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Former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney said Tuesday that black voters should consider voting for third-party candidates. Speaking to a sparsely attended Green Party gathering, the Georgia Democrat railed at her party and said black voters should not automatically vote Democratic, as an overwhelming majority now do. "We have to be willing to do something that we've never done before so that we can get some things we've never had before," said McKinney, who is black. During the 2000 presidential election, McKinney said, Democrats "didn't even fight for your right to vote and your right to representation," referring to allegations that...

As fans continued to weigh in on calls by officials during the Super Bowl, a group has set up an online petition claiming the "NFL is fixed." The petition, at http://new.petitiononline.com/nfl12006/petition.html, says "We, the fans of the NFL, will no longer stand by and allow our pure game to be corrupted by blatant bias." The petitions ask fans for suggestions on how the problem can be fixed. Seahawks fans are voicing outrage over what they say were game-robbing calls by officials in the Super Bowl. In one, Darrell Jackson was called for pushing Chris Hope away as he broke to...

Steelers win Super Bowl XL, 21-10 Tribune-Review Sunday, February 5, 2006 Steelers win Super Bowl XL, 21-10 -- their fifth.

Here’s a plan for 2008. Suppose a Democrat wins a close presidential election. But the House and Senate are still very likely to remain in Republican hands. The GOP could then challenge the electoral vote certification, just like the Democrats did this year. The Republican majorities in the House and Senate could then decertify the electoral votes of narrowly-won blue states (they’d certainly have more grounds for claiming fraud than the Democrats did this year.) A Republican president would thus be elected.Why not? As they’ve demonstrated in 2004, Democrats would certainly do all of the above if they had a...

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The concept: Showtime asked seven of international cinema's best directors to each make a 10-minute film on the subject of time. The deal: They would have total creative freedom to express their vision. The seven: Spike Lee, Jim Jarmusch, Wim Wenders, Werner Herzog, Chen Kaige, Aki Kaurismaki and Victor Erice. The result is an uneven but always interesting and occasionally dazzling series of 10-minute films. The series premieres tonight at 10:45 with Lee's We Wuz Robbed, a documentary that revisits Nov. 7, 2000, in Florida -- one of the most controversial election nights in the history of American presidential politics...