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John Edwards has dropped off the radar. I have not seen him in weeks. There has to be a reason. Does anybody know?

Montgomery County is withholding former police chief Charles A. Moose's final paycheck while the county Ethics Commission seeks more details about a legal settlement he listed as income on his 2003 financial disclosure form, county officials said. Moose is asking to keep confidential the source and amount of the money he and his wife received before his resignation June 28. The payment was mentioned on forms made public by the commission last week. The forms do not disclose who made the payment. But Moose sought a financial settlement this year from Marriott International Inc., according to sources familiar with that...

Automotive supply chain Pep Boys fired a Tucson store manager because his military Reserve duties took him away from work, according to a federal lawsuit filed here. It may not be an isolated case. Several other reservists fired from Pep Boys in Tucson and Pennsylvania have contacted a military advocacy group with similar complaints.

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THURS SEPT 12, 2002 10:09:41 ET XXXXX CONTROVERSY AFTER PEOPLE MAG PICTURES CHELSEA CLINTON IN 'AROUSED' STATE Editors at TIMEWARNER's PEOPLE magazine found themselves in controversy on Thursday -- after the weekly published a photograph showing former first daughter Chelsea Clinton in an apparent "aroused" state. Clinton is shown "erect" as she is embraced by her companion Ian Klaus at last week's US OPEN tennis tournament; her face: showing "bedroom pleasures." Publishing the provocative photograph of the media-shy Clinton is the latest attempt by new PEOPLE editor Martha Nelson to heat up the magazine. The snap...

NATCHEZ - Sen. Robert Johnson, D-Natchez, told a group of Natchez High School students Wednesday to remember their heritage - a heritage that began long before their ancestors arrived in America as slaves. To learn the start of African-America history you have to go to the Bible, Johnson said.By studying the Bible, Johnson said he learned that the Garden of Eden was located in Africa and that the first man and woman were African. And Jesus was not white even though he is depicted that way in many pictures, he said. During Jesus' lifetime, Israel was part of the African ...