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Yesterday, TIME Magazine identified Bill Glennon as a former typewriter repairman. Today, CBS’s latest denial features Bill Glennon prominently as a “document expert.”

By Jim Caple ESPN.com ATHENS, Greece -- If there had been a guy dressed up in a gorilla suit, I would have sworn this was just another meaningless NBA game in Seattle in January instead of the Olympics. There was a dance team wiggling and jiggling during timeouts. There were volunteers tossing rolled-up T-shirts into the stands. There was the pounding sound of pop tunes that haven't been popular in years. Most importantly, there was a team of NBA players just going through the motions. "I'm humiliated,'' U.S. coach Larry Brown said after his team's 92-73 loss to Puerto Rico....

Tehran, Jan 24 - Senior US senator Joseph Biden criticized the American government's policies on Iran during a meeting with Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi on the fringes of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, foreign ministry said on Saturday. The ranking Democrat on the senate Foreign Relations Committee from Delaware, "stressed the importance of Iran and the role which it can play in the sensitive and volatile region" in the Middle East. Joseph Biden told the Iranian foreign minister that he hoped the existing problems between the Islamic Republic of Iran and America would be removed someday. Kharrazi had...

<p>WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans support President Bush's push for war against Iraq and say Democrats are not tough enough in dealing with terrorism, a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll shows.</p> <p>The poll taken over the weekend also found that most surveyed believe that Republicans have a clearer plan for managing foreign affairs and the economy. Even a majority of Democrats say their party is too liberal.</p>

So I'm working at home today, listening to the campaign related messages roll into my phone, and the following one comes in: Hello, I'm Jack Brandenberg... Crap! this guy again. Last week I was getting at least two a day from this guy. But hold on! Turns out the opposition (the conniving DemocRATS) was making all the calls, specifically to annoy people into voting against Brandenberg. And the thing is, it worked! On me anyhow. I was going to vote against him. I'm still extremely P.O.'ed at the RINO's of Michigan jacking the cigarette tax to the 3rd highest in...

10,000 may be infected West Nile virus infects many, but few fall ill By MIKE DUNNE mdunne@theadvocate.com Advocate staff writer While there are 58 known cases of mosquito-borne West Nile virus in Louisiana, one state health official estimated 10,000 to 12,000 other people have been infected, felt no symptoms and are now immune to the disease. West Nile virus has claimed four lives, two in East Baton Rouge Parish. Twelve of the 58 cases are from East Baton Rouge Parish. On Tuesday, Dr. Louis Cataldie, the parish's coroner, confirmed the disease caused the death of an 83-year-old woman, and now...

<p>LOS ANGELES — A gunman killed two people Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport, marring an otherwise peaceful Independence Day in the USA.</p> <p>FBI early today identified the gunman as Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, 41, a Egyptian living in California since 1992. Police earlier said the gunman's identity and his motive still were not clear.</p>

President Bush has emphasized that the war against terrorism will be lengthy and difficult, despite the initial successes in Afghanistan. He's right. That's why it is imperative that the United States promptly clear the decks for war. We must jettison obsolete or unnecessary commitments and expenditures. And that includes our unneeded military presence in certain areas around the globe. When a family suffers an unexpected hardship or tragedy, it does not continue with business as usual, leaving its priorities and spending patterns unchanged. A nation must alter its priorities when facing similar difficulties. For America, the war against the terrorists ...

I've noticed something odd. In recent years, a number of people have changed their names in deference to their religion. Usually they are Muslim, although if I remember correctly, Jews that emigrated to Isreal also changed theirs. In the case of American sports figures and celebrities, these name changes were instantly adhered to and respected. They've include: Muhomad Ali --Cassius ClayKarim Abdul-Jabbar -- Lew AlcindorHakim Olajuwan -- Akeem OlajuwanAnd on and on. Heck even the change from dorSETT to DORsett was respected. Except, now for one. Suleyman al-Farisaka the American Taliban, whom the media sympathetically refers to as "John Walker" ...

<p>DETROIT -- Soon after the Sept. 11 attacks, a handful of international students withdrew from Michigan universities and enrolled in schools in Canada or returned to their native countries. Afraid their looks or beliefs would compromise their safety, parents asked them to return home or they left on their own. The departure of foreign college students from Michigan campuses hasn't been as severe as at some schools in Arizona, Washington, Colorado and California, where hundreds returned home. But Michigan college officials worry that the continuing fallout of the attacks will shrink international student enrollments this winter and fall 2002, a decline that school officials argue would hurt financially and educationally.</p>

CIA factbook on AfganistanProvides interesting background info on Afghanistan, including this nugget under "Flag Description": note: The Taliban uses a plain white flag. Guess they were thinking ahead!(This info was posted 5 days ago here, but i don't think anyone noticed the bit about the flag)

LONDON -- A bowl of cornflakes can kill you -- not to mention a ham sandwich or a T-bone steak. Getting vaccinated can kill you. Flying economy class can kill you, and business class isn't much better. The rubber duckie in your bathtub can kill you (and your children). And put down that cell phone, before it kills you!(Article continues....)