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Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro was planning to celebrate a victory in the state with a new law allowing the sale of ready-to-drink cocktails... The 51-year-old showed up at a Rutter's convenience store in central Pennsylvania to buy liquor after recently signing a new law expanding the sale of canned cocktails... A local reporter in attendance observed him make his selection, Surfside Lemonade & Vodka, which is from the state. Shapiro reportedly picked up several cases and claimed they'd be on him. But it was not meant to be after he realized he did not have the proper identification to make...

A website's been established to track the presidential candidates' positions on immigration issues. ``Numbers USA" is a non-partisan, anti-illegal immigration group which breaks down each candidate's stance on 16 immigration issues. ``We look at workplace enforcement, we look at the fence, we look at helping local governments to help enforce the law, we look at chain migration," said founder Ron Beck. He listed the Republicans, from toughest on illegal immigration to the weakest. ``It's pretty much (Tom) Tancredo, (Duncan) Hunter, (Fred) Thompson, then Ron Paul, (Mike) Huckabee, (Mitt) Romney, then much lower (Rudy) Giuliani and way down at the bottom...

Every Democrat running for President wants to raise taxes on "the rich," but they will have to do something miraculous to outtax President Bush. Based on the latest available tax data, no Administration in modern history has done more to pry tax revenue from the wealthy. Last week the Congressional Budget Office joined the IRS in releasing tax numbers for 2005, and part of the news is that the richest 1% paid about 39% of all income taxes that year. The richest 5% paid a tad less than 60%, and the richest 10% paid 70%. These tax shares are all...

Her name is maybe Nancy, Susan, or Ann, and she lives in a modest home in Virginia. Appointed to her post by President Bill Clinton, it was a “thank you” for her work on his campaign, a customary tactic of all Presidents. The only problem is her job. It is at the CIA Headquarters at Langley, Virginia, and she actually decides what some independent contractors and Agency operatives will do overseas to gather intelligence or conduct direct action missions. Most of these men are former Special Forces officers and NCO’s, a few former Navy SEALs, and a couple ex-Marines. This...