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‘Super Bowl Madness’ has a vise like grip on South Beach.

KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was euthanized ‘put down’ Monday after complications from his breakdown at the Preakness last May. - January 29, 2007.

Are the Iraqis getting better at shooting down helicopters?

This is a fairly typical scene in South Beach.

‘Super Bowl Week’ has officially started in Miami.

Behind the scenes on a fairly typical fashion shoot.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Roger Federer captured his 10th Grand Slam singles title without dropping a set, finishing a dominating run through the Australian Open by beating Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4 in Sunday’s final. - January 28, 2007.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A congressional rebuke of President Bush’s troop buildup in Iraq would undercut American commanders in a way that “emboldens the enemy,’’ Defense Secretary Robert Gates says. - January 27, 2007.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - In perhaps the boldest and most sophisticated attack in four years of warfare, gunmen speaking English, wearing U.S. military […]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Four of the five Americans killed when a U.S. security company’s helicopter crashed in a dangerous Sunni neighborhood in central Baghdad were shot execution style in the back of the head, Iraqi and U.S. officials said Wednesday. - January 24, 2007.

Tonight I’m live-blogging from Cocoa Beach. I saw this as I was leaving Miami earlier today.

We need to stop glorifying pimp culture.

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Vice President ‘Total’ Dick Cheney on Wednesday dismissed as “hogwash” the suggestion that blunders may have hurt the administration’s credibility on Iraq and led members of Congress on both sides of the aisle to question President Bush’s plan to send more troops to Baghdad.
“Saddam has been brought to justice and executed, his […]

I never worked for any famous photographers.

“I have never been afraid to stand up for what I believe in or to face down the Republican machine,” Mrs. Clinton said in announcing a presidential exploratory committee of her new “Hillary for President” Web site. - January 20, 2007.
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This is a very difficult vote. This is probably the hardest decision I have ever […]

The couple in happier times.