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It was a real Cinderella story. When last heard from, Virginia resident Joe Sestak had been – in the words of the Philadelphia Inquirer – "unceremoniously fired" from his job as a deputy chief of naval operations. This was in August 2005. In January 2006, Sestak quietly retired from the Navy. Looking about for a new career, Sestak decided, improbably enough, on Congress. The nostalgic admiral eyed not the Virginia district in which he lived, but the Pennsylvania district in which he had last lived as a boy. More daunting still, he would be facing off against popular 10-term maverick...

Last night I attended a screening of the first half of The Path to 9/11 a film that will be broadcast by ABC in two three-hour segments on September 10 and 11. Two and one-half hours is a long time to sit still watching a film, but this one was gripping and tension-filled and visually dazzling. ... One gripping scene shows Massoud's forces--and CIA agents surrounding bin Laden's encampments and then being called back when National Security Adviser Sandy Berger refuses to give a go-ahead for the operation. That scene, according to 9/11 commission Chairman Thomas Kean, an adviser to...

More than 17 million tonnes of tailings from the abandoned Clinton Creek asbestos mine in the Yukon are slowly sliding down a hillside, reshaping the landscape and blocking water flows. The environmental eyesore does, however, have one redeeming quality. The pile is sucking tonnes of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. "It is happening at a higher rate than anyone expected," says geologist Gregory Dipple of the University of B.C., who sees big potential for mines -- and mine tailings -- to be part of the global warming solution. Unlike schemes that entail pumping carbon dioxide underground where it's hard...

If anyone wonders why gasoline prices have soared above $3 a gallon at the pump, consider the fact that on the same day that the House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow the Federal Trade Commission to investigate and punish oil companies that conspire to keep prices up, it failed to pass a measure to promote expansion of U.S. oil-refining capacity. Consider as well that those to whom the basic laws of supply and demand are a complete mystery are themselves conspiring to keep oil priced high by preventing oil development in a tiny portion of the Arctic...

OK guys its almost 20 minutes after the hour and Rush is still playing music. Whats going on?

Hi everybody! I'm new to Free Republic and I really love the site!! Its so refreshing to find like minded people on the internet. I am from rural Oregon. Anyway, I just want to say " I love Bush!" He is incredible. I can't wait to get my next tax cut in the mail... I only got 150 or so dollars back the first time, but its nice to know I'm getting money back AND we've got the BIGGEST military machine in the history of the planet! I am excited about the next six years. Hopefully we can end this...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Harold Ford on Friday threw his name into the mix of Democrats vying to succeed House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt in the wake of the party's election losses. "I recognize that I am an underdog because I'm starting out late," said Ford. But the Tennessee Democrat also said "there's a real yearning and a real appetite for change in the party." Ford made the announcement in an interview Friday morning on the nationally syndicated Don Imus morning radio show. Two other House veterans, Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Martin Frost, had jumped into the race Thursday and...