Given the amount of time the candidates get at these debates and the dwindling ratings these debates garner, this strikes me as a pretty smart move: Frustrated with the volume of interest group forums and non-party sponsored debates, Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign manager has put his foot down: Obama won’t attend any more debates that…

British families are shelling out hundreds of dollars to protect their kids from stabbings, even though only one percent of crimes involve a knife: Pencils, notebooks and … stab-proof vests? It doesn’t sound like your usual back to school list, but some British families are shelling out hundreds of dollars for the protective uniforms, all…

Somehow I just can’t see the apostles doing something like this: A Baptist church in Florida is using iStore gift cards and the chance of winning an iPhone to lure newcomers to its pews. […] Hughes said he planned a series of sermons titled “i: Successful Living in a Self-absorbed World.” Hughes has increased church…

His crowd equaled that of Giuliani earlier in the week: Mobbed by voters at the Iowa State Fair, Fred Thompson on Friday showed off the advantages he would enjoy as a celebrity latecomer to the 2008 Republican presidential campaign. “A lot of people say it’s late and all that, but I look at my history…

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