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It has been a while since I visited icasualties.org, an independent, apparently reliable Web site that keeps track of the number of dead and wounded in the Iraq war. Run by people with other day jobs, icasualties.org is cited regularly by mainstream media, as it was last month in reports U.S. military deaths were at their lowest since March 2006 (36 reported in October). It's fascinating that one guy's interest and his home server in Georgia grew to become a reliable source of information for the likes of The New York Times and The Associated Press. But more interesting is...

Holding signs that read "Let us go to school," and "No war for America," 10 Morton West High School students suspended over an anti-war protest returned to campus Tuesday to demand they be allowed back in school. The kids were among 25 who were suspended, with some now facing expulsions, after staging a protest against the Iraq war in the cafeteria last Thursday. About 20 parents and anti-war activists stood with them in front of the Berwyn school Tuesday. "All we were trying to do was promote peace and recognize that people are dying every day," said sophomore Adam Szwarek....

Bill Clinton found himself in an unusual and uncomfortable position - drawing intense fire from Democratic presidential candidates and a brushback from his wife's own campaign. Barack Obama and Chris Dodd took rare shots at the former president for claiming critics of Hillary's stance on giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants were unfairly trying to "swift boat" her. It's the first time any Democratic candidates have attacked Bill Clinton......he is enormously popular among party members

State senator-elect Jennifer Beck received a rousing welcome from the packed house her at the GOP's election night party in Freehold as she stood with Monmouth County Republican Chair Adam Puharic and her running mates Declan O'Scanlon and Caroline Casagrande. "It is an honor for me to be called your state senator," Beck told the crowd of supporters as they released a long-awaited roar of approval. Her victory came "in the face of enormous odds," Beck said, a reference to the massive financial disparity between the two candidates. Beck defeated incumbent Sen. Ellen Karcher, despite being outspent by an estimated...

How do you know if you're a Democrat? If you've ever met someone down on his or her luck, and you wanted to help, then you're a Democrat. If you have ever seen the look in a child's eyes of fear, of hunger, or of aspiration, and wanted to help, then you're a Democrat. If you have ever wanted leadership that had common sense, that cared about the future, and that wanted progress over partisanship, then you're a Democrat. If you believe that we are better off working together than apart, then you're a Democrat. If you believe in community,...