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It's been seven weeks since the statue of Saddam Hussein toppled in Baghdad. And American forces have still found no weapons of mass destruction. More

Several miracles combined just after noon last Friday to save the life of Councilman Adam Dread. More

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A lot of middle-aged white guys are teed off because Annika Sorenstam got to play golf in a recent PGA event. At first, I couldn't figure out the angst. Surely, Sorenstam is nicer to look at than most of these golf guys who often dress in green pants and yellow shirts. Are there no mirrors in the clubhouses? More

When liberals wear ties and jackets, it's not news. But for some reason, when conservatives put on baggy jeans, it's a huge story. More

"I a little bit disagree with Chairman Roberts on that." That was Sen. Jay Rockefeller, the senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, kinda, sorta, uh, not really taking exception to Committee Chairman Pat Roberts' assertion that we've turned the corner when it comes to keeping the peace in post-war Iraq. More

Gov. Phil Bredesen should veto a bill passed in the final hours of the General Assembly last week that would allow the state to issue license plates with the message

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So where are those weapons of mass destruction? More

Sultaana Freeman is an Orlando, Fla., woman who says her religious beliefs would be compromised if her face was photographed for a driver

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Everyone involved in either the satellite television or radio industries should be rejoicing soon because they will probably reap immediate dividends with this week

Jayson Blair has opened the proverbial can o' worms. The now-infamous black fabulist, who resigned from The New York Times after being exposed as a near-sociopathic liar and plagiarist, effectively has eviscerated the Times' pro-diversity policy and invited gawkers to poke at the innards of affirmative action. More

One of the most respected journalists at the New York Times resigned Wednesday. Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Bragg admitted that he had put his byline on a story largely reported by an unpaid freelancer. More

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"California," said Gov. Gray Davis, "is the best place in the nation for businesses to prosper." The Golden State's "business-friendly policy environment," Davis added, provides "fertile ground for the best companies in the world to grow." More

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What if you

Spiked? Censored? Me? That's what my conservative friends are saying. I wrote a column last week suggesting it was time for Bill and Hillary Clinton and their defenders to shut up. If the Democrats are to have any chance of winning the White House, they have to move forward, not backward. More