Astronomers have detected the most distant explosion yet. A massive star collapsed into a black hole some 12.6 billion light years from Earth. The event occurred an estimated 1.1 billion years after the "Big Bang" that created the universe. Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, was quick to affix blame on President Bush. "The Big Bang should've been ample warning that cataclysms of this magnitude were possible," said Dean. "Yet, we find that the Bush Administration was caught totally unprepared for this latest explosion. The fact that this explosion occurred in a black hole further emphasizes the racial...