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The New York Times has kept itself busy since it endorsed John McCain in the run-up to the February 5th Super Tuesday primaries. Over the last four weeks, they have painted McCain as a skirt-chasing, lobbyist-influenced hothead, all based on absolutely no evidence at all. Now we can add cancerous to that list of unsupported adjectives after yesterday’s analysis by a physician who has never treated McCain. Dr. Lawrence K. Altman provides a scary, er, scarry lead to a non-story: Along with his signature bright white hair, the most striking aspects of Senator John McCain’s physical appearance are his puffy...

A town baseball field in Farmington, Connecticut may seem about as far away from the major leagues as you can get. But it's been witness to baseball history recently, reports CBS News correspondent Anthony Mason. The key to throwing a gyroball, says sportswriter Will Carroll, is a football-like spiral spin that's easy to learn but hard to master. Minor league pitcher Steve Palazzolo is learning to throw what some claim is the first new pitch in a generation. It's called the "gyroball." True believers claim it's almost un-hittable. "We know that a curveball curves and a slider slides and a...