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...Bush fading from the headlines, it has to figure out how not to seem like yesterday's news. At times recently, the network has appeared uncertain about its focus. Its primary-night coverage has felt staid and listless. Sometimes it has gone tabloid with celebrity-news, true-crime and scandal stories (WEBSITES POSTING SEXY PICS LIFTED FROM FACEBOOK). At other times it has retreated into a kind of war-on-terrorism news-talgia, playing up threatening chatter and new missives from al-Qaeda leaders while its rivals are doing the election 24/7; flipping to Fox can feel like time-traveling...
CHELSEA CLINTON, shooting back in response to a question asked during a Q&A session at Butler University, about whether she thinks her mother's credibility was damaged by the Monica Lewinsky scandal...
...think the ongoing steroids scandal will prevent Roger Clemens and Mark McGwire from ever entering the Hall of Fame? -Chris Oneto, San FranciscoI think they both deserve to be in the Hall of Fame. You can lump Barry Bonds in. The ability they all had and what they accomplished before anything came into question is worthy of the Hall of Fame...
...controversy immediately drew comparison to a 1992 campaign scandal in which the passport file of then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton, dating back to the 1960s, was suspected of having been tampered with. During that campaign, there was much speculation regarding Clinton's activities and travels around the time of the Vietnam War. A clerk in a records warehouse in suburban Maryland discovered staple holes on copies of his passport applications and became concerned that part of the file was missing. The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted an inquiry, but found what it said was "no evidence that tampering had occurred...
...this occurred on December 12, and Isenhour clearly counted on the incident passing by unnoticed. But when the charges of animal cruelty and killing a migratory bird became public last week, the resulting scandal was more reminiscent of the Michael Vick dog-fighting furor last year than the joke that a sound engineer at the shoot suggested Isenhour had intended. Florida newspapers opined that Isenhour was a hardened animal abuser, while the PGA contemplated suspending his tour card. By late last week, he was apologizing to animal lovers nationwide, noting feebly that he’d once adopted shelter cats...