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Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Censured but Reelected Former Republican Congressman Mark Foley resigned in disgrace after revelations of his lewd computer messages to a former house page became public — and has been universally disavowed by the GOP. But a Democratic congressman who actually had a …

If you think you’ve been seeing the world through rose-colored glasses, you’re not alone. Last month, in honor of the 16th anniversary of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, style and substance came together in an explosion of fuchsias, magentas, garments and gadgets. From Yoplait yogurts and Hershey’s chocolates to Clinique cosmetics, …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Network’s Problem? Former CBS News president Van Gordon Sauter (search) says that in the aftermath of the report on CBS’ now-discredited Bush National Guard story, the network’s biggest problem is “it has no credibility. And no audience, no morale, no long-term emblematic …

KHAO LAK, Thailand – Foreign volunteers in Thailand — many of them tourists who came here to vacation — are an essential force working hard to restore normalcy to the country’s tsunami-hit south. There are volunteers from all over the world and much of their work is grueling and gruesome. …

Michael Jackson | ‘SNL’ Baby Crisis’ | Carly Simon Jacko District Attorney: Sore Loser? Believe it or not, the Michael Jackson case is not over. Even though it lost the case, the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s office is still refusing to return evidence it seized from Jackson’s Neverland Ranch …

Halloween 2005 looks a lot like a cross between a sock-hop and a “Star Wars” convention. Breakout movies of the 1970s, like “Grease” and “Star Wars,” are the inspiration behind many of this year’s Fright Night costumes, thanks to Americans’ ever-growing nostalgia as well as the success of “Star Wars: …

The emotionally intense boxing drama “Million Dollar Baby” (search) has just barely left theaters, but audiences better brace themselves: Another emotionally intense boxing drama opens this weekend. That movie is, of course, director Ron Howard’s “Cinderella Man” (search), which stars Russell Crowe (search), Renee Zellweger and Paul Giamatti (“Sideways”) and …

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – A capacity crowd at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall roared with approval when the big screen monitor aired a close-up of boxing great Roy Jones Jr. sitting ringside shortly before the main fight card Saturday night. But Jones Jr. wasn’t there to check out the latest boxing …

George Clooney | Jennifer Jason Leigh | ‘Wallace & Gromit’ Clooney Bets House on Film I learned a lot about George Clooney on Friday night when his film, “Good Night, and Good Luck,” premiered at the New York Film Festival. For one thing, he mortgaged his Los Angeles house to …

Setting dangerous sex offenders free — that is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” New York Governor George Pataki has ordered 12 violent sex offenders held by the state after their prison terms were completed, citing the state’s voluntary commitment law. Pataki says the men have been evaluated …