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Washington (AFP) - Just steps from the US Capitol, the Newseum's gleaming glass-and-steel structure has for over a decade been a shining symbol for the press and free expression. But in a reflection of the woes facing the US media industry -- which is itself struggling financially while also facing repeated attacks from political leaders -- the Newseum will be closing its doors on December 31.

If there are certain things that REALLY get me upset the most, it is when it involves babies,animals,and veterans. Since I have got in my family people who either have in the past served in the past or at present are serving, seeing Connecticut State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, who was in the presser he had yesterday surrounded by veterans, one who was second towards the right side behind him, it was discovered that he is a PHONY Vietnam war vet, considering I have a brother-in-law who is a REAL VIETNAM war vet, having served in the USA Air Force...

LONDON – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a dramatic bid to keep his beleaguered Labour Party in power after it was punished in elections last week, announcing Monday he will resign by September at the latest even if the Liberal Democrats — being wooed by the Conservatives — decide to join his party in government. The political theater, played out in front of the iconic black door of No. 10 Downing Street, comes as David Cameron's Conservatives — which won the most seats in Parliament but fell short of a majority — struggled in their attempts to win over...

First we were told they were looking for a white guy in his forties. Get it? Looking for another angry white guy. Then it was an angry white guy who acted alone … who was deranged, like maybe a tea party guy who didn’t like health care. Bloomberg looks like an idiot. From last night’s CBS Evening News.

Our nation is undergoing a "new birth of freedom," sayeth the Lincolnesque symbolic Messiah, the great Berry Hussein O'Bummer. Only this time, to ensure freedom and equality for all "our" people, we must make certain sacrifices. For example, we must sacrifice religious freedom, economic freedom, individual liberty, and our national sovereignty. That is all. Ask not what you can can do for your country. Ask what your country can do to you.

Illegal immigration confronts the United States with lots of stresses - economic, social and political. Here's yet another one: crime, specifically crimes committed by people who are in this country in violation of U.S. territory and sovereignty. Just as high rates of recidivism - a fancy word that means habitual or chronic relapse (as applied to criminals, the word refers to the likelihood to repeat crimes or commit additional ones) - characterize American lawbreakers, many of the criminals who breach our borders have the decidedly repugnant habit of offending repeatedly after their initial violations. Justice Department data indicate that immigrants...

A community advocacy group estimates that about 97,000 illegal immigrants live in Tarrant County and could be provided medical care through the taxpayer-supported JPS Health Network for less than $4.2 million a year, according to a report compiled by the group. Allied Communities of Tarrant presented a preliminary draft of the report to several JPS board members, nearly eight months after asking the full board to repeal its policy that prohibits illegal immigrants from receiving charity care at Tarrant County Hospital District clinics. The hospital district, which does business as JPS Health Network, reported surpluses of $39 million in the...

Press Briefing by Ari Fleischer James S. Brady Press Briefing Room      Audio President's ScheduleSenator Lott Reference BReference CReference DReference EReference FReference G Minority Vote/Bob Jones UniversityIndiaDeployments QuartetIraq/Inspections Reference BReference CReference DReference E White House Holiday PartyPresident's Holiday PlansStimulus Plan 12:50 P.M. EST MR. FLEISCHER: Good afternoon. Let me give you a report on the President's day, and then I have a statement by the President I'd like to read. The President began this morning with a phone call to the President-elect Roh Moo-Hyun of South Korea. The President called President-elect Roh to extend his warm congratulations on Mr. Roh's victory...