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GREEN BAY, Wis. - Randy Moss broke such new ground with a disgusting gesture after his game-clinching touchdown catch Sunday that Fox television refused to replay it - until the postgame show. The star receiver shot a fake moon at the Lambeau Field crowd, pretending to drop his pants, then rubbed himself on the padded goal post. It made previous controversial celebrations by NFL receivers Terrell Owens and Joe Horn look like harmless child's play.

A heckler (C) is dragged out of U.S. Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry 's speech at the Museum Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 8, 2004.

California Democratic Party leaders yesterday blasted the Taco Bell restaurant chain for a sales promotion that counts sales of different menu items as votes in a mock California recall election. Last week the Mexican-style fast food chain launched the campaign, urging Californians to “put their vote where their mouth is.” Taco Bell restaurants statewide are tallying each purchase of a crunchy beef taco as a “vote” for Republican challenger Arnold Schwarzenegger and each purchase of a chicken soft taco as a “vote” for not recalling Gov. Gray Davis. In the first week of the unofficial poll, “votes” for any of...

FR Columnists Corner "The Pro-Life Movement's Problem With Morality" Commentary by Cathryn CrawfordMaking claim to being pro-life in America is like shouting, “I’m a conservative Christian Republican!” from your rooftop. This is partly due to the fact that a considerable number of conservative Christian Republicans are pro-life. It’s hardly true, however, to say that they are the only pro-life people in America. Surprisingly enough to some, there are many different divisions within the pro-life movement, including Democrats, gays, lesbians, feminists, and environmentalists. It is not a one-party or one-group or one-religion issue. The pro-life movement doesn’t act like it, though....

TEMPE, Ariz. -- We can now say it without much qualification: Maurice Clarett is a strange one. Humble freshmen don't get in the face of their position coach on national television. Teen-agers who haven't made their bones don't chase the head coach down the sidelines like Keyshawn Johnson yelling, "Give me the damn ball!" Normal 19-year-olds don't upstage a program for their own needs, as the Ohio State running back has done throughout the season. It's not unusual to find Maurice Clarett offering Jim Tressel coaching advice.(AP) The latest episode came Monday morning when Ohio State's talented first-year running back...