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ABC is expected to announce soon a new member of the network's Monday Night Football team, and the shocking development is that Rush Limbaugh actually has been a contender.The last kind of person the football broadcast needs is a highly controversial, polarizing political figure who has alienated half the nation. Limbaugh's egocentric, conservative radio rantings entertain millions of Americans, but his shtick would ultimately demean the game of football.The commentator stretches reality to such extremes that his involvement would damage the National League's credibility. If Limbaugh really wants to make sports broadcasting the next step in his career, he should ...

How ironic: Two early stalwarts of Planned Parenthood were Texas Gov. George W. Bush's paternal grandparents. Now the national president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of Smerica is trying to make sure women know the grandson-the Reepublican presidential nominee-opposes a women's right to an abortion.Gloria Feldt, who was born in Temple and started her career with Planned Parenthood in Odessa, is the driving force behind the new pro-active stance of the family-planning organization.Feldt, 57, who has three kids and four grandchildren is traveling the country, focusing on college campuses. She's warning younger women that the reproductive rights they take for ...

Washington --- Vice President Al Gore plans to be in San Antonio on Sept 1 to attend his first pressidential campaign fund-raiser in South Texas.Campaign officials said the $1,OOO-a-plate dinner at a Monte Vista residence is expected to raise $200,000 for Gore's campaign to win the Democratic presidential nomination. Also vying for the party's nod is former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey. "We willl not concede anything, and we will fight in all 50 states to convince the voters that Al Gore is the candidate that can best lead the nation into the next century," campaign spokesman Roger ...

Washington --- Vice President Al Gore plans to be in San Antonio on Sept 1 to attend his first pressidential campaign fund-raiser in South Texas.Campaign officials said the $1,OOO-a-plate dinner at a Monte Vista residence is expected to raise $200,000 for Gore's campaign to win the Democratic presidential nomination. Also vying for the party's nod is former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey. "We willl not concede anything, and we will fight in all 50 states to convince the voters that Al Gore is the candidate that can best lead the nation into the next century," campaign spokesman Roger ...