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Ron Paul won big earlier today in Alabama. He also won big in New Hampshire this afternoon. Dr. Paul received 208 votes (73%) for a landslide victory against Mitt Romney today at the Strafford County, New Hampshire straw poll. Romney received 26 votes. Mike Huckabee came in third with 20 votes. Tancredo (8 votes), McCain (7 votes), Cox (5 votes), Hunter (5 votes), Thompson (5 votes), Giuliani (3 votes) and Brownback (1 vote) finished the field. As noted earlier, Ron Paul received 216 votes for a commanding first-place finish in a straw poll today sponsored by the West Alabama Republican...

It could be that Sacramento lawmakers are finally paying attention to gas prices, or maybe they're just slaves to fashion -- but whatever the case, hybrid cars are all the red-hot rage for legislators who get to drive state-subsidized wheels. Thirty-five -- or well over a quarter -- of the state's 119 senators and Assembly members are cruising the politically correct highway, state records show. Virtually all the cars were purchased within the past two years. Not that the pols are losing their zest for sport utility vehicles, mind you. In fact, 49 legislators are listed as driving SUVs --...

Washington (CNSNews.com) - An MIT meteorologist Wednesday dismissed alarmist fears about human induced global warming as nothing more than 'religious beliefs.' "Do you believe in global warming? That is a religious question. So is the second part: Are you a skeptic or a believer?" said Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Richard Lindzen, in a speech to about 100 people at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. "Essentially if whatever you are told is alleged to be supported by 'all scientists,' you don't have to understand [the issue] anymore. You simply go back to treating it as a matter of...