The latest from the Political Grapevine: Bush Gets Bad Press A new study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism shows that media coverage over the past 4 months has been substantially more focused on, and mostly negative toward, President Bush. The study shows that 56 percent of media coverage …

The latest from the Political Grapevine: Criticizing Kerry a Mistake? (read an Aug.9, 2004update on this article) John Kerry’s former commanding officer George Elliott, who joined a number of Vietnam swift boat veterans in criticizing Kerry’s war record in a new campaign ad,was quoted in the Boston Globe as saying …

Sean Combs | Tatum’s Tale |‘Home of the Brave’ Puffy’s Next Movie: ‘Carlito II’ Sean Combs — aka P. Diddy — is about to make his next foray into films. I hear he’s made a deal to star in the prequel to”Carlito’s Way,” the 1993 Brian De Palma classic that …

NEW YORK – Despite their famously hectic schedules and the allure of blockbuster movies and reality TV, Americans still found time to curl up with the “hot” books of 2004. A potpourri of page-turners surprised, wowed, sold and inspired over the last 12 months. “2004 was a really good year …

O.J. Defense Doctor Speaks|Robin Hood O.J. Defense Doctor: ‘Some Guilty People Are Set Free’ In the first interview he’s given since O.J. Simpson‘s trial for double murder in 1994, Dr. Robert Huizenga — Simpson’s personal physician at the time and a witness for the defense in the “Trial of the …

I don’t know her name and I don’t know how long she’s been in her job. But I do know she likes her job. I know that she’s very good at her job and it’s a difficult job. And, on the day, I was watching her, it was a very …

WASHINGTON – TheHouse Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (search)—otherwise known as the Ethics Committee—is inconspicuous, unglamorous and according to members of Congress, not the first pickfor committee assignments. But according to individuals involved in current investigations and outside groups, the panel has been actively probing several charges against members …

I’ve always thought that thewar on terror (search)would define this president. Now I’m beginning to realize it just might doom him. Not because of anything he’s doing wrong, but precisely because everything he’s doing right. This isn’t a political statement. I like to think it’s a factual one. He has …

For “Big” Ron Previte, crime paid — big time. Between the days ofLucky Lucianoand Carlo Gambino, when “omerta” (the mafia code of silence) meant something, and today’s mafia dons like the late John Gotti and the imprisoned Ralph Natale and “Skinny” Joey Merlino, where celebritytrumps ancientcode, there lurked a corrupt …

KHOST, Afghanistan – The dusty soldier from Charlie Company of the 1st Battalion of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, just off a four-day mission into the rugged mountains separating Afghanistan and Pakistan put it this way: “When we go into a village we give them the Michael Jackson test. We …