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Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Party Line California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein is in hot water with members of her state party over her votes — along with the majority of the Senate — to confirm Bush administration nominees Michael Mukasey for attorney general and Leslie Southwick …

Voters in Berkley, Mich., turned down an amendment to the city charter on Tuesday that would have allowed a nativity scene to return to the lawn outside their City Hall. The charter amendment failed by a 55 to 45 percent margin with 4,136 votes cast in total, according to unofficial …

Jessica Simpson | Cannes’ Sleeper Hit Jessica Simpson: Blonde, Army-Bound Jessica Simpson’s dad, Joe Simpson, is a smart guy. He’s taken a page out of Goldie Hawn’s old playbook and put singer-daughter Jessica into a “Private Benjamin” for 2007. That was the word from Joe on Saturday night at Vanity …

NEW YORK – The photo of a “mystery weapon” found by GIs and a Web journalist in Iraq two years ago has captured the imagination of bloggers around the world eager to answer the question: What is it? The photo, which shows what appears to be a weapon, about 3-feet …

Here are some of your responses to Mike’s last column. Melody writes: Dear Mike, your article was a refreshing change from what I am seeing in the rest of the media about this tragedy. It’s nice to read someone who is looking at the individuals involved as real people instead …

If you were to ask the media to rank a list of evil things, Guantanamo detention center would be in the top five — beating out Adolf Hitler, suicide bombers, Dick Cheney, disposable diapers and fat children. Gitmo is their moral red herring: As long as they keep bringing it …

Stress is our body’s ability to respond to our surroundings–how we react to our family, our work, and various events in our lives. Stress is normal. Everyone is under some kind of stress—every day. But there are two kinds of stress: the good and the bad. Good stress can be …

Nutrition is very important. It should be foremost on a parent’s mind right from the beginning because if you teach your child how to eat properly in early childhood, you’ll be able to avoid childhood obesity, now a serious epidemic in the U.S. It also is important to teach an …

Would it be an event if Naomi Campbell weren’t somehow at the center of things? While Led Zeppelin reunited in London to memorialize Atlantic Records’ Ahmet Ertegun, the supermodel was in a luxury box at the O2 Arena getting mugged. As the show ended I ran into her coming out …

From organic food to eco-friendly fashion and hybrid cars, more and more people, including new parents, are “going green” these days. But, with so much information out there, the lifestyle change can often be overwhelming. “There are certain things that are obvious,” said Dr. Benjamin Kligler, a board certified family …