Waterboarding
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     The nomination of Michael Mukasey to be U. S. Attorney General ran into trouble on the Senate Judiciary Committee over his refusal to designate the practice of "waterboarding" as illegal torture.
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Believing in Ghosts
     A Halloween-flavored article by the Associated Press last week disclosed that some 34% of Americans believe in ghosts.
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