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Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Not Headline News? The John Kerry flap may have been the major political story yesterday, but you might not have known that from the newspaper coverage. Not a single front-page headline in The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal or …

Want Greta’s blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! Monday night’s interview with Jon Woods was a difficult one. If you watched, you know that he had just heard 24 hours earlier that his young adult daughter had been murdered. A short time earlier, the …

WASHINGTON – If it can give a welcome surge of energy to a U.S soldier in the Iraqi desert, then it should do the trick for a runner, a hiker, a third-shift worker or even an on-the-go mom. The Army even calls it “warrior-tested.” The new HOOAH! Bar, an energy …

When a pregnant Britney Spears (search) showed up at the “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” premiere wearing a tank top that read, “I have the Golden Ticket,” the Cheetos-lovin’ songstress had little idea that she had created one of this year’s hottest Halloween costumes (search). Celeb-mania has reached a new …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Euros for Terrorists The insurgents in Iraq need money to keep attacking American and Iraqi forces and they’re getting some of it from a surprising source —- anti-American Europeans, who have started a campaign dubbed ‘Ten Euros for the Resistance” to provide …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Florida’s Democratic Party has had its assets frozen by the IRS (search) for failing to pay tens of thousands of dollars in Social Security (search) and income taxes. The party owes about $124,000 in back payments and another $78,000 in interest and …

Madonna | David Gest | Jackie Wilson Madonna’s New Song About Kabbalah Founder Madonna likes to think of herself as being on the cutting edge, so she probably thinks a song called “Isaac” on her new album, about the founder of modern Kabbalah, is just the ticket. But Isaac Luria …

Just hours after President Bush nominated federal Judge Samuel Alito (search) to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, partisan warriors on Capitol Hill began preparing for a looming dogfight over the conservative jurist. In anticipation of what the White House hopes will be December confirmation hearings, Democratic lawmakers braced themselves …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Causes for Concern? President Bush’s approval rating (search) has dropped to 45 percent in the latest Gallup poll, down 7 points from a week ago. The figure represents his lowest approval rating in this poll since he took office. But the Gallup …

As we reported last week, Kansas Attorney General Phil Kline wants 90 medical records of underaged girls and some women who have had abortions late-term for the women. Pro-choice groups and the liberal media are fighting Kline, saying privacy trumps criminal investigations. Let’s take a look at the facts and …