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WASHINGTON - Republican Rep. John Sweeney's attendance at a beer-drinking, college fraternity party has drawn criticism from Democrats who accused the New York lawmaker of using poor judgment. "What is a 50-year-old congressman doing at a frat party at 1 in the morning cavorting with students 30 years his junior? Teaching them how a bill becomes a law?" Blake Zeff, a spokesman for New York Democrats, said Friday.

The True Meaning of Easter By: Paul Arinaga There's a lot of controversy about the true meaning of Easter. Some claim that it's actually a pagan celebration in origin. Others lament that retailers, greeting card companies and television are changing Christianity's greatest feast into something with meaning "the size of a jelly bean." In any case, the most common view about the real meaning of Easter is that it's a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and that through this act, sin and death are conquered. Easter also can be seen as a season of joy. The time...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. (March 3, 2006) -- Raucous crowds, cold beverages and colorful beads were only a part of New Orleans’ Mardi Gras celebration this year, as 31 members of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing were welcomed in style by an ecstatic city, Feb. 28 and 29. “We’re so happy to have (the Marines) here,” said Gwyneth James, a Thibodaux, La., native and Mardi Gras regular. “It means a lot to see they’re willing to invest in the city’s future. It brings us hope.” The 2nd MAW Band and the Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2 Color...

Anger as film highlights good-time geisha girls By Colin Joyce in Tokyo and Richard Spencer in Beijing (Filed: 30/11/2005) Japan hosted the premiere of a Hollywood film on geishas last night amid anger that the girls are portrayed as prostitutes and the actresses who play them Chinese. Memoirs of a Geisha not only has Chinese leading ladies, it is a screen version of a book by an American, directed by an American and shot in California, not Kyoto, their traditional home. Zhang Ziyi, Michelle Yeoh and Gong Li in Memoirs of a Geisha The film, shown in the national sumo...

With six weeks to go before unveiling the $2.7 billion Wynn Las Vegas, Steve Wynn already is planning a second full-scale, $1.4 billion megaresort on the former Desert Inn property, Wynn Resorts Ltd. revealed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission this week.......