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Though the press and Barack Obama supporters often maintain the opposite, by the rough-and-tumble standards of American politics, Hillary Clinton really hasn't run that tough a campaign against the Illinois senator. She's broadcast very few negative ads. Her critiques, until recently, have focused primarily on Obama's electability. Her husband's attacks on her opponent have mostly backfired, generating far more negative reaction than positive. In fact, most of Obama's problems on the campaign trail have come from stories emanating from the press - the Jeremiah Wright controversy and his own remarks before supporters in San Francisco being two examples. And, of...

ALBANY, N.Y., Jan. 22 - Until now, former U.N. weapon's inspector Scott Ritter has declined to speak about allegations he was arrested in an Internet sex sting 19 months ago. However, NewsChannel 13 reached Ritter by phone Wednesday and for the first time he discussed the arrest and the sealed court documents. ...snip... "The case was dismissed. Therefore it never happened," Ritter said Wednesday. "I stood in a court of law, before a judge and an assistant district attorney, and they dismissed it," he added. But the court of public opinion has a different view. The story of Ritter's arrest...