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(snip)...Christen's application included her membership in several charitable groups, including some from her past, but did not mention that she was on the board of Planned Parenthood in the mid-1990s. The organization, which didn't provide abortions in Alaska until 2003, is now on the opposite side of a Palin-supported bill to require girls under 17 to get parental consent for an abortion. (snip)

FEMA head Michael Brown has had a tough couple of weeks. Politicians are in front of cameras calling for his resignation, petitions are being signed for his removal, bloggers want him to assume room temperature, and the talking heads on cable repeat his name no less than 30 times in an hour.And if you think things can't simply get any worse for this man, think again. A TIME investigation reveals discrepancies in the FEMA chief's official biographies TIME has found discrepancies in his online legal profile and official bio, including a description of Brown released by the White House at the time of his nomination in...

<p>Kerry was heading to West Virginia to meet with fellow veterans and await the Tuesday results of the presidential primary in Illinois. He already has won more than enough Democratic convention delegates to win the presidential nomination.</p> <p>Kerry's scheduled visit to Huntington and Charleston reflects West Virginia's newfound importance on the electoral map. Once considered reliable territory for Democrats, the state voted for Bush over Al Gore in 2000.</p>