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James Arness, best known as the iconic Marshal Dillon on Gunsmoke, has died at 88.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

While Gerrymandering Congressional districts to benefit incumbents and the dominant party in the state legislature is an old game, they play it with especial intensity in Illinois.

By now, everyone knows that John Edwards was indicted on campaign finance law violations stemming from the cover-up of the Rielle Hunter love child scandal. Most, too, recall the brouhaha over Edwards’ $400 haircuts. As it turns out, they’re at least tangentially related.

Jack Kevorkian, the man who’s illegal assisted suicide rampage earned him the nickname “Dr. Death,” has died.

Unemployment was high when Barack Obama took office and it’s gotten substantially higher. Does that mean he won’t get re-elected?

Cynthia Tucker regrets her support for majority-minority districts.

Upwards of 77,000 federal employees make more than the governors of the states in which they live, the Congressional Research Service reports.

NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal has announced his retirement after 19 years as a pro. On Twitter.

Army Sergeant First Class Leroy Arthur Petry will become the ninth Medal of Honor recipient for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan–and one of only two who lived to tell the tale.

A passenger started a fight over a reclined airplane seat, causing fighter planes to scramble.

President Obama has issued a Proclamation designating June 2011 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to eliminate prejudice everywhere it exists, and to celebrate the great diversity of the American people.”

In an op-ed in The Hill titled “Enviro elitists keep America unemployed,” Rick Manning of Americans for Limited Government argues that one factor behind the anemic jobs picture is the onerous regulatory environment.

44 Republican Senators have already pledged to filibuster John Bryson’s nomination as Commerce secretary.

America’s physicians are becoming more liberal in response to changing working conditions.

Broadway actors are aiming a familiar lament at Hollywood stars: They’re taking our jobs!

Jim Tressel has resigned as head coach of the Ohio State football team.

Business Week’s cover story examines the coming implosion of the US Postal Service as we know it.

Science fiction writers have envisioned men flying around in their own personal jetpacks for decades. It may finally be a reality.

Across the country, Republicans are pushing laws that will make voting harder.

This is a male latrine, there shouldn’t be any drawings of dicks.

It’s hard to get paid for work others will do for nothing.

Dan Balz titles today’s column “Romney bets his candidacy on the economy.” My reaction upon seeing that was, that’s a pretty safe bet.

Holland is going to make it harder for tourists to smoke marijuana.

Gil Scott-Heron, most famous “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” has died at 62.

A majority of Americans think homosexuals account for at least a fifth of the population.

Glenn Greenwald asks two questions about the cases of Osama bin Laden and Ratko Mladic. Helpfully, the second answers the first.

Suddenly, it seems like every website known to man is foisting videos that play the instant the page loads on their readers.

Actor Jeff Conaway, best known for his role of Bobby Wheeler on “Taxi,” is dead after a drug overdose.

Commander Dave Koss, the head of the Navy’s Blue Angels, has “voluntarily” resigned after repeated unsafe maneuvers.

The next shoe has dropped in the battle between campaign finance laws and the 1st Amendment.

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani tops the latest CNN poll of Republican presidential contenders.

A profile of George Mason economist and blogger Tyler Cowen offers this amusing description: “Cowen, 49, has round features, a hesitant posture, and an unconcerned haircut.”

Allen West says Congressmen who oppose the war in Afghanistan should go over and “get shot at a few times and maybe they’d have a different opinion.”

Mitt Romney sent some leftover pizza to President Obama’s Chicago re-election team.

Do Republicans like Herman Cain because he’s black?

The House of Representatives has voted 416-5 for a resolution prohibiting President Obama from sending ground troops to Libya

The Navy’s director of warfare integration says China is a “smart and learning enemy.”

With so many Republicans wringing their hands over the 2012 field, one name that keeps popping up as a possible game changer is Texas Governor Rick Perry.

Former Serbian commander Ratko Mladic has been arrested for alleged war crimes committed in the 1990s.

While President Obama has had some amusing gaffes on his trip to London, including getting the year wrong in the guest book and an awkward toast to the Queen, his speech to Parliament today hit all the right notes.

Thousands of pedestrians are killed in America each year. Are we doing enough about it?

My more-or-less defunct Yahoo email account is being used to send out spam messages to people in my address book.

There have been no significant surveys of the Republican field taken since the announcement that frontrunners Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump and Establishment darling Mitch Daniels have dropped out of the race.