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...regardless of the official ban, at least a dozen publishing houses are cranking out translated copies, which are selling like scallion buns on the street. Chinese authorities may find it hard to suppress that entrepreneurial spirit, but the ban could be just the smoking gun Dan Burton needs to prove collusion between Beijing and the Clinton White House...
...that's far from the only oddity in today's news. In Washington, it's now Republicans, especially old squares like Henry Hyde and Dan Burton, who find themselves embroiled in sex scandals...
Captain Margaret Schotte finished second among Harvard runners, in 19th place shortly behind Moynihan in a time 18:40.8. Senta Burton was third-best Crimson runner, finishing in 41st place in a time...
...DeLay, "don't know the difference between breaking the law and making a mistake decades ago." For its part, Salon denied a White House connection and defended the article by claiming it proved both Hyde and Clinton were still fit for office. But now that Hyde has joined Dan Burton and Helen Chenoweth in the sexual-skeletons-in-the-closet club, Washingtonians have to wonder just how much more mud is waiting to be slung...
...that the evidence is flimsy or even nonexistent. That didn't stop Republicans from charging last week that the White House was engaged in a "scorched earth strategy" -- trying to embarrass and intimidate political enemies by dredging up ancient sex scandals and leaking them to the press. After Dan Burton and Henry Hyde each got slimed at extraordinarily opportune times, who could blame them? The webzine Salon denies that their story about Hyde's 30-year-old extramarital affair came from the White House, but the bomb threat against their San Francisco offices Friday suggests that not everybody is convinced...