(2004-02-28) — An unnamed senior White House official today confirmed reports from an Iranian news agency that Usama bin Laden had been captured “long ago”, but said the Bush administration was withholding the news “until the president’s poll numbers really tank.”
Despite the fact that months of Democrat attacks on President George Bush have pushed his [...]

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(2004-02-28) — A diplomat from the U.S. delegation to six-way talks aimed at dismantling North Korea’s nuclear weapons program today called the most recent negotiations a “stunning success.”
Although the talks did not result in any kind of joint statement, agreement or any movement by North Korea toward dropping its nuclear weapons program, all parties [...]

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(2004-02-27) — During last night’s Democrat presidential debate, Sen. John Forbes Kerry tried to connect with his “base” by declaring that homosexual couples are the solution to the nation’s abortion problem.
“You don’t see a lot of gay abortion clinics,” said Mr. Kerry. “Same-sex couples almost never have unwanted pregnancies. If every man and woman in [...]

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(2004-02-26) — Scott Ott, the editor of the daily news satire site, ScrappleFace.com, today chose a winner from more than 100 entrants in a contest to prove that Doonesbury is a “comic” strip.

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(2004-02-26) — Secretly-taped conversations involving U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan reveal no evidence of the so-called “united” nations that Mr. Annan “hyped” in the run up to the Iraq war, according to a former British cabinet secretary who has read the transcripts.
Clare Short, who resigned as International Development Secretary last year, claimed today that she [...]

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(2004-02-26) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that state scholarship funds may be denied to students pursuing careers in journalism.
The decision follows yesterday’s 7-2 ruling (Locke v. Davey) allowing Washington to prohibit disbursement of state scholarship money to a student who was aiming for a devotional theology degree — in other words, training [...]

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(2004-02-25) — Scott Ott, editor-in-chief of the daily news satire site ScrappleFace.com, today announced a $10 reward to anyone who could prove that Doonesbury is a “comic” strip.
The lucrative contest comes in response to an offer by Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau to donate $10,000 to the U.S.O. on behalf of anyone who could prove that [...]

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