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Bill Simon shoots self in foot twice. GOP ad for Simon critical of gays.Says he’ll attack Gray Davis, then doesn’t.

EU sues RJR over cigarette smuggling, money laundering The European Union accused tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds in a lawsuit Wednesday of selling black-market cigarettes to drug traffickers and mobsters, helping them launder profits from their illegal activities. The 149-page complaint…

Ventura may appoint nonpolitician after “blatant politicking” at Wellstone memorial Gov. Jesse Ventura, angered by what he considered blatant politicking at U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone’s memorial ceremony Tuesday night, said Wednesday he may take it out on the Democrats by appointing…

Tanzania: Herbal experts invent traditional ‘Viagra’. What is locally known as “Bees milk” could be a potential cure for low libido in males and reproductive maladies in women. An Arumeru based herbal group of Dawa Kikatiti (DAKIKA), revealed recently that…

Protesters try to storm McDonald’s ahead of free trade talks in Ecuador Indian activists and university students tried to storm a McDonald’s restaurant Wednesday in growing protests ahead of free trade talks scheduled for Friday. The trade agreement would create…