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U.S. wants counterterror funds for Pakistan F-16s

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration has proposed shifting $226.5 million in U.S. counterterrorism aid to Pakistan to upgrade Pakistani F-16 fighters, U.S. officials said on Thursday.

Congressional Pages: ‘Kids gone wild’

Sex among young Congressional pages has become so rampant that two youngsters were recently sent home for engaging in oral sex in front of, and with encouragement from, other pages. Lax…

Allen took bribes, then failed to report stock options

Sen. George Allen sold his support and votes to companies that rewarded him with stock options and then failed to report those stock holdings as required by law.

Allen's…

Rove indictment watch update

Here we are in day six of the Rove indictment watch, breathlessly waiting to see if Jason Leopold's Truthout "scoop" from last Saturday was fact, fantasy or wishful thinking. …

Pete Hallman’s legacy: “If you’re going to say it, say it right”

Most men would have told a bothersome 14-year-old boy to get lost when that kid started hanging around his office and begging for a job. But Pete Hallman was not…

With a thong in their hearts

Anne Garvick’s 16-year-old daughter came home early from a dance last week at Rancho Bernardo High School near San Diego. …

Thank you Bill Clinton

Readers of The Chicago Tribune ain’t too happy with their paper this week. Most of them, it seems, felt the paper went too far in canning popular columnist Bob Greene…

When correctly viewed, everyone gets screwed

We have every right to expect honesty from our elected officials. Unfortunately, we seldom get it. …

Are you pissed over the use of language?

Every other week or so, a word or phrase appears on this web site that seems to offend some portion of our readership.

Another day, another bunch of crooks on Capitol Hill

A familiar site on Capitol Hill: a bunch of crooks appearing before a Congressional committee and taking the Fifth Amendment.