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Kerry spinning like a top on Imus. He says it is Bush who owes America an apology.Says he's getting off campaign trail to not be a distraction.Totally re-writing what he said.Says the WH distorted his words to distract America from the outrage of their failures...

I am sure I grew up with many of the same memories as many of you. Christmas was magical. The music and lights of the season made my heart leap with love, excitement, and anticipation. We remember the food, relatives, and traditions. I can still feel the hope I felt as a child. You know, that swell in your soul that made you want to do cartwheels for no reason other than utter joy of the season. I recall those mornings when one of us awoke and ran through the house, “Wake up! Santa came! Santa came!” The whole family...

Top Iranian dancer detained THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's best-known female dancer and 24 of her students have been detained on charges of dancing in public -- for an all-female audience, her husband said yesterday. Although there are no written laws against dancing, Iran's hard-line clerics have banned the activity, which they consider a promotion of moral corruption. Farzaneh Kaboli and 24 of her students were detained Wednesday night as they were performing folk dances during the second night of a two-week program at Tehran's prestigious Vahdat Hall, Hadi Marzban said. Marzban said the students were freed yesterday...