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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX FRI MARCH 05, 2004 10:07:34 ET XXXXX LIMBAUGH CASE: JUDGE IN PALM BEACH HOOKED ON OXYCONTIN, REHAB, REMOVED FROM BENCH; NO CRIMINAL PROBE A Palm Beach Country Judge -- who operated in the same jurisdiction that is current hearing the Rush Limbaugh pill case -- was hooked on OxyContin and forced from the bench, but was never investigated if he obtained the pills legally, the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal. MORE Within the last 18 months, Palm Beach Country Judge Robert Schwartz was "involuntarily retired" and removed after he checked himself into a treatment center for dependency...

Statement of Speaker Denny Hastert Regarding Partisan Questioning of the President's Conduct of the War "I am concerned that some Democrats may have decided to pursue partisanship when it comes to the events surrounding September 11th. "It is common knowledge that the government of the United States was put on higher alert during the summer of 2001, in response to non-specific threats from terrorists. The federal government took all appropriate steps to respond to that threat. "Democrats now say that they were kept in the dark about these threats. That is not the case. These threats were relayed on a...