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With all the attention focused Tuesday on Republican Mike Garcia’s smashing win in the special U.S. House election in California’s 25th District (Los Angeles), it was not surprising that the national press pretty much overlooked the big Republican win for state senate in the Golden State’s 28th District (Riverside). With nearly all votes counted, conservative State Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez rolled up 56 per cent of the vote over Democrat and Riverside County Board of Education member Elizabeth Romero. The special election was called to fill out the remainder of the term of Republican State Sen. Jeff Stone, who resigned earlier...

Retired Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf said Monday it's nice to see the United States military finish the job started by troops under his command in the first Persian Gulf war. The capture of Saddam Hussein brings "closure" for all the troops involved in Operation Desert Storm, Schwarzkopf said in an interview on NBC's Today show. Schwarzkopf said the option to capture Saddam did not exist during the first gulf war. "At that time, it was very clear why we had to make the decision we did," he said. "It was a coalition of forces and a strong mandate from the United...