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Police experienced added problems during this season by having to determine if wild- eyed, frenzied people are escaped convicts or merely disoriented shoppers.

Charles Schulz will stop drawing his beloved “Peanuts” comic strip. Now readers know how Charlie Brown feels when Lucy takes away the football.

Second-place candidates John McCain and Bill Bradley are gaining ground on the presidential front-runners. Apparently not everyone loves a winner.

Consumers can buy anything and everything on TV these days – from shares of stock to cars – except a little peace of mind from the commercials.

The good news is that modern science is producing a large number of new miracle drugs. The bad news is that most of them have side-effects worse than the ailments.

Holiday TV viewers have seen so many old movies recently they’re uncertain whether Lincoln or FDR is president.

There are so many candidates out raising money these days that when a crowd gathers, spectators can’t distinguish between beggars and bandits.