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...subpoenas to crack down on late-term abortion--permitted in Kansas only if a woman's health is in serious danger. The Justice Department was turned down last year in a similar effort to get patient data, as it fought legal challenges to the federal ban on so-called partial-birth abortion. Why does Kline think he will succeed where the feds failed? "That was a civil matter," says a spokesman. "This is a criminal investigation." --By Wendy Cole
Robbins donned blonde curls and a prison-striped brassiere while amiably accepting kisses from cross-dressed students at the roast’s conclusion. Grinning in partial drag, the actor jestingly propositioned Garber for “a little girl-on-girl action...
Matt Maupin, born while Ronald Reagan was president, is partial to Superman, Star Wars and teriyaki beef jerky. He grew up in a trim ranch house with a basketball hoop next to the driveway and his prized red 1998 Mustang in the garage. "You can pick out most of the guys who go into the military because they walk with a certain attitude," says Nick Ayers, who played with Maupin on their high school football team, the Trojans. "But Matt was really laid-back." That quietness was infused with a drive that pushed him onto the team, as a second...
...intangibles are, well, intangible, and liberals have grown very conservative when it comes to social policy. They prefer certainty over choice. The "ifs" involved in the partial privatization of Social Security are titanic, especially when one considers the wanton fiscal irresponsibility of the latter-day Republican Party. Any attempt to move toward private accounts will be costly, given Social Security's current obligations--and any proposal to make the change without paying for it would be economically dangerous, given the country's enormous budget and trade deficits. Also, if we're going to be serious about this, there...
...Republicans and Democrats defeat partial privatization of Social Security...