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Sex, lies and editorials
Everybody loves a good political sex scandal — the ritual apologies, the jokes, the schadenfreude, the self-righteousness (from everyone else, of course). But The Times editorial boards of old tended to stay out of the graphic, cheeky media hype, refusing...Tags: Career and Workplace, Television, Regional Authority, Social Issues, Newt Gingrich
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The cult of 'for the children'
In their dispute over an expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP, President Bush and Congress agree with Whitney Houston. They believe, that is, that children are our future. The quibbling isn't over the notion that kids...Tags: Health, Crimes, Health Insurance, Stranger Than Fiction, Nancy Pelosi
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Get government out of the bathroom
As we all look forward to more sputtering news conference antics from Sen. Larry Craig, here's hoping that the Idaho politician will eventually draw on traditional Republican principles and stand up for his right to engage in consensual sex in toilet...Tags: Larry Craig, Heads of State, Republican Party, Trials, Minnesota
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FEMA disaster aid operations tightened after Frances
Sun-SentinelFederal officials announced sweeping changes Friday in how they verify damages and award aid to disaster victims in response to a U.S. Senate investigation into widespread fraud and waste in Miami-Dade County after Hurricane Frances last year. Damage...Tags: Robert Wexler, Vehicles, Crimes, FEMA, Theft
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Oscar season overload
For years, everyone has complained that the summer movie season represents the low ebb of art and original ideas in Hollywood.
But when it comes to the triumph of tawdriness and superficiality, nothing quite matches the endless Oscar prognostication...Tags: Movies, Forest Whitaker, Sean Penn, Sports, Republican Party
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Ex-pages defend House program amid calls to reform or abolish it
Revelations in the past week of sexually explicit e-mail and instant messages from then-Rep. Mark Foley to teenage House pages have sparked calls for reform and even abolition of the page program. Security at the program is already tight, almost to the...Tags: Politics, University of Minnesota, Curricula, Thomas M Reynolds, New York
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Text of House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert's Letter
Dear Mr. Attorney General: Former Representative Mark Foley resigned from the House of Representatives on Friday, September 29, 2006, after improper and illicit communications between Mr. Foley and former House pages were made public. While the House...Tags: Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Law Enforcement, Justice System, Prosecution
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Scrutiny of foreign deals urged
Sun ReporterPresident Bush is coming under growing pressure to toughen the government's scrutiny of future transactions, as the furor continues over an Arab firm's purchase of some U.S. port operations, including in Baltimore. Lawmakers in both parties are advancing...Tags: Alabama, George W. Bush, Entertainment, Television, Evan Bayh
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FEMA spent more on generators than repairs
South Florida Sun-SentinelIn the first seven weeks after Hurricane Wilma, $95 million in federal disaster aid went to buy Floridians generators and cleanup items, more than the government spent to fix homes damaged by the October storm. The Federal Emergency Management Agency...Tags: FEMA, Ron Klein, The Home Depot, Jeb Bush, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Joe Negron files to run for Ken Pruitt's Senate seat in 2010
Palm Beach Politics | Sun-Sentinel BlogsFormer state Rep. Joe Negron, who made an unsuccessful bid for Congress in the shadow of the Mark Foley sex scandal, said today he'd run for Ken Pruitt's Senate seat, which includes parts of Palm Beach County. Negron, who now......Tags: Politics, Beach Vacations, Florida, Tim Mahoney, Government
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President Bush's next political visit to Palm Beach County reset for Sept. 18
Palm Beach Politics | Sun-Sentinel BlogsThe White House has postponed until Sept. 18 a President Bush visit to Palm Beach County. Bush is coming to campaign for Republican congressional candidate Tom Rooney. He was previously scheduled to visit the area this Friday. The location of......Tags: Tim Mahoney, Palm Beach Gardens, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Government, Republican Party
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Mark Foley's page-mail: Case closed
The Swampby Mark Silva Whatever happened to.... That case involving Mark Foley, the former congressman from Florida run out of the House for sharing inappropriate emails with underage male pages? They've dropped it. Authorities in Florida today closed their case...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Sex, Florida, Family, Palm Beach County
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