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Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons died on Saturday after an illness, aged 82. The legendary empire builder and corporate raider was worth $10 billion at Forbes last reckoning, ranking 40 on the 2013 Forbes 400. He died at the Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas, having been in failing health for several months. Simmons, who built his fortune from nothing, was known to wear $3,000 sport coats to reflect his wealth, but underwear from Wal-Mart out of respect for his frugal upbringing. .... In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, he called Barack Obama “the most dangerous man in America”...

It’s no surprise that among the first questions White House Press Secretary Jay Carney received at today’s press briefing was one that concerned a recently-leaked Justice Department memo that offered justification for killing U.S. citizens abroad in predator drone attacks. Carney began by clarifying that the memo in question was an “unclassified document” prepared for members of Congress. “The president takes his responsibilities very seriously,” Carney said. “And first and foremost that’s his responsibility to protect the United States.” He continued by saying that the president is dedicated to

TULSA, Okla. - While discussing the threat of Iran today to a crowd of about 4,000 people at Oral Roberts University, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said that defeating Barack Obama was "in fact, a duty of national security." "Because the fact is, he is incapable of defending the United States," Gingrich said. Gingrich told the crowd, many of them young students, there was a real threat of an American city being wiped out. Gingrich said the Obama administration refuses to acknowledge radical Islamists. "All of you should be very deeply concerned about national security. Barack Obama is the most...

Obama's Policies "Not American" Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush tells Newsmax that the Obama administration is charting a "dangerous course" as it pushes for a dramatic expansion of government that "imperils our future." Bush predicted that a "tsunami" of opposition to Barack Obama's redistributive policies will sweep away Democratic candidates this November, and a popular "uprising" is under way that will shake the pillars of Washington. "We’re on a dangerous course in Washington for sure," he responded. "The downturn was real and still a lot of people are suffering from the financial meltdown and the loss of jobs.  It seems...