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<p>Men probably won't see child support relief even if they disprove paternity.</p> <p>An acid sense of betrayal has been gnawing at Damon Adams since a DNA test showed that he is not the father of a 10-year-old girl born during his former marriage.</p>

KARLA KNAFEL WANTED $5 MILLION FROM MICHAEL JORDAN AS FAR BACK AS THE SUMMER OF 1991, BUT SETTLED FOR $250,000 AFTER BLOOD AND DNA TESTS REVEALED HE WASN'T THE FATHER OF THE CHILD TO WHOM SHE GAVE BIRTH LATER THAT YEAR, JORDAN'S LAWYERS ASSERTED IN COURT DOCUMENTS FILED MONDAY. Filling in some of the missing details from his version of the affair that has led to a nasty legal battle, Jordan maintained he never agreed to Knafel's demand at the time to pay her $1 million immediately and to place another $4 million in escrow to be released upon proof...

Patrick McCarthy was floored to learn after his divorce that his 14-year-old daughter had been fathered by another man. He was even more stunned to find out that he would still have to pay $280 a month in child support."You have to be a stone not to react emotionally to something like that," said McCarthy, 41, a delivery service driver from Hillsborough, N.J. "The thing I found more disturbing was the way they treat you in court."In New Jersey, as in most other states, children born during a marriage are the legal responsibility of the husband - even if he...

DAILY WHISPER The Lott buzz: Gone in days Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, under pressure from colleagues and the White House to give up his post instead of face a January vote of confidence, may give in as soon as this weekend, predict key Senate Republican aides. In fact, they're already discussing Lott's post-majority-leader career, suggesting that he might be handed the chairmanship of a key committee for "doing the right thing," says one aide. As his comments at a birthday party for Sen. Strom Thurmond and his subsequent apologies continued to ripple through Washington yesterday, fellow Republican senators began...

<p>An acid sense of betrayal has been gnawing at Damon Adams since a DNA test showed that he is not the father of a 10-year-old girl born during his former marriage.</p> <p>"Something changes in your heart," says Adams, 51, a dentist in Traverse City, Mich. "When she walks through the door, you're seeing the product of an affair."</p>

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DETROIT (AP) -- A package of bills sitting in a state Senate committee could free men from paying child support for children they did not father. The proposals also would penalize a mother who deceives a man into believing he is the biological father of her child. Traverse City dentist Damon Adams is pushing legislators to vote the bills -- passed last year by the state House -- into law. Shortly after the end of his 25-year marriage, DNA tests proved Adams was not the father of the fourth child born to he and his wife. "It was the worst...

Part One: Paternity fraud occurs when a mother lies about who the biological father of a child really is. It can occur between non-married individuals or within a marriage. Unfortunately, most men discover the lie after a relationship has ended. Many have no idea how to react, complicated by intense emotions described as “feelings worse than a death”. Denial, pain, mourning, and anger phases often paralyze them with indecision while having to make timely legal moves. Most lawyers discourage action, or are unfamiliar with this area of law so then disbelief sets in, followed by utter frustration. The man who...

63 Terrell 37 Landrieu Looking good so far, though it is very early.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, voicing strong support for U.S. Sen. John Kerry's presidential ambitions, yesterday urged former Vice President Al Gore to stay out of the 2004 White House race "Gore would lose," Frank said. "I don't think he should run ... His negatives are too high." As Kerry officially created his presidential exploratory committee, Frank, D-Newton, said Gore lacks the political popularity to topple President Bush - who is riding a wave of favorability as he pursues the war on terrorism. Frank stressed he wasn't blaming Gore, but simply recognizing a political reality Democrats must confront. "Gore...

<p>Bill Clinton failed to lead the Democratic Party during last month's midterm elections, the Rev. Al Sharpton said yesterday, and the former president is now compounding the party's poor showing by blaming others.</p> <p>"For him to say that the Democrats failed to bring out a message is wrong," Mr. Sharpton said in an interview with The Washington Times. "He was the messenger, he was the one out there and helped run the campaign, him and [Democratic National Committee Chairman] Terry McAuliffe. So how can he give an objective opinion with his subjective involvement?"</p>

WASHINGTON — A federal panel rejected cash-strapped United Airlines’ request for a $1.8 billion loan guarantee today, dealing a setback to efforts by the nation’s second-largest carrier to avoid bankruptcy. The Air Transportation Stabilization Board’s decision came as the Chicago-based carrier scrambled to pare costs and avoid a bankruptcy filing. “The board believes that the business plan submitted by the company is not financially sound,” the board said in a statement. United had asked that the government guarantee $1.8 billion of a $2 billion private loan package. Without the guarantee and the loan, the airline has said it would probably...

<p>From the Be Careful What You Wish For Dept.: Augusta National members tell SI that among the new additions to the club are Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, who had been campaigning for membership for years. No doubt Gates's progressive, latte-sipping Seattle social circle will be thrilled that he has joined the world's most notorious boys-only club. South Carolina football coach Lou Holtz was also extended membership privileges. "Go 'Cocks!" as they say around the National.</p>

United Airlines said Monday it reached a new agreement on wage cuts with its mechanics union, a crucial part of its effort to stave off a bankruptcy filing. The nation's second-largest airline reached a tentative pact with the International Association of Machinists early Monday morning after all-night negotiations, United spokesman Jeff Green said. The union's rank-and-file members, who rejected a similar wage cut deal last week, will vote on the pact Thursday, Green said. He declined to give details of the agreement. United desperately needs the wage cuts from the mechanics in order to convince the U.S. government to grant...

Key members of Congress are pressing the Bush administration to approve a $1.8 billion loan guarantee for United Airlines so it can avert bankruptcy, while the company late on Tuesday released more details of its recovery plan after criticism it had not been thorough enough. Led by House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert, most of the Illinois and Virginia congressional delegations have pressed senior White House, economic, and transportation leaders recently to help the Chicago-based carrier. Hastert has spoken to President Bush (news - web sites) as well as lobbied Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and Federal Reserve (news - web...

If you want to see a bunch of stupid college liberals get their heads handed to them, you really should watch this, it was brilliant.

The worst thing about Tuesday's election was that it didn't have to happen. It was a wasted chance, a blown opportunity that may be hard to get back. And if you're looking to place the blame don't point at the voters or the media or whacko conspiracy theories or even the Republicans. The blame belongs entirely with the Democrats themselves who ran out of appendages to shoot themselves in. You want people to go out and vote for you? Give them a reason to do so. They didn't. So how did it happen and what now? First of all, Terry...

As I recall, the reason that Tom Daschle was able to get Jim Jeffords to cross the aisle was because Senator Paul Coverdale died suddenly of a heart attack, in a state with a Democratic Govenor. Even though, after Mary Landreu goes down to defeat in Louisiana, and the Pubs are up 52-48, it would only take the death of a couple of GOP senators in states with DNC govenors, to make it attractive for Lincoln Chaffee to cross over to the Dems. Therefore, as a good conservative, I am hereby requesting that every GOP Senator get their heart's checked...

If first impressions mean anything, Norm Coleman is going to beat Walter Mondale. Mondale is giving his first press conference, and he looks very old and slow. In my opinion, he doesn't inspire confidence, and he looks ready to drop dead off the stage! If Coleman cant beat this doddering senior, then he cant beat anyone.