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Wait, what? The U.S. Postal Service announced on Monday that it will suspend most of its services on Wednesday in honor of the late former President, George H.W. Bush.  I wonder if anybody has informed Amazon that their contract with the USPS is suspended for one day in the middle of their busiest month? And what ever happened to “neither rain, nor sleet nor snow nor gloom of night stays these carriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds” ?I know, I know: President George H. W. Bush passed away age 94, but seriously? They’re shutting down the post...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Bush will make a statement early tomorrow to address the financial crisis and the House vote to reject a $770-billion bailout plan Bush and House leaders had been pushing. The vote unnerved Wall Street, where the markets plummeted. The Dow dropped 777 points, the most ever in a single day. And there have been sharp declines in early Tuesday trading in Asia and Australia. Just where lawmakers go from there is unclear. But both sides say a legislative fix is needed. The legislation would have allowed a federal buyout of bad mortgages...

As we enter the eighth year of the Bush-Cheney administration, I have belatedly and painfully concluded that the only honorable course for me is to urge the impeachment of the president and the vice president. After the 1972 presidential election, I stood clear of calls to impeach President Richard M. Nixon for his misconduct during the campaign. I thought that my joining the impeachment effort would be seen as an expression of personal vengeance toward the president who had defeated me. Today I have made a different choice. Of course, there seems to be little bipartisan support for impeachment. The...

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Israeli, Baby Girl Murdered in Rosh Shana Terror Attack Israel News Agency Palestinian Terrorism - targeting babies and children File photo of recent Jerusalem bus terror attack Jerusalem----September 27......A Palestinian terrorist broke into a Jewish settlement in the West Bank on Friday and opened fire in a home where a family was marking the Jewish New Year, murdering a man and a toddler and shattering Israel's peace and security efforts to maintain calm over the holiday. The Palestinian terrorist was shot and killed by soldiers guarding the settlement, said Capt. Jacob Dallal, an Israeli army spokesman. Two other Israelis also...