Bush hit bottom with his administration low point of 29% in early July (based on USA Today/Gallup poll readings).  Now – in the data just about to be released from their weekend poll – Bush's approval rating has recovered slightly to 34%.  That’s not a big jump, but it is the second consecutive poll in which the president’s numbers have been higher rather than lower.

More>>>

Scientists have discovered the universe's largest known planet, a giant ball made of mostly hydrogen that is 20 times larger than Earth and circling a star 1,400 light-years away.

Scientists believe the planet is 1.7 times the diameter of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, and has a temperature of 2,300-degrees.

More>>>

Tom Maguire notes that Mr. Tamm made a contribution to the DNC in 2004. Elsewhere, the JOM'ers have turned up these tidbits on Mr. Tamm and the OIPR where he was once employed

More>>>

The owner of Tarrasco Steel, a company that supplied workers on the Biloxi Bay Bridge, was arrested and charged with hiring illegal immigrants on projects in three states. Some had improper welding certification.

More>>>

According to the military source, Beauchamp's recantation was volunteered on the first day of the military's investigation. So as Beauchamp was in Iraq signing an affidavit denying the truth of his stories, the New Republic was publishing a statement from him on its website on July 26, in which Beauchamp said, "I'm willing to stand by the entirety of my articles for the New Republic using my real name."

Now that the military investigation has concluded, the great unanswered question in the affair is this: Did Scott Thomas Beauchamp lie under oath to U.S. Army investigators, or did he lie to his editors at the New Republic? Beauchamp has recanted under oath. Does the New Republic still stand by his stories?

More>>>