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Booing the AP When the AP story about a Republican crowd booing President Bush's well-wishes for Bill Clinton first broke at 2:12 p.m., the story carried the byline of Tom Hays. After coming under fire, the AP pulled the story down. The original link now brings you to a dead page. After a brief interlude, the AP reposted the story, minus the claims that the crowd had booed Clinton's heart scare. The revised story is here. It carries the time stamp of 2:31 p.m. and, curiously, no byline. It also carried no mention of the story's previous version, nor any...

Low-Carb, High-Fat Diet Drops Weight Atkins-Like Plan Won't Hurt Cholesterol Levels, but Critics Aren't Impressed By Sid Kirchheimer Reviewed By Michael Smith, MD on Tuesday, November 11, 2003 Nov. 11, 2003 -- Is it really possible to lose weight on a no-starch, high-fat diet, similar to Atkins, without hurting cholesterol levels? Apparently so, even for people with heart disease, according to the latest study on the topic. The new study details the effects of a no-starch, high-fat diet on 23 patients at risk for diabetes. All were overweight, were taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, and had been diagnosed with heart disease....

If, heaven forbid, Algore were president of the United States, would the Enron failure have been any different? I'm not talking about the coverage of it, which of course would've been silent on any connection between Mr. Occidental Petroleum and this energy company. Remember, Jack Quinn, Johnny Hayes and Gregg Simon were all Algore advisors, and all took cash from Enron. So did Bill Clinton, and many other DNC candidates. Enron's two biggest donations to House members went to Democrats. The company spread its cash around. The Democrats are on thin ice on this Enron talk. They're looking for anything ...