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Most popular news on 2 November 2007 |
Kind of Like Unofficial Polygamy
Dear Margo - DEAR MARGO: I am a very happily married woman with a problem: well-intentioned friends and family. My husband and I are polyamorous and not ashamed of it. We have wonderful girlfriends who are special and a part of our family.
Minuteman group grows amid illegal immigration fight
Reuters - Retired Kansas policeman
Ed Hayes lives a quiet life with his wife and pet poodles in a
spacious suburban home near Kansas City, far from the main
front line over illegal immigration along the U.S. border with
Mexico.
Iran letter sparks new fight between Clinton, Obama
Reuters - Sen. Hillary Clinton signed a letter
to President George W. Bush on Thursday warning he has no
authority from Congress for an attack on Iran, setting off a
new round of fighting with Democratic presidential rival Barack
Obama.
US official warns Iran on nuke program
AP - A senior U.S. official challenged Iran's hard-line president Thursday over his claim that Iranians are immune from further U.N. sanctions, saying such action is in the works unless Tehran meets demands to curb its nuclear program.
Lawyer: Chapman's son sold N-word tape
AP - Television bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman's son taped a private phone conversation in which the reality star used a racial slur repeatedly, then sold it to a tabloid for "a lot of money," Chapman's lawyer said Thursday.
Brain scan abnormalities not uncommon
AP - One in 60 older people may be walking around with benign brain tumors and don't know it. Even more may have bulging blood vessels in the head that could burst. These results come from a surprising new Dutch study that finds brain abnormalities are not all that uncommon.
Tennessee town has run out of water
AP - As twilight falls over this Tennessee town, Mayor Tony Reames drives up a dusty dirt road to the community's towering water tank and begins his nightly ritual in front of a rusty metal valve.
Hollywood writers going on strike
AP - Television and movie screen writers said Thursday they would go on strike for the first time in nearly 20 years in a dispute over royalties.
Congress passes kids health bill again
AP - A defiant Democratic-controlled Congress voted Thursday to provide health insurance to an additional 4 million lower-income children, and President Bush vowed swiftly to cast his second straight veto on the issue.
Carlos Santana, wife getting divorced
AP - Guitarist Carlos Santana and his wife of 34 years are divorcing, according to documents filed in Marin County Superior Court.
Britney spends big, court papers reveal
AP - The pop princess is a big spender. Court papers released Thursday in Britney Spears' custody dispute with Kevin Federline show she spends lavishly on clothes and entertainment, and doesn't save or invest any of her roughly $737,000 monthly income.
Bush: No attorney general if not Mukasey
AP - President Bush sought to save Michael Mukasey's troubled nomination for attorney general Thursday, defending the retired judge's refusal to say whether he considers waterboarding torture and warning of a leaderless Justice Department if Democrats don't confirm him.
Johnny Depp says daughter is now healthy
AP - Johnny Depp says his 8-year-old daughter is now healthy and well following her hospitalization earlier this year.
Bonds: Hall a no go if ball has asterisk
AP - Barry Bonds would boycott Cooperstown if the Hall of Fame displays his record-breaking home run ball with an asterisk.
Shock jock Don Imus to return to radio
AP - Shock jock Don Imus will return to the airwaves Dec. 3 after eight months of a well-paid hiatus brought about by a racist and sexist remark that once seemed certain to permanently silence his broadcasting career.
Stephen Colbert denied South Carolina primary run
Reuters - It may be the shortest U.S. 2008
presidential campaign yet -- comedian Stephen Colbert's
requests to be on the South Carolina Democratic and Republican
primary ballots were rejected on Thursday.
Troops clash with Venezuelan protesters
AP - Soldiers used tear gas, plastic bullets and water cannons to scatter tens of thousands who massed Thursday to protest constitutional reforms that would permit Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to run for re-election indefinitely.
HOW LONG BEFORE THE A.D.L. KICKS OUT ALL ITS JEWS?
Ann Coulter - The Anti-Defamation League is to Jews what the National Organization for Women is to women and the ACLU is to civil libertarians. They represent not Jews or women or civil libertarians, but the left wing of the Democratic Party.
Pilot of plane that dropped A-bomb dies
AP - Paul Tibbets, who etched his mother's name — Enola Gay — into history on the nose of the B-29 bomber he flew to drop the atomic bomb over Hiroshima, died Thursday after six decades of steadfastly defending the mission. He was 92.
Hingis retires after positive coke test
AP - In an out-of-nowhere end to Martina Hingis' comeback, the five-time Grand Slam champion revealed Thursday she tested positive for cocaine at Wimbledon and will retire for a second time rather than fight what she called a "horrendous" accusation.
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