Prince William chooses Harry for best man

London, England (CNN) -- Prince William's younger brother Prince Harry will be his best man when he marries Kate Middleton in London in April, Clarence House announced Monday. Middleton's sister Philippa will be her maid of honor.

William, who is second in line to the throne, is due to marry his long-time girlfriend April 29 at Westminster Abbey. Prince Harry is currently third in line of succession.

Egyptian Military Takes Control, Mubarak Appears Set to Resign

Although it hasn't happened yet, it appears that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is in the final hours of his presidency. The Egyptian military has stepped in and promised the people that their demands will be met. That will almost certainly include Mubarak's immediate resignation - the people's most important demand - as well as an immediate restructuring of the political machine in Egypt.

Egyptian Protests Spread Through the Country, Mubarak Retreats to Sinai

The Egyptian military is walking an incredibly fine line in the massive unrest that has swept through the world's largest Muslim nation. Yet, it would appear that the military is also the one group who holds most of the cards in the struggle. The thousands - and perhaps millions - of demonstrators all support the military and consider the military an extension of the people. Any move to forcibly remove Mubarak from power would be met with great approval from the masses - it's really the only demand that matters at this point.

The Many Dangers of Identity Theft

You are not trying to keep one thief under control. You are trying to stay safe from as many as hundreds of crooks actively trying to steal your identity. There are so many reasons thieves want to steal your identity. Money is what we hear about most. That is a part of why thieves want your identity. There are so many other reasons that I will go into to. Why would a robber want your identity? If caught they present your identity and if let out on bond they never show up for the hearing. Who gets arrested! Hope they don't send a SWAT team to your house! Want to explain that to your neighbors? Is there anyone out there that would want your good name? These are tough identity thefts to detect. An illegal alien uses you name to establish residency in this country.

Tahrir Square, Cairo: Wael Ghonim, Google executive, buoys protests

Protesters buoyed by the release of Wael Ghonim, a cyber activist and Google executive, are holding mass demonstrations against the rule of Hosni Mubarak for a 15th day in Cairo.

Demonstrators have set up in makeshift tents in Tahrir Square in Cairo and are refusing to leave until their demands are met — chiefly that Hosni Mubarak end his 30-year rule immediately.

In a new concession, the government on Monday announced a 15 percent hike in state administrative employee wages and military and civilian pensions beginning in April.

But the so-called pro-democracy camp in the Egyptian capital said the government had conceded little ground in trying to end the crisis.

"[The pay rise] doesn't mean anything," Sherif Zein, a protester at Tahrir Square, told Al Jazeera on Tuesday. "Maybe it will be a short-term release for the workers ... but most of the people will realize what this is, it's just a tablet of asprin, but it's nothing meaningful."

Protesters have consistently demanded that Mubarak resign, but his announcements to date indicate no intention to leave office until September, when his term expires.

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski Begs Conservative Gov Bob McDonnell (R-VA) On-Air to Close State Gun Show Loophole

(Eyeblast.tv) - MSNBC "Morning Joe" co-host Mika Brzezinski transcended journalism and flirted with advocacy as she implored Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, during the show, to close the state's gun show loophole.

Update: ‘Kennedys’ Miniseries Finally Lands a TV Deal on the ReelzChannel

(By Jonathon M. Seidl, The Blaze) - We’ve chronicled the saga of the miniseries “The Kennedys” — the historic TV depiction of the popular family that was yanked by the History Channel before it even aired amid pressure from a former Kennedy aide and, some say, the Kennedy family itself. But now, one network is stepping up to air the controversial eight-episode series, and it’s banking on the controversy increasing viewership.

Rush Limbaugh Thinks Obama Is “An Increasingly Lawless President”

(By Jon Bershad, Mediaite) - We are in an “extremely serious constitutional crisis” according to Rush Limbaugh. With yesterday’s ruling by a federal court in Florida that the entire Health Care law should be thrown out, the White House has to figure out its next move. If President Obama doesn’t uphold the ruling, it will be another move by, what Limbaugh calls “an increasingly lawless president.”

Limbaugh compared the situation to Watergate and asked how people would have reacted if Nixon had ignored the Judiciary. He proposed that “the Liberals would have gone nuts about it.”

“So, is Obama going to uphold the law and comply with the Constitution or not? Whatever a court does down the road is beside the point. The ruling of the day is the law is unconstitutional. It has been voided. The regime must legally deal with this. And, if they ask for a stay, then they are acknowledging the ruling and admitting that they understand it. It doesn’t matter that it might be overturned later. The law of the land is that it’s unconstitutional. We have three branches. The Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary. The Executive can’t tell the Legislative or the Judiciary what to do. This bunch thinks they can.”

Reason TV’s Nanny of the Month is …

(By Ed Morrissey, Hot Air) - Reason TV had another round of tough choices for its Nanny of the Month in January 2011. I admit I hadn’t heard about the push to ban “beer pong” at bars in my former home city of Huntington Beach, California, but I did write about the creepy efforts to start random drug tests for middle-school children in a New Jersey district.  But instead of beer pong and adolescent urinalyses, Reason chose Carl Kruger of New York’s state senate, who wants to criminalize … distracted walking?

Teens Arrested for Brutal Bullying of 13-Year-Old Kid: ‘Tossed in a Tree’ & ‘Hung From a Fence’

(By Jonathon M. Seidl, The Blaze) - The video is almost too heartbreaking to watch. It shows seven older teens attacking a 13-year-old in a case of extreme bullying. The older boys, from near Philadelphia, PA, randomly target the younger one, and proceed to drag him, throw him in a tree, and even try to hang him from a fence. The attackers seem to have aided in their own capture by taping the incident and posting it on the internet.

Bullies' Teen Victim Talks To Fox 29: MyFoxPHILLY.com

1989 Flashback: Bryant Gumbel Slams Reagan Policies as Increasing Poverty

(Eyeblast.tv) - On the July 17, 1989 'Today' show, co-host Bryant Gumbel spouted: "Largely as a result of the policies and priorities of the Reagan administration, more people are becoming poor and staying poor in this country than at any time since World War II."

Teacher who advises colleagues on how to avoid affairs with students caught having sex with 16-year-old boy from her school

(By Paul Thompson, UK Mail Online) - A teacher who advises colleagues on how to avoid affairs with students was caught having sex with a teenager in the back of her car.

Courtney Bowles was found by a police officer naked lying on top of the boy, who was also completely naked, from her school in Colorado.

A partly consumed bottle of vodka was also found in the car with the couple.

Her student lover initially said he was 20 years old - but later admitted he was 16.

Bowles,31,was employed at his school as a teacher's instructional coach. It was her job to trains teachers on how to maintain a professional distance from students.

Unfortunately for the teacher, the evidence of her dalliance with the student was rather overwhelming when a police patrol spotted a lone car parked in a park in the town of Loveland.

George Beverly Shea celebrates his 102nd birthday

George Beverly Shea at home in Montreat, NC (Summer 2009)

MONTREAT, NC (AP) - Gospel singer George Beverly Shea celebrates his 102nd birthday today.

That's 10 years older than the Rev. Billy Graham, with whom he performed at evangelistic crusades for 60 years. Shea says Graham phoned him Saturday to chat about the Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award that Shea will travel to Los Angeles to receive later this month.

Asked for his secret to long life, Shea responds, "The Lord, a good wife and coffee."

But he jokes that he's not sure if he's now 102 or 201.

Asked how many candles he'll have on today's birthday cake, he says: just one.

Teen‘s Homemade ’Death Ray’ Melts Cans, Rocks, and Sets Logs on Fire

(By Jonathon M. Seidl, The Blaze) - If this is real, it’s quite incredible.

Meet 19-year-old Eric Jacqmain. He’s a typical kid from Indiana, except for one small difference: he built a death ray that he says can “melt steel, vaporize aluminum, boil concrete, turn dirt into lava, and obliterate any organic material in an instant.” And he’s got a video that reportedly shows all this things happening. Really.

“The R5800 is my latest and greatest solar creation,” Jacqmain writes in the YouTube description of his video. “Made from an ordinary fiberglass satellite dish, it is covered in about 5800 3/8″ (~1cm) mirror tiles. When properly aligned, it can generate a spot the size of a dime with an intensity of 5000 suns!”

Homeless Couple In Green Bay Wins Super Bowl Tickets

(By Glenn Davis, SportsGrid) - You’ve heard about the man who won ESPN fantasy football’s top prize despite having to move out of his rat-infested apartment into a cheap motel and not having his own computer. And now comes a fan-related football triumph perhaps even more improbable-sounding: Ouida Wright and her boyfriend, both of Green Bay, won a contest for two tickets to the Super Bowl. They live in a homeless shelter.

Local homeless couple Super Bowl bound: fox11online.com

Former TV Anchor Debra Gilbert Wilde Rescued After Drunk Driving Her Car Into A River

(By Alex Alvarez, Mediaite) - Debra Gilbert Wilde may have covered her fair share of disasters and accidents as an anchor for a Spokane, Washington television station, but her reporting in no way prepared her for finding herself in the middle of her own disaster.

Gilbert Wilde was driving intoxicated and ended up crashing her SUV into the river after losing control. Fortunately, she was rescued from the freezing waters by fast-acting rescue crews and eventually emerged uninjured, save for hypothermia.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough: 'Perhaps' Obama's Cairo Speech Inspired Egypt Protests

(Eyeblast.tv) - On MSNBC's "Morning Joe," co-host Joe Scarborough oddly hinted that President Obama's 2009 Cairo speech was a catalyst for the current protests in Egypt.

Celebrating Ronald Reagan's Centennial: 'Tear Down This Wall!'

(Fox Nation) - In the second installment of Fox News Channel's week-long celebration of Ronald Reagan's life, here's a look back at perhaps his most famous speech: to his June 12, 1987 challenge to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to destroy the Berlin Wall.

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Falls for FAKE Story About Conservatives & Sarah Palin

(By Jonathon M. Seidl, Mediaite) - Google is a brilliant invention. And it’s popular. In fact, it’s even become a verb. You now “Google” something. But, apparently, not if you’re Rachel Maddow, who slammed conservatives for a fake story calling for a Palin-led American invasion into Egypt on the website Christwire.org. But Christwire.org isn’t a real news site — it’s a satirical one littered with fake stories.

The story, “As Egypt Descends in Chaos, Should Sarah Palin Support a US-Led Invasion?”, drew the ire of Maddow on last night’s program, as she used it to mock conservatives such as Palin for their far-out ideas:

(Breitbart.tv) - In their zeal to slam Sarah Palin, Christians and conservatives, MSNBC and Rachel Maddow reported a story from a satire website called ChristWire.org. It doesn't take too much research to discover that the site is like "The Onion" and everything on it is a lampoon-style story.

MSNBC has scrubbed the segment from their website.

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Former NFL Player Kyle Turley Extols Benefits Of Marijuana In Surreal ESPN Interview

(By Brad Cohen, SportsGrid) - Former NFL offensive lineman Kyle Turley is known just as much for his erratic behavior as he is for his football skills. On “Outside the Lines” recently, Turley did his best to keep that reputation alive.

In an interview about NFL players’ misuse of painkillers, Turley goes on a bit of a tangent about “a little plant that grows out of the ground” (hint: he’s talking about marijuana). As he talks about how unfortunate it is that doctors prescribe chemicals while said plant remains illegal, he sounds a bit more like “The Dude” from The Big Lebowski than the man who threatened former coach Mike Martz or performed the infamous Kyle Turley Helmet Toss.

“I try to keep things personally a little more on, uh, um, uh, an alternative medical, uh, you know, thing,” Turley said in the Outside the Lines interview with host Bob Ley. He said he prefers to keep things natural, and doesn’t believe in the painkillers he sometimes needs (Vicodin) during the days he suffers most.

Chris Matthews Announces Fawning Special on Bill Clinton Titled 'President of the World'

(By Lachlan Markay, NewsBusters.org) - The folks at MSNBC's "Hardball" announced a new hour-long special on Monday, slated to air in late February. Titled "President of the World", the special will focus on "former U.S. President turned humanitarian and diplomat extraordinaire" Bill Clinton.

But don't worry, like all "Hardball" episodes, this one will be "absolutely nonpartisan."

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George W. Bush’s Daughter Barbara Endorses Gay Marriage

(By Alex Alvarez, Mediaite) - Former president George W. Bush may have told C-Span that he’s through weighing in on politics, but that doesn’t mean one of his twin daughters, Barbara Bush, is going to remain silent.

The Bush twin is lending her image to a Human Rights Campaign video in support of same-sex marriage. She’s certainly not the first politician’s spawn to disagree with her famous parent’s views (Ahem.), but her stance is all the more noteworthy given her and her sisters’ relative distance from politics over the years.

But perhaps more surprising than the younger Bush’s views is her decision to label herself a “New Yorker” for marriage equality. Why are you messing with Texas, Barbara?



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2008 Flashback: Obama to Ellen DeGeneres on Why He Opposed Individual Mandate: Forcing Uninsured to Buy Insurance Is Like Forcing Homeless to Buy Homes

(By Eric Scheiner, CNSNews.com) - Long before his administration went into federal court to fight 27 states that are now challenging the constitutionality of the federal government forcing people to buy health insurance, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama told Ellen DeGeneres that—unlike his opponent Hillary Clinton—he opposed forcing the uninsured to buy health insurance, saying that it would be like forcing the homeless to buy homes.



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Charlotte to Host 2012 Democratic National Convention

CHARLOTTE, NC (WGHP) — Democrats have chosen Charlotte as the host city for the 46th Democratic National Convention in 2012, according to a Democratic official.

The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the announcement was not intended to be made public until later Tuesday.

The Queen City beat out St. Louis, Cleveland and Minneapolis to win the bid. First Lady Michelle Obama confirmed the news in an e-mail sent to supporters.

"Charlotte is a city marked by its southern charm, warm hospitality, and an "up by the bootstraps" mentality that has propelled the city forward as one of the fastest-growing in the South. Vibrant, diverse, and full of opportunity, the Queen City is home to innovative, hardworking folks with big hearts and open minds. And of course, great barbecue," said Michelle Obama.

"Barack and I spent a lot of time in North Carolina during the campaign -- from the Atlantic Coast to the Research Triangle to the Smoky Mountains and everywhere in between. Barack enjoyed Asheville so much when he spent several days preparing for the second Presidential debate that our family vacationed there in 2009," said Michelle Obama.

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Pigford Has Just Three Fraud Convictions

(By Lee Stranahan, Big Government) - Tom Vilsack and the USDA have made the point over and over again that there have been only three convictions for fraud in the 18,000 or so paid Pigford settlements — a very small amount, it would seem. In this video interview, Vilsack makes the point around 50 seconds in that only three case were found to be “marginally questionable.”

Oh, really?

In the below exclusive interview, I talk to Paul Pinkham, a reporter for the 'Florida Times Union', who was in court for the three Pigford fraud convictions that happened in Jacksonville.

What you’ll hear is that the fraud convictions actually pointed to many, many more crimes because there was testimony that there was a fraud ring that taught people how to file a false claim. Furthermore, convicted fraudster Emma Brooks said that the fraud ring told her the payments were restitution for slavery.  It’s clear that these three convictions aren’t isolated cases of fraud and the government, apparently, has never actively pursued the fraud ring.

Plane Lands on N.J. Highway

(Breitbart.tv) - A small plane headed for Teterboro Airport in New Jersey was forced to make an emergency landing on the highway because of a mechanical problem. No injuries were reported.

Conservative Rep Allen West (R-FL) With Clear, Coherent Answer On Illegal Immigration

Shock Investigation: Planned Parenthood Advises ‘Pimp’ on Underage Sex Trafficking, Secret Abortions for Minors

(By Lila Rose, Big Government) - Over the past four years, our investigative team has revealed repeated cases of Planned Parenthood affiliates covering up the statutory rape of underage girls and enabling sexual abusers.

The footage corroborates a 2002 extensive study of Planned Parenthood clinics performed by Life Dynamics. Through a series of phone calls, the study documents over 90% of over 800 abortion clinics willing to cover up sexual abuse.

In ten Planned Parenthood clinics, Live Action videos depict investigators posing as underage girls, as young as 13-years-old, saying they were impregnated by men over twice their age. Planned Parenthood’s typical response? “Whatever you tell us stays within these walls” (Alabama). Or, “I didn’t hear the age, I don’t want to know the age” (Indiana). Or, “You don’t have to say anything” (Arizona). Or, “Just say he’s 15″ (Tennessee).

We have also chronicled Planned Parenthood workers giving outright medical misinformation and manipulating vulnerable young women to purchase abortions. We’ve shown Planned Parenthood willing to accept funds for race-based abortions of unborn Black children. And for those who are willing to face the ultimate abuse of a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic, we’ve released a video revealing what abortion does to the defenseless unborn child.

What will it take for Congress to stop funding this abusive and corrupt billion-dollar organization? What will it take for the Department of Justice to launch a thorough investigation of Planned Parenthood’s sexual abuse cover-up and medical misinformation? What will it take for us, the American public, to say, “Enough is enough!”

Hopefully this:



(Breitbart.tv) - This video reveals a top-level Planned Parenthood worker, the manager of Planned Parenthood of Central New Jersey's second largest clinic, making a secret deal with a pimp. Watch and listen as the Planned Parenthood manager, Amy Woodruff, advises the pimp how to make the trafficking of underage girls look "as legit as possible" (her words). Watch and listen as the manager advises the pimp how to ensure that his 14-year old victims of trafficking can still make money for him after secret abortions by performing sex acts "waist up" (her idea). Watch as she advises the pimp to instruct his girls to lie on the paper work about their ages, and identify themselves as "students" to get cheaper contraception and avoid mandatory reporting laws.

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