And now the most interesting two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: Missed The Grapevine? Watch it! A Whale (or Dolphin) of a Lawsuit!A lawsuit has been filed in federal court in Hawaii by something called the Cetacean community, which is composed of whales, dolphins and porpoises. …
Read More »Creative Uses for the Drive-Thru Abound
NEW YORK – “Hi, I’d like to order one civil ceremony, a photograph and two T-shirts, please.” “Would you like a flower for the bride with that?” “Sure.” “OK, please drive around to the window.” A drive-thru wedding chapel may sound far-fetched, but it’s a concept that’s very much alive …
Read More »Bush Urges More Funding for Anti-Bioterror Efforts
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Trying to leverage his sky-high personal popularity into support for the spending proposals contained in his $2.13 trillion budget proposal, President Bush traveled to Pittsburgh Tuesday to see what federal money can buy in the way of anti-bioterror defenses. The president’s budget commits $6 billion to defend …
Read More »Texas History Gets New Mexican Twist
HOUSTON – “Remember the Alamo” is a battle cry that Texans learn early in their formative years. But the call to remember the Texas revolution of 168 years ago has a new place in Texas history, somewhere in the back of the textbooks. That may now be changing, in part …
Read More »Out of the Woods?
I get rapped a lot for my rose-colored view of the world. “Ridiculously naive,” writes one viewer. Still another, “cluelessly upbeat.” But I won’t make any apologies here. I am upbeat. And occasionally the data supports me. When we were in the throes of September 11, everyone said the economy …
Read More »Bush Unveils Aid to Afghan Schoolchildren
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – More than three million girls and boys will return to school in Afghanistan fully decked out thanks to a commitment from the United States to provide the materials for school uniforms. President and Mrs. Bush visited a school across the Potomac River in Virginia Wednesday, to mark …
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