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What the Senate wants you to accept on immigration. Number one, 14,000 new border patrol agents by 2011, a long time. And 2,500 new port of entry inspectors. OK, fine but it’s not enough. Unless you put additional National Guard on the border. But let’s be honest. The Senate doesn’t …

NEW YORK – While not as heavily debated as it was during the invasion of Iraq, the name Al Jazeera still carries plenty of unsavory associations in the United States. The international news network, coming soon to America, aims to change all that. Arab-language Al Jazeera claims to be an …

I wonder what would happen if for one day we turned reporting on numbers upside down. For example, report that 99.9998 percent of all planes — commercial and commuter — landed safely last year without incident. Or that 95.3 percent of Americans are working. Or that 92 percent of all …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is placing the blame for the Samarra mosque bombing at the feet of the U.S. and Israel. According to Reuters, the Iranian leader told a sympathetic crowd, “These heinous acts are committed by a group of Zionists and …

Your Grrrs … don’t forget to play Spot the Oblivion below… Jane writes to Harry G.: Mike: You’re probably too polite to respond to Harry G.’s rant, but I’m not. I think Mr. G is delusional. However, if he was ever, in reality, an athlete, my guess is he wasn’t …

Want Greta’s blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! I meant to blog yesterday that I had lunch with the Associated Press’ Linda Deutsch two days ago in Washington, D.C. She was in D.C. for the annual Gridiron dinner. Linda has covered every major trial …

The world is steamy and smoking in many corners on this hot summer day in the thick of July. Some of the red heat this morning came off the nose cone and leading edges of the shuttle Discovery as it broke through the atmosphere on its way to a screeching …

Tour de France champion Floyd Landis tested positive for high levels of testosterone, but experts tell WebMD that there could be many reasons why. Wire reports say that 30-year-old Landis tested positive for what is being called “an unusual level of testosterone:epitestosterone” during the three-week race. “This is huge news,” …

Paris Hilton | Sting | National Board of Review Paris Hilton: No More Singing Well, it was a fun idea while it lasted. But Paris Hilton’s debut album has sold a paltry 120,000 copies. It’s already pretty much off the charts, too. With new releases from Beyonce, Justin Timberlake, Janet …

“Are you watching closely?” That’s the catch phrase for magician Alfred Borden (Christian Bale) in Christopher Nolan’s latest flick “The Prestige,” also starring Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine and Scarlett Johansson. And indeed, if you do not watch closely, you’re bound to miss something along the way. But if you’re looking …