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Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: In Monday’s hearings, Massachusetts Democrat Ted Kennedy expressed concern over an “academic study,” which he said showed that Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito ruled against individual rights in 84 percent of his dissents — arguing that “average Americans have had a hard …

It took only two words for rapper Jerome Cosey to spark a musical evolution. The 26-year-old artist known as Fifth Ward Weebie specializes in a New Orleans style of hip-hop called bounce. He tweaked one of his songs on a hot Houston night last October to reflect the then-recent hurricane, …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – For the first time in more than four years, a NASA space shuttle — Discovery — is poised to light up the night sky in an evening launch bound for the international space station. But weather may intervene. Veteran spaceflyer Mark Polansky and his six-astronaut crew …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Name Game A state lawmaker in Georgia wants to strip the name of Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney from a major highway in suburban Atlanta. Republican Len Walker says Democrat McKinney “has brought embarrassment to the state of Georgia” — and cites her run-in …

Only in America can thousands of illegal immigrants protest quite legally. Only in America can they demand things of a system that really doesn’t owe them anything. Only in America can the media go along with their pleas and say nothing of their demands. Only in America can those who …

Billy Boyd sweeps the broken glass from his backyard each morning before letting out his pit bull puppy. Every day bottles and stones are hurled into his tiny backyard from the Catholic side of the 30-foot chain link fence that borders it. A few blades of grass sprout from the …

You’re allowed to burn it, mock it — you name it. When it comes to the American flag, you can do it. “Because” of the American flag, you can have at it. Its very image fosters pride, but for others anger. I remember when I was on my last book …

Like a lot of folks, I had a lot of jobs growing up. But the one I think I learned the most from was when I was a waiter in grad school. It was a humbling experience. I’ll never forget the night I spilled a bowl of soup on an …

Some call John Bolton the Yosemite Sam of the United Nations. The bushy mustache, the irascible temper and the slightly wild hair, they have in common. And remember, Sam was created to be a more worthy adversary to Bugs Bunny — the anti-Elmer Fudd. Nobody ever won against Bugs and …

Jermaine and Larry’s Forgotten 2003 Talk | Oscar Notes: A ‘Yard’ of Desserts Jermaine and Larry’s Forgotten 2003 Talk On “Larry King Live” last night, Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson‘s older brother, protested about a book proposal he’d written with Stacy Brown which had surfaced in the New York Daily News …