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U.S. payrolls grew modestly in Sept. Employers added 96,000 jobs, less than expected The Associated Press Updated: 10:44 a.m. ET Oct. 8, 2004 WASHINGTON - Companies added 96,000 jobs to their payrolls in September, fewer than economists forecast for the last employment report before Election...

Sosa fined $87,400 for bailing out on Cubs Posted: Thursday October 7, 2004 11:02AM; Updated: Thursday October 7, 2004 11:05AM CHICAGO (AP) -- Sammy Sosa was fined $87,400 -- one day's salary _ for arriving late and leaving early at the Cubs' regular-season finale at Wrigley Field. Sosa...

Aryan leader charged with sending e-mail threats RENO, Nevada (AP) -- The self-proclaimed leader of the Aryan Nation in Nevada was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury for allegedly sending threatening e-mails to newspapers in Reno and San Francisco. Steven Holten, 40, once described...

Renato shot during carjacking attempt Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- Soccer player Cleonicio dos Santos Silva was shot and killed by thieves apparently trying to steal his car. The 28-year-old striker for FC Zurich, also known as Renato, died Monday and was buried Tuesday...

I say halfway to getting his ass handed to him, Cheney keels over, shits out his heart and sputters "aww, go fuck yourself" while Edwards flashes his hollywood smile and gives a big thumbs up.

Fox News apologises for Kerry fabrication Oliver Burkeman in New York Monday October 4, 2004 The Guardian Fox News, the influential rightwing US television network, said yesterday it had "reprimanded" its chief politi cal correspondent after its website carried fabricated quotes attributed to...

That was a solid play, you have to give it up to the old man but I think this will sideline him for a couple of weeks.

Cop fired for beating teen will get wages Updated Sept. 29, 2004, 11:52 a.m. ET INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — A police officer fired for punching a black teenager and slamming him against a patrol car should not be reinstated, but should be compensated for lost wages and awarded a financial...

Border Patrol accused in immigrants' deaths Survivors: Officers drove Mexicans into river, where 3 drowned From Mike M. Ahlers and David de Sola CNN Washington Bureau WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. officials are investigating allegations that Border Patrol officers threw rocks at several illegal...

'Daily Show' viewers ace political quiz Survey reveals late-night TV viewers better informed By Bryan Long CNN (CNN) -- So, three guys are watching TV. One turns on Jay Leno. One tunes into David Letterman. And the other watches Jon Stewart. Who's better informed politically? In a recent...

Schwarzenegger bans smoking in prisons Decision could save $280 million in related health care costs SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who set up a tent outside his smoke-free state office to accommodate his taste for a good cigar, signed a bill Monday...

A-list states are bit players in 2004 drama Toby Eckert COPLEY NEWS SERVICE September 27, 2004 Jennifer Douglas, a media consultant from Solana Beach, has been camped out in Arizona since late August. It wasn't the picturesque desert and mountain landscape that attracted her. It was John...

Anyone catch the ass-whipping the old James Lights Out Toney put on the previously 22-0 Booker, who is only 23? Toney did it all one-armed too, his left shoulder was dislocated form the first round on, although you wouldn't have known it until the later rounds. He almost knocked Booker out...

Group of renegades circumvent the Constitution by limiting the scope of the Supreme Court, all the while chanting "Activits Judges, Activist Judges". In reality, the judges follow the law the legislature enacts and protect the Constitution from dilution...

Iran 'starts tests on uranium' TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran says it has started converting raw uranium into gas for enrichment in defiance of demands set by the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog. Gholamreza Aghazadeh, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, told reporters in Vienna Tuesday that Iran...

This Report brought to you by the geniuses that said Iraq had WMD's. _________________________________________ Suspicion over Iran arms facility A US nuclear monitor has published satellite images of an Iranian weapons facility which it says may be involved in work on nuclear arms. Images of...

Powell doubts Iraqi weapons will be found Tells Congress stockpile discovery now 'unlikely' The Associated Press Updated: 1:33 p.m. ET Sept. 14, 2004 WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is apparently ready to abandon a major reason it gave the world for going to war with Iraq: Saddam...

U.S. intelligence pessimistic on Iraq future Estimate contrasts Bush statements, says civil war possible The Associated Press Updated: 10:46 a.m. ET Sept. 16, 2004 WASHINGTON - A highly classified National Intelligence Estimate assembled by some of the government’s most senior analysts this...

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1302806,00.html Colin Powell in four-letter neo-con 'crazies' row Martin Bright Sunday September 12, 2004 The Observer A furious row has broken out over claims in a new book by BBC broadcaster James Naughtie that US Secretary of...

Anyone pick this up yet, don't know if I want to get it because I wasn't feeling that first one too much. A Day N the Life. Is this more like the Creep Presents dvd or what?