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I always rely on the host country of the places I go to provide me with free soap and toothbrushes, don't you? Not even many lower-end hotels these days provide these things. But nothing's too good for illegal border crossers. And guess what? These migrants do have money to buy these toiletries for their extended visa-free stays here in the states, at least a lot of them and quite possibly all of them. The Washington Examiner reports they are cleaning out the Western Unions in Texas based on their huge withdrawals: SAN ANTONIO, Texas — People assisting the thousands of...

Before Michel Moore was promoted to become the Los Angeles Police Department’s new chief in June, he took a brief, highly unusual retirement. He left as chief of operations for only a few weeks before rejoining the force in the same job at the same pay. But the move provided him with a financial windfall: a lump sum retirement payment of $1.27 million from the city.

Actor Wayne Rogers died on Thursday from complications from pneumonia, his rep exclusively tells ET. He was 82 years old. Rogers, who hailed from Alabama, is best known for playing the role of Captain "Trapper" John McIntyre in the classic television series M*A*S*H from 1972-1975. He also had recurring roles in City of Angels, House Calls, and Murder, She Wrote.

Priceless indeed. Who knew that liberal Fox News analyst Juan Williams considered himself a libertarian? Twitchy: Juan Williams calls himself a libertarian; Hilarity ensues

Terry Keenan has left Fox News Channel "on her own terms," reports Johnny Dollar. Keenan hosted the weekend program "Cashin' In" and was senior business correspondent for FNC and FBN. Keenan joined FOX in 2002 from the now-shuttered CNNfn where she'd been since 1998. Before that Keenan spent three years at CNBC. Keenan got in to the TV business joining CNN in 1986.

Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp., has been promising a Fox News business cable channel for more than a year, hoping to surpass General Electric Co.'s CNBC in the ratings the way Fox News Channel has eclipsed CNN.... Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal, is a co-owner with NBC of CNBC's television operations in Asia and Europe. Dow Jones also provides news content to CNBC in the U.S. The Saturday morning lineup of business shows on Fox News Channel -- "Bulls and Bears," "Cavuto on Business," "Forbes on Fox" and "Cashin' In" -- already draws higher...