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WASHINGTON — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is among a handful of Republican senators expected to attend the controversial opening of the new American Embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, his office has confirmed. The trip comes roughly five months after President Donald Trump formally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and announced plans to relocate the U.S. Embassy there from Tel Aviv. Cruz, who has long called for such a move, praised the decision as “courageous and heroic.” But many Arab and European leaders slammed Trump for upending a decades-old foreign policy in which U.S. presidents declined to weigh in...

There is only one serious candidate on the presidential ballot in November. We recommend Hillary Clinton. We don't come to this decision easily. This newspaper has not recommended a Democrat for the nation's highest office since before World War II — if you're counting, that's more than 75 years and nearly 20 elections. The party's over-reliance on government and regulation to remedy the country's ills is at odds with our belief in private-sector ingenuity and innovation. Our values are more about individual liberty, free markets and a strong national defense.

Does the Angry Left really want to launch a culture war over Sarah Palin? Fine. Lock and load. That's the feeling of many conservatives who until last week were lukewarm at best about the prospect of a John McCain presidency. The unhinged malice of the cultural left's assault on the Alaska governor's personal life has focused their minds and stirred their hearts. Ms. Palin's astonishingly poised and confident performance in her convention speech proves that this Iron Lady is not about to quail before the judgment of her would-be betters. Neither will conservatives. If they were indifferent or hostile to...

Does the Angry Left really want to launch a culture war over Sarah Palin? Fine. Lock and load. That's the feeling of many conservatives who until last week were lukewarm at best about the prospect of a John McCain presidency. The unhinged malice of the cultural left's assault on the Alaska governor's personal life has focused their minds and stirred their hearts. Ms. Palin's astonishingly poised and confident performance in her convention speech proves that this Iron Lady is not about to quail before the judgment of her would-be betters. Neither will conservatives. If they were indifferent or hostile to...

Belo 1Q Profit Declines Due to Weakness in Newspaper Advertising DALLAS (AP) -- Publisher and television station owner Belo Corp. said Thursday that its first-quarter profit dropped 10 percent due to weakness in newspaper advertising. Earnings declined to $15.5 million, or 15 cents per share, from $17.3 million, or 16 cents per share, in the prior-year period. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial expected profit of 13 cents per share. Revenue for the quarter fell 5 percent to $354.1 million from $371.7 million, missing Wall Street's estimate of $368.7 million. Newspaper group revenue fell 11 percent on soft newspaper advertising conditions,...

The New York Times warned yesterday that its profit would fall short of Wall Street's expectations as it struggles to keep advertising dollars flowing into the newspaper giant. The latest bad news from the Gray Lady follows similar announcements from Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones and Dallas Morning News publisher Belo, as advertiser demand for print publications remains weak. The company has been on a rocky road the past year as a combination of an ad slump and uneven management upset shareholders. Just last week, Chairman Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger and his cousin, Vice Chairman Michael Golden, said they would...

MILWAUKEE – For the traveling media charged with tracking John Kerry's every move, it was the rarest of events – an actual candidate sighting. Up close. For more than a month, the Democratic nominee for president has not held a news conference, preferring instead carefully staged events aimed at keeping Mr. Kerry "on message" rather than on subjects that reporters might want to talk about. So when the candidate emerged Monday night in the media section of the campaign plane, it was almost a news event. Reporters leapt from their seats and crowded around him, straining to hear over the...

DallasNews.com named top Internet news service 05/09/2003 From Web Staff Reports SAN DIEGO -- DallasNews.com was honored Friday with a 2003 EPpy Award for Best Internet News Service with more than 1 million unique visitors. The EPpy Awards were presented at the Interactive Media Conference and Trade Show sponsored by Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek magazines. Also Online E&P winners site DallasNews.com, Web site for The Dallas Morning News, edged finalists Boston.com and Newsday.com. WFAA.com, Web site for WFAA-TV (Channel 8), was a finalist for the Best Overall Local TV/Cable-Affiliated Internet Service award. Both DallasNews.com and WFAA.com are owned by...