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<p>PHILADELPHIA (AP) Edward M. Mezvinsky, a former congressman from Iowa, was sentenced to more than 6½ years in prison Thursday for defrauding business associates, friends and family including his mother-in-law of millions of dollars.</p> <p>U.S. District Judge Stewart Dalzell rejected a plea for leniency from Mezvinsky, who blamed his actions on his manic-depression and the side effects of an anti-malaria drug that he took on trips to Africa.</p>

Photos: China Launches Fourth Unmanned Spacecraft China launched its fourth unmanned spacecraft "Shenzhou IV" early Monday morning with a "Long March II F" carrier rocket, a move that could soon lead to its manned space voyage. (Full Story)      Previous three unmanned spaceships The first experimental spacecraft "Shenzhou" was launched by "Long March" carrier rocket on Nov. 20, 1999, at the same launch center, and touched down in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region the next day. Chinese engineers for the first time assembled and tested the rocket and spaceship in a vertical way. Meanwhile, they used a newly-established network,...

Remember, he was only impeached over some "oral-anal contact". (See the footnotes Clinton lovers)

We're surprised more ink isn't being spilled on the latest step into the spotlight by Bill Clinton.If there were another report about Clinton consorting with some babe or failing to account for some White House furniture or arguing with Hillary or keeping Cristophe's customers waiting while he gets a haircut, you can be sure the punditocracy would be all over it.But since he was giving a serious talk about the future of the Democratic Party, only the beat reporters and hard-core junkies have taken note.It was striking watching the ex-prez on the tube. Whatever one thinks of the slick and...

Laredo physician donates JFK items BY CELINA ALVARADO Times staff writer Friday marked the 39Th anniversary of JFK's assassination, and in commemoration and celebration of JFK's accomplishments, and as a tribute to conspiracy theorists, Laredoan Dr. Reynaldo Godines donated books, DVDs, videos, and calendars to the Laredo Public Library, Saturday. The two books, a VHS series, calendars and the two DVD movies all provide tremendous research on the conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of JFK. The two donated books include Crossfire-The Plot That Killed Kennedy, a New York Times bestseller written by Jim Marrs, and Bloody Treason - The Assassination...

I have a great idea for the ultimate Freep. Let's create our own "The Clinton Legacy Spin Machine" We should pull our resources together to design, manufacture, and distribute thousands of small 3" to 4" diameter rubber mats with Clinton's image on it with various labels along the perimeter of the mat such as: Impeachment - Pardons -Perjury - Monica, WTC The only moving part for our 'spin machine' will be a small clear-plastic propeller-wheel with a printed arrow that will point to one of these labels above each time the device is "used" properly. (if you get the drift)...

A lot has been made of George Bush's victory last week. But while controlling the White House and both houses of Congress is impressive, there was an additional triumph to savor: driving a stake through the Clinton era. Although he wasn't running, Bill Clinton was a major presence, raising funds, campaigning for candidates and generally trying to help his party regain its mojo. Tuesday's vote was a repudiation of his efforts. What's more, last week's rout may well quiet critics who continue to suggest that with help from his brother and the Supreme Court, Bush had stolen the 2000 election...

Bill Clinton got more than he bargined for when he ate at Palm Beach's famed Bice restaurant with James Carville and 10 others last weekend. A pal asked Clinton to meet his female dining companions in the garden, and Clinton complied, shaking hands with one while the other put on her lipstick. When the lipstick-applier was finished, she "squealed loudly" and declared her willingness to give Clinton oral sex, according to New York magazine. Clinton "jusy stood there for like a minute. But then all these people at the other tables broke out in hysterics. Bill just went inside and...

<p>LITTLE ROCK -- A holiday exhibit by the William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation opens Monday in downtown Little Rock, offering visitors a glimpse behind the scenes of Christmas in the White House.</p> <p>The exhibit features holiday gifts, photographs and memorabilia and runs through Jan. 18, portraying holidays across religious boundaries from Islam, Judaism and Christianity. An 11-foot, 1,000-pound glass tree created by renowned artist Dale Chihuly is the exhibit's centerpiece.</p>

[A] recent report by the Josephson Institute of Ethics reports that students admitting they cheated on an exam at least once in the previous year jumped from 61 percent in 1992 to 74 percent in 2002; the number who stole something from a store within the year rose from 31 percent to 38 percent; and the percentage who admit they lied to their teachers and parents also increased significantly. The Josephson study, released as part of the Oct. 20-26 National Character Counts Week, also indicates alarming deterioration over the past two years. Cheating rose from 71 percent in 2000 to...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Chants of "Wellstone, Wellstone, Wellstone" swelled Tuesday in Williams Arena as thousands gathered to mourn Sen. Paul Wellstone and seven others in a memorial service that at times sounded more like a campaign rally. Wellstone, his wife, Sheila, daughter, Marcia Wellstone Markuson; campaign aides Will McLaughlin, Tom Lapic and Mary McEvoy; and pilots Richard Conry and Michael Guess, died Friday when their King Air Turboprop crashed in a peat bog near Eveleth on Minnesota's Iron Range as Wellstone headed for a friend's funeral. The National Transportation Safety Board was attempting to determine the cause of the crash, which...

If this is a true leak to Drudge, then they are PLENTY WORRIED - AND - it means the end of the Clinton Years may well be at hand!

WASHINGTON – Former President Jimmy Carter owes an explanation to the American people for his behavior during the Cold War, says the author of a new book. "Reagan’s War” reveals new information that Carter, as president and later as a private citizen, sought the help of an avowed foreign enemy of this country to undermine Reagan’s candidacy in 1980 and, even more shocking, to cripple President Reagan’s foreign policy in 1984. The former Democrat president, who had been ousted by the voters four years earlier, wanted the Soviets to help him put a Democrat back in the White House. Speaking...

From powerhouse to prison Edwards leaves final legacy on state John Hill / Gannett Capital Bureau Posted on October 20, 2002 Jim Hudelson Former Gov. Edwin Edwards and his wife, Candy, share a moment in his Baton Rouge home last Wednesday. Edwards is to report to federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday. BATON ROUGE -- Edwin Edwards sits in an overstuffed chair before a marble fireplace, his feet resting on the Oriental rug, the muted colors of his brown-knit shirt matching the neutrals of the living room in his $600,000 stucco, old-brick French-styled home. A baby grand piano...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Oct. 20 — Former president Bill Clinton returned to his home state Saturday night to become an honorary inductee Saturday night to the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame, Once described by author Toni Morrison as "our first black president," the former Arkansas governor and two-term president was the first non-black recognized in the hall's 10-year history."I owe you way more than you owe me," Clinton told the audience of 850 people, who gave him a thunderous, standing ovation."You have looked beyond the color of my skin to the truth of my heart."Rodney Slater, a fellow Arkansan who...

Will the depressing news about the ever-eroding "legacy" of William Jefferson Clinton, not to mention the never-ending gullibility and stupidity of Nobel Prize winner Jimmy Carter, never stop? Since 9/11, we've had countless reports of the missed opportunities of the Clinton administration to put Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda out of commission. And now comes the recent headline news that North Korea reneged on the Carter-brokered 1994 peaceful "accomodation" between the Clinton administration and the tyrannical North Korean dictatorial regime -- the "Agreed Framework" between the two nations in which North Korea agreed to freeze its nuclear weapons program and...

Remarks by the President at Event Commemorating End of Ramadan THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release January 10, 2000 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT EVENT COMMEMORATING END OF RAMADAN Presidential Hall 11:30 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you very much, Eid Mubarak, and welcome to the White House. N'Imah Saleem, you did a fine job for a 14-year-old, or a 24-year-old, or a 44-year-old. I thought she was terrific. Thank you very much, thank you. (Applause.) And, Imam Hendi, thank you so much for your words, your prayer, and for serving as the...

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton's administration did not see evidence that North Korea was pursuing a uranium enrichment program for nuclear weapons that Pyongyang now admits it is operating, a senior Clinton aide said on Thursday. The United States said on Wednesday that North Korea, confronted with U.S. "evidence," acknowledged it is operating a secret nuclear weapons program in violation of a 1994 accord. Wendy Sherman, a former senior State Department official who was a top adviser on North Korea, told Reuters in a telephone interview that because she is not privy to U.S. intelligence, "it...

Cook legacy intact after historian's blooper October 10 2002 at 10:59AM Sydney - An Australian historian who claimed to have found a Portuguese shipwreck that predated the arrival in eastern Australia of English explorer Captain James Cook has admitted that he jumped the gun. History teacher Greg Jefferys thought he found cannons from a 17th century Portuguese Man 'O War under a beach off north-east Australia but they have turned out to be hoisting apparatus from a 19th century ship that plied the coast of colonial Australia. "They're definitely not cannons," said a contrite Jefferys, whose claim threatened to unseat...

<p>"We ought to give that inspection thing one more shot." Former President Bill Clinton, on "Larry King Live," recently offered this advice to President George W. Bush. "If he has chemical and biological agents, and I believe he does," said Mr. Clinton, who opposes an immediate strike against Iraq, "he would have no incentive not to use them then, if he knew he was going to be killed anyway and deposed. He's got a lot of incentive not to use them now because he knows he'll be toast if he does."</p>