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<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The son of former Vice President Al Gore was arrested Friday night on a marijuana possession charge after police stopped the car he was driving for not having its headlights on, according to a news release from the Montgomery County, Maryland, Department of Police Services.</p>

Happy holidays to all! I heard a knock at my door earlier this morning and went outside and no one was around. At first I thought it might be kids playing games, until I looked down and saw a small mysterious package. I checked to see if it was from any of the axis of evil powers, then noticed it was from FreeRepublic.com. "All right!" I thought to myself, because no one else was around to listen. It is so cool - I can't wait to show it off to my liberal friends (is liberal friend an oxymoron?) In any...

Dozens of women are suffering from a condition that makes them have hundreds of orgasms every day. Researchers have identified the condition as persistent sexual arousal syndrome. American sufferer Jean Lund, 51, told The Sun that when she told her gynaecologist he said: "You're every man's dream." Office manager Jean said: "I looked at him in the face and said: "How would you like to walk around on the verge of an orgasm every second?" And he shut up." Ten victims of the rare condition have been documented by Boston University's Institute of Sexual Medicine. Another expert in New Jersey,...

Gen. Tommy Franks says that if the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government. Franks, who successfully led the U.S. military operation to liberate Iraq, expressed his worries in an extensive interview he gave to the men’s lifestyle magazine Cigar Aficionado. In the magazine’s December edition, the former commander of the military’s Central Command warned that if terrorists succeeded in using a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) against the U.S. or one of our allies, it would likely have...

HORTON BAY - The peaceful, rolling farmland of Charlevoix County's Bay Township belies the potential armed confrontation that may develop there in a matter of days. Bay Township residents Lyle Barkley and his daughter, Kimberly, stand near Kimberly's adjacent manufactured homes off Camp Daggett Road. A district court judge has ordered the rear unit removed, an order the Barkleys say they will not honor. A county district court judge has ordered by Thursday the removal of three manufactured homes from four acres on Camp Daggett Road. The family who owns the property is vowing an armed confrontation with anyone who...

I must admit I'm a little embarrassed to admit this, but I presently do not own a gun because of concerns with small children. Now, that's not the case, and I recently went down to a sporting goods store to acquire a 9 mm for protection. I could not believe the tests, fees and paperwork required to own one. I was waiting for the man behind the counter to ask for a stool sample next. The question I pose to my knowledgeable bretheren out there is this - What is the easiest legal way to acquire and own a hand...

Ann Coulter, the right wing's dial-900 girl—a rail-thin, chain-smoking, hard-drinking, big-eyed leggy blonde who winkingly serves up X-rated ideological smut on liberals—is at it again. "Whenever the nation is under attack, from within or without, liberals side with the enemy," Coulter writes—or sneers—in Treason, her follow-up effort to the best-selling Slander. Like its predecessor, Treason sits atop the best-seller charts, riding higher than one of Coulter's signature miniskirts. But this time around, it isn't the liberals who are up in arms; it's the conservatives. Coulter's slurring of Democrats—from Harry Truman (soft on communism) to Tom Daschle (soft on Iraq) —has...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Unaware that a live microphone was broadcasting their words around the Capitol, Assembly Democrats meeting behind closed doors debated prolonging California's budget crisis for political gain. Members of the coalition of liberal Democrats talked about slowing progress on the budget as a means of increasing pressure on Republicans. A microphone had been left on during the closed meeting Monday, and the conversation was transmitted to about 500 "squawk boxes" that enable staff members, lobbyists and reporters to listen in on legislative meetings. Some members of the group, including Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg, said if the budget crisis...

Things to do at Wal-Mart while your spouse is taking his/her sweet time: 1. Pick up condom packages randomly put them in peoples carts when they aren't looking. 2. Set all the alarm clocks in housewares to go off at 5 minute intervals. 3. Make a trail of tomato juice on the floor to the rest rooms. 4. Go to the Service Desk and ask to put a bag of M&M's on lay away. 5. Move a 'CAUTION - WET FLOOR' sign to a carpeted area. 6. Set up a tent in the camping department and tell other shoppers you'll...

PCs hijacked to send spam, serve porn, steal credit cards By Bob Sullivan MSNBC July 15 — One thousand home computers hijacked and used to serve up pornography. Perhaps tens of thousands co-opted by the “SoBig” virus, many of them turned into spam machines. Hundreds of other home computers loaded with secret software used to process stolen credit cards. If your biggest computer crime fear was lost or stolen files, think again: Someone may be using your PC to commit crimes. A CURIOUS SPAM mail went out and disappeared without much fanfare on June 25. Playing on a familiar prank,...

Several months ago, I heard radio host Michael Savage refer to liberalism as a “mental disorder.” As odd as this concept might seem, I think I actually agree with him. I’ve seen liberalism turn some of the most intelligent people I know into propaganda-spewing robots who care only about the message, not the inaccuracies behind the message. Emotion always trumps logic for them, regardless of the blatantly obvious. Given the difficulty in bringing liberals into the light, I thought it might be helpful to provide them with a 12-step program that could make it easier for a successful transition into...

I recently signed up for a purchase on the internet which required me to sign up with PayPal. For those of you who have not heard of PayPal - it is a way to send and receive money online. It requires you to give a credit card number or checking account number which you can quickly and easily use the next time you want to make an online purchase. From what I have read and been told - it's supposed to be highly secure and very safe. After I enrolled, the next day I got an e-mail from them requesting...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Republican congressman has contributed another $200,000 to the campaign to recall Gray Davis, the Democrat he wants to replace as governor. Rep. Darrell Issa now has given $645,000 of the approximately $1 million raised by recall supporters. The money officially comes from Greene Properties Inc. of Vista, a company owned by Issa and his wife. Records posted on the California secretary of state's Web site Monday revealed the latest contribution. Taxpayers Against the Recall have raised about $500,000, including $100,000 reported Monday from Zenith Insurance Co. of Woodland Hills, a major provider of workers' compensation...

Uday’s Home Movies Saddam Hussein’s son left behind an extensive video collection in his palaces—many of the films featuring himself June 2 — There was the private zoo. The wild parties. The torturing of Iraqi soccer players. Now, U.S. troops have discovered, Saddam Hussein’s notorious son Uday had another predilection: watching videos—often of himself. WHEN AMERICAN SOLDIERS moved into the remains of Uday’s bombed-out palace last month, they found thousands of videotapes among the rubble. NEWSWEEK has watched almost 100 of those recordings, many of which feature the Hussein scion at work and at play. Those viewed so far have...

Now - does this qualify? I just got the previous one pulled....

In the theatre of the absurd into which America's hunt for Al Qaeda so often descends, the "arrest" - the quotation marks are all too necessary - of Khaled Shaikh Mohammed is nearer the Gilbert and Sullivan end of the repertory. First, Mohammed was arrested in a joint raid by the CIA and Pakistani agents near Islamabad and spirited out of the country to an "undisclosed location." "The man who masterminded the September 11th attacks," was how the United States billed this latest "victory" in the "war against terror" (again, quotation marks are obligatory). Then the Pakistanis announced that he...

Best Headlines of 2002 THE YEAR'S BEST [ACTUAL] HEADLINES OF 2002 Crack Found on Governor's Daughter Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers Iraqi Head Seeks Arms Is There a Ring of Debris around Uranus? Prostitutes Appeal to Pope Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over Teacher Strikes Idle Kids Miners Refuse to Work after Death Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant War Dims Hope for Peace If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures Enfield (London) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide Red Tape Holds Up New...

I need a new computer. FR is such a great source of competent, experience information - in my opinion, better than consumer reports. Could anyone tell me the best website or store to get a newer, top of the line (I want to add an extra modem and hard drive, or external hard drive for a backup) - and get a multi function machine that scans, copies, prints and faxes. Any advice?

Let's put tax cuts in terms everyone can understand. Suppose that every day, ten men go out for dinner. The bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: The first four men -- the poorest -- would pay nothing; the fifth would pay $1, the sixth would pay $3, the seventh $7, the eighth $12, the ninth $18, and the tenth man -- the richest -- would pay $59. That's what they decided to do. The ten men ate dinner in the restaurant every...

Wise Counsel-Edwards copies Clinton's message—in invisible ink. You can't accuse John Edwards of lacking a clear presidential campaign theme. Announcing his candidacy on the Today show Thursday morning, Edwards answered the first and last questions put to him this way: Q. Why are you running for president? A. Because I want to be a champion for regular people. Q. What's the one reason people should vote for John Edwards? A. Because I will be a champion for regular people in the White House every day. Edwards may trail his 2004 competitors in stature and grasp of policy, but he's got...