READ OUR LIPS! "NO NEW TAXES" Gov. Timmy told during taxpoortation town hall meeting in Hampton More

WE TOLD YOU SO: LIGHT RAIL ALREADY $15 MILLION IN HOLE and it has barely broken ground to start construction. OOOOOPS! More

OOOOPSIE #2! AND THE WINNER IS? MONOPOLY, MISMANAGED GOVERNMENT! Bus garage to cost taxpayers $50.4 MILLION (How will that relieve traffic congestion?) More

SUFFOLK COUNCIL WASN'T IN DARK, X-assessor says: It knew taxes would jump. More

COST CUTTING WITH TEACHER RAISES; Portsmouth school super proposes lower teacher raises More

SILVER BULLET AWARD (ALMOST) to Peninsula store owner, who nailed three burglars at gunpoint, after sleeping in store with his gun, as Langley security forces broke in to steal More

BUSTED! SHE WASN'T UGLY ENOUGH? Local man, new girlfriend, hired 'thug(s)' to disfigure his X More

GREEN FRIENDLY BRIDGE proposed for Currituck's mid-county bridge More

POTTY POLICY PROTEST by Pender County parents More

FULL PRISONS HAVE FEW FIXES; Alternatives met with laughs More

CITIZEN JOURNALISTS, INCLUDING DURHAM MAN, defy China censorship, news blocks to post on Boxun.com More

TAKING THE MONEY AND RUNNING! Richmond Pd Chief takes Charlotte, NC job; gets $20,000 raise More

GOP IN FREE FALL? Party could lose 20 more seats in Congress in fall election as voter discontent with GOP's failed policies grows More

NOONAN: GOP IS BUSY DYING! Most party leaders in Washington are stupid – detached, played out, stuck in the wisdom they learned when they were coming up, in '78 or '82 or '94. More

HOUSE FAILS TO PASS WAR FUNDING MEASURE: Politicians play with troops lives; GOP votes "Present" to show they are unhappy with fact bill contains no GOP input - You can bet voters will return the favor in November More

STATE DEPARTMENT TO BEGIN ISSUANCE OF SECURITY VULNERABLE PASSPORT CARDS: Experts in the field say card too easy to overcome - that the electronic-passport card can be copied or altered easily by removing the photograph with solvent and replacing it with one from an unauthorized user More

USMC - BACK TO THE FUTURE: Marine Corps seeking return of its role as a sea going force - "We're not a second land army...We can always be used to complement the [Army's] mission on the ground, and we don't shy away from a fight, but our real traditional role of being a naval force is what we want to get back to" More

CONGRESS! THE ROOT OF ALL ECONOMIC TROUBLES? VETO PROOF FARM BILL GOES TO PRESIDENT, SENDS PORK TO THE FARMERS: $307B giveaway contains subsidies for everyone - but those paying the bill More

DUNCES: REPUBLICANS PROVE THEY HAVE LEARNED NOTHING, in their support of the farm bill - COMMENTARY More

OBAMA'S THE MAN! FLORIDA, MICHIGAN DELEGATES CANNOT SAVE CLINTON: Even if Dems decide to seat them vice disenfranchise them, Obama's growing lead cannot be overcome More

BUSH USES 'APPEASEMENT' SPEECH IN ISRAEL to slam Obama and others who would negotiate with “terrorists and radicals” to appeasers of the Nazis...." Democrats accused Mr. Bush of breaching protocol by playing partisan politics overseas More

IN ISRAEL, BUSH OUTLINES A BLUNT VISION FOR THE MIDDLE EAST: President speaks in visionary terms of Israel's future, saying that the core of the current regional conflict "was an ancient battle between good and evil" More

US WARNS TOURISTS OF BORDER WARS; Small-unit combat" at Mexican border More

FIXER, WIRE-TAPPER TO THE STARS CONVICTED OF 76 OF 77 FEDERAL CHARGES! jury of eight men and four women deliberated nine days before finding Mr. Pellicano, 64, guilty of 76 of the 77 counts against him, mostly in connection with his extensive wiretapping operation, which he used to dig up dirt on business enemies and former spouses of his powerful clients More

PENTAGON SCALES BACK AFRICOM OPERATIONS: Opposition in Africa means the new command's headquarters will more likely be in U.S. or Europe More

HEALTH! Vitamin D may help curb breast cancer, study More

FEDS PROBING COX, COMCAST for complaints they are interfering with Internet traffic More

INDIA-PAKISTAN TENSIONS RENEW OVER KASHMIR: Indian officials accuse Pakistan of violence in the disputed Himalayan border region More

CHINA BURIES QUAKE DEAD AS NEW AFTERSHOCK HITS: Grief turns to anger over shoddy schools' collapse More

CHINA APPEALING TO OUTSIDE EXPERTS for help in dealing with quake recovery problems More

INTERPOL PROBE PROVES CLAIMS THAT COMMIE CHAVEZ BACKING COMMIE REBELS IN COLOMBIA: Files in captured laptops deemed authentic More

ZIMBABWE'S RULERS USING FORCE TO WIN at the ballot box in presidential runoff election More

PAKISTAN REJECTS U.S. CALLS TO BLOCK TERRORIST RAIDS into Afghanistan, prompting a new level of frustration from Americans who see the infiltration as a crucial strategic priority in the war in Afghanistan More

IRAQI, U.S. FORCES MOUNT AL QAEDA HUNT IN MOSUL: Mosul, a key transport crossroads between Baghdad, Syria and other points, is considered the last major urban base of Al Qaeda in Iraq after the group lost strongholds in western Anbar province More

BIN LADEN PROMISES HOLY WAR WITH WEST "Until Palestine liberated" More

BURMA STORM AID FRUSTRATIONS GROW: No evidence of relief in delta, though Junta maintains initial relief phase complet; rebuilding beginning - Official toll now 43K dead, 28K missing More

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