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Hi, I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. Now, here’s how naive I am. I thought I’d come back from Christmas vacation and things would have calmed down a little. You know, The Factor’s been getting an enormous amount of press. But I figured, hey, enough’s enough, I’ll get …

WASHINGTON – Up untilthe 1950’s, the American Conservative magazine’s brand of conservatism was the establishmentpoint of view. Born out of pre-World War isolationism, the first conservatives were libertarian, distrustful of big government and anti-Communist. After World War II, the old isolationists died out and themovementbecame more willing to secure peace …

And now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine: Missed The Grapevine? Watch it! Iraqis React …So how are the Iraqi media handling all the talk about Saddam and U.N. resolutions on Iraqi weapons? Mostly by ignoring it. The Associated Press reports that at the time President Bush was giving …

NEW YORK – Is there a doctor in the house? Apparently not, if you’re in an operating room. Dramatically fewer medical students are going on to general surgical residencies, according to a recent report in the Archives of Surgery. That means the United States is facing a potential shortage of …

SAN FRANCISCO – State lawmakers in California are evaluating a measure to create a statewide office dealing specifically with issues pertaining to the homeless as San Francisco city council members catch flak for cleaning up some areas frequented by the homeless. ‘Operation Scrub Down’ is San Francisco’s industrial strength approach …

NEW YORK – The Tribeca Film Festival, organized by Robert De Niro, was a double success: It was a high-profile venue for filmmakers to show their latest work and an economic boost to the neighborhood around Ground Zero. “It absolutely exceeded our expectations,” said festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal, Robert De …

WASHINGTON – Indiana Republicans lost out when a Democrat-controlled state commission drew up new districts for the state last spring, the outcome of which is a fight between two ideologically similar Republican incumbents for the same heartland seat in the May primary. The fifth district, occupied for nearly a decade …