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Outside the Convention Center, the real U.S. Army has stationed a real OH-58 helicopter. Every few hours, real Special Forces teams perform mock urban assaults. The mission: encourage today's youth to play the Army's new computer game called Overmatch, in which our troops use their superior "training and technology to defeat a vast enemy force" in a desert town that bares a striking resemblance to downtown Fallujah. It is a recruitment tool.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) received $178,437 in deferred pay last year from Halliburton, the Texas oil-field services company he once headed that has received billion-dollar government contracts in Iraq (news - web sites). Reuters Photo The White House on Tuesday released the 2003 income tax returns for both Cheney and his wife, Lynne, and President Bush (news - web sites) and his wife, Laura. Cheney's office said the income from Halliburton -- which was close to his salary as vice president -- was in no way linked to the financial health of the...

#1. DON'T QUESTION THE RULES! Anyone who questions the rules is close-minded and intolerant. #2. Constantly tell other people how intelligent you are and how independent your thought it. If they don't believe you, see rule #3. #3. Call anyone who disagrees with you a sheeple. Sometimes, when you are out demonstrating your independent though, some jerk will question your logic. Don't let them get away with that crap. Tell them that they're just a sheeple. And a nazi. Call them a nazi. #4. Repeat what other depended thinkers say. They can be from the entertainment industry, the media, a...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - An appeals court Tuesday ordered prosecutors to surrender Rush Limbaugh's medical records to a circuit court and keep them sealed until the appeal is further reviewed. The 4th District Court of Appeal also ruled that the American Civil Liberties Union can join the conservative radio commentator in fighting to keep the records private.Click here for the rest of the article...

<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A public interest group had a holiday warning and a new word Monday for parents of video game users: Beware of "killographic," defined as the "graphic depiction of brutal violence."</p> <p>The National Institute on Media and the Family, an independent, nonprofit group, said "killographic" scenes are featured in a number of video games within reach of children.</p>