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Politically, are labor unions finished? It appears that might be the case. Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker once again humiliated organized labor with his comfortable re-election last Tuesday. While polls showed a close race, Walker beat his Democratic opponent, Mary Burke, by a 6-point margin 52/46. Labor unions had put Walker in the cross hairs ever since his 2010 gubernatorial victory, failed to oust him in the 2012 recall (Walker received more votes in this election than in the 2010 race), and came up short again in this contest. Walker is now a definite 2016 contender, with a reputation...

Gene Robinson of Wimberly, Texas, is a licensed pilot and also flies radio-controlled model airplanes—not an unusual combination. About a decade ago, he realized that a model aircraft outfitted to take aerial photos could be enormously useful in locating people who have gone missing—perhaps because they’ve been abducted or maybe just because they are very young and have wandered off into the woods alone. His efforts have paid valuable dividends over the years—helping find the remains of nearly a dozen people. But since late February his search-and-rescue model airplanes have been grounded: That’s when the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration notified...

A retired Marine with nearly two decades of aviation experience has stepped forward with a compelling theory about a mysterious plane that was spotted flying over Texas last month. On March 10, photographers Steve Douglass and Dean Muskett took pictures of three puzzling aircraft flying over Amarillo, and posted them online in hopes of identifying the planes. Retired-Marine James Vineyard has submitted one of the more interesting explanations, telling the Houston Chronicle he believes they are SR-72 Blackbirds - a spy plane that can cross the U.S. in less than an hour, unmanned.

An exclusive sneak preview of "2016: Obama's America" highlights some of the economic and political philosophies of President Obama's father.

VIDEO - THE ENIGMA, PART 1: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS, Firewall, by Bill Whittle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVgRRbDuZvY

As the sands of the hour glass fall, some may feel they're lost. Anxieties increase when a strong foundation is not around to guide or back one's own thoughts on many matters that confront you in your daily lives...

<p>We hope 100 men and women in Washington got a good sleep last night because they aren't likely to catch a lot of ZZZs tonight or tomorrow. They'll be participants in the Senate GOP's plan to stage a 30-hour talkathon on the Democrats' unprecedented filibuster of President Bush's judicial nominees.</p>

FRN Columnists' Corner "FAVORS FOR SALE OR RENT" By Joe Klock, Sr.As regular readers of this column (certifiable masochists in the view of some) know, I have long been bathroom-sick of the way our government at all levels is run by self-serving politicians, special interests and the lobbyists/influence mongers who operate the whorehouses of power. I refer not exclusively to any political party, nor only to those currently running the show. There is more than enough sleaze to taint every partisan banner, and those drooling hungrily outside the gates of control offer little promise of improvement. I exclude only those...