WASHINGTON &mdash For most of its 21-year history Lifetime made itself the top-ranked cable television network for women by focusing

WASHINGTON For most of its 21-year history, Lifetime made itself the top-ranked cable television network for women by focusing on heartwarming programs that stirred no emotional reactions more powerful than a good cry.But in the last few years, faced with ratings problems, the cable network has embraced an idea that commercial television has traditionally shunned: the political arena and social-cause campaigns as a way of wooing viewers.And it's a strategy that seems to be catching on as cable networks, especially niche marketers, struggle to attract viewers in a crowded field.More than 3.2 million viewers last year watched Lifetime's "Baby for Sale," which focused on adoption racketeers. No serious injuries were reported.In neighboring Pakistan, thousands of protesters chanted anti-American slogans in Peshawar and the North Waziristan region, where support is strong for the Taliban movement and allied militants battling U.S. 17 as part of his courtordered community service for a burglary conviction.Prosecutors said Goodwin, who was on probation for breaking into an apartment last fall, kicked in the thin marble entrance to the tomb marked "1863 Pierce" and twisted off the decomposed corpse's spine, collarbone and skull.Police said they got an anonymous tip and received three photos of Goodwin holding the bones. airline strike in seven years, members of the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Assn.

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