Wilson took caffeine pills in 2007  —  Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), who shouted “you lie!” at President Obama during his Wednesday night address to Congress, admitted to regularly consuming caffeine pills in 2007.  —  It is unclear if Wilson still takes NoDoz, a brand of pill that contains 200 milligrams …

The Dime Standard  —  On Wednesday night, Barack Obama delivered the finest speech of his presidency.  The exposition of his health care views was clear and lively.  The invocation of Teddy Kennedy was moving and effective.  The rumination at the end about the American character and the role …

Poll: Obama's Speech Buoyed Public Support  —  President Obama attempt to explain his plans for health care reform to the American public Wednesday night appear to have been successful — to some extent.  —  A CBS News poll shows that Americans now give him the best marks of his presidency …

PATRIOT DAY AND NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE, 2009  —  BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  —  Through the twisted steel of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, the scarred walls of the Pentagon, and the smoky wreckage in a field in southwest Pennsylvania …

Beck Strikes Again; Yosi Sargent Reassigned at NEA  —  The National Endowment for the Arts has reassigned former communications director Yosi Sergant, who had become the latest target of FOX News talk show host Glenn Beck.  —  Acting NEA communications director Victoria Hutter said Thursday …

Betraying our dead  —  Forgetting the vows we made  —  Eight years ago today, our homeland was attacked by fanatical Muslims inspired by Saudi Arabian bigotry.  Three thousand American citizens and residents died.  —  We resolved that we, the People, would never forget.  Then we forgot.

Eight years later: Remembrance and resolve  —  Remember: Project 2,996.  —  Remember: “Let's roll!”  —  Remember: The angels on loan from God.  —  Remember: The 9/11 babies.  —  Remember: Falling Man.  —  Remembrance is worthless without resolve.  Resolve is useless without action.

Obama Facing Doubts Within His Own Party on Afghanistan  —  WASHINGTON — The leading Senate Democrat on military matters said Thursday that he was against sending more American combat troops to Afghanistan until the United States speeded up the training and equipping of more Afghan security forces.

Remembering a Future That Many Feared  —  The day dawned different and stayed that way.  Traffic was thin and sidewalks quiet.  The stock exchange didn't open, nor the airports, the schools, Broadway.  People loaded up on bottled water, batteries, canoes.

2 ACORN Employees Fired, Could Face Criminal Charges  —  The community organizing group ACORN has fired two employees at its Baltimore office who were seen on hidden-camera video giving advice to a man posing as a pimp and a woman pretending to be a prostitute, as some legal experts raise questions …

U.S. government nervous about stimulus fraud, scams  —  As billions of dollars from the economic stimulus plan pour through the U.S. economy, members of Congress, the administration and regulatory agencies are increasingly worried about the risks of fraud.  —  Earl Devaney told Congress …

CNN Poll: Terror concerns dropping  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Concern about a terrorist attack in the United States is roughly half of what it was immediately after the September 11 attacks, according to a new national poll.  —  Thirty-four percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research …

Special report: How Obama cronyism threatens rail security  —  How Obama cronyism threatens rail security  —  Creators Syndicate  —  New Delhi.  Mumbai.  Chechnya.  Madrid.  London.  The question isn't whether America will suffer a jihadi attack on our passenger rail lines, but when.

Obama administration ‘jeopardises’ US security, George Pataki says  —  Former New York governor George Pataki criticises decision by US justice department to investigate CIA over alleged abuses  —  George Pataki, the Republican politician who was governor of the state of New York …

Thatcher told Gorbachev Britain did not want German reunification  —  Two months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Margaret Thatcher told President Gorbachev that neither Britain nor Western Europe wanted the reunification of Germany and made clear that she wanted the Soviet leader to do what he could to stop it.

Report Notes Sexual Misconduct by Prison Workers  —  Reports of sexual misconduct by prison staff members with federal inmates doubled over the past eight years, and government watchdogs called Thursday for more training and sensitivity to combat the growing problem.

FCC Official Comes Under Fire  —  WASHINGTON — New Federal Communications Commission chief Julius Genachowski says he wants to promote diversity in media ownership, but his recent decision to hire Mark Lloyd, a civil-rights attorney critical of corporate-owned media, to help with that effort …

Semenya, forced to take gender test, is a woman ... and a man  —  (Photo by Lee Warren/Gallo ImagesGetty Images) Original Filename: 90065429.jpg  —  Tests show that controversial runner Caster Semenya is a woman ...and a man!  —  The 18-year-old South African champ has no womb or ovaries …

Would you still sign the 9/11 Truth petition?  —  Van Jones, who resigned from the Obama administration earlier this week.  —  Thanks in large part to his association with the 9/11 Truth movement, Van Jones is no longer a member of the Obama White House.  Jones resigned last week amid …

GOP ‘cranks’ dominating debate  —  Joe Wilson's outburst Wednesday night earned more than a personal rebuke from the president and a dagger-eyed gasp from the speaker of the House; it drew winces from Republicans worried that their party is becoming known less for the power of its ideals and more for the pettiness of its vitriol.

Twitter's New Terms of Service  —  At the start, critics often said, “Twitter is fun, but it's not useful.”  At one point @ev responded dryly with, “Neither is ice cream.”  Things have come a long way in a short time.  We recognized potential early but users and platform developers would demonstrate how much more Twitter could be.