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Thursday on CNN’s “Right Now,” Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) said President Donald Trump criticizes his predecessor former President Barack Obama because it “eats away” at Trump that Obama “added luster to the presidency.” Keilar asked, “The president referenced former President Obama several times yesterday when he had this extended Q & A session on the south lawn with reporters. He blamed him on a variety of topics. He does this a lot, but there seemed to be this uptick of it yesterday. Why do you think he does that? Connolly said, “Well, I think the contrast bothers him. President Obama...

San Francisco (AP) -- Television bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman, who had his reality show taken off the air after getting caught using a racial slur, will not be extradited to Mexico to face a pending appeal of kidnapping charges against him, a judge ruled Monday. The U.S. government had been trying to send Chapman, his son Leland Chapman and a third man to the resort town of Puerto Vallarta, where they were charged with kidnapping Andrew Luster, a Max Factor heir who had jumped a $1 million bond on charges that he drugged and raped three women. Luster's disappearance...

Duane "Dog" Chapman is upset a $300,000 federal bond remains in place even though a Mexican judge has dismissed charges against him. The TV bounty hunter posted the bond and was freed after being arrested last September as he fought extradition to Mexico. He had been charged under Mexican law with "deprivation of liberty" for his 2003 capture of a fugitive convicted rapist in Mexico. Mexican Judge Jose Alberto Montes dismissed the charges last month, ruling the statute of limitations had expired.

Television bounty hunter Dog Chapman set free on bail in Hawaii By Associated Press Saturday, September 16, 2006 - Updated: 12:08 PM EST HONOLULU - TV reality star Duane “Dog” Chapman and two co-stars accused of illegal detention and conspiracy in the bounty hunters’ capture of a cosmetics company heir in Mexico posted bail and were released Friday. Chapman was released on $300,000 bail after spending the night in a federal detention center and his co-stars on the popular A&E show “Dog The Bounty Hunter” were freed on $100,000 bail each. Chapman, his son, Leland Chapman, and associate Timothy Chapman,...

ITHACA--The outgoing Ithaca City Attorney has publicly called for the impeachment of President Bush, over reports that he authorized wiretapping for foreign intelligence purposes without judicial warrant following September 11.Writing in the Ithaca Journal, Marty Luster, a democrat, argues that the President and Vice President Cheney should be impeached, over what Luster characterizes as the administration's history of "lies," "secrecy" and "torture." As if the lies that took us to Iraq were not enough. As if the knowing use of bad intelligence wasn't enough. As if the ever- shifting justifications for this war were not enough. As if the...

Gov. Schwarzenegger's chokehold on apossible re-election bid has loosened significantly in recent months, with only 39 percent of the state's voters saying they would support him in the 2006 gubernatorial race, according to a poll released today. The survey by the nonpartisan Field Institute also found that either of the GOP governor's Democratic challengers, state Treasurer Phil Angelides or state Controller Steve Westly, would narrowly beat Schwarzenegger if the general election were held today. Angelides holds an early lead over the possible field of Democratic candidates, including filmmakers Rob Reiner and Warren Beatty, pollsters found. Schwarzenegger, wildly popular with voters...

A favorite song of mine is the instant classic by Fleetwood Mac, "Little Lies." This song repeatedly uses these two lines, "Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies." The first subject, as you might have guessed, is Hillary Clinton's new book, jocularly entitled "Living History." Two of the women in the street who made comments on TV about Hillary and her book came close to the truth. One said, "Well, that's her story." Another said, "She had to believe that." We are dealing, of course, with the only non-boring part of Hillary's tome, the few paragraphs about Bill and...

So here's what the FBI says about the capture of convicted rapist Andrew Luster, who was on the lam in Mexico before a bounty hunter nicknamed "Dog" beat the FBI at its own game and collared him:

Mexico Releases Bounty Hunter Chapman Sat Jun 21, 5:59 PM ET PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico - Mexican immigration authorities released on Saturday Hawaii-based bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman and four other Americans who were arrested Wednesday after reportedly capturing one of California's most-wanted fugitives. AP Photo Chapman, his brother Timothy, his son Leland, reality TV producer Jeff Sells and actor Boris Krutonog were charged Friday with illegal deprivation of liberty and criminal association in connection with the capture of convicted rapist and cosmetics heir Andrew Luster. On Thursday, authorities expelled Luster to the United States, where he is appealing a 124-year...

<p>PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) - Bounty hunters who captured cosmetics heir and convicted rapist Andrew Luster could spend four years in a Mexican jail for snatching him without alerting local authorities in a country that considers their profession little better than kidnapping. Charges of criminal association and illegal deprivation of liberty - which is similar to kidnapping without requesting a ransom - were filed Friday against Duane "Dog" Chapman and others.</p>

Bits and PiecesLawyers on Parade: Max Factor heir Andrew Luster was captured in Mexico this week, after jumping bail during his trial for assault, rape and drug charges. He was convicted in absentia, and sentenced to 124 years in jail. Now his sleazoid lawyers have suggested that they will appeal his conviction on the grounds that the judge wrongly instructed the jurors that "fleeing can be taken as evidence of guilt." What chutzpah. These same lawyers got the judge to lower the bail on this criminal, so he could get out on bail with "electronic surveillance." That allowed him to...

"They are the most shocking and disturbing things that you will ever see." Deputy District Attorney Maeve Fox, on video evidence in the case Ventura County Deputy District Attorney Anthony Wold smiles toward the jury after Superior Court Judge Ken Riley read the verdicts in Andrew Luster's trial. (AP) (CBS/AP) Convicted rapist and cosmetics heir Andrew Luster, who has been on the run since fleeing his trial in January, was captured and being held in Mexico on Wednesday. Luster, a bounty hunter seeking him and an independent cameraman filming the arrest are in Mexican custody, CBS News has learned. Ventura...

That is the only info so far...just a blurb at the top of MSNBC's website....

<p>VENTURA, Calif. (AP) - An arrest warrant was issued Monday for accused date-rapist Andrew Luster after the Max Factor heir disappeared over the weekend, officials said.</p> <p>Luster, the great grandson of cosmetics mogul Max Factor, last checked in with probation officials early Friday, said Patrick Neil, division manager of the Ventura County Probation Agency. He did not report in as required that evening and failed to appear in court Monday, Neil added.</p>