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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - John McCain flies to Florida today hoping to follow-up on his big win yesterday in the South Carolina primary. McCain beat out Mike Huckabee. The Arizona senator is stopping short of calling himself the GOP front-runner, saying he likes to "run from behind." THE VILLAGES, Fla. (AP) - Republican Rudy Giuliani has been on the ground in Florida for weeks pressing for votes, now he'll have some company. The GOP contenders are converging on the state in anticipation of the crucial January 29th GOP primary. Giuliani says he's been "waiting" to take on the competition. LOS ANGELES (AP) - TV sitcom star Suzanne Pleshette has died. She was 70. Pleshette played Bob Newhart's wife on "The Bob Newhart Show" in the 1970s. The husky-voiced actress also starred on Broadway and in the movies.
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The worst thing the Mariners could do besides trading Ichiro is trade Adam Jones. He has the opportunity to become a phenom, a present-day Ken Griffey ("Keeping Jones is Mariners' best move — for now and future," The Seattle Times, Jan. 17). This young kid has the potential to have Hall of Fame numbers. At just 22 and starting for an American League contender, this kid is soon to be the face of the Seattle Mariners. Trading him for a pitcher that half of the Seattle area has never heard of is absurd. Jones still has at least 12 good years in him, and he is not even close to hitting his prime. The Mariners are infamous for signing big names, and those same big names becoming duds in the Seattle uniform. We have a good thing in Adam Jones. Don't blow it! — Tony Reavis, Covington Ramirez no answer Well, the Mariners should finally be set for 2008.
La-La Land of the Giants
I should have listened to my wife. She told me to wash my car. But I'd been on the road just about every weekend for three months, covering NFL games, and a carwash didn't register on my list of priorities.
So the other day I wheezed up to the Beverly Hills Hotel in my one-headlight Volvo that's covered in dust and bird droppings, and filled with old newspapers, water bottles, my son's basketball, and -- disturbingly -- my daughter's collection of stripped-bare Barbie dolls.
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TheStar.com | News | Watts up with dark, eerie tunnel for city walkers ...
Her 11-year-old son participates in after-school activities that sometimes keep him from walking home until 5 p.m. or so, she said, which worries her since his route takes him beneath the darkened train trestle. We checked it out and noticed that none of the thick glass covers over the lights were broken, which would have been a sign of vandalism, meaning that the fix needed may be as simple as changing some bulbs. STATUS: Toronto Hydro is in charge of most street lighting, but responsibility for lighting in some parks and underpasses is somewhat murkier. So we called both Steve Johnston, who deals with media for the works department, and Tanya Bruckmueller, who does the same thing for Hydro. Bruckmueller called back to say she'd determined Hydro is responsible for lights in the Brock St.
Couric mocks Rather in pre-broadcast taping
Though battles between news anchors have historically been between rival networks, today's ripest feud is a purely CBS affair: Katie vs. Dan.The rivalry took a humorous turn Thursday when a video was posted on the Web showing Katie Couric mocking Dan Rather while preparing to anchor a broadcast from Nashville, Tenn., last week.While her CBS crew prepared for the Nov. 8 evening broadcast and makeup was applied to her, Couric mocked Rather. A video of Rather surfaced last month, showing the former "CBS Evening News" anchor obsessing over his appearance before a remote broadcast - particularly questioning the wearing of an overcoat."I'm going to be like Dan Rather on YouTube," joked Couric, alluding to Rather by fiddling with her coat. "Geez, don't you think he deserves a little payback?"She then added, laughing: "This tart is ready to go!"Rather, who left CBS News in March 2005, in June referred to his successor as "a nice person," but said "the mistake was to try to bring the `Today' show ethos to the 'Evening News,' and to dumb it down, tart it up in hopes of attracting a younger audience."The video of Couric (http://tinyurl.com/2w6y6a) was posted by comedian Harry Shearer on MyDamnChannel.com, a video Web site co-founded by Shearer.Letterman edges Leno in rerun battleIn the final count, the first week of the writers strike helped ABC's "Nightline" gain viewers but not enough to pull past its late-night competition.But even in repeats, NBC's "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" and CBS' "Late Show With David Letterman" had more eyeballs - 3.87 million viewers and 3.96 million viewers, respectively.The big news: The perennially second-place Letterman beat Leno, who fell from a season average of nearly 5 million viewers.
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