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A burglar who wedged himself in a rooftop vent was later tased by police when he refused to follow orders this morning. James E. Washington, 49, is now behind bars at the Orange County Jail and facing charges of burglary of a structure and resisting an officer without violence. His bond is set at $3,600, jail records show. A witness told police he had seen Washington removing copper wiring from the side of a building in the 300 block of N. Orange Blossom Trail sometime around 2:13 a.m. When police arrived, they spotted Washington walking along the roof of the...

Since we don’t see a newspaper over here more than once every six weeks (hey, Stars & Stripes – what’s up with that, anyway?), I’m not even as minimally attuned as normal to what’s going on in the Land of Balmy Temperatures. However, I do get some inklings of what the buzz is from my li'l buddy, ry, who recently asked my thoughts on a subject he'd heard bruited about: “Why haven’t we gotten a better Iraqi Army for all the money we’ve spent?” Ummmmm -- huh? First, *we* didn’t get an Army -- Iraq did. Sure, we foot the...

HotAir interviews Duncan Hunter. He always makes more sense than the rest of the pack.

CPAC interview with Newt Gingrich By Michelle Malkin   ·   March 06, 2007 08:14 AM Here's our second Hot Air video report from CPAC-- VIDEO here -An interview with Newt Gingrich during his visit to bloggers' row. Topics covered: illegal and legal immigration, the Diversity Visa Lottery (he'd kill it), Visa Express and Saudi visas, the matricula consular card (he said he doesn't know about it), the war, and defeating Hillary Clinton. My biggest regret in the interview is that I didn’t immediately respond to Newt’s dissing of the Swift Boat Vets. If he thinks he can win conservative hearts and...

"Vent with Michelle Malkin" from 12/11/2006

In today's episode, Michelle focuses on the horrors Democrats have in store if they are elected.

OK, I've searched a lot online. Have you ever looked at the little pop-up flash games and poll ideas, I've just noticed how Liberal they are. I know that this sounds simple but how come there is a flash game of whack the mole showing up in the middle of nowhere with President Bush as the mole, how come I saw a little poll slider asking me the question on approval ratings and getting a new i-pod tune, and seeing President Bush and three monkeys, representing see no evil, hear no evil. How come there was a slot machine that...

Today's video essay with Michelle featuring Katie Couric’s listening tour; Hezbollah’s missiles, threats and history; and a comment on Salman RushdieThe Media and Israel's Survival

Stupid Global Warming Tricks

As commonly happens, I found this image looking for something else. If you go here, you can see a bigger version (FR won't let me crosslink directly to Wikipedia). The really interesting article (with accompanying high-resolution video links) is here or at the source link: Action, Camera... LightsNew deep-sea “light post” illuminates the ocean's perpetual night (WHOI/Oceanus) Note that the "Christmas Tree" is from the Lost City vent field in the Atlantic (Mid-ocean Ridge). The source link is to the Wikipedia article about "Lost City". The video is from a vent field on the Juan de Fuca Ridge off...

(CBS) For years, CBS News Correspondent Sandra Hughes reports, scientists have tried to understand the dynamic nature of Yellowstone National Park. "It's beautiful up here, everybody should see this at one time or another," says one appreciative observer. Scientist Lisa Morgan may have unlocked one piece in the puzzle, deep below the park's biggest lake. "It is kind of the last unmapped frontier in Yellowstone National Park," says Morgan. What she found looks more like the surface of the moon. Using sonar she's identified a massive bulging dome the size of seven football fields. The only other underwater dome in...

<p>CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- You have until Monday to vent your spleen or display your expletive skills for posterity.</p> <p>So far, more than 500 callers have dialed "Swearline" to record their diatribes in answer to a year-long appeal by Lucky Pierre, a five-artist Chicago collective.</p>