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  • Attorney Erika Harold, who was named Miss America 2003, on Tuesday announced her intent to run for U.S. Congress in the 13th Congressional District of Illinois. "I have a pretty thick skin at this point in my life," she said. (Associated Press)

    Inside the Beltway: Alec Baldwin's fracas

    Alec Baldwin is in a fit of pique because Phelim McAleer was nominated by the Independent Oil and Gas Association to serve on a specialist' panel at the upcoming Hamptons International Film Festival, where the anti-fracking film "Gasland Part II" will be showcased.


  • ** FILE ** Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

    Rand Paul prospects for support in deep-blue California

    Sen. Rand Paul introduced himself to Silicon Valley's richest technology giants, met with top-tier members of the Republican intellectual establishment, addressed 1,000 invited guests at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Sunday wound up a seven-day trip to California by winning warm reviews for his sermons at three evangelical church services.


  • Former Rep. Allen B. West "is an example of the courageous and visionary leadership so needed in America at the moment and in such short supply," says Center for Security Policy founder Frank Gaffney.
(Associated Press)

    Inside the Beltway: Go West

    Those who recall the Air Force's Strategic Air Command and the intense days of the Cold War will be pleased to know that "peace through strength," the motto of the aforementioned command, is still alive and well, adopted as the philosophy behind the Center for Security Policy. "SAC" was home to a host of formidable bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles from 1946 to 1992.


  • Drummer Lee Rigby of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers was attacked and killed on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, near his barracks in the Woolwich section of London. (AP Photo/Ministry of Defence)

    EDITORIAL: The Facebook of terror

    A pair of Islamic extremists butchered British soldier Lee Rigby on the streets of south London last week, and the response has been one of political correctness.


  • Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa at the King Hussein Convention Center at the Dead Sea in Jordan Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Pool, Jim Young)

    Hamas: Kidnapping Israeli soldiers at 'heart of our people's culture'

    A Hamas spokesman said abducting Israeli soldiers and using them to barter for the release of militant fighters is the heart and soul of the group's operations, and they would not stop, no matter the political pressure.


  • NBA approves sale of Kings to Ranadive group

    The NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved the sale of the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday to a group led by TIBCO Software chairman Vivek Ranadive.


  • This still taken from video provided by James LeBrun shows an explosion outside Baltimore on May, 28, 2013. Baltimore County fire officials say a train derailed in a Baltimore suburb on Tuesday and an explosion was heard in the area. A fire spokeswoman says the train derailed about 2 p.m. in White Marsh, Md. (Associated Press)

    Derailment, blast crumple buildings near Baltimore

    An explosion after a CSX cargo train derailed Tuesday in a Baltimore suburb rattled homes at least a half-mile away and collapsed nearby buildings, setting them on fire, officials and witnesses said.


  • Maryland school wants student beating lawsuit dismissed

    A lawyer for a Maryland college is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a man attacked on campus by a baseball bat-wielding student, saying it wasn't the school's responsibility to protect him.


  • 'Facebook for Mensa' makes waves with gifted in Britain

    More than 2,500 of Britain's best and brightest in the teen-aged crowd have signed on to a new Facebook page for Mensa members.


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