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...Hastert has a numbers problem. CNN reports that eight to 10 GOPers are still in the "hell no" category when it comes to the big tax cut ? plenty enough to sink the bill when the 211 Democrats and one independent are a sure thing to stick together. Mostly moderates, led by Michael Castle of Delaware, the GOP rebels have a $514 billion cut in mind ?- more in line with what?s moving through the Senate these days (with bipartisan support), and a lot closer to what Bill Clinton might actually consider signing. But House GOP bigwigs like tax hawk Bill...
...Spratly Islands, which are claimed by both countries. "Beijing wants to assert itself as a regional superpower, but it?s a feeble one because China lacks the infrastructure to handle its internal problems, much less to project its power," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "For one thing, it lacks the ability to provide air cover for any naval operations around the Spratlys. Even threatening Taiwan is dangerous, because if the threat becomes too serious, that would force the U.S. to intervene, and that could be even more humiliating for Beijing...
...This doesn't mean that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables doesn't reduce the risk of cancer, says Harvard's Walter Willett, or even that carotenoids aren't protective. But, he concludes, "it looks like taking beta carotene in high pharmacological doses is not the right thing...
...time my daughter was in grade school, Title IX had kicked in. I found myself becoming a soccer mom before pollsters knew there was such a thing. Courtney became a Stoddert Stomper, playing on the team at the neighborhood school. There she was in a bright gold mesh-and-Lycra uniform, shoes with cleats. Much of the time, it wasn't pretty; the kids all went where the ball was. They were sprinting, passing, lunging and kicking with abandon, just like the boys. I stood there amazed. A child I hardly recognized as my own hurled herself toward the goal...
...FINGERS Is anti-Semitism the only thing World Church of the Creator supremacist Matt Hale and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan have in common? Nope. Both are serious violinists. As they're both from Illinois, maybe a duet is in the offing? A glimpse at their musical preferences...