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Boston, Mass — Promoting his movie Fahrenheit 9/11 at the Democratic National Convention, radical filmmaker Michael Moore launched into a shouting, red-faced denunciation of Republicans Tuesday, saying supporters of the GOP are different from "real Americans"; that they are "people who hate"; that they are "up at six in the morning trying to figure out which minority group they're going to screw today"; and that in the upcoming presidential campaign, they "are going to fight...smear...lie...and hate." Moore, who sat in former President Jimmy Carter's box at the convention Monday night, has been welcomed by wildly enthusiastic audiences at his appearances...

<p>WASHINGTON - This was one of those weeks when it was necessary to leave Washington to keep up with the story of the nine dwarves, seven of whom had left hearth and home to spend a wet and muddy weekend in the hot air balloon field of Indianola, Iowa. This year, there were not only dwarves but a living, breathing former president, Bill Clinton.</p>

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Tom Harkin is urging the U.S. soccer team competing in the World Cup to make sure it is playing with balls not made with child labor. "I am personally asking the U.S. World Cup team ... to insist that the next game they play, they play with soccer balls that are certified 'not made with child labor,'" Harkin, D-Iowa, said Thursday at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing. The American team beat Portugal, the world's No. 5 team, on Wednesday in the biggest U.S. victory in the World Cup since 1950. The U.S. team plays again Monday against...