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This week the Senate will be debating the second of the 12 appropriations bills that together make up the full funding of our federal government.

Napoleon is supposed to have said that the quality he most valued in his generals was luck. In the current race for the Republican presidential nomination, Napoleon's favorite would clearly be Mitt Romney.

WASHINGTON -- By the time Steve Jobs' Wikipedia page had been adjusted to past tense, eulogists had added a footnote to his biography of success. Failure.

WASHINGTON -- What do you do if you can't run on your record -- on 9 percent unemployment, stagnant growth and ruinous deficits as far as the eye can see?

Dead. Kaput. Through. Finished. Washed up. Gone-zo.

On May 3, the chief of police in Beaver Meadows, Pa., stopped a man for speeding.

Mitt Romney keeps "winning" debates -- or so the pundits say -- but should he win Florida?

WASHINGTON -- The tea party's splendid successes, which have altered the nation's political vocabulary and agenda, have inspired a countermovement -- Occupy Wall Street.