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As the truth comes out about John Kerry's whopping Vietnam lies, will the DNC's damage control have to resort to this?

POSTED: 1:55 pm CDT July 25, 2004 UPDATED: 2:30 pm CDT July 25, 2004 DES MOINES, Iowa -- President George W. Bush and his Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry are essentially tied for which candidate Iowans would choose for president. That's according to the Iowa Poll in Sunday's Des Moines Sunday Register. Bush captured the support of 46 percent of Iowans who are likely to vote in the November election. Kerry, who is preparing to receive his party's nomination this week at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, is favored by 45 percent. Two percent of those who said they...

According to Dale's Electoral College Breakdown, the current electoral count in 259-258 in Favor of Kerry, with two states, Wisconsin and Missouri, too close to call. If Missouri(11) goes to Bush, and Wisconsin(10) to Kerry, that puts the Electoral count at 269-269.

I have been working on my taxes over the past couple of days. I try to file early, and not wait until April, because, from experience, doing taxes early and in a more leisurely manner, is less stressful than spending sleepless nights a couple of days before April 15. But I hate filing income taxes just as much as everyone else, and I am well aware that the income tax goes against the values on which this country was founded. Our founding fathers, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Franklin, Washington, etc., would have been on my side, but their views no longer...

A U.S.-led assault on a compound controlled by an extremist Islamic group turned up a list of names of suspected militants living in the United States and what may be the strongest evidence yet linking the group to al-Qaida, coalition commanders said Monday. The cache of documents at the Ansar al-Islam compound, including computer discs and foreign passports belonging to Arab fighters from around the Middle East, could bolster the Bush administration's claims that the two groups are connected, although there was no indication any of the evidence tied Ansar to Saddam Hussein as Washington has maintained. There were indications,...

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Government worker Ian Jarman is unhappy that he has to wear a tie to work — so he is accusing his management of sex discrimination. Jarman, 46, said Monday he is taking his complaint against Job Center Plus, a government employment agency, to an employment tribunal. "It is ridiculous. I have done this job for 26 years without wearing a tie and it has never affected my ability to do the job," said Jarman, from Birmingham in central England. "It is sexual discrimination. The dress code says that female members of staff can wear an open-necked blouse. Why should male...