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Sarah Palin must wonder what happened to her political glamour.

APOPKA, Fla. -- A man attempted to commit suicide at the Shoot Straight gun range in Apopka on Thursday afternoon, Apopka police said. The man survived the self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. The man’s identity was not immediately released. In June, a man walked into the Casselberry Shoot Straight location and took his life, police said. Casselberry police said an Altamonte Springs man walked in and waited until there was only one other customer inside. Tommy McWilliams then sent his mother a goodbye text message and told her he loved her before shooting himself. (Video at link)

(NewsCore) - COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Minnesota congresswoman and 2012 presidential candidate Michele Bachmann left some listeners scratching their heads Thursday when she said during a radio show interview that the US was in danger of being eclipsed by the Soviet Union. Bachmann made the remark during an appearance on the Jay Sekulow radio show while campaigning in South Carolina. "It really is about jobs and the economy," Bachmann said when asked what was on the minds of American voters she met on the trail. "But what people recognize is that there's a fear that the United States is in an...

A day before House Democrats roll out their healthcare proposal, Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday dismissed as routine the snags that have caught up the Democrats' healthcare overhaul. "What you're calling snags, we call the legislative process," Pelosi (D-Calif.) said.

FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Federal agents conducting a sweep aimed at illegal immigrants detained 58 civilian workers Tuesday as they tried to enter Fort Bragg with suspected false or fraudulently obtained identification, officials said. Almost all of them were construction workers, officials said. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, U.S. marshals and FBI agents worked with the military on the sweep, which was conducted between 6 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. when most of the thousands of soldiers and civilian workers who live off the post enter the gates. "Today's operation was part of our ongoing force protection measures," said post...

It was a news flash from the Phil Angelides for Governor campaign. "United Farm Workers Endorses Phil Angelides for Governor," the e-mail was headlined. "We believe you will be a Governor who will strongly represent the interests of farm workers and all the people of California," UFW President Arturo Rodriguez wrote in a letter quoted by the Angelides campaign. "You have shown your firm commitment to the right of farm workers to improve their lives." That was huge news for the Angelides campaign, since the UFW and their founder, Cesar Chavez, are icons to the voters the state treasurer needs...

"WHY can’t a woman . . . be more like a man?” queried Rex Harrison in an early rap classic. (Hey, you kids think you invented talent-free celebrities?) I first saw My Fair Lady when I was 12 and just starting to get interested in what marketing types call the “features and benefits” of gender identity. No wonder I found this particular number a little scary. After all, by this point in the play, Higgins had already changed Eliza Doolittle’s voice, posture, manners, clothing, hairstyle and her habits of mind. There weren’t really that many bits still up for grabs....