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• Headlines

  Limit for DUI offenders, haunted houses, ‘I could have been a gigolo,’ more

  David Anderson | Wed, Jan 23rd, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Headlines | Tags: commentary, david anderson, fred thompson, dui offenders, deval patrick, crocodile rescue, i could have been a gigolo, nyc performing arts spaces | 0

  Fred Thompson ambles back to the sidelines

  “Some of his higher-profile backers had jumped ship before Thompson officially abandoned it. Earlier today, ex-New York Sen. Al D’Amato—who like many Republican leaders had not so many months ago viewed Thompson as the candidate who could magically cure what ailed the GOP presidential field—switched allegiance to John McCain. (D’Amato seems mainly motivated this campaign season to sidetrack fellow New Yorker Rudy Giuliani, long a political…

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• Headlines

  Fred hearts Huckabee, E.T. phones Texas, more commercial airline blues, N.J. highway robbery

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Jan 15th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Headlines | Tags: commentary, jeffrey hill, san francisco, highway, mike huckabee, fred thompson, tolls, jon corzine, united airlines, gold record | 0

  Mike Huckabee high on fiber.

  The down and dirty 2008 presidential campaign now concerns Fred Thompson’s colon, as Mike Huckabee pleads with the nation on MSNBC’s Morning Joe to “give Fred Thompson some Metamucil!” ABC News reports: ”Thompson, who had launched an aggressive attack against Huckabee’s record during Thursday night’s GOP debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C., responded by insinuating that Huckabee is in truth nastier than his sunny demeanor, is unprepared for the presidency, and…

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• The Daily Report

  Cutting Federal Funds for ‘Sanctuary Cities’

  Mike Muller | Wed, Dec 5th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: mike muller, new york city, republican, mike huckabee, democratic hopefuls, fred thompson, immigrants effect on crime, mitt romney, ed koch, rudolph giuliani | 0

  New York’s History; Immigrants’ effect on crime; Support for cutting federal funds.

  The most attention cities have received in this presidential election may very well be in reference to “sanctuary cities,” a term used to describe cities that shield illegal immigrants from detection. Although last week’s GOP YouTube debate touched on urban crime and infrastructure, it led off with a protruded battle over sanctuary cities that was simply a continuation of the contentious debate being…

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• The Daily Report

  Fred Thompson’s Record on Eminent Domain

  Mike Muller | Tue, Nov 13th, 2007 | Category: Commentary | Tags: mike muller, eminent domain, fred thompson, federal register, executive order, marion county, thompson against eminent domain | 0

  Settling for Narrow Regulation; Support for a Ban on Funds for States Allowing Eminent Domain for Private Use; A Missed Chance.
  

  One grim morning in 1998, about 50 property owners in the rolling hills of Marion County, Tennessee, woke up to the news that a private gas company was trying to take part of their land for a natural gas pipeline. The company, US Gypsum, had been given the authority of eminent domain by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, who saw more benefits in the…

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