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THE FINAL INSULT–The New York Times features a photo of Hillary Clinton being welcomed to an early voting site in Pompano Beach, Florida on Sunday… Surrounded by screaming TRUMP supporters! You know the wheels are falling off your crooked campaign when the far left NY Times publishes this—How did this ever get on the front page? For the record the Florida protesters were shouting, “Lock her up!” when Hillary arrived. Pompano Beach – Clinton ran into some Trump supporters at an early voting site. pic.twitter.com/Lzbz1Pga1g — Roberta Rampton (@robertarampton) October 30, 2016 NYTimes front page shows Hillary being welcomed by...

Red-heads welcomed at ginger festival By Bonnie Malkin and agencies Last Updated: 2:15am BST 10/08/2007 They are a frequent target for comedians and playground bullies, but red-heads have finally been offered some consolation. Model Lily Cole would get free entry to the event The National Botanic Garden of Wales has offered red-heads free entry to a festival celebrating the ginger plant. Organisers claims the event on August 26 will be the country's first ever "Ginger Family Festival". The day will celebrate the opening of the new Tropical House at the tourist attraction in Carmarthenshire, west Wales, which features many exotic...

The Royal Australian Navy Anzac Class Frigate HMAS Toowoomba arrived home today, following a six-month deployment to the Northern Persian Gulf. Her ship’s company of 183 men and women were greeted by the Minister Assisting the Minister of Defence, Mr Bruce Billson, the Commander Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral Dayvd Thomas AM CSC, RAN, and family and friends. Toowoomba was stationed in the Northern Persian Gulf as part of Operation Catalyst, Australia’s commitment to the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Iraq, from January to July of this year. “I would like to pay tribute to the crew of Toowoomba for their professional...

FORT HUACHUCA — Saying the Army appreciates its soldiers who are called upon to deploy into some of the world’s hot spots, Maj. Gen. Barbara Fast on Friday officially welcomed home 16 fort soldiers who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Although the spotlight is usually directed on to units leaving and returning, the 16 are part of individuals and small teams that were called to deploy. Some were gone for a few months and others up to a year or more. Fast established a quarterly welcome home ceremony to show the returning GIs, and in some cases civilians, they...

/20/2006 - WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFPN) -- After supporting the global war on terror for three years, Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle No. 3 (UAV-3) received its official homecoming Feb. 20 when its wheels touched down at 11:30 a.m. Pacific Time at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. During its overseas deployment, UAV-3 logged more than 4,800 flight hours supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and the Combined Task Force --Horn of Africa. On hand at the homecoming event were Maj. Gen. Curtis Bedke, commander, Air Force Flight Test Center; Randy Brown, director, Global Hawk Systems Group; Gary...

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va., Aug. 29, 2005 – USS Saipan, USS Nashville and USS Nicholas returned to Naval Station Norfolk Aug. 25 from a three-month “surge” deployment. The ships surged May 25 under the Navy’s Fleet Response Plan. The Navy developed FRP to find new ways of operating, training, manning and maintaining the fleet so as to improve combat power and readiness, particularly in the ongoing battle against terrorism. Unlike most ships, these three deployed with less than two months to prepare, but the sailors on board understood why, said Vice Adm. Mark Fitzgerald, Commander U.S. 2nd Fleet, at the...

BOSTON - Howard Dean (news - web sites) isn't running for president anymore, but you'd never know it from the reception he got Sunday night. Speaking to a crowd of young voters at a party sponsored by Rock the Vote and Democratic Gain, Dean was welcomed like a rock star. He could barely get through the crowd. Once he reached the stage, with his shirt sleeves characteristically rolled up above the elbows, he was greeted with chants of "Dean, Dean, Dean" echoing back to his rallies this past winter, when the former Vermont governor was running for the Democratic nomination....

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arnold Schwarzenegger won top billing in U.S. newspaper editorials on Friday that greeted The Terminator's sensational candidacy for California governor as anything from "surprisingly mindless" to "just the man." Reuters Photo "Muscle Beach Politics," "Conan the Contender," were among the predictable, but irresistible, headlines his candidacy provoked. Others included: "Total Recall," "The Running Man" and "Well, won't this be fun, fellow Americans?" Republican Schwarzenegger, a muscle-bound action hero best known for his role in "The Terminator" movies, began filing papers on Thursday as a candidate in California's Oct. 7 vote to recall Democratic Gov. Gray Davis (news...