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There are lies. And then there are campaign ads. Every election season we take a sample of some of the ads out there. Today, the truth squad helps us separate the truth from the sales pitch.

There's one initiative on the November ballot that enjoys broad support throughout California: Prop 83. The measure, also know as Jessica's Law, would increase penalties for sex offenders. Designers o

The New York City Health Board holds a public hearing on its plan to ban anything more than tiny amounts of trans fats at the city's 20,000 restaurants. New York would become the first large American city to strictly limit trans fats, although Chicago is considering a smaller plan. The final New York board vote is in December.

The U.S. military can't account for thousands of weapons purchased to arm about 325,000 Iraqi security forces by December, according to a new report. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said last week that the U.S. military would beef up Iraqi forces' training. But the new data reveals weaknesses in the arming of Iraqi security forces.

With midterm elections eight days away, President Bush is out on the campaign trail, flying to Georgia and Texas, two states he won by wide margins in 2004. But the political climate is vastly different now; several states the president won in 2004 are now battlegrounds for GOP candidates.

Should political candidates receive public campaign funding, and should contribution limits be imposed on those candidates not receiving this funding?

Arnold "Red" Auerbach, the great Boston Celtics coach, died Saturday at the age of 89. Auerbach coached the team during the 1950s and 60s when the Celtics won a record eight consecutive NBA championships. Debbie Elliott gets behind-the-scenes stories from Tom Heinsohn, who was a player and coach under Auerbach.

Adeed Dawisha is a professor of political science at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Born in Iraq, Dawisha urges the United States to acknowledge that his homeland is a de facto segregated country. He wants American diplomats to urge the Iraqi government toward a peaceful partition or a loosely federated state.

Augusten Burroughs may not have had an enviable childhood but his dysfunctional family did provide him with plenty to write about. His memoir of growing up

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