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Miss Kansas is not in Kansas anymore. And the Miss America pageant has never seen anyone like her. First off, Miss Kansas Theresa Vail is a sergeant in the U.S. Army, only the second contestant ever to be on active duty. ... Sgt. Vail is also an M16 marksman, a bow hunter, and a mechanic. Only recently did she add beauty queen to her resume, when she entered her first pageant just nine months ago on the advice of her commanding officer. When she was told she wouldn’t be able to use archery as her talent, she had to pick...

I’ve never been a big Shakespeare fan, but that may need to change. It seems the Bard of Avon may be the world’s first libertarian. Some of you are probably shaking your heads and saying that this is wrong, that Thomas Jefferson or Adam Smith are more deserving of this honor.Others would argue we should go back even earlier in time and give that title to John Locke.But based on some new research reported in Tax-news.com, Shakespeare preceded them all.Uncertainty over the likely future success of his plays led William Shakespeare to do “all he could to avoid taxes,” new...

<p>MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker plans to speak next week at a prominent think tank that denies the existence of man-made global warming.</p> <p>Walker is scheduled to appear Aug. 9 at the Chicago-based Heartland Institute. His keynote speech is part of a dinner celebrating Heartland's 28th anniversary.</p>

FORMER DIRECTOR’S CALENDAR RELEASED UNDER OPEN RECORDS LAW, BUT REQUEST FOR CURRENT DIRECTOR’S CALENDAR “DENIED IN ITS ENTIRETY” On July 23, 2011, The Post & Email mailed a request to Loretta Fuddy, Director of the Hawaii Department of Health, under the state’s open records, or UIPA, law. Our request was received by the Hawaii Department of Health on July 28, 2011 and responded to on August 3, 2011 as having been “denied in its entirety.” The reason for the denial given was “Director Fuddy’s personal calendar is not a government record within the scope of HRS §92F-3, See OIP Opinion...

Have to link over to CBS to get poll data. Will not transfer to FR. Bottom line = The "Tap Dance" has gotten very old and the bloom is off the rose. Obama seen as incompetent, shallow, ultra liberal, even among respondants afraid of being called the "R" word. Washington viewed as totally disconnected, especially Dems. It's now "Ok" to dislike Obama. Results = we CAN win big in November, both House and Senate, if we all work very hard for it. Libs will work hard. Will YOU work harder?

Anita Dunn, the outgoing White House communications director who started the White House "war" on Fox News for having a conservative bias, on Friday defended MSNBC from the criticism that it is equally biased toward liberal politics.

Ivy League Professor Caught with Videos That Show Him Having Sex with Children, Feds Say August 28, 2006 6:10 PMJack Date Reports: An Ivy League business school professor is in federal custody for allegedly having videos of himself engaging in sexual acts with children, ABC News has learned.Lawrence Scott Ward, 63, Professor Emeritus of Marketing at University of Pennsylvania's renowned Wharton School of Business, was caught with child pornography in his luggage and on his laptop computer after arriving at Dulles International Airport on a flight from Brazil, according to court documents.An affidavit in support of a criminal complaint...

A reputed Mexican drug lord who tops the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's Most Wanted List has been captured in an offshore operation in the Pacific Ocean, federal law enforcement sources said. The DEA lists rewards of $5 million each for the capture of Javier Arellano-Felix and his brother, Eduardo, who allegedly head the cartel that bears their name

A veteran CIA operations official who clashed with former agency Director Porter J. Goss was formally named the deputy CIA director yesterday, raising concerns among critics who say he will hamper reform at the agency. Stephen R. Kappes, who is well-liked among CIA rank and file but who is viewed as someone supporting the status quo at the embattled agency, began work yesterday in his new role, a CIA statement said.

When is the New York Times going to get around to uncovering an al-Qaida secret program? In the latest of a long list of formerly top-secret government anti-terrorism operations that have been revealed by the Times, last week the paper printed the details of a government program tracking terrorists' financial transactions that has already led to the capture of major terrorists and their handmaidens in the U.S. In response, the Bush administration is sounding very cross – and doing nothing. Bush wouldn't want to get the press mad at him! Yeah, let's keep the media on our good side like...

ATTENTION: Voters of New York. You should be demanding this. ===================================================== AFFIDAVIT OF SENATOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON To all of the voters of the state of New York, I affirm the following: 1. If I am re-elected to the Senate from New York for a second term, I will finish that term. 2. Any money contributed to my senatorial campaign will be kept in an escrow account and only used for the senatorial campaign. Any money left over from that campaign will be given to the State of New York to reduce its debt. 3. If I am re-elected and...

" Well, you Sons of Bitches, now you know how I feel!"                                       -General George S.Patton- You may not like what I'm going to say here, but the First Amendment is still in effect (at the time of the time of this writing) so I'm going to exercise my right to rant: Prepare to get your feathers ruffled!... If you are an uniformed Police Officer of any rank and do not fully, and honorably support the pre-existing God given rights enumerated in the 2nd Amendment, you are a disgrace to your Badge and your oath of office to protect...

Sun Nov 9, 4:12 PM ET Former Vice President Al Gore (news - web sites) gestures during a speech on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2003, in Washington. Gore denounced the White House and Justice Department (news - web sites) for perceived assaults on civil liberties during the war on terror. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

<p>WASHINGTON - Her publishing house isn't the only one hoping to cash in on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's memoirs.</p> <p>The Senate Republican election committee, led by Sen. George Allen, R-Va., would be pleased to see the former first lady's profile elevated in a way it can take to the bank - the fund-raising bank, that is.</p>