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Shiite Movement
Iraqi government officials say as many as 3,000 men have left Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army to receive financing and training directly from Iran. It's all part of what al-Sadr calls the "terrorist semester abroad" program.



Edwards Stays In
Former Senator John Edwards announced his presidential campaign will go on today, despite his wife's cancer diagnosis. His terminal poll numbers haven't stopped him either.

Former Senator John Edwards announced his presidential campaign will go on today, despite his wife's cancer diagnosis. Democrats are also announcing their campaign to somehow blame the cancer on Ann Coulter.



View Debate
On the View this week, Rosie O'Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck revealed that they have been having a heated debate over the use of torture in the interrogation of terrorism suspects. And when it comes to torture, the folks on "The View" are definitely the experts.


Moral Center
Scientists say that damage to an area of the brain behind the forehead transforms the way people make moral judgments in life-or-death situations. It's yet another reason to whack the heads of anyone who works for the New York Times editorial page.