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Senator Michael J. Doherty (R- Hunterdon, Warren) and Senator James Beach (D- Camden) announced they will present resolutions to the Senate and Assembly calling on the U.S. Congress to end TSA screening procedures requiring full body scans and pat downs at U.S. airports Their action comes in response to widespread concerns over privacy and radiation, as well as reports of inappropriate conduct by TSA agents during the screening process. “The pursuit of security should not force Americans to surrender their civil liberties or basic human dignity at a TSA checkpoint,” said Doherty. “Subjecting law-abiding American citizens to naked body scans...

Nora Doherty isn't afraid of much, if anything. She has more guts than I do, that's for sure. The young Catholic attorney — and mother of two — has been very active in the pro-life, pro-family arena in recent times. Doherty sidewalk counsels women seeking abortions, and she (politely) confronts pro-abortion legislators. And she even (politely) confronts angry gay activists. Case in point: Feb. 14, St. Valentine's Day. Dozens of gay activists protested at Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral, and, by the way, it — unlike many pro-life protests — did make the news, including the Chicago Tribune (click here for...

"British model Kate Moss films musician Pete Doherty on the Park stage at the 2007 Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton, England Sunday June 24, 2007 at the largest musical festival in Europe."

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Denny Doherty, the Canadian member of the Mamas and the Papas folk group, has died. He was 66. A family member says the singer-songwriter in the popular '60s group died earlier today at his home in Mississauga after a short illness. The Halifax-born Doherty led the group onto the charts with hits including "Monday, Monday," "California Dreamin," "Dream a Little Dream of Me" and "Dedicated to the One I Love." He started his music career in Montreal in 1960 as the co-founder of the Colonials, which later became the Halifax Three. In the mid-'60s, Time magazine called...

Saturday's Names & Faces column in the Washington Post, compiled by Matt Kane, included this item: Rick Schroder, the child star formerly known as Ricky, really digs nature. The onetime "NYPD Blue" star was in town yesterday, shovel in hand, taking part in Interior Secretary Gale Norton's national volunteer Take Pride in America program. It "inspires people to take pride in parks," Schroder told us while planting trees alongside Mayor Tony Williams and schoolchildren in Watts Branch Park. "I've been involved with these issues for the past 12 years because I have a cattle ranch."... Schroder, who is not shy...