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...Snow will be an irreverent presence in a West Wing so formal that button-downs are considered declasse. When he was speechwriting director, Snow once was seen wearing overalls in the complex. (A gag gift someone gave his team, he says.) On the website for his radio show ("The Power of FOX. The Connections of Snow"), the "By Popular Demand" section has a link labeled "Tony Sings! Listen to Tony's, um, unique rendition of the Spongebob Squarepants theme song...
...World War II history. Even as he maintains his distance from Japan’s militaristic past, Koizumi has continued to visit Japan’s shrine to its war dead, generating criticism throughout Asia. “Japan wants to press the ‘reset’ button,” Schieffer said, adding that it would be up to the nations who suffered under Japanese militarism to accept this sincerity and find the appropriate way to move on. On issues of security in Asia, Schieffer said that, looking into the future, he saw no reason...
...Democratic leader, Nancy Pelosi. Counterattacking, Pelosi has criticized a watered-down lobbying reform bill House Republicans introduced this week that only temporarily bans private funding of House member travel and allows private interest groups to pay for meals and flights on corporate jets. She's also linking two hot-button issues to corruption: gas prices and prescription drugs. ?People know that Republicans are in charge in Washington and the culture of corruption is costing them whether it?s at the gas pump or in the prescription drug bill,? Daly says...
...tense moment arrived. In the B-52, Pilot Charles C. Bock checked his air speed (450 knots), asked Scott Crossfield on the intercom if he was set. The reply: "I'm ready when you are, buddy." Bock went through a five-second countdown, then punched a red button on his control panel. With a metallic click a locking device opened, and the X-15 dropped silently on a long, fast, powerless glide toward the desert floor...
...mentioned that the HomeDock on-screen interface lets you browse through music, but I didn't mention video. That?s because you have to switch modes to play videos (assuming you have a video-capable iPod). Press a button on the remote and the DLO interface disappears. Go over to the iPod itself and browse through your videos. You can use your remote to scroll through the iPod menus until you find a video. When you play it, it will appear on your TV screen. It?s a little cumbersome compared to the on-screen music interface...