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WASHINGTON - A federal judge refused on Wednesday to delve into the destruction of CIA interrogation videos, saying there was no evidence the Bush administration violated a court order and the Justice Department deserved time to conduct its own investigation. The decision by U.S. District Judge Henry H. Kennedy was a victory for the Bush administration, which had urged the courts not to wade into a politically charged issue already being investigated by the Justice Department, CIA and Congress. The CIA acknowledged last month that in 2005 it destroyed videos of officers using tough interrogation methods while questioning two al-Qaida...

Editorial Second Thoughts By William W. Lawrence Those all-wise and knowing groups responsible for our health have recommended that whole milk be removed from school lunch menus and Penn Delco has followed their advice. The reason is to cut down on fat and turn little Timmy and Suzy from obese to svelte. Now the deep thinkers in charge of such things cannot see that whole milk is really not the problem. It has been served in schools for generations and most of these generations weren't fat. The problem is unhealthy food -- of which whole milk is not -- and...