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Fox News is announcing that Tony Snow has died. Heartbreaking news.

It sounds kind of canned, but there truly is a hero in all of us. We all were designed by God to be a blessing to others – a champion to someone. Don't ever minimize yours or others' position or potential. Everyone has a place on the planet. Contributing to the culture of courage is all of our duty. As my mother has always told me, I also pass on to you: God has a plan for your life. The question is: Will we recognize our potential and offer up the power of our one unique life? I am genuinely...

Pregnant Woman Recounts Shooting Rampage Wednesday August 9, 2006 3:01 AM By MARCUS FRANKLIN Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Dayna Klein was writing thank you notes and making telephone calls in her office at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle when she heard what sounded like bubble wrap popping. When she also heard screaming and hurried footsteps, she got up from her desk and went to the office doorway and encountered a man holding a handgun. As he pointed the gun at the pregnant Klein, she reflexively covered her stomach with her left arm. The bullet pierced her...

America's controversial new ambassador to the United Nations is threatening to torpedo 12 months of negotiations on the reform of the organisation. With only three weeks to go before world leaders arrive in New York to agree the deal, ambassador John Bolton has tabled at least 500 amendments. n a letter to fellow UN ambassadors, Mr Bolton said the 38-page document might have to be ditched altogether and replaced with a far less detailed alternative. The letter, which was leaked yesterday, asks other ambassadors to remain "open to alternative formats if they help us achieve consensus". Mr Bolton's intervention has...

After her second round of chemo, Laura bowed to the inevitable and got a buzz cut and a wig named Wanda. It's typical that the hair loss kicks in about 2 weeks after the first treatment. I know because I had my sixth chemo yesterday. I'm so jealous that she still is so beautiful without much hair! I'm 48 and reasonably attractive but me without hair is not something anyone would want to see, believe me :-)

Read 'Rough Edges' Joseph Farah I just read one of the best autobiographies ever written. No, it wasn't Bill Clinton's "My Life." It was written by a man who tried to convict Bill Clinton in his impeachment trial – my friend James E. Rogan. It's called "Rough Edges: My Unlikely Road From Welfare to Washington." I first met Rogan in 1988, when he came into my newspaper office in Southern California as a tough, young Democratic prosecutor – when we were both a couple of 30-somethings. He briefly told me his compelling story. He grew up in a household headed...