story

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Amid the uproar over National Security Agency phone intercepts, 59 percent of Americans say the legal system is tilted too far in favor of individual liberties at the expense of national security or is well balanced between the two. That’s according to …

WASHINGTON – Hurricane Katrina may have left mountains of debris and shattered lives in its wake, but despite its disastrous toll, most political careers are still intact. “We thought there would be, but it doesn’t seem that anybody is going to be swept up by (Katrina),” said Nathan Gonzales, editor …

T.G.I.F! Thank God It’s Friday! No doubt, after a long week of work, many of you are happy to see the weekend arrive. But news events do not take the weekend off. That’s why you can count on finding out what’s happening in the world by starting your Saturday and …

NEW YORK – Miss USA pageant owner Donald Trump prepared to announce reigning beauty queen Tara Conner’s fate in a press conference Tuesday, as reports of her alleged drug and alcohol abuse and indiscretions with men continued to surface. Conner, who turned 21 on Monday, reportedly tested positive for cocaine …

On Memorial Day, I was in a small town on Cape Cod, looking forward to a day of family fun. The weather was beautiful and the beach was calling. We took our usual bike ride into town for breakfast and heard there would be a parade at the town circle …

Tori’s Story: Tacky Take on Family Affairs | Madonna Tours for the Money, Honey | Delta Is Ready When They Are Tori’s Story: Tacky Take On Family Affairs The country’s celebration of dreck and bad taste reaches a new low today: Tori Spelling is on the cover of Us Weekly, …

I was in need of some hair product the other day, so I figured I’d hit a local drug store for the usual gel or pomade. But since I have to live up to the “perfect hair” that Thomas C. wrote about a few weeks ago in the Your Grrrs …

Simpleton. Moron. Twisted syntax. Dumb ideas. Those were some of the kinder things said of the president. Not “this” president. I’m talking president Ronald Reagan. He was also dismissed as an intellectual lightweight. He was also lampooned as a puffed up idiot. He was also crazy like a fox. You’d …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: The State Department says the Venezuelan ambassador to the U.S. “might find his ability to move around the United States severely restricted” in the event of another attack on William Brownfield, the U.S. ambassador to that country. Brownfield was donating baseball equipment …

OCALA, Fla. – Charges against a Tampa teacher who had sex with a 14-year-old middle-school student have been dropped in one of the two counties where the incidents occurred. Debra Lafave, 25, was charged in Marion County with lewd and lascivious battery on a child and lewd and lascivious exhibition …