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SANTA MONICA, Calif. Former T-V game show host Peter Tomarken and his wife were killed Monday morning when their small plane crashed into Santa Monica Bay. Divers called off a search for a third person Monday night after authorities concluded only two people were on board. The bodies of the 63-year-old Tomarken, host of the hit 1980's game show "Press Your Luck," and his wife, Kathleen, were identified by the Los Angeles County coroner's office. The plane was on its way to San Diego to ferry a medical patient to the U-C-L-A Medical Center. The F-A-A says the plane apparently...

Edwards is getting skewered for his almost grinning taunt to AlQaeda ... Howard Fineman notes if that's the best the Dems have got then the US will decide "we need Dick Cheney". Andrea Mitchell notes that it's impossible for Edwards to say anything and come across seriously because he's so young and Scarborough cracks a joke about how AlQaeda cannot take "the Breck Girl" seriously. Meanwhile on CNN lib gal laments Edwards came across as a slick "game show host" and "Jr." by any comparison.

He left office nearly three years ago as one of the most successful Presidents ever, and Bill Clinton, the youngest ex-president in modern times, is still the go-to guy in Democratic politics. All of the party's major candidates for president say they call on Mr. Clinton for advice. They say the former president always seems eager to talk politics, and one says the former president sometimes seems to relish the calls as an excuse not to work on his memoirs. "He said to me once, `I shouldn't be spending this much time, I've got to be writing my book,' "...