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Temper, temper. Republican John McCain is known for his. He's been dubbed "Senator Hothead" by more than one publication, but he's also had some success extracting his hatchet from several foreheads. Even his Republican Senate colleagues are not spared his sharp tongue. "F--- you," he shouted at Texas Sen. John Cornyn last year. "Only an a------ would put together a budget like this," he told the former Budget Committee chairman, Sen. Pete Domenici, in 1999. "I'm calling you a f------ jerk!" he once retorted to Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley. With Cornyn, he smoothed things over quickly. The two argued during...

New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) has long been rumored as desperately seeking the democratic nomination for president in 2008. And while many political observers fully expect the power hungry former First Lady to hit the campaign trail within only a few months of being re-elected as a US Senator in 2006, US News & World report claims to have a confirmation of sorts. From USNews.Com's Washington Whispers: Hillary's in… You don't have to take it from us about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton 's desire to run for president. Her brothers, Hugh and Tony Rodham, say it's true. Friends...

Shippers file data they say proves work slowdown By Donna Littlejohn DAILY BREEZE Shipping companies filed productivity numbers Wednesday with the U.S. Justice Department that they say proves there is a “concerted, systematic work slowdown” by the longshore union. The Pacific Maritime Association, representing shipping companies in the ongoing contract dispute with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, said it has documented significant declines in productivity. Container movements are down 9 percent in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the PMA said, but the figures were higher at other West Coast ports: 34 percent in Oakland, 29 percent...

July 19, 2002Clear and present angerBY JOEL REESE Daily Herald Staff WriterPosted on July 18, 2002 Thirty minutes with a surly Harrison FordHarrison Ford is not happy to see us.We are six Chicago-area journalists who are about to have an audience with one of the world's biggest movie stars. We are sitting in a business suite in the Ritz-Carlton, awaiting Ford's entrance. Harrison Ford, well - he needs no introduction. He's Han Solo, he's Indiana Jones, he's Jack Ryan. And now he's here. A door opens and it's Harrison Ford, the ruggedly handsome mega-icon who beats the bad guys, seduces...