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It appears a drone controlled by a Chinese agent masquerading as a journalist has shown the last minutes of Dorner's life as he shot himself and was burned in the ensuing fire he set when teargas was lobbed into the cabin. Sources say agent Man Hi Pau Pau was able to observe first hand the final scene in the Dorner cabin standoff incident at Big Bear.

RUSH: Shelby Steele has a great, great piece in the Wall Street Journal today: "A Referendum on the Redeemer." This one sentence in this piece, I want you to listen to this. This is one of those things I wish that I, El Rushbo, could claim that I wrote: "Barack Obama put the Democrats in the position of forever redeeming a fallen nation rather than leading a great one." Bingo! That one sentence... Remember when I always say: "Brevity is the soul of wit." That one sentence encapsulates it: "Barack Obama put the Democrats in the position of forever redeeming...

ITHACA, NY--Somewhere, the late great Charles Schulz is rolling over in his grave. Schulz, the creator of the much-loved Peanuts comic strip (and a devout Christian), probably never envisioned a day when his characters would be appropriated for a “satirical story” about teenaged homosexuals. But that’s exactly what happens in the new play, “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead," which the Ithaca Journal describes as “a satirical story that ... features characters from the ‘Peanuts’ comic strip gang in their volatile teenage years” It all begins with CB, Charlie Brown, who contemplates the death of his loyal dog,...

"He (GOD) appointeth the number of THE STARS; He calleth them all by their names. GREAT IS OUR LORD, and of great power: His understanding is infinite" (Psalm 147:4-5). There Really Is A God After All! He is an AWESOME GOD who finds His galaxies a very small expression of His great Person. God is beyond and bigger than His finite universe. Yet GOD CAN HEAR your cry, your whisper, your silent thought. GOD CAN SEE so small a tear: GOD CAN TACKLE so big a problem. "Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear Him, upon...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Just before Valentine's Day, See's Candies has announced it is recalling 16-ounce bags of its Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips. The company said the candies may contain undeclared traces of milk. People with severe milk allergies are warned that eating the candies can result in serious or life-threatening allergic reactions. Concerned consumers who bought the product should return them to the shops where they were purchased for a full refund.

Blair sees peace plan 'within days' (Filed: 24/07/2006) Tony Blair predicted a peace plan for the Middle East was within sight as both Britain and America shifted diplomatic emphasis towards a near-term solution to the conflict in Lebanon. Israeli soldiers prepare to cross the border to Lebanon Mr Blair's comments, coming in a Downing Street press conference with Iraqi prime minister Nouri Maliki, step up the pressure on Israel's politicians and military who have said they may require weeks to achieve their objectives. "At some point in the next few days I hope we can say very clearly what our...

Blind since age 3, Ben Underwood skateboards, shoots hoops and plays video games. How does he do it? Just like bats and dolphins"I'm a normal kid," says Ben, who lost his sight at 3. (above, he inspects his prosthetic eyes.) Photo by: Theo RigbyThe Boy Who Sees with Sound There was the time a fifth grader thought it would be funny to punch the blind kid and run. So he snuck up on Ben Underwood and hit him in the face. That's when Ben started his clicking thing. "I chased him, clicking until I got to him, then I...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - American troops will probably be gone from Iraq by mid-2008 as the Iraqi forces they are training take over from them, Iraq's National Security Adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie said on Friday. He said he expected the roughly 133,000 U.S. troops to be cut to less than 100,000 by year's end and an "overwhelming majority" of them to have left by the end of 2007 under a U.S.-Iraqi plan for progressively handing over security. "We have a roadmap, a condition-based agreement where, by the end of this year, the number of coalition forces will probably be less than 100,000,"...

PHOENIX — Arizona is the busiest illegal crossing point along the U.S.-Mexico border, and because of that Republican candidates hoping to derail Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano’s re-election bid say they smell blood. ------

MOSUL, Iraq, Dec. 29, 2005 – Workers have completed the water network in Tal Afar, Iraq, an $85,000 project that improved the water supply of 115 homes, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials reported. The Corps of Engineers awarded the contract and oversaw work quality. "This project is unique, because the work was awarded to a state-owned contractor," said Bill Hood, senior construction manager, USACE Gulf Region North. "It was an opportunity to promote goodwill between the (local) director of water and the USACE by using a local contractor. The final outcome is we received a quality product at lower-than-normal...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - God sees embryos as "full and complete" humans, Pope Benedict said on Wednesday in an address that firmly underlined the Roman Catholic Church's stance against abortion and scientific research on embryos. "The loving eyes of God look on the human being, considered full and complete at its beginning," Benedict said in his weekly address to the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square. Quoting Psalm 139, Benedict said the Bible teaches that God already recognises the embryo as a complete human. That view is the basis for the Church teaching that aborting or manipulating these embryos amounts...

AMMAN, Jordan, Dec. 23, 2005 – "Bark Allah finkom," Army Lt. Gen. Martin E. Dempsey told a class of Iraqi special police during a break in training at a special operations academy near here. "God be with you," the general said. Dempsey, commander of Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq -- the organization responsible for training Iraqi security forces -- and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld got a demonstration of the type of training Iraqi special operations forces receive here. Jordan hosts the training for Iraqi special operations forces. A total of 98 Iraqi personnel are going through training at the...

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq (Nov. 8, 2005) -- While deployed to Iraq, many Marines of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, will unfortunately miss important family events that happen only once a year or perhaps once in a lifetime. But one Marine, Lance Cpl. Matthew J. Hutchison, a combat cameraman with the battalion, was fortunate enough to see one of the most important events in his life, his first child being born, via video transmitted across the World Wide Web. He received some help from the hospital and fellow deployed Marines, allowing him to see the birth shortly after the actual event....

Supreme court justices give their okie dokie to commercial land developers to sieze their homes and property and turn them into sprawling malls and bus stops.

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea on Saturday called President Bush a "hooligan" and said it expected no solution of the standoff over its nuclear program during his administration. The comments by North Korea's Foreign Ministry spokesman followed a White House news conference Thursday in which Bush described North Korean leader Kim Jong Il as a "tyrant" and a "dangerous person." "Bush is a hooligan bereft of any personality as a human being ... and a Philistine whom we can never deal with," the ministry spokesman said Saturday, according to the North's official Korean Central News Agency. North Korea "does...

Mexican Leftist Sees 'Dignified' Jail Time 15 minutes ago By Catherine Bremer MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's presidential favorite, facing time behind bars in a legal wrangle that has split Mexico, said on Tuesday jail would be a "dignified" place for him to campaign for 2006 elections. As political allies began a hunger strike, leftist Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said a vote by Congress to force him to face trial in a minor land dispute was a blow to Mexico's fledgling democracy. "All this farce was for that, because the president's office doesn't want me to participate....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton (news - web sites) encouraged Democrats on Thursday to rally around the party's leaders and said doomsayers who predict the party's demise needed to "get a life and look at history." Clinton told Democratic activists gathered in Washington for a two-day meeting, which concludes on Saturday with the expected election of former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (news - web sites) as party chairman, that "better tactics" and a clearer vision would foster a swing in the political pendulum and a Democratic revival. "We need to stop saying that in order to win the...

US Military Sees Its Tsunami Work Winding Down Sat Jan 15, 5:10 PM ET By Karima Anjani and Jerry Norton BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - The U.S. military, a leading force behind relief efforts in tsunami-hit nations, said on Saturday it expected to end major work in Thailand and Sri Lanka within two weeks but to stay longer in Indonesia. More shopping markets reopened, fishermen received new boats and even the sea was given a clean-up as people in the Indian Ocean region set about repairing the damage from the Dec. 26 tsunami and restoring normal life. U.S. Deputy Defense...

Kerry sees red at orange tan jokes 30/09/2004 - 18:29:24 As George Bush and John Kerry go head-to-head in what is considered the most crucial presidential election in generations, America has turned to another issue – the colour of Senator Kerry’s face. So-called “attack dogs” who pledge their allegiance to Republican Mr Bush posted pictures on the internet this week of an “orange” looking Mr Kerry. Newspapers picked up the story and even Lynne Cheney, the wife of vice-president Dick Cheney, has commented on the shade of the Democratic challenger’s tan. The implication that Mr Kerry has given himself a...

ST. BERNARD, La. (Reuters) - The Mississippi River Gulf Outlet is a long way from the Mekong Delta, but it brought back memories for Democratic presidential hopeful and Vietnam War veteran John Kerry (news - web sites) on Wednesday. Standing at the bow of a 25-foot power craft called "Fishing Magician" inspecting coastal erosion in southern Louisiana reminded Kerry of his days as commander of a Navy "swift" boat 35 years ago. "I looked out at the shoreline and I commented that parts of it looked a lot like the rivers and coastline that I went through in Vietnam," the...