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Bush trip cloaked in lies and secrecy Investigators speaking on the condition of anonymity, have confirmed to the Times that a prove has been lunch to determine which laws were broken when President Bush directed his White House staff to lie to aids, Secret Service Agents and even to Reporters in preparation for his public-relations saving trip to Baghdad last Thursday. “The problem is, that here you have the president using the power of his office to deceive not only government officials but even the public, and that is unacceptable regardless of the reason” said one agent with knowledge of...

10-Year-Old Finds Porn In Birthday Piñata Supermarket Refuses To Stop Selling Toys POSTED: 8:21 a.m. PDT July 17, 2003 LOS ANGELES -- A 10-year-old boy in Lancaster found more than candy in a birthday piñata Thursday. He found pornography. Parents said the boy picked up part of a broken piñata at his 7-year-old brother's birthday party and found it layered with pornographic newspaper. Parents quickly took away the X-rated piñata chunks from other kids and complained to the supermarket where they bought it. The boy's mother said the supermarket was understanding but refused to stop selling its other piñata. She...

WASHINGTON -- Washington attorney Miguel Estrada, whose nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals has split Latino groups, assured Senate Democrats in a surprisingly low-key hearing Thursday that his personal and political views will not affect how he decides cases as a judge. "Although we all have views on a number of subjects from A to Z, the first duty of a judge is to put all of that aside," said Estrada, President Bush's choice for a seat on the evenly divided appeals court in Washington. "I'm not worried in the least that anybody could detect any bias or lack...