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Would you cast Liza Minnelli as Superwoman? More to the point, as a wildly drunk and vicious Superwoman? Her estranged husband, David Gest, insists it's a role she played during their 16-month marriage. He filed a $10 million suit Tuesday claiming she drew super strength from vodka, drinking up to a quart at a time and beating him as he pleaded with her to stop. Perhaps that was Krypton Vodka? Or, at least, Ephedra Enhanced Vodka? Gest, 50, who has reportedly checked into a rehabilitation center in Hawaii to recover from his injuries, didn't say. But Dr. Barbara Krantz, medical...

The Double Agents Who Brought Down SaddamBy Michael WareTime.com | October 17, 2003 Saddam Hussein didn't want to believe what his intelligence networks were saying. Before the war last spring, says a former colonel in the Iraqi intelligence service, Saddam's analysts presented him with classified reports predicting a decisive U.S. victory. The documents described how the Iraqi security forces, already outmatched, had been undermined by Washington's success in recruiting Iraqi spies and double agents. Internal intelligence reported to Saddam that Iraq's defenses would probably collapse. "We diplomatically suggested he should not stay here," the colonel says, "because we couldn't tell...

Democrats Begin To Bash Each Other January 24, 2003 I told you that as the Democratic primary fight heated up, all the little guys would pile on the front-runner in an attempt to catch up – or in the case of John Kerry, to ketchup. You heard what Kerry said about our “unilateral actions” in Iraq, even though we have about two dozen nations on board. (See: Stop the Tape! Kerry Quashed). Well, Governor Howard Dean of Vermont has scolded Kerry for his hypocrisy on Saddam. Dean noted tartly that Kerry and many of his other rivals, voted to give...

Cannabis poses a greater threat to health than tobacco, lung experts have warned. The warning comes on the day that Home Secretary David Blunkett is due to make a Commons statement about the future of government drug policy. Many young people are simply not aware that smoking cannabis may put them at increased risk of respiratory cancers and infections . Dame Helena Shovelton: The Home Affairs Select Committee has recommended that cannabis is downgraded from a class B drug to class C. This would mean that possession would lead to a caution, rather than arrest. The British Lung Foundation is...