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Given the last few days he has had with his medals (or is it ribbons?) controversy, John Kerry needed a break. He got one last night on Chris Matthews' program, Hardball. Doing everything he could to not live up to the program's famous name, Matthews lobbed one meaty pitch after another at the presumptive Democratic nominee. If I didn't know any better, I'd swear that Matthews, for some reason, has an affinity for Massachusetts politicians. A portent of what was to come occurred in the lead-in. A taped congratulatory note from Senator John McCain on Hardball's 7th Anniversary prompted Matthews...

Often on the losing end of inter-agency policy battles, the US State Department Monday announced a rare victory, proudly reporting its triumph in the government's annual softball tournament. "We're number one!" Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) exclaimed to reporters outside the the State Department. The State Department team was ranked only eighth going into the weekend playoffs but bested the number-five seeded Labor Department (news - web sites), the number-three seeded Environmental Protection Agency (news - web sites) and the second-seeded Justice Department (news - web sites) to win the championship, deputy spokesman Philip Reeker said....

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Clinton to talk with NPR's Smiley Paige AlbiniakBroadcasting & Cable5/8/2002 5:36:00 PMPerhaps former U.S. President Bill Clinton will offer some insight into what he thinks about hosting his own television talk show when he becomes a guest on National Public Radio talker The Tavis Smiley Show Friday, May 10. Smiley is syndicated and available on NPR outlets in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Houston, Atlanta and 14 other markets. An Internet transcript of the show will be available at www.npr.org/programs/tavis after 8 a.m. EST Friday.