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Fox refuses to pay indecency fines, calling them arbitrary, capricious and unconstitutional. The DOJ is suing Fox, meaning this will get tested in court. Good for Fox.

US kills Mehdi Army forces launching mortars and rockets into Green Zone. Iraqi security forces free 42 captured students near Mosul.

Police have taken 183 people in raid on Warren Jeff's ranch in Texas.

Some superdelegates are more super than the rest. A few superdelegates have the power to name other superdelegates, and therefore control their votes.

Hillary Clinton desperately calls to seat Michigan and Florida delegates. She doesn't care that this is a clear contradiction of her initial position that those delegates wouldn't be seated. She doesn't care that this once again exposes her as nothing more but a political opportunist in politics for personal power. She has nothing to lose.

Clinton adviser quits over Columbia trade issue.

Dick Morris explains that the Clinton's tax records show Bill brought in millions from shady foreign deals, Burkle and from InfoUSA which is under investigation for fraud against senior citizens.

Charlton Heston died.

European space truck docks with space station.

Venus probe provides data suggesting Venus' oceans boiled off early in its evolution.

Next generation web will enable virtually instantaneous communication. Applications will arise to fill the bandwidth. They always do.

George Will appreciates McCain's relatively hands-off approach to the credit crisis compared to big government and even bigger government plans of Obama and Clinton, respectively.

11 signs we are entering a recession.

Michael Barone recognizes the tribalism that the Democrat race has highlighted.

Mark Steyn lampoons Hillary's 3 am ads as the curtain falls on her candidacy.

How in the world did I miss the news that 17 of the nations' 50 largest cities have graduation rates below 50%? This is the biggest news story of the year. Forget Iraq. Forget the credit crisis. Government schools in 17 of the nations' 50 largest cities fail to graduate over half of their students! This should dominate the news for a year, but I never saw a hard news story on it, until I first found it in an op-ed. The press is burying this story.

Scientists discover gene for ruthlessness.