I don’t know about you, but I generally hate clubs. Not all clubs, but clubs that say they’re “exclusive,” or “special.” Clubs that say “we’re in” and you’re not, unless “you’re in” with us. The French and Germans brag about their club. It’s called the European Union (search). And they …
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The Environmental Protection Agency moved closer this week toward polluting New York’s Hudson River. But don’t be shocked. That’s what happens when agency policy decisions meet the political ambitions of EPA Administrator Christie Todd Whitman. The EPA is trying to force the General Electric Company to spend $500 million in …
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Dear Gail — My husband is retired, collecting a company pension and his Social Security. I am still working and now contributing the max to my 401k plan. Because I took a new job in the middle of last year with a substantial increase, we find that we will owe …
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LOS ANGELES – From otters to insects, the Endangered Species Act protects America’s animal and plant life … often to the detriment of humans. In Klamath Falls, Ore., environmentalists used the act to rob farmers of their water, awarding 100 percent of it to the fish instead. “We weren’t just …
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Craven and Clinton | Bardem Not Afraid of Virginia Woolf | Brad Pitt Can’t Snatch Victory | Former Sleaze Publisher Unmoved, Unloved ScreamDirector Filmed Clinton’s Last Day in Office It could be scarier than any horror film: Screamand Nightmare on Elm Street director Wes Craven has made a film of …
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‘Hannibal’ May Eat Again |Sopranos Shrink |Sex, Italian Style |Tom Cruise|Inside, Outside, Leave Me Alone HannibalMay Eat Again in a Third Film Sir Anthony Hopkinsand producer Dino DeLaurentiis told me last night at the premiere of Hannibal that they are working on putting together another film about the popular cannibal. …
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Jude Law cheated on Sienna Miller, Peter Cook did it to Christie Brinkley, Kate Hudson reportedly did it to Chris Robinson and rumors have been flying recently about whether New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez is doing it to his wife, Cynthia. But infidelity isn’t just confined to rich and …
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A Catholic pastor at a Massachusetts parochial school has made all the Harry Potter books there disappear, saying they are spiritually dangerous for children and could encourage them to engage in witchcraft. The Rev. Ron Barker of St. Joseph’s School in Wakefield, Mass., said he stripped the library there of …
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There’s a number that’s been rattling around inside my head —- 502. That’s the number of people who started last year’s New York City marathon and never made it across the finish line. All those weeks and months of blood, sweat and tears —- and for one reason or another …
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BLACKSBURG, Va. – Witnesses continued to paint a stark, grisly picture of the horror that unfolded Monday at Virginia Tech a day after a student gunman opened fire on the campus and apparently killed 32 people before committing suicide. Student Melanie Swift was in Norris Hall, the engineering building where …
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