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Friday, November 16, 2001 SEXY YULE AT THE WHITE HOUSE By RICHARD JOHNSON with Paula Froelich and Chris Wilson WHILE her dad is busy saving the world, his daughter Barbara Bush is shopping up a storm. The 21-year-old Yalie just ordered every piece from the very risque Heatherette line's '80s-inspired Spring 2002 Collection and wants it delivered before the holidays. It should make for an interesting Christmas at the White House. Barbara quietly attended Heatherette's spring show in a club on West 23rd Street on Sept. 8, accompanied by three Secret Service agents. The "highlight" of the show was when ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of President Bush closest allies in Congress on health issues called on Wednesday for federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research, while the agency that provides money for medical research said ``the door should be left open'' for the promising field. The comments by Sen. Bill Frist, a Tennessee Republican who is the only physician in the Senate, and officials of the National Institutes of Health came as Bush considers prohibiting federal funding for research involving stem cells harvested from human embryos. NIH entered the debate on one of the most contentious issues facing the White House ...

Going for the gold as the world’s most effective totalitarian state   July 13 —  Hey world leaders! Want to get the International Olympic Committee to put the quadrennial games in your nation? Here’s how: First, establish a communist dictatorship where the rights of free speech, free expression and freedom of religion are expressly denied. Next, invade and occupy a peaceable neighboring nation, while continuing to persecute its citizens for decades. Make sure to jail, torture, and if necessary, murder anyone who refuses to go along. Do the same for any potential parents who refuse to abide by your policy ...

This is an editorial from The Washington Post so I cannot post the entire text, but will try to summarize the content. First, the Post reviews some of the more egregious human rights violations that the PRC has committed lately. Gao Zhan, a researcher affliated with American University, and Li Shaomin, an American citizen who had been teaching in Hong Kong, are in custody and facing trial on alleged "espionage" charges. At least two other American citizens or residents have been detained. These arrests are, says the Post, part of a larger crackdown that has included shutting down Internet cafes ...

Dr. Leonel Cordova embraces his four-year-old daughter Giselle Cordova after she arrived with her brother Yusniel Hernandez, 11, from Cuba via Cancun, at Miami International Airport Tuesday, July 3, 2001. Dr. Cordova defected to the U.S. last year after slipping away from a Cuban medical mission in Zimbabwe. Cuba's communist government released the children after they lost their mother in a motorcycle crash.

(CNSNews.com) - In a case closely resembling Elian Gonzalez, reports from Cuba Friday indicated that the Castro government has agreed to allow two children of a doctor who defected to the U.S. last year to emigrate to Miami to live with their father. Four-year-old Giselle Cordova and her 11-year-old half-brother, Yusinel Hernandez were given permission late Thursday by the Castro government to leave the Caribbean island and head for Miami to join their father. They are expected to arrive in Miami on Tuesday. Their mother died in a motorcycle accident a few weeks ago near their suburban Havana home. ...

Conservatives Blast Education Bill By Dave Clark, correspondent Your call to Congress is needed to try to restore true education reform. President Bush's vision of an education bill that would "leave no child behind" is now virtually nonexistent in the education measures being considered by Congress — and pro-family conservatives aren't happy. James C. Dobson, Ph.D., president of Focus on the Family, harshly criticized the bill in his Thursday radio broadcast. He said what remains of promised education reform lies in competing House and Senate versions of a bill that now calls for massive spending hikes and no real reform. ...