By CHARLES W. JOHNSON Since I received quite a bit of feedback on my last column, which dealt with odd phrases and old sayings that only make sense when you know some obscure fact, I decided to continue along that vein. The first phrase I’m going to deal with today is one I’ve always loved.…

BY Morton Kondracke MANCHESTER, N.H. — A door-to-door canvasser here for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., told me all during the weekend before Tuesday’s primary that his team was encountering independent voters torn between Clinton and Republican Sen. John McCain (Arizona). Surely an anomaly, I thought. Then I ran into such a voter, a teacher…

BY Thomas Vaughn Hillary Clinton and John McCain may be poles apart on the political spectrum, but they were in the winner’s circle in New Hampshire last Tuesday. Confounding their critics and perplexing the pundits, Clinton and McCain staged stunning victories over their respective opponents in the New Hampshire primaries. How they managed to pull…

NEW YORK (AP) ‘ Wall Street plunged again lower Friday amid renewed fears that the financial sector’s troubles with bad credit won’t soon end and that some consumers are buckling under signs of a slowing economy. The Dow Jones industrials finished down nearly 250 points. The arrival of earnings season has investors worried about how…

Ratan Tata NEW DELHI (AP) ‘ For millions of people in the developing world, Tata Motors’ new $2,500 four-door subcompact ‘ the world’s cheapest car ‘ may yield a transportation revolution as big as Henry Ford’s Model T. The potential impact of Tata’s Nano has given environmentalists nightmares, with visions of the tiny cars clogging…

By Ric Edelman Q: My brother is recommending that I invest in a company that will soon go public. It’s one of those ‘friend who works at this company, and whose father-in-law is an engineer there, etc.’ stories. The company has developed some sort of heart monitor. Can you advise? A: You’ve told me enough.…

All My Children Content that Zach finally came to her rescue, Hannah let go of his hand and fell to her death. Adam hosted a party for Tad and Krystal, but his hoped-for result didn’t happen when Krystal refused to leave Tad in return for information about Kate. Ryan continued to exhibit strange behavior, wanting…

LOS ANGELES (AP) ‘ Jessica Alba and Rosario Dawson were among the celebrities who celebrated the 10th anniversary of V-Day, a global effort to end violence against women and girls. Alba, who made her stage debut performing Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues,” offered a poem at a private luncheon Thursday sponsored by Glamour magazine. But…

LAS VEGAS (AP) ‘ O.J. Simpson was in jail Saturday, accused of violating terms of his bail in an armed robbery case, after a bondsman told authorities the former football star tried to get him to pass a message to a co-defendant. Simpson was awaiting a Wednesday court hearing, when prosecutors planned to request that…

By ROB NUNLEY Offensive struggles through three quarters of play allowed Murfreesboro Siegel’s girls to build a hefty lead on their way to a 59-40 win over Warren County Tuesday night at Charlie Dalton Gym. Averaging just six points a quarter for the first three periods of their District 7-AAA matchup, the Lady Pioneers (6-9,…