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I have recently got myself in a fair amount of trouble for a DUI. There is no question that I am guilty of the basic offense. I am willing to pay the fines and do the time. That all seems the way it should be. What I would like to do, however, is to go into court (the next time), and express my sentiments to the judge. These would not be real polite. I cannot repeat them here. Think of the worst things you could say to someone and you will be close. My question is: How much more trouble...

Top physician tells colleagues, patients at Kaiser that he is finally becoming a woman. Dr. Judson Lively, a surgeon and one of Kaiser Permanente's leading Bay Area administrators, stood nervously before 100 colleagues in a Walnut Creek conference room Tuesday and told them it was no accident there were butterflies on his black tie. Lively told them a fable that was in essence the story of his life, of being trapped inside the body of another, yearning for a transformation to be set free. "I stand here before you today to inform you of something that I have kept...

<p>Since fashions have been going retro -- from hip-huggers and halter tops to the recent '60s nostalgia hit ``Down With Love'' -- perhaps it was inevitable that ``Sex and the Single Girl'' would make a big comeback this summer. Barricade Books has dusted off Helen Gurley Brown's 1962 bestseller, given it a hot-pink cover and marketed it as ``A Cult Classic.''</p>