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From the BBC:
Bush ‘no good at singing Spanish’

The White House has rebutted claims President Bush sang the US national anthem in Spanish in 2000, insisting that his Spanish is not good enough.
Mr Bush has spoken out against the recent release of a Spanish language recording of the Star-Spangled Banner.
“He couldn’t possibly sing the national anthem […]

Hot off the AP wire:
NEW YORK - Stocks rallied Friday as moderating job growth reinforced Wall Street’s hopes that the Federal Reserve may soon end its series of interest rate hikes. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed more than 110 points to a fresh six-year high.
Things are looking up, America! You can feel it […]

From The News and Observer:

The Senate is expected to pass an emergency spending bill this week to provide $71 billion for military costs in Iraq and Afghanistan, with the bulk of it going to Iraq.

Well, that bill, loaded with pork or not, HAS to pass. It has to. It’s an emergency!
If only somebody, […]

From ABC:

Family vacation comedy ‘RV’ drove the box office this weekend, bringing in about $16.4 million to pass the acclaimed Sept. 11 drama ‘United 93,’ which debuted in second place.
‘United 93′ depicts the heroic passengers who tried to fight their hijackers on Sept. 11 before crashing in rural Pennsylvania. The film brought in about $11.6 […]