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The strange disappearance of Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, reportedly kidnapped in Iraq nearly three weeks ago, grows even more mysterious. Senior Pentagon officials tell NBC News, a man claiming to be Hassoun, called his family in Lebanon and the U.S. embassy in Beirut, saying he was — "released by his kidnappers somewhere in Lebanon" and that he was "waiting to be picked up."

I just watched Hannity interview Jack Ryan, former Republican candidate for the Senate from Illinois. Sean made some amazing challenges at the end of the interview.

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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN JUNE 27, 2004 20:34:08 ET XXXXX CHASE ON FOR SEALED KERRY DIVORCE DOCUMENTS; PAPER FRENZY AFTER ILLINOIS SENATE RACE RELEASE After last week's front page headlines over ugly unsealed divorce records in the Republican Illinois senate race, media outlets now face a dilemma: What to do about Democrat presidential hopeful John Kerry's sealed divorce records! The race is on in political and media circles to gauge the import of Kerry's sealed July 25, 1988 divorce from his first wife, Julia Stimson Thorne. TRIBUNE, which successfully sued a court to gain access to Illinois Republican Jack...

POWER HANDOVER 'TODAY' The handover of power in Iraq is being brought forward to today. A formal announcement will be made later today, Tony Blair said. The informal announcement was made by Iraq's foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari. The handover of power to an interim Iraqi government was supposed to take place on June 30. Mr Zebari said the deteriorating security situation in the country was one of the reasons why the date had been brought forward. "We will challenge these elements in Iraq, the anti-democratic elements, by even bringing the handover of sovereignty before June 30 as a sign we...

Though not a boxing related issue, there are times when one must contemplate the existence and untimely loss of those who truly do make a difference; those who define courage and integrity, and those who truly are American heroes. Every person who has paid the ultimate price in order to secure the freedoms Americans enjoy to the point where most take them for granted is both a hero and an architect of humanity. Everything one needs to know about how special and truly different America is was on display in the ESPN2 co-feature. In 1995 Giorbis Barthelemy attempted to swim...