Briefs: Stewart takes blame for NASCAR wreck (Seattle Times)

" PREV of NEXT MATT ROURKE / AP Tony Stewart KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH / AP Tatiana Golovin Auto racing Nextel Cup Series champion changes his tune: Tony Stewart, last year's NASCAR Nextel Cup Series champion, accepted responsibility for an incident during Sunday's Pennsylvania...

Yo Bush! Blair mocked as US poodle (Reuters)

" LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Tony Blair was roundly mocked as a U.S. poodle on Tuesday after an off-the-cuff chat with President George W. Bush " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " />...

Yo Bush! Blair mocked as US poodle

"LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair was roundly mocked as a U.S. poodle on Tuesday after an off-the-cuff chat with President George W. Bush was accidentally broadcast. Bush and Blair enjoyed a gossip over lunch at the Group of Eight summit in St. Petersburg...

Mideast crisis drives Bush to colorful language

" A microphone picked up an unaware President Bush saying on Monday Syria should press Hezbollah to "stop doing this sh--" and that his secretary of state may go to the Middle East soon. Bush was talking privately...

Blair, Annan call for troops in Israel (AP)

" ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - British Prime Minister Tony Blair " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Tony Blair and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Kofi Annan called Monday for the deployment of international...

And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going...

"Jennifer Holliday's seismic performance of "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" from the 1982 Tony Awards (YouTube link) brought Broadway to its knees. Holliday not only captured the Tony, her recording of the song became a Billboard Top 30 hit. The new Dreamgirls film,...

Blair ready to quit in the spring

"Tony Blair is ready to announce that he will step down next year, probably around his 10th anniversary in Downing Street in May. Senior Blairite MPs said that high-level discussions were going on to prepare for...

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