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en. John McCain (R-Ariz.) spent Friday on the defensive from rival Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) after mistakenly saying the United States had drawn down its troops in Iraq to pre-buildup levels...

(AgapePress) - A conservative pro-family group is challenging Fox News Channel over an alleged $10,000 contribution it made to sponsor a conference last weekend for the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA). Americans for Truth, an organization formed to monitor and expose elements of the homosexual agenda in the nation's culture, says if Fox News did make this contribution, the supposed "fair and balanced" network needs to contribute equally to a conservative organization if its slogan is to have credence. Both the pro-family group and WorldNetDaily reported on the network's alleged contribution to NLGJA, which is listed on the...

Some high school Spanish students may have learned some new words Monday, but they weren't in Spanish. Fernando Del Pino, a Spanish teacher at Tates Creek High School, was suspended with pay Tuesday while the district investigates allegations he showed the R-rated movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin to students Monday, said Lisa Deffendall, spokeswoman for Fayette County Public Schools. "The movie certainly wasn't in Spanish," Deffendall said. The movie is about a 40-year-old single man named Andy, played by Steve Carell, who has never had sex. His friends try to help him gain experience. The movie is R-rated -- meaning it...

In the course of a just-completed press conference with PA Pres. Mahmoud Abbas, Pres. Bush fielded a Miers question. In defending her record, W asserted, as he has done often, that Miers has been "consistently ranked as one of the country's top lawyers." That is simply inaccurate. The National Law Journal has twice ranked her among the country's 100 "most influential" lawyers, and once among the 50 "most influential." She has never been ranked among the "top" or "most outstanding" lawyers. I hope people would agree that when it comes to being a good Supreme Court justice, being "inflential" doesn't...

Roberts Reveals His Favorite Movies 2 hours, 22 minutes ago After two days of intense legal questioning, Supreme Court nominee John Roberts finally addressed a subject most Americans could relate to: His favorite movies are "Doctor Zhivago" and "North by Northwest." Frustrated by Roberts' answers, Sen. Charles Schumer (news, bio, voting record), D-N.Y., suggested on Wednesday that if he dared to ask the nominee his favorite films, he would get a discussion of cinematography and why "Casablanca" is considered one of the greatest. Instead, Roberts answered flat out, bringing laughter from the audience and senators alike. "North by Northwest," Alfred...

On Hannity, he was talking to Mel Gibson about other stories in the bible. When Sean asked him what one he'd like to do, he said the book of Maccabees! This is of course the book which, from the Catholic viewpoint, Luther removed from the bible due to praying for the dead, but it also covers the exciting period after the Jewish return from Babylon when the Greek general Anticus Epiphanies took over the rule of Israel. This really is block buster material and opens up the whole debate of the Catholic bible vs. the Protestant one. What is your...