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Bush's new attorney general follows in Alberto Gonzales' footsteps perfectly with slavish, fact-free devotion to the president's whims.
  • I'm not surpprised.

    Tobacco ash

    The F.B.I. forensic lab maintains a data base of tobacco ash patterns derived from extensive sampling and testing, including varying atmospheric conditions.

    -- Irene Adler

    But training the naked eye to recognize the minute differences in cigarette ashes seems like a bit of a stretch.