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Congressman John Murtha at Cleveland City Club Friday, April 7. U.S. Representative John Murtha, a strong advocate for the military and a retired career Marine, will tell us what he sees as really happening in Iraq and his position that American troops should redeploy out of an Iraq caught up in a civil war and rebuild for a global war against terrorism at The City Club on Friday, April 7 at noon. His visit comes just two weeks after President Bush's speech on Iraq to The City Club. Be part of the conversation and register today on our website here....

Muslims save Baghdad's Jewish community centre from looters April 14 2003 Iraqi Muslims came to the aid of Baghdad's tiny Jewish community yesterday, chasing out looters trying to sack its cultural centre in the heart of the capital. "At 3am, I saw two men, one with a beard, on the roof of the Jewish community house and I cried out to my friend, 'Hossam, bring the Kalashnikovs!'" said Hassam Kassam, 21. Heither Hassan nor Hossam, who is the guard at the centre, was armed at the time but the threat worked in scaring off the intruders. Two hours later, the...

<p>In an age when arrogance and "Sharpie" pens steal the national spotlight, it is often the smallest, most unnoticed acts of kindness that remind us that football is merely a game.</p> <p>The story, which is destined to become legendary in Southern Ohio circles, starts in Waverly.</p>

You know, the whole Buchanan thing is interesting. A day or so after the election, one of the possible "errors" the Dems were pointing to were voters who did not push the ballot all the way down in the voting slot, and therefore punched the wrong hole. Notice that we haven't heard any more Dems talking about that as a possible source of error? Here's why: Buchanan's hole was directly below Bush's. If the ballot is not properly inserted, Bush's name would be next to Buchanan's hole. In other words, some of the "excess" Buchanan votes probably were people who ...