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"The hallmark of a great villian is not to enjoy evil - to act insane or to stir up trouble - but to actually outsmart the leading man........(may contain spoilers)...The biggest fear in a zombie apocalypse is that, the very things you do to survive, are the things that detach you from the rest of mankind...

Boxer claims he was partying at governor's mansionALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Former IBF junior bantamweight champion Danny Romero, who has fought just once in the past three years, told police officers that Gov. Bill Richardson would "take care of" his arrest on aggravated drunken driving charges, according to a police report. Romero, 31, was arrested late Monday after failing field sobriety tests and blowing above 0.16 percent in a breath-alcohol test -- twice New Mexico's legal limit for presumed intoxication. Police found Romero vomiting near his 1999 Cadillac, which was parked in the middle of a street. Officers said Romero's eyes...

Maryland's governor takes a stand against journalists he doesn't like.THE PRESS has always assailed politicians, and politicians have retaliated in various ways. Some feed scoops to the competition. Some make jokes or give nonsensical answers in response to a reporter's question. President Bush holds his press conferences few and far between and has been known to abruptly end them if he becomes annoyed. In 1962, JFK's administration asked the New York Times to reassign reporter David Halberstam after his critical coverage of the Vietnam war. Few, though, have retaliated the way Maryland's Republican governor Robert Ehrlich has.On November 18,...