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Argentines are up in arms over a shortage of ketchup packages at McDonald's restaurants across the country, Argentine newspaper Clarin reports. The paper compared the shortage to being as bad as the country running out of chimichurri to put on steak. Last month, Argentina devalued its currency in order to conserve its dangerously low supply of foreign currency reserves. For many, it was a sign that the government realized that it would have to act quickly to save the economy from repeating a 2001 scenario of soaring inflation, shortages, and debt. Representatives from McDonald's told Clarin that they would solve...

President Kerry - this is the most frightening idea since ``President Dukakis'' back in 1988. It's like a dark cloud gathering on the horizon. Last night, Gigolo John sweeps five of seven primaries, and he's running ahead of President Bush in the polls. It's 1988 all over again, with only John Edwards standing, however unsteadily, in Kerry's way. You know, since 1988, M. Stanley Dukakis has become a standing joke, George McGovern in a tank. He's relegated to the Fritz Mondale-Jimmy Carter super-loser category. But remember, the Duke was 17 points ahead of Bush I after the Democratic convention. If...