Steven Tyler | Warner Music | ‘Meet the Fockers’ Steven Tyler Draws the Line Don’t blame Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler for his current marital split. Over the weekend, Tyler announced that he was separating from his second wife, Teresa Barrick, who is the mother of his two youngest kids, …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Diverse Celebration? The annual Chula Vista holiday celebration showcased an abundance of diversity this year: There was a Christmas tree lighting, Hawaiian prayer dancers, and Christmas songs, including “Little Drummer Boy” and a local rabbi lit a menorah. But one group was …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Navy Blues The House and Senate have agreed to bar the Navy from allowing defense contractors to compete to build the next generation of destroyers. Instead, shipyards in Maine and Mississippi will take turns building half of the 10 new ships — …

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Paper Trail Ohio Democrat Stephanie Tubbs Jones (search), who sits on the House ethics committee, took the very kind of trip that Democrats are attacking House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (search) for, according to her own documents. Jones was part of what …

And now the most absorbing two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: Missed The Grapevine? Watch it! Media Bias in Favor of Democrats?The Media Research Center, which keeps statistics on who reports what on broadcast news, found a general bias in favor of Democrats and opponents of …

And now the most telling two minutes in television, the latest from the political grapevine: Miss the Grapevine? Watch it! Lott’s More Apologies The more Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., says by way of apology, the worse it seems to get for him. Spike Lee, the movie director, is now saying …

Congressional investigators reported this week that mail irradiation might be making some congressional employees ill. It’s a conclusion not backed up by any scientifically derived data and analysis. The congressional Office of Compliance concluded that “handling irradiated mail for substantial periods of time may be the cause, or a contributing …

And now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine: Race-Baiting?An article appearing in this week’s Palestinian Authority newspaper, Al-Hayat Al-Jadeeda, describes Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Riceas colored people who belong to the Third World, but then heaps racial vitriol upon Rice. The piece calls …

I think I know why lately some of the economic numbers don’t look so hot. I think, because it’s hot and I think, because it’s summer. I know what you’re saying — this guy is cracked. But hear me out. I have a point: We spend way too much time …

WASHINGTON – President Bush met with Teamsters union officials Thursday to call for a national energy policy which he says is a matter of national security in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. The roundtable also included members of the Seafarers, Carpenters, and AFL-CIObuilding trades unions. Bush enlisted the …