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Former First Lady Barbara Bush has been hospitalized in Houston, according to a local report.

"Today, I again seek to act for the good of our community," "It is increasingly clear that pressure is mounting on many of my supporters to shift their support. Consequently, I hereby release those individuals who have endorsed and supported my campaign to transfer their support as they see fit to do so. I am and have always been a proud Republican. It is my hope that with my actions today, my party will emerge stronger and our district and our nation can take an important step towards restoring the enduring strength and economic prosperity that has defined us for...

We have a three way Republican Primary in South Carolina’s First Congressional District. Henry Brown is an incumbent Congressman running for this fifth term. I really have no feelings toward Brown one way or the other. He isn’t one to show up in the media much. He received a rating of 96 from the American Conservative Union for 2007, not too shabby and he’s been involved in government for about 27 years, starting in the city council, moving up to state office and then Federal.He has two challengers in the primary. The first, Paul Norris, is the President of...

Laura Ingraham, calling in to the Curtis & Kuby show this morning, said she would begin four rounds of chemotherapy starting in late June.She said although the cancer had not spread to her lymph nodes, tests had shown that she has a genetic predisposition to having the cancer spread; hence her decision to go ahead with chemotherapy to make that less likely to happen.She also said this is a hormone-sensitive cancer (which she said was good news); but apparently she has decided to forgo hormone therapy (?) in favor of the chemo. (I'm not clear on this; someone please correct...

Laura Bush to focus on well-being of boys over next four years AFP Photo US First Lady Laura Bush will focus on boys' well-being and on international efforts to promote literacy among women during her second four years in the White House, the first lady revealed.There's a "stereotype that boys don't need the same nurturing that girls do, that boys can take care of themselves. And, of course, we all know that's not true," Laura Bush said Friday as Washington rushed to prepare for her President George W. Bush's inauguration six days hence.Laura Bush, who spent her husband's first term promoting...

Today Ann is busy -g- June 25 - ABC, The View June 25 - Sean Hannity Show June 25 - Fox News, Hannity and Colmes June 25 - Wednesday: Ann Coulter - Ann Coulter tells Joe why Americans aren’t buying the liberal message... and why her book’s challenging Hillary’s on the charts. Scarborough Country, 10 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON - There will be no anti-war protests inside the White House. That's the edict from First Lady Laura Bush, who has canceled a poetry festival scheduled there for Feb. 12, fearing it was going to turn into a massive anti-war rally in the Bush living room. "While Mrs. Bush respects the right of all Americans to express their opinions, she, too, has opinions and believes it would be inappropriate to turn a literary event into a political forum," said Noelia Rodriguez, spokeswoman for the First Lady. The symposium was to celebrate the work of poets Emily Dickinson, Langston Hughes...