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Lawmaker's Impasse Ends, Senate OKs Jobless Aid

WASHINGTON (March 2) -- The Senate on Tuesday passed a $10 billion measure to maintain unemployment benefits for the long-term jobless and provide stopgap funding for highway programs after a holdout Republican dropped stalling tactics that had generated a Washington firestorm. Kentucky Republican Jim Bunning had been...

If You Voted Against the Auto Bailout, People in Detroit Don't Want Your Autograph

Before becoming a U.S. Senator (R-KY) in 1996, Jim Bunning enjoyed a 17-year Hall of Fame career in the major leagues. He made his debut with the Tigers in 1955 and remained with the team for nine seasons. He eventually moved on to the Phillies (before making brief stops in Los Angeles and Pittsburgh), but five of his...

These Are the Ghosts That the Phillies are Trying to Exorcise

What you see here is an old short video summing up the collapse of the 1964 Phillies, a team that blew a six and a half game lead with 12 to play. The current Phillies are trying to erase a seven game lead with 17 games to play, thus putting their own positive spin on history.The video ends with the demolition of Connie...

Jim Bunning is Rooting For the Mets

Now don't get upset at the headline, Phillies fans ... because Jim Bunning isn't rooting against your Phillies. It's just that this Mets collapse is bringing back some bad memories for Bunning, having been on the 1964 Phillies who blew a six and a half game lead with 12 to play."The one thing we never got in '64," Bunning...