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Obama birthplace: again in question

Breitbart News has obtained a promotional booklet produced in 1991 by Barack Obama's then-literary agency, Acton & Dystel, which touts Obama as "born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii."

Florida students: only 30% pass portion of state mandated test

Florida lower standards when only 30% of students pass new, tougher writing portion of test. Education Board holds emergency meeting to lower requirements. Last year, 80% passed on the old test.

Ron Paul: GOP candidate's ideas popular with East Texans

Ron Paul: a favorite of tea partyers, effectively ended his presidential campaign Monday but urged fervent supporters to continue working at the state party level to cause havoc for presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

Social Issues: will they play into your presidential vote?

Social issues like: gay marriage making headlines with President Obama's comments last week. Prior to that, Mitt Romney's religion up for debate.

Biden compliments college grads as "best ever."

At a recent speech to a group of college students Vice President Joe Biden said, "Your generation and the 9/11 generation before you are the most incredible group of americans we have ever, ever, ever produced."

Racial Profiling: necessary in fighting some crimes?

Sheriff Joe Arpaio in trouble with the feds. They accuse the high-profile Arizona lawman of racial profiling.

Liberal politics: bad for business?

In Chief Executive's eighth annual survey of CEO opinion of Best and Worst States in which to do business, Texas easily clinched the No. 1 rank, the eighth successive time it has done so.

Job Applicants and smoking: who gets the job?

A suggestion was made last month to help save the City of Fort Worth money by not hiring smokers.

Libertarian Party: presidential candidate largely ignored

Since the 70's, Libertarians have appeared on the presidential ballot. But why hasn't the party gained more traction?

Capitalism: is it fair to everyone?

Occupy Wall Street protesters shouting-down capitalism. Many of them believe the government should have more control and give free college and free retirement.

By-passing prescriptions for over-the-counter?

In an attmept to lower the financial burden on the medicare system, the Obama administration wants some prescription drugs available over-the-counter for patients.

The Afghan War: President sees an end

President Obama marked the first anniversary of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden with a surprise visit to Kabul and a prime-time speech beamed back to the American public in which he said the end of the war was in plain sight.

Illegals taking construction jobs: hurting U.S. economy?

Campaiging in front of union workers, Monday, President Obama painted a dim picture of our country's construction industry. He told the crowd; construction and infrastructure have been the hardest sectors hit by the recession.

Tax dollars toward abortion?

A federal judge ruled against Texas in its attempt to revoke taxpayer funding for the Planned Parenthood abortion business through its statewide family planning and women's health program.

Florida Pastor burns Koran

Dove World Outreach Center pastor Terry Jones on Saturday burned copies of the Quran and an image depicting Muhammad in front of his church to protest the imprisonment in Iran of a Christian clergyman.