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Walter Cronkite to many Americans was the voice of all Americans. We would listen to his words and understand everything that was important to know. Walter even told us why it was important. Wally was an American icon at a time when most of us could be easily duped. There was no conservative talk radio; there was no Rush Limbaugh, Joe Scarborough or Sean Hannity. There was just Wally and his ideas which for better or worse, we all bought hook line and sinker when he was anchor for the CBS Evening News, Wally snookered us all.

<p>The lesser of two evils doesn’t seem like such a bad choice these days to some Greens.</p> <p>As the Green Party hashes out its plans for next year’s presidential election, some of its activists are urging the party to forgo the race and, instead, throw its support behind one of the Democratic candidates — all in the hopes of unseating President Bush. It isn’t an especially popular idea, but it is being seriously considered. “At the moment, everything is on the table and everything is being discussed,” said John Strawn, co-chairman of the group’s presidential exploratory committee. The committee began the process of finding a candidate months ago, soliciting recommendations from its state party representatives across the country. It compiled and picked over that list, contacting about 40 people it believed might make suitable candidates — those who could help build the party, while upholding its leftist commitments to nonviolence, anti-corporatism and diversity.</p>

<p>Gov. Mark R. Warner, at AOL's headquarters in Dulles, backs a state law allowing for criminal prosecution of Internet spammers with penalties that include jail time and asset forfeiture.</p> <p>Spam, the scourge of the Internet for millions of computer users, has a tough new opponent in Virginia.</p>