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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Wednesday he is "open-minded" about $8.2 billion in tax increases proposed by Democrats to help resolve a $15.2 billion budget shortfall this year. The Republican governor said he has "always been against tax increases," but he shied away Wednesday from criticizing the latest Democratic package, which heavily depends on tax hikes on wealthy Californians and businesses.

LONDON, June 4 -- For much of the world, Sen. Barack Obama's victory in the Democratic primaries was a moment to admire the United States, at a time when the nation's image abroad has been seriously damaged. From hundreds of supporters crowded around televisions in rural Kenya, Obama's ancestral homeland, to jubilant Britons writing "WE DID IT!" on the "Brits for Barack" site on Facebook, people celebrated what they called an important racial and generational milestone for the United States. "This is close to a miracle. I was certain that some things will not happen in my lifetime," said Sunila...

Lately I've been thinking of four left wing incidents that happened in Maine over the course of two years. I feel I should get them off my chest I think some of them would be interesting and I think others should know about them. The first one involves an incident that took place in the Bangor metro area two years ago. This freind of mine and his family were having trouble. He had difficulty getting by and he worked at Edwards Shop'n'save in Hampden outside Bangor. He was on food stamps and his wife was laid off and couldn't get...

Rick Miller's Bigger than Jesus is exhilarating, thought-provoking theatre. The show, now playing at the Citadel's Rice Theatre, is neither bloated theological debate nor a theatrical mugging of organized religion. In fact, there are moments of deep spirituality here generated, in no small part, by the performer's obvious love for the language and majesty of the Bible and the Roman Catholic Mass. That is, between his gleefully irreverent knocks on religious attitudes that have grown encrusted and twisted until they can be used to exterminate anyone who disagrees with the "one true way.'' Sadly, a case might be made that...