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With his presidential hopes tied to an administration whose Iraq policy he supports but cannot control, John McCain for the first time blamed Vice President Cheney for what McCain calls the "witch's brew" of a "terribly mishandled" war in which U.S. forces are on the verge of defeat. McCain also for the first time opened the door to the possibility of a U.S. troop pullback to the borders of Iraq should the president's planned troop surge fail. Although McCain had once lavished praise on the vice president, he said in an interview in his Senate office: "The president listened too...

Courtney Love has been arrested as she landed on a transatlantic flight at Heathrow airport. Virgin Atlantic says Love was "verbally abusive" to cabin crew during the flight from Los Angeles. Police were called and were waiting for the flight to land. She was travelling in Virgin's Upper Class cabin when she allegedly became disruptive and the captain called police during the flight, confirms an airline spokeswoman. Love was on flight VS8, which landed at Heathrow at 11am. "She was verbally abusive towards our cabin crew and disruptive," a Virgin Atlantic spokeswoman said. The star has long had a reputation...