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By Arthur Herman Published May 16, 2012 FoxNews.com Everyone knows presidents have larger-than-life size egos. It goes with the job. But changes on the official White House website reveal that we’ve never had a self-regarding narcissist quite like the Oval Office’s current occupant. They also reveal a fatal flaw in the Obama presidency, which [...]
By John Lott Published May 16, 2012 FoxNews.com The new medical reports on the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case tell us a lot. And it is not just for what they find, but also what they don’t find. First, the reports provide striking evidence that Zimmerman did not start the fight with Martin, and that Zimmerman [...]
By Jay Cost Published May 16, 2012 FoxNews.com Why is the country debating gay marriage right now? The deficit is out of control. The economy is stuck in neutral. Incomes are flat. Unemployment is stubbornly high. Europe is on the brink of collapse. The Middle East is on the brink of war. So why are [...]
Published May 16, 2012 FoxNews.com The Obama White House is drawing ridicule for appending the official online biographies of nearly every president over the last century in order to link President Obama’s accomplishments to the former commanders in chief. The Obama team went into the pages of U.S. presidents dating back to Calvin Coolidge to [...]
Published May 16, 2012 FoxNews.com Not bad for government work. A new in-depth database of federal worker salaries shows the government paid out a whopping $105 billion in salaries last year for most of its civilian workforce — to boot, the workers got $439 million in bonuses. The information, which was obtained and number-crunched by [...]
May 16, 2012 – By NBC’s Garrett Haake ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Mitt Romney continued to drive a debt-oriented message here on Wednesday morning, extending his “prairie fire” of debt metaphor with the assistance of a prop. In a nod to the independent voters who pushed the Sunshine State into the Democratic column in 2008, [...]
May 16, 2012 – By Neil King Jr. In a potentially ominous sign for the Obama campaign, a new poll has declared Wisconsin a true tossup state, finding President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney locked in a 46%-46% tie among likely voters. As the Obama team eyes potential paths to victory in November, all count [...]
By Stephen Dinan May 16, 2012, 04:27PM President Obama’s budget suffered a second embarrassing defeat Wednesday, when senators voted 99-0 to reject it. Coupled with the House’s rejection in March, 414-0, that means Mr. Obama’s budget has failed to win a single vote in support this year. Republicans forced the vote by offering the president’s [...]
Emergency meeting called over drastic drop in FCAT scores Author: Kala Rama, Anchor/Reporter, krama@clickorlando.com Published On: May 15 2012 12:30:17 PM EDT Updated On: May 16 2012 09:57:51 AM EDT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Board of Education decided in an emergency meeting Tuesday to lower the passing grade on the writing portion of Florida’s standardized [...]
Updated: May 16, 2012 3:17 PM PDT By Chris Oberholtz, Multimedia Producer By Alice Barr, News Reporter By DeAnn Smith, Digital Content Manager RAYTOWN, MO (KCTV) – A gunman who killed a 60-year-old Raytown man is still on the run, and police believe a gang initiation could be to blame. Police in the Kansas City [...]
