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Thought for the Day: Being a grandparent is so much easier than parenthood because you have more time to prepare.

10 More Years in Iraq for U.S. troops is what Democratic leaders got out of the testimony of Gen. David Petraeus. It will reportedly take that long for Halliburton to totally suck the Treasury dry.

Rev. Lennox Yearwood was kept out of yesterday's "Betray Us" hearing at the Capitol despite waiting patiently in line. When he questioned why, the Capitol Hill police arrested him, threw him to the floor and broke his leg.

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