Carolyn Parrish remains defiant
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Call her a liberated Liberal. After spending a quiet decade in Ottawa as a relative unknown, Carolyn Parrish has emerged on the national scene as a mouthy maverick MP who shoots from the lip.
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WESTON -- It was a case of expectations realized. When North Reading's Shannon Conway set herself in the starting blocks at the girls' 400-meter dash yesterday, her thoughts were on the record, set by Foxboro's Alison Cully (57.30) in 1995. Her coach, Sotirios Pintzopoulos, told the team he expected Conway to win the race, but Conway wanted the record.
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Colorado Republican Marcy Benson remembers getting calls four years ago from people asking if she was going to change her vote when she cast her ballot as a presidential elector.
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Theresa Parrish is certain there are differences between men and women that go far deeper than sex organs and who's in charge of the remote.
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Shilpa Shetty, who shot to fame during the last version of "Celebrity Big Brother", has defended British Television station Channel 4's decision to kick out contestant Emily Parr after she used a racially offensive word to housemate Charlie Uchea in the ongoing season of the popular reality show.
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A judge on Monday refused to halt the vote count in the San Diego mayor's race, a victory for a maverick city councilwoman who has mounted a surprisingly strong write-in campaign.
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WINNIPEG (CP) - Manitoba&#39;s smoking rebels remained defiant Wednesday after the province laid more charges under its tough new anti-smoking law.
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The GOP presidential hopeful has often defied his party and colleagues to chart his own course.
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A US judge refuses to lower the $1million bail for a woman accused of stalking Catherine Zeta Jones.
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Like others who wanted John Kerry to defeat President Bush, author Lily Tuck was in such despair after Election Day that she wondered if she should remain in the United States. She thought of returning to her native Paris, the bane of Bush supporters, or at least hanging a French flag from the balcony of her apartment overlooking Madison Avenue. Then again, there is no flag to which Tuck would truly pledge allegiance, for she has never felt at home anywhere.
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By Georgia Murray  I HAVE always been a fan of Charlotte Church, but I was disgusted with her language and obscene gestures during her new TV show.   She's a great singer but she has a lot to learn if she thinks that swearing is the secret of long-lasting TV success.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice keeps trying, but she can't put those questions about presidential ambitions to rest.
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Fight for our troops and our country by fighting against President Bush's pro-torture bill. My lifelong friend, who now serves in Iraq, dreads what new precedent Bush's ineffectual and dangerous torture ideology will have for the safety of himself and those serving with him.
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One Foolish contributor holds himself accountable.
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She doesn't cede religious turf to conservatives but dismays some liberals.
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Insisting he has no litmus test, the Republican in line to head the Senate Judiciary Committee pledged Sunday not to stall President Bush's judicial nominees, even if the prospective judges oppose abortion rights.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Maverick MP Carolyn Parrish, who was kicked out of the Liberal caucus Thursday by Prime Minister Paul Martin, says she would have fired herself.