In Speech, Byrd Denounces Enthusiasts of Dogfighting
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Allegations of a vicious dogfighting ring prompted an unusually emotional speech in the Capitol yesterday, as the Senate's longest-serving member fought tears and called for God's judgment on those who promote such activities.
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THE farmer-led opposition to the reintroduction of the White- Tailed Sea Eagle to the countryside exposes them to the charge they are anti-conservation.
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The Knicks guard said the did not condone dogfighting, a day after he made a stir with a statement of support for quarterback Michael Vick.
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Eddie Griffin silenced at event organised by Black Enterprise magazine.
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The scene was the living room of Chris Byrd&#39;s Las Vegas home, and the subject was the state of the heavyweight division. On one couch was Byrd, the IBF heavyweight champion.
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Gloves up, the presidential race is turning into a real slugfest, with both sides using the lingo of boxing greats. President Bush threw the first verbal punch with his stump speech refrain, "He can run, but he can't hide." The line comes from former heavyweight champion Joe Louis, and Bush often repeats it as he criticizes Sen. John Kerry's record in the Senate.
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Before Clinton Portis opens his mouth again to make light of dog fighting, maybe he should know something about what he's defending.
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Bitter partisan squabbles engulfed Capitol Hill on Tuesday sparked by President Bush's 9/11 speech Monday night that was not supposed to be political.
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Gannett News Service. WASHINGTON -- Sen. Robert Byrd isnât happy with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, but the veteran Democrat has stopped short of calling for him to step down.
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick and three others were charged with competitive dogfighting.
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Dogfighting is condemned as illegal in  all 50 states, and this probably says as much about the dog&#39;s  high standing in U.S. culture as it does about the cruelty of  the blood sport.
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Description: Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry spends Tuesday on the offensive. In both a speech to a New York City union, and an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Kerry denounces
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Democratic Sen. John Kerry ridiculed Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist for trying to clarify his comment on bringing "people who call themselves Taliban" into the Afghanistan government.
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A decorated Marine Corps general said, "It's fun to shoot some people" and poked fun at the manhood of Afghans as he described the wars U.S. troops are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Senator John Kerry's Vietnam War record came under attack again as a group of veterans released a new television spot denouncing anti-war views expressed by the Democratic presidential contender in 1971.
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Four decades before David Petraeus's appearance on Capitol Hill on Monday, another respected general reported to Washington on another unpopular war, using arguments strikingly similar to what's being heard today.
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Zell Miller, whose speech at the Republican National Convention tread less than lightly on the sensibilities of leftist Democrats, is being stomped on himself.