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Mary Jane McManus: Three months after we were married, my husband was shot down over Hanoi.
Phyllis Galanti: Paul and I were married in 1963. Two years later he was shot down over North Vietnam.

McManus: All of the prisoners of war in North Vietnam were tortured in order to obtain confessions of atrocities.

Galanti: On the other hand, John Kerry came home and accused all Vietnam veterans of unspeakable horrors.

McManus: John Kerry gave aide and comfort to the enemy by advocating their negotiating points to our government.

Galanti: Why is it relevant? Because John Kerry is asking us to trust him.

McManus: I will never forget John Kerry’s testimony. If we couldn’t trust John Kerry then, how could we possibly trust him now?

Edwards "is about as close as she’s going to allow herself to get to the national party," the paper added, noting, "Tenenbaum didn’t appear on the platform with him" at either the rally or a fund-raiser scheduled for later that day.

Aides said she would have skipped the event altogether if John Kerry had been the guest of honor.

Amjad Hussain Farooqi was wanted for his alleged role in the kidnapping and beheading of Pearl in 2002 and two assassination attempts against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf in December 2003.

Farooqi is also suspected of taking part in the hijacking of an Indian airliner to Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 1999 that resulted in a hostages-for-prisoners exchange that freed British-born militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh from an Indian prison. Sheikh has been sentenced to death for his role in setting up the Pearl abduction.

The Miami Herald reported Saturday that "a lawyer unpopular with many Cuban Americans for his role in the Elián González case will help prepare John Kerry for the upcoming presidential debate to be held at the University of Miami.”

Craig’s new role in the Kerry campaign underscores Senator Ted Kennedy’s strong control over the Kerry effort. Craig has been a longstanding Kennedy operative, and the Herald noted that Craig had "served as a top foreign policy advisor to Sen. Edward Kennedy . . .”

A Spanish Internet company is breaking fresh ground on the Web by offering people the chance to write one last e-mail, complete with video clip or photo attachments, and send it to loved ones, friends or even enemies after the person who wrote it is dead.

The site offers four plans, which range from a free service that allows users to send just one e-mail, to a lifetime membership that allows for unlimited e-mails and megabytes of storage space, but can cost up to euro200 (US$240).

Mid-range packages cost between euro9 and euro18 (US$11-22) a month until users die. In the meantime, they can update and rewrite those final farewells as often as they like.

Ratings for this year's show were dwindling before Todd's demise, with even the controversial ToiletBowlCam failing to attract viewers. But since he passed away, the audience has more than doubled, and the live studio audience has been packed with thousands of Todd fans dressed in cardboard boxes with their faces painted deathly white.

Some critics have labelled its producers as insensitive for keeping Todd's corpse on display after his death, but host Mindy Maleen defended her show. "We've donated $10,000 to claustrophobia research, so I can safely say that all of our consciences are entirely clear," she said. "Besides, Todd's death, in a way, has shown us all how precious life is. And for that, we owe him everything."

Reality show aficionados have hailed Todd's death as a strategic masterstroke. "It's a great way to get the audience onside — it really wins that sympathy vote," said Celebrity Big Brother alumnus Warwick Capper

The chairman of the entertainment giant Viacom said the reason was simple: Republican values are what U.S. companies need. Speaking to some of America's and Asia's top executives gathered for Forbes magazine's annual Global CEO Conference, Mr. Redstone declared: "I look at the election from what's good for Viacom. I vote for what's good for Viacom. I vote, today, Viacom.

"I don't want to denigrate Kerry," he went on, "but from a Viacom standpoint, the election of a Republican administration is a better deal. Because the Republican administration has stood for many things we believe in, deregulation and so on. The Democrats are not bad people. . . . But from a Viacom standpoint, we believe the election of a Republican administration is better for our company."

The 82-year-old Hatfield fell Wednesday evening after attending the dedication of a government building named in his honor in Bethesda.

"He keeled over backwards and struck his head on the floor," said Gerry Frank, a longtime friend who served as chief of staff to the former Republican senator.

Charles and Marilyn, who asked that I not use their last names, have sold their East Bench home, given away expensive appliances, tools, and furniture, and found a place in western Canada outside the rain zone.

The two retired professionals say they have lost faith in the direction America is taking

:"I don’t understand why people aren’t rising up,” says Marilyn. "But the materialistic culture keeps people so busy acquiring stuff and taking care of stuff that they’re too busy to fight."

The couple is still working out the details, but they plan to go into Canada as "seasonal visitors" and hold onto their U.S. citizenship for Medicare and Social Security purposes.

In his September 12 broadcast, Swaggart was discussing his opposition to gay marriage when he said "I've never seen a man in my life I wanted to marry."

"And I'm going to be blunt and plain: If one ever looks at me like that, I'm going to kill him and tell God he died," Swaggart said to laughter and applause from the congregation.

The reason ... is that while you experience more "viscous drag" (basically friction from your movement through the fluid) as the water gets thicker, you generate more forwards force from every stroke. The two effects cancel each other out.

Cussler and Gettelfinger took more than 300 kilograms of guar gum and dumped it into a 25-metre swimming pool, creating a gloopy liquid twice as thick as water. "It looked like snot," says Cussler.

:"Well, how do you feel about the war in Iraq at this point?" the "Today" host asked Ty Hensley, after having him describe the devastating impact of his brother's murder just hours before.

Much to Couric's chagrin, however, Hensley didn't rise to the bait. Instead he told the "Today Show":
"At this point, I want our servicemen, I want them to come back alive. But I don't want - and I believe - my brother's told me about so many good people in Iraq. I want to continue to try to help these people to get on their feet."

."Much like the award's namesake," said FOF president, George Landrith, "Sen. Miller has become a hero to millions of Americans for standing up for what he believes in, regardless the price. We think the late, great President Reagan would be thrilled with this selection."

Look at us – what a bunch of crybabies. Bush gets a bounce after his convention and you would have thought the Germans had run through Poland again. The Bushies are coming, the Bushies are coming!

If I hear one more person tell me how lousy a candidate Kerry is and how he can't win... Dammit, of COURSE he's a lousy candidate – he's a Democrat, for heavens sake! That party is so pathetic, they even lose the elections they win!

Instead of the wailing and gnashing of your teeth, why not hold out a hand to him and help the inner soldier/protester come out and defeat the forces of evil we now so desperately face."

"I was in total disbelief," (State Patrol pilot Al)Loney told the St. Paul Pioneer Press for Tuesday's editions. "I had to double-check my watch because in 27 years I'd never seen anything move that fast."

Kathy Swanson of the state Office of Traffic Safety said unless Tilley was wearing the kind of protective gear professional motorcycle racers wear, he was courting death at 200 mph.

"I'm not entirely sure what would happen if you crashed at 200 miles per hour," Swanson said. "But it wouldn't be pretty, that's for sure."

.(P)olice and a state Fish and Boat Commission officer weren't amused, and cited her father, Rick Patrick, for negligent operation of a water craft. Betsey Patrick said she was arrested for disorderly conduct after arguing about the $220 citation and handcuffed in front of her 2-year-old daughter.

His career included five Winston Racing Series National Short-Track Championships, seven regional NASCAR championships and a spot in the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. In one season, Phillips won 38 of the 40 Winston Racing Series events.

WELL, I WAS DRUNK THE DAY MY MOM GOT OUT OF PRISON
AND I WENT TO PICK HER UP IN THE RAIN
BUT BEFORE I COULD GET TO THE STATION IN MY PICKUP TRUCK
SHE GOT RUNNED OVER BY A DAMNED OLD TRAIN
AND I'LL HANG AROUND AS LONG AS YOU WILL LET ME
AND I NEVER MINDED STANDIN' IN THE RAIN
NO, A' YOU DON'T HAVE TO CALL ME DARLIN', DARLIN'
YOU NEVER EVEN CALL ME
WELL I WONDER WHY YOU DON'T CALL ME
WHY DON'T YOU EVER CALL ME BY MY NAME

Terry McAuliffe spoke to volunteers and staff Saturday morning at party headquarters in Springfield. He says winning Missouri will be crucial to a kerry-edwards victory in November. Even though polls show the democratic ticket trailing Bush-Cheney, Mcaullife says that doesn't matter. According to McAuliffe John Kerry will visit Springfield sometime in the next 45-days.

EU defence ministers meeting in Holland agreed to back the French-inspired plan for a 900-man force to be operational by December. Comprising French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, and Portuguese units, the gendarmerie - or carabinieri in Italian - will be well-armed and ready for full-scale conflict if necessary. The first commander will be French, with headquarters in Italy.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said Mr. Basayev's claim of responsibility shows that he is "inhuman."

Mr. Armitage told a news conference in Warsaw, Poland, Friday that "anyone who would use innocence for political aims is not worthy of existence in the type of societies we enjoy."

Bonds' 42nd homer of the season is a mere steppingstone in the 40-year-old's march toward Ruth's once-unthinkable 714 and Aaron's 755. Bonds hasn't been slowed by age, steroid suspicions or the collective fear of pitchers and managers walking him with record frequency.

The cars are valued from $21,000 to a maximum of $28,000 depending upon options selected, and Pontiac says that they will be paying the state sales taxes and license fees for each car. The total value of the car, taxes, and fees paid will be included on an IRS form 1099 for each recipient who will then have to file an esitmated federal return and make payment of the taxes due. A car worth say $25,000 at 7% sales tax = $1750, plus est. license fees of $500 would result in a taxable gain of $27,250 reported on the form 1099 and at the 28% tax rate equals a federal tax of over $7600 due on filing. Oh, and don't forget the insurance premium on the new car as well.

Possessing a rare combination of wisdom and humility, while serenely dominating your environment you selflessly use your powers to care for others.
Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
Galadriel is a character in the Middle-Earth universe.

."If we want students learning to high standards, we need them in the classroom, not the playground," Karyn Clarke, assistant superintendent for elementary schools, said this week.

Elementary students regularly move from one activity to the next within the classroom and the school, Clarke noted. And they have PE class to address obesity concerns. It's fine for children to have a brief break on a particular day because they are restless or sluggish, Clarke told the newspaper - but it's not supposed to be a daily occurrence.

Daniel Avila, 25, admitted Wednesday that he handed out fliers at the city's Oktoberfest celebration stating, "President George W. Bush Deserves to Be Assassinated." The handbill also called for a sex attack on the president's twin daughters.

:"Hanoi Jane" Fonda attacked George Bush this week as a "radical ideologue," while calling her old anti-war protest partner John Kerry a voice of "moderation."

The America-bashing actress then urged voters to back Kerry over Bush, saying, "I don't think there's ever been such a clear choice between radicalism and moderation.

The ad ends with a powerful final image of an American soldier trapped in quicksand, his hands held over his head in a position of surrender.

The judges said that the decision on individual cases should be based on the individual's corporeal mass, a figure obtained by dividing the person's weight in kilograms by his or her height in metres squared. In the case of Rita G, the result is the extraordinary figure of 57.7, while the normal parameters of invalidity through obesity are between 35 and 40.

The Warren County District Attorney's Office said a restaurant patron can't be forced to leave a gratuity. Prosecutors said establishments have to call it a service charge -- not a tip -- in order to make it a mandatory add-on charge.

Bilyeu has repeatedly sued the U.S. government in federal courts in Florida, Virginia, California and Washington, D.C. Most of the lawsuits also named former President Clinton and politicians as defendants. Judges dismissed all her lawsuits.
Bilyeu claims the federal government implanted a device in her head in the 1970s during an operation at a military base in Arizona. She claims the government has sent her messages -- mostly "put downs'' -- through the alleged device for years to annoy her.
"Mean politicians ... have been after me for years and years and years,'' she said. "I know it sounds nuts, but it's true.''
She claims that when she spoke out against Clinton, she was gassed in her apartment and in her car.

“The dialogue of cultures does not end at the edge of our solar system,” Deutsche Welle director Erik Bettermann said in a statement.

Deutsche Welle is a government-funded radio and television network that broadcasts mainly for German expatriates and Germany enthusiasts.

The nose-steered mouse, called a “nouse", works by using tracking software linked to a webcam that identifies a group of 25 pixels which are the tip of the nose.
Motion detection software is used to spot the blink of the user’s eye. Blinking the left or right eye twice takes the place of left or right mouse clicks.

WASHINGTON--- House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) today called on CBS News to retract its September 8 story calling President Bush's National Guard record into question. According to numerous press reports, CBS based its reporting on documents that it cannot prove are factual. Blunt also asks CBS to reveal the identities of the people he says have used the network "to deceive [its] viewers in the final weeks of a presidential election."

"To date, CBS's response to the specific and devastating criticisms of the accuracy of its reporting has been to question the motives of its critics, to offer half-truths in its own defense, to refuse to disclose crucial evidence, and to circle the wagons," Blunt writes.

Blunt gathered 40 signatures of his colleagues on the letter sent to CBS President Andrew Heyward today.

Canadian Customs stopped the van at the border, detained it and interviewed the three people inside.

As for the suitcase, something that was not explosive was inside, but it's being kept for further processing.

The hydrogen bomb was lost in the Atlantic Ocean in 1958 following a collision of a B-47 bomber and an F-86 fighter.

A group led by retired Air Force Lt. Col. Derek Duke of Statesboro, Georgia, said in July that it had found a large object underwater near Savannah that was emitting high levels of radioactivity, according to an Associated Press report.

LAUER: The reality has to be that there are some nice things that need to be said about them. And why aren't they in this book?
KELLEY: Matt, you've played golf with former President Bush.

LAUER: I've never played golf with him.

Kelley did not challenge Lauer on his denial - or explain how many sources she had for her false claim.

Black pudding is a speciality of the region and consists of cooked pigs’ blood, fat and rusk encased in a length of intestine.

Contestants threw black puddings at a stack of Yorkshire puddings 20ft off the ground in a bid to knock off more than their opponents.

Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney jumped in the polls because they cast their convention as a Western. They were the "Magnificent Seven," steely-eyed, gun-slinging samurai riding in to save the frightened town: Rudolph Giuliani, John McCain, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Zell Miller, Dick Cheney, George W. Bush and Poppy Bush, who was on "Imus" comparing Mr. Kerry with Jane Fonda.

After 9/11, Americans want tough guys who will protect them from Al Qaeda. They seem to be willing to settle for an impersonation of tough guys by Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney, who were so busy with their vanity war in Iraq that they missed critical opportunities to vanquish Al Qaeda and spent money on a foreign occupation that could have been used to secure American ports and come up with plans before the Beslan tragedy to protect children from terrorists.(emphasis mine - ed)

"The Americans and the U.S. military have a better understanding of the seriousness of this threat since we and the United States have both been targeted in powerful terror attacks," Ivanov said in the television interview.

"In that sense, it has been easier for us to find a basis for mutual understanding with the United States than with some of the European nations."

The Port Authority, which said the lawsuit was being filed in federal district court in Manhattan on Friday, is following similar moves by other organizations, including Cantor Fitzgerald, the bond brokerage that lost the biggest number of workers in the attacks.

Cantor Fitzgerald last week sued both Saudi Arabia and al Qaeda in New York federal court, charging that the Saudis aided al Qaeda, which is led by Saudi-born Osama bin Laden.

Two days later(after the Republican Convention), Kerry told supporters in Akron, Ohio, that "we're going to take the wood" to the Republicans. But he hastened to add: "And we're going to do it nicely. Because America deserves a real conversation about the choices that affect your lives."

Two days later(after the Republican Convention), Kerry told supporters in Akron, Ohio, that "we're going to take the wood" to the Republicans. But he hastened to add: "And we're going to do it nicely. Because America deserves a real conversation about the choices that affect your lives."

Exenatide, a drug which mimics a hormone found in the spit of the Gila Monster - a creature that lives in the Arizona desert and eats just four times a year - is being investigated in the treatment of patients with type 2, or adult-onset, diabetes
One of the trials found that patients taking the therapy for a year saw an average reduction in blood sugar levels of 1.1 per cent and average weight reduction of 4.5kg.

The English stage actor was initially reluctant to audition for the part and even risked "losing his voice" to Hollywood star Richard Dreyfuss (news) as Lucas contemplated dubbing him over.

"Now I have the honor of being the only person to have appeared in all of the movies and I have become the principal spokesman for them," he said.