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"...imagine that Ann Coulter is seated in Smith's place. Anything to say to her?"...... Edwards, his right fist curled, feigned a punch and said: "No, there's absolutely nothing. Grow up." AUSTIN -- Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards feigned a punch Thursday when asked what he'd like to say to Ann Coulter, the conservative commentator who seemingly characterized his sexual orientation in remarks at a political confab last week. Edwards, appearing on Texas Monthly Talks, was asked by host Evan Smith to momentarily imagine that Coulter was seated in Smith's place. Anything to say to her? Edwards, his right fist curled,...

MSNBC loudmouth Keith Olbermann flipped out when he opened his home mail yesterday. The acerbic host of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" was terrified when he opened a suspicious-looking letter with a California postmark and a batch of white powder poured out. A note inside warned Olbermann, who's a frequent critic of President Bush's policies, that it was payback for some of his on-air shtick. The caustic commentator panicked and frantically called 911 at about 12:30 a.m., sources told The Post's Philip Messing. An NYPD HazMat unit rushed to Olbermann's pad on Central Park South, but preliminary tests indicated the substance...

Daschle: Meaning that I have really worked largely in my public life preventing what I consider to be ill-advised things from becoming law. Daschle's critics have said that made him an obstructionist and, ironically, used it to help defeat him. But Daschle says he is proud that he stood up to the Republican White House. Daschle says, “They call it obstructionism. But I call it the noise of democracy. The noise of democracy, in my view, is something that ought to be protected and celebrated.” And remarkably, despite the White House-led battle to defeat him, Daschle bears no grudge against...

Heads up! (Or down as the case may be.) NBC's Dateline will be showing part one of a two part broadcast of an interview conducted by Today Show hostess Katie Couric at 7 p.m. EDT.Part two will be shown on Monday's Today Show.

With the mainstream media moving on to other things the school officials at Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Illinois decided to offer a resolution to a very disturbing problem. This problem led to 15 senior girls being charged with misdemeanor battery charges following a “powder-puff” football game that turned into a scene from Platoon. It would seem that the school officials have offered a deal to the 31 suspended students who are awaiting expulsion for their involvement in the melee. The deal would allow them to graduate with their class and have their grades frozen at the level they...

By now everyone has seen the videotape of the melee that was titled a powder-puff football game in Northbrook, Illinois. In times passed senior and junior girls would gather to compete in a game of football, usually around homecoming, in an attempt to highlight a time during the year when tradition and inclusion became a right of passage. In times passed participating in such an event was an almost certain guarantee of fond memories to come. Today, this right of passage has taken on a much different tone and disturbingly the memories being made are those most often found in...

Can we officially stop worrying about girls now? From the sad and starving girls of Reviving Ophelia (Ballantine, $7.99) to the really mean girls of Queen Bees and Wannabes (Crown Publishers, $24), an entire industry is devoted to chick-related handwringing. The culture damages their fragile emotional lives, people say. Girls are afraid to speak up for themselves. Math teachers don't call on them. They bully each other to cope with their systemic oppression. Yet, somehow, teen girls seem to be doing just fine. They are proud of their bodies, showing off all manner of bellies below their baby-sized T-shirts. They...

<p>After an annual powder-puff girls touch football game between two high schools erupted into a huge brawl, Santa Rosa police vowed Saturday to prevent the event from happening next year.</p> <p>The game between seniors from Santa Rosa and Montgomery high schools is an unofficial tradition at the end of each school year. The event, held off campus at Galvin Park, is not sanctioned by school officials but often draws crowds of 1,000.</p>