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BP said Wednesday that it has drilled the world's deepest oil well in the Gulf of Mexico and found a giant pool of crude, a discovery that promises to make an indelible mark on the south Louisiana economy. The Tiber Prospect is expected to rank among the largest petroleum discoveries in the United States, potentially producing half as much crude in a day as Alaska's famous North Slope oil field. Louisiana energy circles were abuzz with news of the discovery Wednesday. "Any incremental business in the Gulf of Mexico is going to be a net positive for us one way...

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The Beach Boys have had more Top 40 singles than any other American band and are the best selling American band ever, yet their career is marred by drug abuse, the untimely deaths of Dennis and Carl Wilson, the very public mental breakdown of chief songwriter and singer Brian Wilson, and a relentless history of litigation and acrimony among the surviving members (Brian Wilson, Al Jardine, and Mike Love all tour separately, though Love now owns the Beach Boys name after a protracted legal battle). Theirs is the story of unparalleled triumphs and soul-searing tragedies. Yet the popularity of the...

More than 35 million Americans received food stamps in June, up 22 percent from June 2008 and a new record as the country continued to grapple with the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Here is audio of former Baseball great Curt Schilling on the Dennis and Callahan Radio Show today where he talked about the possibility that he might run for the U.S. Senate seat formerly occupied for 47 years by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. Schilling said one of his primary "credentials" would be that he "has no baggage - no special interests and no ties." If Schilling runs, he would more than likely run as a Republican or an Independent. Take a look below at him introducing Sen. John McCain and speaking in his behalf during the 2008 election. He's pretty...

I just got off the phone with the superindentent's office of schools in Desoto county MS. A letter will be going out today for parent approval for your children to hear the Obama speech. The school don't have cable, but teachers will show it over the internet. Under no circumstances will children be shown it though without parental ok.

‘Katyn was not like the Holocaust’ 02.09.2009 11:48 A German Jewish group has said that President Kaczynski’s likening the 1940 Katyn massacre to the Holocaust was “inappropriate”. “Despite total understanding of the pain caused by the memory of Polish officers murdered in Katyn, the comparison is inappropriate and out of place,” said Secretary General of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Stephan Kramer, quoted in the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper. President Kaczynski referred to the massacre of over 22,000 Polish officers by the Soviet NKVD in 1940 in his speech commemorating the outbreak of WW II. “Though not comparable in...

CBS 2 HD has learned of more alleged back-door dealings and political power peddling by Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel. The reigning member of Congress' top tax committee is apparently "wrangling" other politicos to get him out of his own financial and tax troubles. Here's a look at Charlie's so-called "angels" involved in his ethics investigation. Congressman Rangel has been arrogant in refusing to discuss how, as the man who writes this country's tax laws, he failed to report over $1 million in outside income and $3 million in business transactions as required by the House, lapses under investigation by the...

Article in the WSJ regarding college costs.... New numbers from the U.S. Education Department show that federal student-loan disbursements—the total amount borrowed by students and received by schools—in the 2008-09 academic year grew about 25% over the previous year, to $75.1 billion. The amount of money students borrow has long been on the rise. But last year far surpassed past increases, which ranged from as low as 1.7% in the 1998-99 school year to almost 17% in 1994-95, according to figures used in President Barack Obama's proposed 2010 budget. Oh oh. 25%?! Also, the rising levels of borrowing may ironically...

Czechs praise Kaczynski’s apology for 1938 annexation 03.09.2009 09:43 Jan Sechter, the Czech Ambassador in Warsaw, has praised remarks by President Kaczynski, describing Poland’s part in the annexing of Sudetenland just before WW II as “a sin”. “Poland’s participation in the annexation of Czechoslovakia in 1938 was not only an error, but above all a sin,” Kaczynski told an audience of world leaders, including Prime Minister Putin and Chacellor Merkel on September 1. “This was and shall forever remain a wrong,” he added. President Kaczynski’s remarks were made in speeches commemorating the 70th anniversary of the start of WW II...

U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise rallied conservative faithful on the north shore Wednesday night as he attacked the health care plans being considered in Congress and pitched an alternative bill that would provide tax credits for insurance and cap malpractice awards. Scalise, R-Jefferson, acknowledged there were things broken with the current health insurance system but echoed conservative rhetoric as he argued the plan supported by President Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders would make problems worse. "I don't think we should break all the things that work to fix the things that don't work, " Scalise said. Several hundred packed the...

Which of the following two people do you believe? Levi Johnston... "She says she goes hunting and lives off animal meat -- I've never seen it. I've never seen her touch a fishing pole. She had a gun in her bedroom and one day she asked me to show her how to shoot it. I asked her what kind of gun it was, and she said she didn't know, because it was in a box under her bed."... or Chuck Heath? "She started shooting a gun when she was eight and shot her first animal when she was ten. It...

Pro-abortion politicians risk excommunication 03.09.2009 20:12 Polish bishops are reminding Catholic politicians that if they support abortion, they risk excommunication from the Church. Reiterating Church teaching on the value of “healthy families” and a call for more “pro-family politics” are the central messages of a newly released Polish Episcopate document, To serve the truth about marriage and family. But what has drawn most attention is a very clear and straightforward warning to Catholic politicians: that if they violate basic moral directives on life or family rights issues in the public sphere, they risk excommunication. The document is a compilation of...

Drug traffickers are planting millions of marijuana plants on U.S. public lands ever closer to tourist sites, guarding their plots with heavy weaponry, federal authorities say. 1 of 3 "We destroy their plants and they come back, sometimes to the same spot, and replant," said U.S. Forest Service Special Agent Russ Arthur. "It's definitely possible that hikers and campers are going to find themselves in the middle of a field facing some very dangerous, armed bad guys, because this problem is everywhere, and it's only getting worse." Across the nation, pot sites linked to cartels have been found in 15...

(CNN) -- A Muslim teenager from Ohio says her father threatened to kill her because she converted to Christianity.

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.

September 3, 2009 Five Californians Among The Wealthiest In Congress California has two of the three wealthiest members of Congress, but neither of them top Massachusetts Democratic Sen. John Kerry, with a personal fortune of at least $167.8 million. That's according to The Hill, a Washington newspaper that today released its annual list of the 50 wealthiest members of Congress. The second wealthiest member is California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, with holdings worth at least $164.7 million. The third wealthiest member is California Democratic Rep. Jane Harman, with at least $112.2 million to her name. Three other Californians cracked the...

The Treasury Department has decided not to challenge the independence of the government watchdog agency that Congress created to oversee spending of the $700 billion rescue package for the financial sector.

President Obama's "green jobs" adviser could become a mounting liability for the Obama administration, as the latest revelation about Van Jones shows his belief that the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks could have been an inside job. The statement asked a series of critical questions." It was also signed by former Rep. Cynthia McKinney and Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans.

Here we go again, and this time he's gone and proved it: Oh yes, JPMorgan records on Enron were located in the third World Trade Center building that was treated to demolition, without benefit of an aircraft impact. And there you have it. The "Golden Jackass" proclaims (by logical connection) that 9/11 was a global banking conspiracy carried out for the benefit of "The Ancestral House of Morgan" to hide the complicity of JP Morgan and Enron. 3,000 Americans dead, two planes flown into the WTC towers (or was that "faked" too Jim?), the third building blown up (no, that...