Article: The Philadelphia Inquirer Andrew Cassel column.

By Andrew Cassel, The Philadelphia Inquirer Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 29--The latest Washington cliffhanger has nothing to do with George Bush or John Kerry. It's actually more of a nostalgia piece.

If you're old enough (or watch a lot of cable reruns), imagine it as one of those old Alfred Hitchcock-type movies set in 1950s middle-America. At the end of the street lives the warm-hearted, white-haired matron -- let's call her Aunt Fannie -- who's always there with cookies and advice.

Everyone loves and depends on Aunt Fannie, so just imagine their shock one day when the cops haul her away for running a numbers racket in the ...

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