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Does Sen. Barack Obama see dead people? That's what the Democratic presidential candidate seemed to say in the opening sentence of his Memorial Day speech yesterday in New Mexico. But the statement apparently has been scrubbed from an official transcript on Obama's campaign website. Obama began his speech yesterday stating: "On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes – and I see many of them in the audience here today – our sense of patriotism is particularly strong."

When Clinton was challenged by a reporter that this revised account calls into question her foreign policy credentials, Clinton said, "No, I went to 80 countries, you know. I gave contemporaneous accounts, I wrote about a lot of this in my book. You know, I think that, a minor blip, you know, if I said something that, you know, I say a lot of things -- millions of words a day -- so, if I misspoke, that was just a misstatement." Today, she said that she "had to meet this 8-year-old girl," so, "I took her stuff and left."

NEW YORK — "Kristen," the high-priced prostitute whom New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is believed to have hired, has been identified by the New York Times as Ashley Alexandra Dupre, a 22-year-old aspiring musician and native of New Jersey. Dupre, who was born Ashley Youmans, now lives in the Flatiron district of Manhattan, the Times reports. She appeared in court Monday as a witness against the four people charged in the alleged prostitution ring known as the Emperors Club V.I.P. "I just don't want to be thought of as a monster," Dupre told The New York Times in a telephone...

The brunette at the center of Eliot Spitzer's spectacular downfall is a 22-year-old runaway from the Jersey Shore who came to the city to be a singer and ended up toppling a governor. The stunning revelation came on a day of high drama that began with Spitzer's resignation and ended with the confession from sexy Ashley Alexandra Dupré, who is just four years older than Spitzer's eldest daughter. "I just don't want to be thought of as a monster," said Dupré, who was born Ashley Youmans and raised in Belmar, N.J.

NEW YORK - Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned in disgrace Wednesday after getting caught in a call-girl scandal that shattered his corruption-fighting, straight-arrow image, saying: "I cannot allow my private failings to disrupt the people's work." Spitzer made the announcement without having finalized a plea deal with federal prosecutors, though a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation said he is believed to still be negotiating one. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case. "Over the course of my public life, I've insisted, I think correctly, that people regardless of their position or power...

The Hunt For The NAFTA Dancer took an unexpected turn today as journalists pointed to Peter Brodie as one of the sources that launched the story. Ian Brodie, the chief of staff to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, started the controversy with an off-hand comment to reporters on background not to read too much into the demagoguery of Democrats on the trade agreement. He told them that the Clinton campaign had contacted the Canadians to reassure them of their commitment to the pact: The leak of a confidential diplomatic discussion that rocked the U.S. presidential campaign began with an offhand remark...

Polish Scientists Figure Out Length of Perfect LegsThursday, January 17, 2008 When it comes to great gams, it's all in the proportion. That's the conclusion reached by Polish researcher Boguslaw Pawlowski, whose studies of men and women's preferences led him to conclude that legs 5 percent longer than average are most attractive to both sexes. "Long legs are signaling health," Pawlowski explained to New Scientist magazine, adding that shorter legs are associated with a higher risk of diabetes and other debilitating diseases. Pawlowski and his colleagues at the University of Wroclaw showed 218 male and female volunteers photos of seven...

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who won the primary in Michigan on Tuesday, faces a far tougher challenge this weekend, at Saturday's primary in South Carolina. The former Massachusetts governor is among the candidates turning their attention to the Palmetto State, where the GOP race is wide open. He is stressing a message of economic optimism.

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Rich who? The West Virginia Mountaineers didn't need coach Rich Rodriguez. They had Pat White, and their elusive quarterback led them to a surprising 48-28 romp over Oklahoma (No. 4 BCS, No. 3 AP) in the Fiesta Bowl on Wednesday night. White ran for 150 yards and threw for 176 and two touchdowns for the Mountaineers (No. 9 BCS, No. 11 AP), who rushed for 349 yards, most allowed by Oklahoma in a bowl game. Since arriving in the desert last week, the Mountaineers (11-2) said they had bonded behind interim coach Bill Stewart, who took...

I was recently reminded of Mandy Grunwald's close ties as an advisor to the Clintons and in particular Hillary Clinton. Going back to the initial unearthing of the Whitewater Scandal, I remember watching a talking head show

Ten ways to outsmart the airlines and not spend your holiday season at the airport Schlotzsky's. In the past year, I have flown on 110 flights—and 11 arrived on time. As awful as that performance is, it doesn't even reflect the worst travel nightmares of the year, including record numbers of lost bags, overflowing lavatories, and the infamous JetBlue odyssey... In the first half of the year, more than 93,000 flights were canceled, an increase of 44 percent over the first half of 2006, according to the Department of Transportation. 2007 will go down as the worst year in history...

LAMPASAS TX - Imagine driving down the street when suddenly, a deer leaps through a window into your car! That's exactly what happened to a woman in Lampasas this morning at 3rd and Porter. She had just dropped her children off at school and was driving down the street when the deer made its grand entrance.

SOUTH Korean scientists have bred cats that glow in the dark by inserting a fluorescence protein gene into the DNA of clones, which makes them glow under ultraviolet light. The procedure could help scientists develop treatments for genetic diseases in humans. Scientists led by Kong Il-keun of Gyeongsang National University produced three cats with altered fluorescence genes, the Science and Technology Ministry said. "It marked the first time in the world that cats with RFP genes have been cloned," the ministry said in a statement.