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Mike Huckabee may be the only politician in American history who can turn painful childhood showers with Lava soap into a core statement of his political identity. He is most assuredly the only Republican ever to reference the Keanu Reeves movie Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure in a convention speech. And he is definitely the only one who can pull off rewriting the lyrics to "Cocaine," Eric Clapton's hit homage to drug abuse, into a campaign theme song called "McCain...
...still left in the old standard from nearly every stump speech he gave in his 14-month campaign for the presidency. "The only soap we had at my house was Lava," he said. "Heck, I was in college before I found out it wasn't supposed to hurt to take a shower...
...past eight months, every day has brought a new installment in the soap opera of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who has faced a slate of criminal charges stemming from his affair with a co-worker and attempts to cover it up. In addition to becoming the first big-city mayor ordered to wear an electronic tether, he has been accused of perjury and assaulting a county investigator in the case; he spent a night in jail for violating bail conditions by crossing the river for a conference in Windsor, Ont.; he posted $7,500 in bail for himself...
...Sachs and Judah at their word, since the CW isn't providing the press an advance peek at the show.) With Ma and Pa Wilson, played by Lori Loughlin and Rob Estes, the creators are taking a page from the engaging and glossy grownups of another successful SoCal teen soap...
...Soon enough, Britain will get back to its longing for higher house prices, less rain - and more soap, along with the sobering realization that it's got to do it all again in 2012. British Olympic officials had earlier targeted fourth place in the medals table when the games are held in London in four years time. Now, particularly in view of a promised increase to athletes' funding - already greatly improved over the past decade, and a key factor in British success in Beijing - the country is bound to expect an even higher finish at home...