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In an effort to keep hunting alive in Wisconsin, state senators were scheduled to vote Tuesday on a bill that would allow children as young as 10 to hunt with a rifle. The bill, S.B. 167, would allow 10-year-olds to hunt, provided that a parent or guardian with a hunting …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Keep the Peace Iranian authorities have confiscated the Nobel Peace Prize given to human rights lawyer and judge, Shirin Ebadi. She is the first Muslim woman to be awarded the prize, which was given in 2003 for her efforts to promote democracy. …

So while President Obama was in Asia, he spoke of visiting Hiroshima and Nagasaki — something no sitting U.S. president has ever done. The reason they haven’t? Because it could be seen as criticism of a decision that ended the bloodiest war in history. Here’s how he answered one reporter’s …

The latest pickings from the Political Grapevine: House Rules House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is not holding back when it comes to making her wishes known to the incoming administration. The Politico newspaper reports Democratic insiders say Pelosi has “‘set parameters’ for what she wants from Barack Obama and his White …

NEW YORK – Heidi Klum may be the face, body and voice of “Victoria’s Secret,” but when it comes to baring her body in her own home, the stunning supermodel has no desire to keep anything secret from her family. “To see me in wings is nothing too unusual. People …

WASHINGTON – Problems may have existed in the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the last decade, but they have only gotten worse under the direction of “right-wing ideologue” Attorney General John Ashcroft, according to Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts. While insisting that the real evil was done by the …

NEW YORK – The stay-at-home dad played by Michael Keaton in Mr. Mom bumbles through everything from his unruly baby’s run-in with a vacuum cleaner to her destructive romp through the grocery store. That image of the househusband is comical and might have been accurate in the 1980s, when the …

NEW YORK – Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series on the Pentagon’s plan to withdraw troops from stations abroad. The Pentagon’sdecision to break up its heavy footholds in Europe and Asia has been lauded by many in the defense community as overdue, but some military analysts …

And now the most absorbing two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine: Poll Results A new FNC opinion dynamics poll shows that 50 percent of Americans have a favorable view of President Bush, compared with only 39 percent who have that view of John Kerry. The poll …

As if being an overweight child isn’t bad enough, a new study in this month’s Pediatrics magazine shows that overweight children are subject to more bullying on the playground than normal-weight kids are. Hello? We needed an expensive study to figure that out? I could have told you that. Next …