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In the new film "Evan Almighty," God (Morgan Freeman) tells a congressman (Steve Carell) to build an ark in preparation for a great flood.

Hollywood tried to make a sequel to a Jim Carrey movie once before without the famed rubber man, and we got the appalling "Son of the Mask." "Evan Almighty" is another story, and a biblical one to boot. The new comedy, a sequel-of-sorts to the 2003 hit "Bruce Almighty," has the good fortune of starring established funnyman Steve Carell.

THE WASHINGTON TIMES D.C. Council member Marion Barry avoided prison time when a judge yesterday denied a bid to revoke his probation after he failed to file tax returns on time for the seventh straight year.
D.C. Council member Marion Barry avoided prison time when a judge today denied a bid to revoke his probation after he failed to file tax returns on time for the seventh straight year.