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Nato strike ‘kills Saif al-Arab Gaddafi’, Libya says  —  Libya's government took journalists to the site where they said Saif al-Arab Gaddafi was killed  —  A Nato air strike in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, has killed the son of the Libyan leader, Colonel Gaddafi, a government spokesman has said.

Obama's Medicare Appointee Has Accidental Encounter with Reality, Learns Nothing  —  I just read something that unleashed my inner teenager, because I want to respond with a combination of OMG, LMAO, and WTF.  —  Donald Berwick, the person appointed by Obama to be in charge of Medicare …

Haniyeh calls on PLO to withdraw Israel recognition  —  GAZA CITY (Ma'an) — Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Friday called on the Palestinian Liberation Organization to withdraw its recognition of Israel.  —  On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded …

Discredited  —  The other day Paul O'Neill said that . . .  Oh, wait.  I suppose I ought to explain who Paul O'Neill is.  A decade ago, he was President Bush's first Treasury secretary.  I have no very clear memory of him except that he toured Africa with Bono and they were photographed …

Be Careful Wishing for the Fed's End  —  Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, faces a crisis of confidence.  He is excoriated on the right for debasing the currency, and blasted on the left for failing to stimulate more than he has.  It has gotten so bad that last week Mr. Bernanke …

Bachmann uses Holocaust to illustrate tax point  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann on Saturday described the loss of “economic liberty” that young Americans face today as a “flash point of history” in which the younger generation will ask what their elders did to stop it.

Romney clarifies as he proposes to ‘hang’ Obama with misery index  —  UPDATED  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Expected Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney tread on socially dangerous ground last night as he talked about the need to “hang” a misery index around the neck of Barack Obama, the nation's first black president.

U.S. Attorney: Feds Could Challenge Missouri Anti-Sharia Legislation  —  ​U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri Richard Callahan visited the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis last night to address the fears and frustrations of Muslim Americans who worry …