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GOP, Bibi hurt Israel, USA  —  While the recalcitrant rightist government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has left Israel more isolated in the world than at any time since 1948, Bibi's ill-advised recent speech to a joint session of Congress could reduce a historically nonpartisan …

Two police officers are shot in Ferguson  —  FERGUSON  • Two police officers were hit by gunfire early Thursday outside the Ferguson police department.  —  The shots were fired as police were confronting protesters who had gathered outside the police station.

Kerry mocks Florida's reported ban on ‘climate change’  —  Secretary of State John Kerry mocked Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) and his deputies Thursday amid reports that the state's environmental agency banned employees from mentioning climate change.  —  Though he did not mention Florida by name …

How a Lindsey Graham Joke Turned into a Coup Plot Against the Government  —  Does Lindsey Graham want to overthrow Congress?  Not quite.  —  Well, you can't catch everything.  This past Sunday, I was one of a handful of reporters listening to South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham …

For 20 years I fought the law.  Today the law won  —  The police have been trying to nail an editor for years.  This morning, on Hampstead Heath, they finally got one  —  ell, I nearly made it.  More than 20 years of editing, with all kinds of people wanting to sue me and do me for sedition …

Sir Terry Pratchett, renowned fantasy author, dies aged 66  —  Fantasy author Sir Terry Pratchett has died aged 66, having had Alzheimer's disease for eight years.  —  “The world has lost one of its brightest, sharpest minds,” said Larry Finlay of his publishing company, Transworld.

Conservatives Keep Losing to Leadership.  Can They Change the Game?  —  Stymied again and again on the House and Senate floor, tea party members need to take the fight outside.  —  Conservatives came to Washington labeling President Obama as enemy number one.

An Open Letter to 47 Republican Senators of the United States of America from Iran's Hard-Liners  —  You have opened our eyes.  We are brothers.  —  Dear senators:  —  Thank you for your letter of March 9 explaining your system of government.  We were unfamiliar with the complexity of your laws.

Story Highlights  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans continue to name the government (18%) as the most important U.S. problem, a distinction it has had for the past four months.  Americans' mentions of the economy as the top problem (11%) dropped this month, leaving it tied with jobs (10%) for second place.

Fox Host: Eric Holder Is ‘An Attorney General For The Criminal’ (VIDEO)  —  Fox News' “Outnumbered” co-host Andrea Tantaros said on Thursday that Eric Holder is “an attorney general for the criminal” while arguing that the Obama administration is at least partially to blame for the shooting …

When Liberals Blew It  —  Fifty years ago this month, Democrats made a historic mistake.  —  Daniel Patrick Moynihan, at the time a federal official, wrote a famous report in March 1965 on family breakdown among African-Americans.  He argued presciently and powerfully that the rise …

Harper Lee's Condition Debated by Friends, Fans and Now State of Alabama  —  MONROEVILLE, Ala. — The doubts arose almost immediately when HarperCollins announced last month that it would release a rediscovered book by Harper Lee: Did Ms. Lee — 88, publicity-shy and famously resistant …

SEE IT: 4 teen girls attack victim in Brooklyn McDonald's as dozens stand and watch (WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE AND VIOLENT CONTENT)  —  Dozens of kids and at least two adults watched as four teenage girls brutalized a pint-sized 15-year-old girl in a Brooklyn McDonald's …

White House frets return of ‘Clinton way’  —  To sum up the feelings, all the way up to the highest levels: What.  The.  Hell.  —  They thought she'd changed.  They thought maybe she'd picked up a little bit from them about how people respond to awkward secret arrangements and contrived ways of not telling the full story.