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Please don’t think I obsess over such things, but we’re just getting wind of President Obama’s planned media blitz this weekend. Once again, he’ll be doing the rounds, but guess who he is not getting around to? Surprise: us! That may change, but as of now, the president is slated …

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Tonight President Obama will try to convince America that this spending package is what we have to do. But here’s The One Thing: Since this financial mess began, there have been screams for everyone to do something right now, but fighting that impulse is often our best move. Boy, don’t …

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department is preparing to charge Ali Saleh Kahlah al Marri, the only “enemy combatant” currently held on U.S. soil, for his alleged role in terrorist activities, according to a source with knowledge of the case. The source says that a formal filing of charges is “imminent,” …

Try this the next time you’re behind on your bills: Send the bank an IOU. Something like this: “Sorry, but I’m out of dough. But I’ll do my best to pay you back some time in the really near future.” How do you think that would go over? Don’t laugh, …

Here’s the one thing that must be the lead story of the day. McDonald’s has announced an 80 percent rise in profits last year compared to 2007. They made $4.3 billion in profit last year, compared with $2.3 billion the year earlier. Why? The answer is: the economy. People can’t …

HANGZHOU, China – Once a country of bicycles, China is fast becoming a nation of cars. Every day some 1,500 newly registered vehicles hit Beijing’s already congested streets — more than 500,000 a year in that city alone. The result is a gridlock that makes getting anywhere an undertaking, and …

I can’t believe it took more than two years to charge the physicians involved in the case of Anna Nicole Smith’s death. It really shocks me that it took so long for these investigators to connect the dots. Even from the preliminary data, it is evident that prescription medication had …

Source: Bethenny Frankel’s Engagement Fake, Could Be Sued? Bethenny Frankel’s professional life couldn’t be better with reports she has just landed her own spin-off reality show “The Skinny & the City” to apparently debut this fall (Bravo declined to comment), and personally things are looking pretty positive too with news …

HELMAND PROVICE, Afghanistan – It’s the middle of the night at the east corner guard post of Fiddler’s Green, a Marine fire base in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, along the border with Pakistan. Corporal Ryan Joseph Bernal is on perimeter security duty. Armed with an M-4, night vision binoculars and an …