,000 miles per hour. Suddenly, a wayward comet screamed into the atmosphere, struck Earth and created a bowl a mile deep and 15 miles in diameter.

Remembering Joe: 'I think about him every day, and how life would be if he were still around' Former football great a hero to many Brian Vernellis / The Times Posted on July 4, 2003 HAUGHTON, LA - Tall weeds obscure the dirt road that juts from Louisiana Highway 157. Only a silver sign indicates what lies at the end of the path. The lettering on one side is faint from years of sun and rain; the other side reads, "Hawkins Memorial Cemetery." A horseshoe of tall firs and elms protect the cemetery from the roar of semi-trucks bustling up...