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When the dust settled on Gov. Jerry Brown's first legislative session in nearly three decades, no group had won more than organized labor, which heralded its largest string of victories in nearly a decade. ... Those unions and others helped bankroll Brown's campaign last year. Brown has long compared governing to steering a canoe — you paddle a little on the left, he says, and a little on the right. And indeed, he signed some measures desired by key interest groups this year while vetoing others. Labor was no exception: He rejected a proposal to unionize tens of thousands of...

The failure of "Alexander," the newspaper wrote, has "brutally exposed the cultural and moral divide which slices America in two." Uh-huh. "It is being suggested that a film about a global warrior with dyed blond hair and waxed legs was never going to conquer an America fresh out of a presidential election in which gay rights became a major issue." Is there another America they might be talking about? Major issue? Brutally exposed? The last thing an American movie brutally exposed was Kathy Bates in the hot-tub scene of "About Schmidt."

BARF ALERT! *GRAPHIC PHOTO* Ms. Reno And 'The President' MIAMI, June 10, 2002 Janet Reno and Martin Sheen share a moment in Coral Gables, Fla. (Photo by Craig Crawford) (CBS) (CBS) CBS Early Show Contributor Craig Crawford reports from Florida, where a candidate for governor got some campaign help from the commander in chief. And neither of them were named Bush. Janet Reno kissed the president. On the lips! Oh sure, the nation's longest-serving attorney general in history was only smooching television’s fake president, Martin Sheen, who plays the commander in chief on the prime-time series "West Wing." But hey, the real...