The latest from the Political Grapevine: Down and Dirty Critics complained that this year’s presidential race was the dirtiest in recent memory — and it turns out that voters agree. In a new post-election Pew poll, 72 percent of registered voters said there was more mud slinging this year than …
Read More »Americans Get 'Scrips Over the Border
ATLANTA – A growing number of cost-conscious Americans are getting their prescription drugs from Canada, whether they cross the border in person, order their meds online or go to one of the Canadian-company storefronts popping up around the U.S. Sandra Engle of Decatur, Ga., is among those who take advantage …
Read More »Is Gwyneth Burning Bridges at Miramax?
Gwyneth Paltrow |Sightings Is Gwyneth Burning Bridges at Miramax? Gwyneth Paltrow, once dubbed the “first lady” of Miramax Films, said some strange things Friday night about the movie company where she won an Oscar. The occasion was the premiere of Paltrow’s new Focus/Universal feature, “Sylvia,” about the late famed poet …
Read More »Holocaust Survivors Sue Claims Commission
WASHINGTON – Two survivors of the NaziHolocaust (search)have sued the commission created to help them recover financial losses from World War II, charging the organization with corruption, inefficiency and what they call an unholy alliance with the insurance companies who owe them money. Last month, Manny Steinberg, 78, and Jack …
Read More »Jacko Almost Bought Warner Music Catalog
Jacko Almost Bought Warner Music Catalog Friday’s New York Times was all atwitter about corporate music grinderAndrew Lloyd Webber seeking the publishing catalog of the now-sold Warner Music Group. It’s called Warner Chappell Music, and includes, among thousands of titles, all ofMichael Jackson’s solo hits like “Billie Jean” and “Beat …
Read More »The War at Home Rages On
To watch “The Talking Points Memo” in the Screening Room click here. Hi. I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. We’ve got a big program for you, lots of new information coming right at you. Looks like the final battle has begun in Iraq. A woman POW has been …
Read More »North Korea fires 2 short-range missiles, official says
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast on Monday, South Korea’s military said, in a likely show of anger at the start of annual U.S.-South Korean military drills that Pyongyang says are preparation for a northward invasion. North Korea regularly …
Read More »3 suspects sought in France over 1982 attack in Paris' Jewish quarter
PARIS – More than 32 years after a deadly terror attack in Paris’ old Jewish quarter, French authorities have at last identified three suspects and are seeking their arrest. Grenade-throwing Palestinians burst into the Jo Goldenberg deli on Aug. 9, 1982, and sprayed machine-gun fire. Six people, including two Americans, …
Read More »German Parliament passes law to allow pensions for laborers in Nazi ghettos in occupied Poland
BERLIN – The German Parliament’s upper house has approved legislation that will allow pension payments to residents of Poland who were forced to work for the Nazis in ghettos when their country was occupied during World War II. The law passed Friday amends a 1975 agreement between Germany and Poland …
Read More »Leaders of Greek Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn party to go on trial April 20 _ Hitler's birthday
ATHENS, Greece – The leaders of Greece’s Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn party will go on trial for allegedly running a criminal organization on April 20 — the birthday of Adolf Hitler. The trial will be held in a special courtroom inside a maximum-security Athens prison. The 70 defendants include all 18 …
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