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Lawmaker Under Fire For 'Illegal Alien' E-Mail Man Apologizes; Some Colleagues Not Satisfied   POSTED: 5:04 pm EDT April 13, 2007 UPDATED: 5:28 pm EDT April 13, 2007   TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A state lawmaker is coming under fire for sending what he thought was a funny e-mail message to his colleagues. Some people do not find it very amusing and want him to make a public apology. Rep. Don Brown, R-DeFuniak Springs, sent a message from his state e-mail account that said, "Don't forget to pay your taxes - 12 million illegal aliens are depending on you!"  ...

Scratchcards, usually associated with National Lottery games offering "instant cash prizes", are to be put to a more elevated use - debunking The Da Vinci Code.The Christian Enquiry Centre is distributing 270,000 specially designed cards today to every cinema screening the Hollywood version of the Dan Brown bestseller when it is released next week. The film is expected to be one of the biggest hits of the year despite being denounced as "stridently anti-Christian" by Vatican officials. The cards feature 10 claims made in the book. Cinema goers are asked to judge whether they are fact or fiction by scratching...