As the surreal scandal spawned by former Rep. Mark Foley's interest in former pages rounds out its first week, the man in the crosshairs is no longer Foley but House Speaker Dennis Hastert.

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As the first HD DVD players finally make their way to stores, The Man Room wasted no time in going out and buying one to test it out.

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There was no buzz or particular energy that their man is about to knock out his rivals in the hours ahead.

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They were caught in a no man's land, eager to finish but even more eager to get out of harm's way.

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If anything, his time hugging the corners of fame made him seem even more admirable as a man who refused to sell himself or his legacy out, no matter what temptations were available in a celebrity-crazed culture.

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