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<p>BY DANIEL HENNINGER Friday, October 21, 2005 12:01 a.m.</p> <p>The autumn of the Bush presidency has turned gray. Mr. Bush's approval rating is below 40 but factoring in the political wind chill it feels like 25.</p> <p>First Katrina, a lady with no known politics, blew the Bush second-term agenda off its moorings. Karl Rove, Mr. Bush's Tonto, is about a quarter mile ahead of a postindictment lynch mob. And this week, the president's personal nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court was denounced on these pages by Robert Bork --which is like a conservative president's Supreme Court nominee being dissed by, well, Robert Bork. As my former colleague Suzi Garment was wont to say amid similar Washington meltdowns, "This is not good!"</p>

The NJ governor's race exploded into a firestorm yesterday, with the revelation that super-rich Sen. Jon Corzine gave $470,000 to a former flame who runs one of the biggest state-employee unions. The value of the donation ballooned to as much as $615,600, because Corzine also paid the gift tax. The Democrat stonewalled questions about whether he gave any other money to sultry Carla Katz, who represents 9,000 NJ state employees as head of Local 1034 of the Communications Workers of America. Corzine refused to say if he made any other gifts to Katz and her family, declaring, "I'm a public...

Love appears to be a more evolved behavior than lust, according to new research that found both love and lust originate in our brains, but that the two feelings occupy different regions and pathways that only slightly overlap. The authors of the study believe that lust is quite different from love. They also say humans have evolved three distinct brain systems for mating and reproduction: the sex drive, romantic love and attachment to a long-term partner. "(Love) requires more sophisticated behaviors, reward and memory systems than other mammals, and it is present to some degree in other primates that are...

MANCHESTER music legend Morrissey sparked controversy when he announced Ronald Reagan's death live on stage during a concert - and then declared he wished it was George Bush who had died instead. Thousands of fans at Dublin Castle, in Ireland, cheered when the ex-Smiths frontman made the announcement that the former American president, who had battled with Alzheimer's Disease, had passed away. And an even bigger cheer followed when Morrissey - who is no stranger to controversy - then said he wished it had been the current President, George W Bush, who had died. Fan Tony Murray said: "He commented...

Does your mom have mojo? Tell us in 50 words or less. Winners will take their moms to see the Seattle Mariners take on the Chicago White Sox on Sunday, May 11. This is an ad the The News Tribune, April 25, 2003. My son LOVES baseball and would like to enter the contest. But we need to know what the heck is mojo? I guess if I have to ask, I probably don't have it!!

READ THE STORY OF MOJO AND MAD DOG MIDI - ME AND YOU AND A DOG NAMED BOO They'll remember that day well…when it all went to hell The accident nearly took them from the war But they both said there was just no way…and that they'd fight another day 'Cause after all that is…what they had gone there for Mojo and his pal Mad Dog, too Swore a bed ain't where they're gonna be Mojo and his pal Mad Dog, too Said they'd soon be back…you will see They sat down with doc…and told him it's a crock...

Impressed ... new PM John Major with Caroline Graham at the 1991 interview where he complimented her legs LOVE cheat John Major turned on his saucy charm with a writer from The Sun — then begged us not to spill the beans, we can reveal today. The then-Tory Premier flirted outrageously with former Sun Woman editor Caroline Graham during a fireside chat at Number Ten. Major, 59, now reeling from the revelations of his secret four-year affair with Edwina Currie, could not take his eyes off Caroline who was wearing a micro-skirt which rode up to reveal her thighs....

<p>As we pause from our busy lives to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death, it must be noted that as creative and influential as this brilliant-but-tragic man was, he does not deserve to be called, as he is by so many, the King.</p> <p>Sure, Elvis was a figure of transcendent influence in pop music. He was, at least in his earlier years, an electrifying performer. He is known for the ability he had to combine disparate elements of black and white Southern music (country, blues, rockabilly) into a driving, compelling and, most of all, popular style.</p>