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WASHINGTON – In Minnesota, two women who couldn’t be more opposed in their political views are running for an open U.S. House seat that has become one of the most coveted of the midterm election. Patty Wetterling, a member of the Democratic Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota, is proudly pro-choice and …

UNITED NATIONS – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that his nation would negotiate suspending its nuclear enrichment “under fair and just conditions,” but declined to give a timeframe on when that might happen. “If they recognize that we too as a nation have rights and that they too recognize …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Against Anti-Americanism British Prime Minister Tony Blair is lashing out at anti-Americanism among European politicians, saying the world needs the U.S. to help solve pressing global problems. In a pamphlet published by the British Foreign Policy Center, Blair argues that the “strain …

A chemical test used by the Mars Viking landers more than 30 years ago was not sensitive enough to detect signs of alien life even if they existed, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed soil from several harsh, Mars-like environments on Earth using the same gas spectrometry test employed by …

While on vacation last week, I cheered the Simpson victory from afar and the return of Christmas to most retail stores in America. Both are big wins for Americans, who believe this country stands for what’s right and promotes positive things like Christmas — a federal holiday that encourages good …

Only hours after Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson won re-election against opponent Katherine Harris, his 30-year-old son was arrested and charged with battery on a law enforcement officer and other felonies, The Miami Herald reported. Orlando police said they were called to the scene of a fight that reportedly involved …

WASHINGTON – While investigators zero in on what happened to billions of dollars allegedly siphoned away in the Oil-for-Food scandal, a less high-profile probe is under way into spending in Iraq. Investigations into how the U.S-led coalition spent Iraq’s oil revenues after the fall of Baghdad in 2003 have found …

Another day, another terror threat in London (search). And another reminder to folks in the U.S. to be vigilant. But what does that mean: Be vigilant? A former police commissioner said it means looking for anything and anyone unusual. Look, I work in New York. I run into a lot …

Sony Music | ‘War of the Worlds’ | The Raspberries | Eugene Record Payola Shocker: J-Lo Hits, Others Were ‘Bought’ by Sony I always say when people ask me that the so-called vipers of the movie business would not last a day in the record business. Now Eliot Spitzer’s office …

Man, lots of Oblivions in the world these days. You know what makes me go Grrr? Office gossip. Nothing Grrrs me more than people who talk about other people in the office. Just do your job, shut your mouth. Don’t you just love it when some office Oblivion shoots his …