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Carmakers Dreaming of Bigger, Better Hybrid Cars

They’ve been billed as the cars of tomorrow, and the early ones looked like futuristic vehicles right out of The Jetsons. The part-fuel, part-electric autos known as hybrids are still just eking out a small niche among today’s car buyers,but that isn’t stopping hopeful industry giants from dreaming up new …

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Doth France Protest too Much?

I remember when I was in graduate school, the police busted into this house down the street from me. Apparently they had a warrant and they were looking for drugs of some sort. And they found them. Lots of them, apparently, buried under a crawl space in the basement. The …

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The Fear Factor

Fear is in the air and, while it initially helped Barack Obama, fear is now beginning to hurt him. Both the Rasmussen and Gallup daily tracking polls have the race getting tighter and, in a remarkable turnabout, Rasmussen will release a poll Thursday that says Americans now trust McCain more …

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First Time FBI Calls Case an 'Honor Killing'

Almost a year after two teenage girls were found dead — allegedly executed by their father — in the back seat of a taxicab in Texas, the FBI is saying for the first time that the case may have been an “honor killing.” Sarah Said, 17, and her sister Amina, …

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Madonna's New Movie Tanking at Box Office

Madonna’s Movie Box Office Poison | Bruce Auctions Harley, Guitar | Dominick Dunne’s Toughest Week | Oscar Dearth: Fewest Films Ever Madonna’s Movie Box Office Poison Forget Madonna‘s marital woes. Now no one wants to see her movie. The Materially Divorcing Mom released her “Filth and Wisdom” directorial debut three …

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How to Get a Piece of the Bailout Pie

You know why these auto guys failed to get their bailout on Thursday? You know why House and Senate Democrats are scrambling to see if maybe they’ll have a better shot next month? They weren’t watching FOX Business Network Wednesday night when I offered them free advice — gratis, no …

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Time for Sexual Segregation in Hotels?

So hotels are now bringing back women-only floors — places that provide a safe haven for chicks in bad suits traveling alone on business. Many of these floors come with yoga mats, bath salts and wash mitts. That’s right — wash mitts. I have a number of problems with this. …

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Pop Tarts: Stars Send Well-Wishes to Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi

LOS ANGELES – After many years together, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi finally tied the knot on Saturday. The TV talk-show host and the Aussie actress were married in an intimate ceremony at their Hollywood home on Saturday evening, attended by just 19 of their closest friends and family, …

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The New Kool-Aid Is It's Cool to Aid

I remember listening to Barack Obama’s convention speech, and thinking, “Is anyone listening to what this guy is saying? Everyone was so smitten, so wowed, one prominent anchor, so taken, almost to tears, that no one for even a minute stopped to hear what the guy was proposing. Not that …

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FOX News vs. NBC News

Associated Press TV reporter David Bauder analyzed Barack Obama’s recent interviews on both FOX News and NBC News and wrote: “In one interview Obama had to fight — not always successfully — to keep from being shouted down. In the other he couldn’t succeed in keeping a straight face at …

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