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Two Russian cosmonauts, a spaceflight veteran and a first-time flyer, are just one day away from rocketing into orbit to begin a six-month mission at the International Space Station (ISS). ISS Expedition 15 commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and flight engineer Oleg Kotov , both of Russia’s Federal Space Agency, are set …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Give and Take Taxpayers in high-income households get the least benefit from their tax dollars — while people in the lowest-income bracket get an eight-to-one windfall. The nonpartisan “Tax Foundation” says households making less than $23,730 per year get $8.21 back for …

Karl Rove: master strategist, Svengali adviser to the president. To some, secretive. To others, sinister. To most, probably “not” funny. That was, until Wednesday night, when the man critics say is trying to bring down the government, instead, brought down the house. He was hilarious. A raucous break-dancing routine that …