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There is a rally in support of police taking place now in St Louis and it is being streamed live. If you miss the live stream, you may click on the VIDEOS area and view the recording of the event. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nothiefsallowed

...You can hear it in Limbaugh’s voice and see it in his face. He badly wants to throw the full weight of conservatism behind that candidate. He so desperately wants to that his teeth probably hurt. He’s waiting, waiting for someone to take the lead. Get noticed. He’s waiting for someone to give him the go ahead to cream the opposition. You can hear the excitement in Rush’s voice when he talks about the South Carolina primary. It’s “The Passion.” The passion of conservatism emerging when he talks about that primary. Why, you ask? Because, for the first time since...

REP. STEVE KING: I’m Congressman Steve King. I want to thank Tom Tancredo for putting his head and his heart and his soul into this presidential race. He’s advanced the immigration issue with border security and the rule of law tremendously, and that’s to his great credit. He and I disagree on who will carry that ball from now on. I’ve put my head and my heart and my efforts behind Fred Thompson because he is the one who will define what amnesty is not what amnesty isn’t. Fred Thompson will stand up for the rule of law. I don’t...

It is time -- actually long past time -- to summarize the returns from the Pollster.com "Disclosure Project." Back in September I declared my intent to request disclosure of key methodological details from pollsters doing surveys in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and the nation as a whole. I sent off the first batch of requests to the Iowa pollsters, and then began a long slog, delayed both by other activity and, frankly, by a surprising degree of resistance from far too many pollsters. The result is that now, nearly three months later, I can report results from Iowa only....

At a news conference that just wrapped up, Fred Thompson was asked what he thought of Mike Huckabee drawing a blank when asked about recent reports about the National Intelligence Estimate re: Iran. "Not only is Iran the major long-term threat to our country, the nuclear program is the most important part of the Iran consideration. For a presidential candidate not to know that and not to keep up with that is very suprising," said Thompson. "These are the kinds of things I've been talking about all of my life. Now, if the American people have other priorities, if they...

Fred will be on Fox News’ The Big Story today. John Gibson and Heather Nauert will get a helping of Fred’s conservative principles and ideas. Fred’s scheduled to appear at 5:20 p.m. ET, but check local listings.

Wisconsin Right to Life PAC becomes the latest pro-life group to endorse Fred for President. Director of the group Susan Armacost has this to say: The Wisconsin Right to Life PAC is proud to endorse Fred Thompson. Fred Thompson’s stellar 100% right to life voting record and his personal commitment to the protection of human life is deeply appreciated by our organization. We strongly believe in his ability to win the presidential election.

The upcoming Republican Party of Iowa Presidential Debate, scheduled to be televised on FOX News Channel on December 4, 2007, has been cancelled due to candidate scheduling conflicts. RPI is disappointed that Iowans will not have the same opportunity that Republicans in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida had earlier this year with their nationally televised debates. A debate in Iowa leading up to January 3, 2008, would have displayed Iowa's unique caucus system, and possibly garnered more viewers and attention than any other debate given its proximity to the caucuses. Republican Party of Iowa Executive Director Chuck Laudner said,...

Magnitude 7.0 - HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION 2004 November 28 18:32:14 UTC Local Time Monday, November 29, 2004 at 3:32:14 AM 50 km (30 miles) ENE of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan 225 km (140 miles) ESE of Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan 945 km (580 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan 7110 km (4420 miles) NE of MOSCOW, Russia

A team of Korean researchers claimed Thursday they had performed a miracle by enabling a patient, who could not even stand up for the last 19 years, to walk with stem cell therapy. During a press conference, the scientists said they had last month transplanted multi-potent stem cells from umbilical cord blood to the 37-year-old female patient suffering from a spinal cord injury and she can now walk on her own. The team was co-headed by Chosun University professor Song Chang-hun, Seoul National University professor Kang Kyung-sun and Han Hoon, Ph.D, from the Seoul Cord Blood Bank (SCB). ``The stem...

There is a lot of doom and gloom settling in on the threads today. As we head to the finish line in the 2004 election, many of us are feeling the strain and a lot of worry. You'd have to be an ostrich not to see what's gone on in past elections and we all know that the Left will pull out all the stops this time in an effort to regain the White House. However, the thing you should know is that the Democrat machine is having to work harder than ever this year against an extremely effective GOP...

Fox News reports a truck carrying explosives has crashed into a gas station near Spanaway, Washington after being involved in an auto accident. The driver of the pickup then told police there are explosives in the truck. Bomb experts have been called to the scene.

Christmas Message from President George W. Bush As families across the nation gather to celebrate Christmas, Laura and I want to extend our best wishes for the holidays. We hope that this Christmas will be a time of happiness in your home, and a time of peace in the world. In this season, we celebrate with our families and deeply miss love ones who are no longer with us. Thousands of families in our nation are still grieving over the terrible losses that came to them last year on September the 11th. We have not forgotten their loss and we...

On Sunday, sources close to Sharon said that Netanyahu's offer to take over as foreign minister in a narrow, Sharon-led government, was nothing more than "political trickery." At a one-and-a-half-hour meeting Sunday, former prime minister Netanyahu told Sharon that he agrees in principle to serve as foreign minister, but made his return conditional on, among other things, Sharon calling early elections. "Almost all of then proposals raised by Benjamin Netanyahu require departure from the principles that Prime Minister Sharon set out for the continuation of a narrow government, and this the prime minister will find difficult to digest," Israel Radio...