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With Americans furious at high gas prices, the economy tottering and an intense presidential campaign underway, oil has now become a very serious battleground. Wednesday, President Bush lashed out at the Democratic Party, blaming them for the debacle. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) GEORGE W. BUSH: So my administration has repeatedly called …

WASHINGTON – A brief show of bipartisanship in the Senate Wednesday quickly and at length gave way to a partisan feud over judicial nominees that in turn further damaged an already struggling bill on climate change. In a rare concession, two Republican senators basically forfeited their votes on a budget …

So USA Today — our nation’s high school paper — ran a piece noting that dozens of cities with populations over 100,000 haven’t lost a service member in the Iraq War. Experts suggested that recruits probably come from less-populated areas with crummier economies, so their career choices are limited — …