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The debate was everything we expected — and less. Nobody was willing to take on Clinton’s biggest weaknesses, and so Hillary didn’t have to get down in the dirt with the plebes — where she would have lost. Anderson Cooper had his thumb on the scale for Clinton like Candy Crowley with her entire self on the scale for Obama in 2012. The pundits can claim “X had a good night because of Y,” but none of that matters because nobody drew blood on Clinton. She’ll take a hit in Iowa, get creamed in New Hampshire — then come back...

Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2005 11:43 a.m. ESTSelleck TV Movie Gets Top Ratings Conservative actor Tom Selleck, one of NewsMax.com's "Hollywood Heroes," went up against ABC's top-rated "Desperate Housewives" Sunday night and did so well that network officials are said to be talking about turning his show, "Stone Cold," into a TV series or a movie. According to the New York Post, a whopping 18 million-plus viewers watched the CBS made-for-TV film, which the Post reported starred Selleck as "a gruff, troubled, small-town Massachusetts police chief with a drinking problem and an attachment to his ex-wife who was suddenly faced with...

On March 18, 2002, the day after WrestleMania, without company approval and without notice, Stone Cold Steve Austin walked off the job and failed to appear at WWE’s Raw show in Montreal. Stone Cold Steve Austin was advised by WWE management that this was unprofessional and unacceptable. After a two week hiatus, Austin returned to work. On Monday, June 10, 2002, Stone Cold Steve Austin again failed to appear for the scheduled Raw event in Atlanta, instead choosing to return home to San Antonio without notice and without company approval. Although Steve was unhappy with his character’s creative direction, Steve...