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Troopers are offering free rides to a small variety of rooms to those who make poor decisions of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol this entire Fourth of July Weekend. These rooms are ready at the Gray Bar Hotel chain in all 102 counties across the state of Illinois. Each room is typically 6x9 and features stark white or gray cinderblock walls. The rooms are highlighted by a fashionable see-through door. Each room has a comfortable bed or floor, a freshly pressed wool blanket (most likely dry cleaned after the previous guest) and your own toilet and sink....

One would think that "standing up for a stronger, more secure nation" would also include protecting our borders against the massive onslaught of illegal aliens and tons of illegal drugs entering with near impunity. Unfortunately, that is not the case at all. The federal government talks of terrorism. Well, when American citizens are not able to walk the streets of major cities because gangs of illegal aliens, not police, control those streets, we class that as terrorism. That came about, of course, because of the negligence of the central government. Our country's borders have major holes through which thousands of...

Published reports says key witnesses in her alledged insider trading case are re-interviewed.A published report Tuesday said federal investigators are again turning up the pressure on the possible insider trading case involving lifestyle diva Martha Stewart.The New York Daily News reported two sources familiar with the probe as saying several key witnesses have been asked to re-answer questions in recent days by investigators in Manhattan United States Attorney James Comey's office.That indicates that Comey is preparing to make up his mind whether he will file criminal charges against Ms. Stewart, sources told the paper.