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The Republican presidential candidate just completed a trip through Latin America that had The Washington Post asking, “Why is John McCain in Colombia?” McCain has his own answer, but some saw the trip as a risky gambit.
McCain, as I wrote recently, is between a rock and a hard place when it comes to emphasizing his [...]

Seven-year-old Ryan Sisitki is excited about the big, gold, Panther Martin spinner in his tackle box. But he is ecstatic about the latest walleye.
“C’mon, you guys, let’s do the stretch thing,” Sisitki said. The adults break up laughing, having just joked about the need to stretch the fish we are catching.
We’ve boated 15 walleye, two [...]

In the hearts of the fans and especially the minds of the television network executives the Boston Red Sox’ most important regular-season games will always be those played against the New York Yankees.
That notion may change come September, the next time the Tampa Bay Rays visit Fenway Park for what’s shaping up to be a [...]

From the white roses he laid before a likeness of Mexico’s blessed saint, the Virgin of Guadalupe, to the endorsement he gave for an overhaul of American immigration laws, Senator John McCain used a visit to Mexico on Thursday to appeal to residents of both sides of the border: Mexicans and, more urgently, their voting [...]

Human right activists say they are disappointed with President Bush’s decision to attend the opening ceremony of the summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The announcement by the White House Thursday is the first confirmation of the president’s plans to attend the August 8 ceremony. It comes despite calls from some U.S. lawmakers and activists for [...]

The New York Mets will begin a six-game road trip tonight with manager Willie Randolph, but whether or not he returns with the team is anyone’s guess.
Randolph’s crew continues its interleague slate this evening with the first of three games against the AL West-leading Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Angel Stadium.
With their manager’s job [...]

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown handed President Bush good news on two fronts Monday: a modest increase in Britain’s troops for the tough Afghanistan fight and a fresh European effort to squeeze Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
The deeply unpopular prime minister seemed to calculate he had more to gain politically by being hawkish than he risked losing [...]

News confirms that the couple are on their way back to Los Angeles after spending a romantic weekend in Mexico. Their private jet is expected to touch down at Van Nuys Airport sometime tonight.
The Friends With Money star and the Heavier Things artist landed south of the border on Friday and then shuttled over to [...]

More than 200 Chinese mainland tourists will leave today and tomorrow to join a celebration on Thursday in Washington DC, specially held for China’s inaugural leisure tour group to the United States.
The tourists will leave from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou to join the event seen as marking a new era in Sino-US relations.
Vice-Premier Wang Qishan, [...]

A TRIP to Eden by several men accused of terrorism involved fishing, barbecues and mud bogging, and there was no talk of either religion or politics, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.
Prosecutors had earlier alleged the trip was designed for bonding or team building among some of the 12 Muslim men charged with terror offences.
The men [...]