President Palin? 'Absurd' not to consider it

WASHINGTON: Sarah Palin's posturing at the weekend appears to have fired a starter's gun in the race for the Republican nomination for the 2012 presidential contest.

Hardwick tipped for Richmond job

RICHMOND Football Club is expected to offer Hawthorn assistant Damien Hardwick its senior coaching job this week, according to former club great and radio host Kevin Bartlett.

Meldrum watched giggling youth turn into Thriller star

MICHAEL Jackson was still an innocent youth when Molly Meldrum first interviewed the star member of the Jackson 5 in 1973.

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Interview with President George Bush: Part One

The Happy Dragon

A smile on his face, a fresh challenge and a new life in Wollongong, Wayne Bennett is a man renewed. In a candid interview, he talks about fans, football and family.

Ah, Bull's-eye!

"The baggage of celebrity can be very heavy." So said Phil Taylor, also known as the Tiger Woods of darts, in an extensive interview in 2004.

Liar, Liar: Balco Boss Rails At Jones

THE man who claims he supplied Marion Jones with drugs has reacted fiercely to her interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show, in which she called him a liar.

Standen Attended Key Ngo Interview

THE accused Crime Commission boss Mark Standen was an independent witness to an interview conducted with a man who gave evidence against the convicted mastermind of the murder of the Cabramatta MP John Newman.

The Devil He Knew

Gentle Satan made headlines for its revelations about corruption and the Sydney underworld, but at the the heart of the memoir is the story of a father's flawed relationship with his son. JOANNE McCARTHY picks up this thread in an interview with author Alan Saffron.

Puppeteer Keeps Them Dancing

PETER Costello still has the Liberals dancing on a string. In neither his book nor an extensive interview with The Age did he fully clarify his future.

Richmond Furious As Newspaper 'bullies' Injured Player Polak Into Interview

INJURED Richmond footballer Graham Polak - still recovering from being hit by a tram in June and unlikely to play football again - is caught in the middle of an angry stand-off between his club and a Melbourne newspaper.

Moscow Forces Have Been Conflict's 'peacekeepers'

RUSSIAN ambassador Alexander Blokhin makes one thing clear as soon as the interview begins: Russia recognises absolutely Georgian sovereignty over South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

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Unlucky 13 Living In The Farce Lane

IT has taken City Hall eight months to schedule interviews with prospective general managers and, with an interview panel to include all 13 councillors, community critics fear the recruitment drive has become a farce.

King Calls Herself Queen Of Tv Bans

AFTER describing herself as "the queen of banning things", Justice Betty King yesterday cut short an attempt by Today Tonight to screen an interview featuring "Crime Mums" Judy Moran and Barbara Williams.

Mob Mums' Tv Showdown On Hold

AFTER describing herself to jurors as "the queen of banning things", Justice Betty King yesterday cut short an attempt by Today Tonight to screen an interview featuring "crime mums" Judy Moran and Barbara Williams.

Q: What Are The Implications Of Softening The Truth?

IT'S so easy to slip into a little lie. That dinner party you were supposed to go to, the interview you're late for - why is it so hard to tell the truth? Try it: "I'm not coming to dinner because I'm just tired; I'm late for this interview because I started out 15 minutes after I should have."

Notes Of Anguish

ANDREW Denton had no trouble recruiting interview subjects for Angels And ? his Enough Rope documentary on what is like to live with a mental Perhaps because most people will try to avoid talking to people with a mental-health problem, the subjects ? those with the illness and their families ? were more than to have their say and explain how has affected their "It's really like the last of the taboo subjects," Denton said.

No Evidence Of Contrition, Psychologists Say

WAYNE Carey showed little evidence of remorse in his Enough Rope interview, Melbourne psychologists say.

Carey Ducks, Weaves In Denton Interview

THE disgraced former AFL player Wayne Carey is too ashamed to go out in public and spends his days drifting between the homes of friends and family.