Pat Dollard

Women often receive warnings about protecting themselves at the mall and in dark parking lots. Well, now vicious parking lot crime has hit the male population.

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Washington Times: With Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele facing a barrage of calls to resign, North Dakota Republican Party Chairman Gary Emineth, a social conservative, told The Washington Times on Friday he is quitting his post to prepare a possible challenge of Mr. Steele after November’s midterm elections. Also on Friday, prominent neoconservatives [...]

KRAKOW, Poland (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed hope Saturday that Russia would drop its opposition to a U.S. missile defense system in Europe and accept an offer to cooperate in developing technologies for shooting down hostile weapons. “The offer stands,” Clinton said at a news conference after witnessing the signing [...]

The Washington Examiner: by Michael Barone The invaluable Megan McArdle is back from her honeymoon and blogging up a storm over at The Atlantic. Her latest is on health insurance, in which she notes that one of the problems with the Massachusetts system and with Obamacare is that “it’s not enough to have a mandate; [...]

Related – Study: Third World Residents Have Lower Intelligence KINSHASA, Congo (AP) – A fuel tanker flipped over and burst in flames in eastern Congo overnight, killing at least 220 villagers and wounding more than 200 — some of whom had rushed to siphon leaking liquid from the vehicle illegally, the U.N. and local officials [...]

Fox News: The mayor of Philadelphia is seeking to rally other city leaders behind blocking federal immigration authorities from accessing city arrest records over concerns about the city’s agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. The agreement to participate in ICE’s Preliminary Arraignment Reporting System, or PARS, will expire at the end [...]

BBC: US Scientists and the National Federation of the Blind are developing a car for the blind and will present a prototype next year. The vehicle will be fitted with technology that allows a blind person to drive independently, the NFB and Virginia Tech University said. Non-visual aids include sensors indicating turns in the road [...]

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – A Salvadoran man wanted by Cuba as a suspect in a series of bombings was arrested carrying a false passport at Caracas’ airport, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday. Chavez said the suspect, Francisco Chavez Abarca, was detained upon arrival Thursday by Venezuelan intelligence agents. The president said he is accused [...]

Baghdad (AP) – – Vice President Biden is in Baghdad for the Fourth of July weekend with U.S. troops as Iraqi leaders struggle to seat a new government. His arrival on Saturday marked the American vice president’s second visit to Iraq this year. Biden is the Obama administration’s point man on Iraq issues. But top [...]