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Fox News Viewers Believe the Darndest Things, Study Finds

(Dec. 17) -- Fair and balanced ... and factually incorrect? A newly released study out of the University of Maryland concludes that viewers of the Fox News Channel were "significantly more likely" to believe a host of factually incorrect information than viewers who watched other television news organizations. Fox is by...

Stimulus Provided Large Jobs Boost, Says CBO Report

(Nov. 24) -- Here is one thing you can be thankful for: The heavily criticized American Recovery and Reinvestment Act generated a rise of between 1.4 and 4.1 percent in national output from July to September, according to a report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. With the unemployment rate still at the...

Opinion: Nancy Pelosi -- Clueless in San Francisco

(Nov. 12) -- You remember the movie "Sleepless in Seattle" with Meg Ryan in the female lead? Well, now there's a new one out in the same genre. This one is called "Clueless in San Francisco," currently playing in Washington, D.C., and starring Nancy Pelosi. How clueless is Pelosi? Well, look at it this way: In the midterm...

The Real Lesson of the Midterms? It's the Economy (Again), Stupid

ANALYSIS (Nov. 4) -- "It's the economy, stupid." The phrase, popularized by James Carville, helped propel Bill Clinton to the White House, defeating George H.W. Bush in 1992. Above all else -- and Bush presided over the end of the Cold War and a painless Persian Gulf War -- the economy is the barometer for the country's...

Sports Handicapper Gambles on Becoming President

(Nov. 4) -- Now that the Democrats have suffered a historic defeat on election day, a sports handicapper is doubling down on his goal of becoming President in 2012. Wayne Allyn Root is a well-known Vegas sports handicapper and the current front runner to be the Libertarian Party's nominee for the 2012 presidential race...