SAN DIEGO – I talk to myself. Actually, I argue with myself. Do it all the time, because I love taking both sides of an argument — and I do love to argue. Take today’s discussion about the market. Myself: “What kind of market is this?” Me: “For lack of …

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FRESNO, Calif. – California’s Air National Guard pilots stand on high alert 24-7, ready to launch their fighters against a cruise missile attack or hijacked airliner. These days, they are also launching a public-relations offensive to save their base. It’s a strange new skirmish in what should be the truce …

GILA BEND, Ariz. – Four Mexican men sit in the dirt with their wrists bound, shoulders hunched and eyes lowered to avoid the glare of the rising sun. The immigrants had been on their way to build a dairy farm in this town about an hour southwest of Phoenix. But …

NEW YORK – Shock. Total shock. That was the reaction in the audience when “American Idol” finalist Chris Daughtry — predicted by many to be the last singer standing — was booted off in Wednesday’s voting. In the most competitive “Idol” race yet, Daughtry’s exit narrowed the contestants to three. …

Make more babies. That’s the lesson drawn out of two interesting stories over the last couple days. First, a story Wednesday that half the kids under 5 years old in this country are minorities. By far, the greatest number are Hispanic. Know what that means? Twenty-five years and the majority …

SUN CITY CENTER, Fla. – President Bush and his governor brother issued an impromptu service announcement Tuesday, reminding Florida residents not to throw out cigarette butts with wildfires blazing across the state. Officials at Fire Station 28 in this community near Tampa briefed the brothers Bush on the dry, windy …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – An Argentine beauty queen who disrupted a presidential summit in Vienna with a bikini-clad protest against wood pulp plants received a heroine’s welcome back home as she joined a new demonstration Wednesday. Evangelina Carrozzo drew international attention last Friday when she emerged from a crowd of …

NEW YORK – A widely watched barometer of economic activity slipped in April despite projections of an increase, a private research group said on Thursday, signaling a possible stalling of the nation’s economy. The Conference Board said its Index of Leading Indicators fell 0.1 percent to 138.9 in April after …

NEW YORK – One of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s (WMT) most vocal critics actually has something nice to say about the world’s largest retailer. But Andy Stern, the president of the Service Employees International Union, is not about to get carried away. “I think it’s very good that Wal-Mart is starting …