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WASHINGTON — Not everyone thinks imitation is the best form of flattery. In fact, U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando took such offense at a parody website aimed at unseating him that the freshman Democrat has asked that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder investigate the Lake County activist who started the anti-Grayson website “mycongressmanisnuts.com.” Specifically, Grayson accuses Republican activist Angie Langley of lying to federal elections. His four-page complaint highlights the fact that the Clermont resident lives outside his district, but that Langley still uses the term “my” in “mycongressmanisnuts.com.”“Ms. Langley has deliberately masqueraded as a constituent of mine, in...

ANGELA Merkel, the German chancellor, yesterday urged her people not to bow to fears of Islamic violence after a Berlin opera house cancelled a Mozart work over concerns that scenes might enrage Muslims and pose a security risk."I think the cancellation was a mistake. I think self-censorship does not help us against people who want to practise violence in the name of Islam," she told reporters. Mrs Merkel's comments, fuelled a row over the cancellation of Mozart's Idomeneo that overshadowed a government-sponsored conference to promote dialogue with the country's 3.2 million Muslims. The Deutsche Oper Berlin pulled Idomeneo, which has...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Brad Pitt's publicist says Angelina Jolie has given birth in Africa.

MIDI - ANGIE Angie, Angie...no neo-con can use my song Angie, Angie...why are some girls so wrong You will learn time's on my side...like the spider and the fly My brain's drugged out, let it bleed And Angie, Angie...a nervous breakdown I don't need Angie, this heart of stone...thinks you're the worst candidate Angie, get off my cloud...do not tempt the hand of fate I have had it with you, dear...it's all over now, it's clear Play with fire, you're going home Angie, Angie...don't mess with these Strolling Bones (musical break) Your world, we will paint it black...factory girl,...

GERMANY'S conservatives said today they would continue to play the Rolling Stones song Angie on their leader Angela Merkel's campaign trail despite complaints from the band and requests from a record company to stop. "The song will be played tonight" at a rally in Hamburg, said a spokeswoman for Ms Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) which is tipped to win September elections, paving the way for her to become Germany's first woman chancellor. She said that the party had been assured by the German music copyright group GEMA that they were allowed to use the Stones' 1973 hit. The European...