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So you do have a choice.  Obama is the Most Liberal, Clinton comes in 16th.  What about the rest? Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, the lone House member still in the presidential race, is the178th-most-conservative lawmaker in that chamber in 2007. His libertarian views placed him close to the center of the House in both the social issues and foreign-policy categories. He registered more conservative on economic issues. John McCain?  He didn’t get a composite score … Read entire article »

CAIRO, Egypt — Internet outages disrupted business and personal usage across a wide swath of the Middle East on Wednesday after an undersea cable in the Mediterranean was damaged, government officials and Internet-service providers said. An official who works in the customer-care department of Internet service provider DU said the problem was with a cable between Alexandria, Egypt, and Palermo, Italy. Six ships were diverted from the port at Alexandria because of bad weather, and one may … Read entire article »

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – The Richland County Sheriff’s Department announced Thursday that an arrest has been made in the nation’s third largest armored car heist in history. It took place in May of 2007, right here in Columbia, South Carolina.  Authorities say Dominic Lyde was arrested in North Carolina by police responding to a disturbance that Lyde was involved with at a motel.   Investigators with the Fayetteville Police Department in North Carolina arrested him in Fayetteville late … Read entire article »

Hilton pleads guilty to killing hiker, spared from deathMeredith Emerson, 24, disappeared New Year’s Day By JEREMY REDMON, CHRISTIAN BOONEThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionPublished on: 01/31/08 As Meredith Emerson’s parents looked on, Gary Michael Hilton pleaded guilty to a charge of murder Thursday in Dawson County Superior Court. Hilton pleaded guilty to murdering Emerson, 24, who disappeared while hiking on New Year’s Day in north Georgia. His plea was in exchange for a life sentence. Source: ajc.com … Read entire article »