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John Kerry has a Secret Plan to have Bill Clinton as Secretary-General of the United States! Details are sketchy, but it goes something like this: Recognizing that the U.N. Charter prevents any country with a permanent seat on the Security Council from having a national as Secretary-General, John Kerry will solve this problem very simply: By unilaterally giving up our permanent seat! He will argue that the United States has been on the Council too long, that it's time for someone else to have a chance, and that this is a way to rebuild our credibility and make friends in...

John Kerry's sister said at a "Women for Kerry" rally Sunday at Sawyer Point that President Bush has waged "war against women" and that her brother will be a champion for women if he's elected president Nov. 2. "We're on the eve of the most important election of our lives, certainly that is true for women," Peggy Kerry told about 1,500 people -- some men along with mostly women -- at the rally on the banks of the Ohio River. "W stands for the war against women," she said. "This is what my brother stands for -- it can all...

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Lake County Ohio Freepers, I'm coming to Cleveland this week to visit my brother (XJarhead), and we'd both like to see President Bush Saturday. Any information on ticket requirements (if any) or local Freeper events that day?

I have no idea what the protocol is for posting a Television commercial, so I'll wing it. Did anyone see the horrible MoveOn.org commercial last night? They showed a guy who worked thirty years complaining about how he lost his job because it was sent overseas because of tax breaks under Bush! Then he complained about the claims that the economy is getting better, but he couldn't find a job for a year -- until now. Then they had him put on a paper hat and stand in front of a cheap burger joint!! You'd think that with all of...

Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court refused Thursday to let Maurice Clarett into the National Football League draft this weekend, delaying for now the 20-year-old's attempt to be the first player chosen less than three years after completing high school. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said she saw no reason to overturn a lower court's stay preventing him from being chosen by a professional team. The former Ohio State tailback is fighting the NFL's requirement that players wait three years after high school before turning pro. The decision also keeps wide receiver Mike Williams of Southern California out of the...

Clarett turns to Supreme Court; Williams files suit April 20, 2004 SportsLine.com wire reports COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Maurice Clarett filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to try to force his way into this weekend's NFL draft. Clarett's attorney, Alan Milstein, asked for a stay of a decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals preventing the former Ohio State tailback from entering the draft. Monday's decision put on hold a lower-court ruling that said the NFL can't force players to wait three years after high school before turning pro. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will...

Federal Appeals Court rules Maurice Clarett Ineligible for NFL DRAFT this Saturday

<p>SAN FRANCISCO — The first of two judges to listen to objections to gay marriage in San Francisco delayed until at least Friday whether to block the city from continuing to issue same-sex marriage licenses.</p> <p>The second judge will take up a different petition Tuesday afternoon.</p>

Through 12 holes, 14-year-old Michelle Wie is currently tied for 56th place in the PGA Tour's Sony Open in Hawaii. 17 Adult Male golfers currently trail the High School Freshman on the leaderboard, including such names as Scott Hoch, Darren Clarke and Matt Kuchar.

THE TICKET WON!! WE'RE RICH!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!

Breast-feeding driver convicted on some charges, not child endangering By M.R. KROPKO The Associated Press 8/8/2003, 11:38 a.m. ET RAVENNA, Ohio (AP) — A woman who breast-fed her baby while driving on the Ohio Turnpike was found innocent of child endangering and convicted of three other misdemeanors on Friday. Catherine Nicole Donkers, 29, was found guilty of charges including violating child-restaint laws and driving without a valid driver's license by Portage County Municipal Court Judge Donald Martell. Child endangering was the most serious charge she faced. On the other three misdemeanors, prosecutors are recommending she be sentenced to 30 days...

Defense may backfire for motorist Husband takes stand for breast-feeding defendant, says she was driving, nursing and talking on phone By Ed Meyer Beacon Journal staff writer RAVENNA - Hoping to prove she was doing nothing wrong when she was breast-feeding her infant daughter while driving on the Ohio Turnpike, Catherine Donkers called her husband to the witness stand Thursday. His testimony, however, may have backfired on both of them as the misdemeanor child-endangering case entered its second day in Portage County Municipal Court. Brad L. Barnhill, Donkers' husband, testified that he was talking to his wife on her cell...

People living under Cincinnati bridges can stay at least 20 more days because a federal judge issued a temporary order Monday that prevents the city from moving them. The city may face a related legal challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union. The group said Monday the city's 2002 anti-panhandling ordinance violates a permanent federal injunction issued five years ago and the ACLU of Ohio has voted to sue the city, said Scott Greenwood, the group's general counsel. "The city has identified homeless people and people who ask others for money as criminals," he said. A city council member said...