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When you build one of the fastest, most expensive cars in the world, there are really only two things you can do to improve it: make it faster, or take the top off. In the case of the 253 mph Bugatti Veyron 16.4, the latter was deemed the appropriate choice. …

They say the best defense is a great offense and boy, doesn’tSaddam Hussein (search)know it! Did you see the video of him at this court appearance Thursday? He was feisty. He was angry. He was shocked and, apparently, he was still convinced he was leading Iraq. The delusional grandeur not …

WASHINGTON – John Kerry (search)has gained back some key women voters from President Bush (search)this month, according to most recent surveys, leading some poll watchers to question just how real the so-called “Security Mom” demographic is in this election. “I’m a skeptic,” said Karlyn Bowman, a public opinion researcher for …

Mr. Madonna’s Movie Takes In Just $75,000 | Save ‘The Savages,’ ‘Devil,’ ‘Butterfly’ — and Soon | Joss Stone’s Christmas Song; Jingle Ball Report Mr. Madonna’s Movie Takes In Just $75,000 It’s the same amount of money Madonna spends on, let’s say, mascara. Guy Ritchie‘s latest movie — he’s her …

Man, I saw this one coming. The Dow plunges more than 300 points, and it’s front page news. Down to the dude covering his face in anguish in The Washington Post. And the gloomy top banner story in The New York Times bemoaning a global stock market tumble. To my …

Sometimes we mistake that because we live in a free country, we freely must bend over backwards to hear nuts. That’s fine. Here’s what isn’t. Freely choosing who is free to speak. Tyrants you like, I guess. Not the people trying to keep them in check, I know. Ahmadinejad OK. …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Presidential Politics in ‘08 A new FOX News Opinion Dynamics poll matching up potential candidates for the 2008 presidential election has Republicans coming out on top. Among registered voters, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani beats New York Senator Hillary Clinton …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: The Washington Post, which had no qualms about publishing a cartoon attacking the U.S. military which drew a rare letter of protest from the joint chiefs — has declined to run the controversial Danish cartoons of the prophet Muhammad. Executive editor Len …

Michael Jackson Jacko ‘Kidnap’ Victims Lived It Up Yesterday there were reports that Michael Jackson‘s band of “kidnappers” had held a mother and her three kids (two sons and a daughter) “hostage” at the Country Inn and Suites in Calabasas, Calif., in Feb. 2003. Calabasas is a beautiful, verdant suburb …

The fascinating saga of Cindy Sheehan (search). That is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo”. Mrs. Sheehan is protesting in Crawford, Texas, trying to convince Americans the Iraq war is wrong and the president should be impeached. She is doing so because her son Casey, an Army specialist, …