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Want Greta’s blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! Check out my photo essay from Aruba (search) by clicking on the link in the photo box. We landed about 12:30 p.m. Thursday in Aruba and had 90 minutes to go about three miles to the …

No Deal for Jacko | Stevie Wonder | Katie: Preggers in June? | Madonna Sued? | You Read It Here First No Song for Jacko Michael Jackson’s plans for a new sort of “We Are the World” are fading fast. He has no record deal, first of all. Even though …

You know, at a time it seems every media outlet is focusing on what’s going wrong in Iraq, leave it to one very smart viewer of this show, to remind us all of what’s going right. Plain and simple, this from Michael Logue in Vicksburg, Mississippi: “We went to depose …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Mayor Ray Nagin (search) says that with National Guard troops in place in New Orleans, he’s sending some overworked police officers and firefighters on Las Vegas vacations. Nagin says 1500 first responders will get $200 in cash for the trip, along with …

With great tragedy often comes great heroism. And in this sense, Hurricane Katrina is no exception. While heroes come in all shapes and sizes, many children seem to be rising to this occasion. Whether it’s the poignant image of a 6-year-old boy holding a 5-month-old and leading a group of …

Want Greta’s blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! After the show, we drove about 90 miles to Albany, Georgia. It was my idea since it would get us closer to an airport in the morning and there were few hotel choices where we did …

There are no winners in the Schiavo case: that is the subject of this evening’s “Talking Points Memo.” Terri herself will soon be dead. We pray she’ll have eternal peace in the afterlife. Her parents and siblings have lost their struggle in a very painful and public way. They can’t …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Police on Patrol The religious police in Saudi Arabia (search) are now out on the streets in full force looking for anyone violating a ban on Valentine’s Day celebrations. Retailers are banned from selling anything with red in it including red roses, …

Mario Vazquez | Lennon Play Mario’s Scheme Works You may recall the story about Mario Vazquez, the kid who bolted mid-season from “American Idol” last winter. He’d been convinced by his lawyer — the same lawyer who represented Clay Aiken — to leave the show rather than stay and sign …

And now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine: Missed The Grapevine? Watch it! Suicide Attempts on the RiseMilitary officials say a growing number of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay are trying to kill themselves. Sgt. Ray Sarracino, a Southern Command spokesman in Miami, would not tell the Orlando Sentinel how …