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The biopic “Reagan,” starring Dennis Quaid as the nation’s 40th president, is set for release Tuesday on DVD and Blu-ray. Rob Bluey, president and executive editor of The Daily Signal, interviewed “Reagan” producer Mark Joseph over email to mark the occasion. Rob Bluey: “Reagan” exceeded box office expectations, earning over $30 million after its Aug. 30 opening. What do you think resonated so strongly with moviegoers? Mark Joseph: It’s very similar to political polling. Our core audience is difficult to poll because they’re not typical moviegoers. So we doubled official predictions by industry experts for that first weekend. We’re gratified...

A driver was struck and killed while getting out of his car to cross a Rhode Island highway where people were seen scrambling to pick up loose cash, according to reports. Kevin Elliot McCourt stopped his car on I-95 in Providence around 5:40 a.m. Wednesday and had already walked across the southbound lanes when he was fatally struck by a Volkswagen SUV on the northbound side, WJAR reported. The deadly accident came as civilians and cops were filmed chasing down dollar bills that were flying around on the same highway, NBC News said. However, police have not yet confirmed if...

The IDF on Tuesday afternoon started a third round of air strikes on Hezbollah, in both the Bekaa Valley in southern Lebanon, noting that cumulatively it has struck 200 additional targets since the morning, adding up to 1,500 targets since Monday morning. Further, the IDf said that it has dropped over 2,000 munitions on these "targets" with sometimes one target representing multiple terror assets, rockets, or rocket launchers. Moreover, the IDF issued two rounds of public evacuation warnings to Lebanese civilians to leave village areas where Hezbollah has hidden weapons or continues to operate.

A​ tornado warning was not issued for a twister that struck Livonia, Michigan, Wednesday afternoon, killing a toddler and downing trees. I​t was a rare instance of a tornado in progress that wasn't alerted by the National Weather Service, so what happened? Let's take a closer look at the weather factors that prevented this tornado from being warned. -​ First of all, it's important to note that both the tornado that struck Livonia and a twister that hit Frazeysburg, Ohio, after midnight occurred in "marginal" environments for severe weather. NOAA's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) had level 1 risks (the lowest...

During a portion of an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris that is set to air on Monday’s edition of “Laura Coates Live,” CNN host Laura Coates told Harris that she was “struck, just in your presence” and watched her on stage “with your passion that you are displaying and talking about so many issues. And yet, you hear candidates suggesting that a vote for President Biden, because of his age, is somehow a vote for you, and that is hurled as an insult.”

CDCs greatest hits including: Hells Bells Palsy You shook me all night long Quarantine for just 2 weeks. CDC will tell you lies Pfizer struck He was the chief of medicine (Fauci), it was a rushed vaccine He was the worst damn man that I ever seen He had those black eyes, telling nothing but lies Shocked me when I found out about his Pfizer ties He pretended to care Had me fighting for air He told me to mask up but I was already there Cause the arms start shaking Was the earth quaking? My shoulder was aching And...

Two people were fatally struck by trains in the city Friday morning — a woman at Penn Station and a man in Queens, cops said. More recently, a witness reported to cops that a woman jumped in front of an oncoming northbound 1 train at 34th Street–Penn Station around 9:20 a.m., cops said. The 40-year-old woman was pronounced dead on scene, police said. The MTA initially tweeted that northbound ‌1‌, ‌2‌ and ‌3‌ trains were rerouted and delayed following the incident. Later, the agency said regular service was beginning to resume, but to expect longer delays in both directions.

Arab news sources reported at week's end that an unidentified jet believed to be Israeli destroyed warehouses in southern Libya that held weapons bought by Iran for Hamas. According to the reports in Al Watan and other news outlets, the warehouses were completely destroyed. The weapons that were inside them had allegedly been purchased by Iran, by means of weapons dealers in Sudan and Chad, and were supposed to be smuggled to Hamas through Egypt, by means of the smuggling tunnels between Sinai ands Gaza.

(01-09) 14:08 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- A bicyclist who was struck by a tow truck in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood was traveling in the wrong direction on a one-way street, police said Thursday. The bicyclist, a 31-year-old woman who has not been identified, was hit at Seventh and Folsom streets at about 5 p.m. Wednesday. She had been riding west on Folsom, which runs one way in the opposite direction, said Officer Albie Esparza, a police spokesman.

The lack of information damaging to Israel in the cables released by WikiLeaks has provided fodder for conspiracy theorists. PARIS - It was only a matter of time before conspiracy theorists came out of the woodwork to suggest that Israel is behind the publication of the WikiLeaks trove - and is manipulating the information coming out to help Israeli interests. "Where is the real dirt on Israel?" these conspiracy theorists - messaging back and forth in the blogosphere - are asking one another. "The answer appears to be a secret deal struck between WikiLeaks' ... Assange ... with Israeli officials,...

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An attorney who already faces charges of attempting to steal the identity of her former law partner's husband was charged yesterday with a felony tax fraud count. The lawyer, Bonnie Strunk, entered a not guilty plea through her attorney, Christine Cook. Ms. Strunk was allowed to remain free on her own recognizance by Supreme Court Justice John Brunetti in Onondaga County. Ms. Strunk, 61, faces a third-degree count of tax fraud for allegedly failing to file a personal income tax return for 2008, with a tax liability of $11,777. She also faces grand larceny and identity theft charges for allegedly...

YUMA, Ariz. - A Border Patrol agent trying to stop a vehicle that had illegally entered the U.S. was struck and killed Saturday in southeastern California, agency officials said. The agent was killed about 20 miles west of Yuma in the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area, a spot along the border that is popular with off-road vehicle enthusiasts and frequently used by smugglers. The agent attempted to impede the vehicle's progress before he was hit, but the Border Patrol did not immediately have more information, said agent Eric Anderson, a spokesman for the agency's Yuma sector. The name of the...

WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of senators reached agreement with the White House Thursday on an immigration overhaul to grant quick legal status to millions of illegal immigrants already in the U.S. and fortify the border against new ones. One of the key negotiators, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., said he expects President Bush to endorse it. The deal came after weeks of painstaking closed-door negotiations that brought the most liberal Democrats and the most conservative Republicans together with Bush's Cabinet officers to produce a highly complex measure that carries heavy political consequences. It set the stage for what promises...

ALPINE – A man was struck and killed Thursday night as he tried to run across the freeway after being stopped by Border Patrol agents for suspicion of alien smuggling, authorities said. The 32-year-old victim died at the scene. The county Medical Examiner's office said it would release the man's name after his relatives are notified. The California Highway Patrol said the man was driving a Chevy Astro van west on Interstate 8 west of Tavern Road when a Border Patrol agent pulled him over around 10:24 p.m. As the agent was getting out of his car, he saw passengers...

That's the assessment of Jim Gilchrist on why his controversial Minuteman Project continues to make headlines across the country. Gilchrist was in town today to speak to the Sacramento Press Club, and partly to hawk his new book on the volunteer citizens border patrol group launched almost two years ago. He announced a new effort to draw attention to the issue of illegal immigration, and he didn't pull any punches about his feelings on just about every elected official. On September 11, the 5th anniversary of the NYC and DC terrorist attacks, Gilchrist plans to travel to Laredo, TX to...

WASHINGTON, July 11, 2006 – Global terrorists started their war against the United States long before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Vice President Richard B. Cheney told a gathering of Michigan National Guardsmen yesterday. Vice President Richard B. Cheney pins the Purple Heart Medal onto Air Force Master Sgt. Henry G. Christle Jr., July 10 during a rally for the Michigan National Guard at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. Christle was wounded in action on March 23, 2004, while serving as a special operations weather team forecaster and observer Special Operations Task Force 180 in Afghanistan. White House...

Soldiers Respond When Leader Struck Down Two soldiers proved their mettle following a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device blast that killed three and left six soldiers critically wounded. By U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brent Williams 4th Brigade Combat Team 4th Infantry Division BAGHDAD, June 9, 2006 — As small-arms fire could be heard nearby the burning vehicle, U.S. Army Spc. Izzy Flores, combat medic, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, said he thought to himself, “Please don’t shoot me now; I’ve got to finish this.”The explosion of the vehicle-borne improvised-explosive device sent a wave...

CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan (March 16, 2006) -- As Bert Corn, the director of the Personal Services Center on Camp Foster, headed to work the morning of Jan. 5, he witnessed a Department of Defense Dependants Schools high-school student struck by a vehicle near Route 23 outside of Kadena Air Base. Carlos Saldana, training chief for Marine Corps Community Services, witnessed the accident from his car and saw the girl being knocked about 30 yards toward the middle of the road by a distracted driver in a black van. Saldana saw the event unfold from his vehicle. By the time...

Crude oil prices struck a record high of $70.85 in New York trading on August 30. If you believed all the hype surrounding the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina – e.g., it was Bush’s fault and the economy will be in ruins – well, you may just have been a victim of the TV talking heads’ hysteria, and that of the New York Times, LA Times, etc., etc. A few days after Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, the news networks kept showing the “startling” image of a gas station sign advertising $5.87/gallon – I believe it was in Atlanta. Of course,...