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...children in the local public school—rather than to people whose roots don’t go quite so deep.According to Nemeth, the potential for confusion is increased by the complexities of boundary lines between districts.“I live in the 8th Congressional district, the 6th Governor’s Council district, the 1st Suffolk, Essex and Middlesex district for State Senator, and then the 16th Suffolk district for state representative,” she said. “That’s why students don’t know about local candidates. It?...

Author: By Alexandra perloff-giles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Site Puts Focus On Local Elections | 10/21/2008 | See Source »

...scientists alike were shocked by the accusations that not only was the James ossuary a fake but so were two other rare objects of biblical significance: an inscribed pomegranate and the gold-flecked Jehoash tablet, which both supposedly came from Solomon's Temple, destroyed by the Babylonians in the 6th century B.C. Those two relics are linked to Golan's workshop, say police. As Burleigh describes it, the debate over the authenticity of these sacred items pitted scientists against believers. She writes, "The faithful - those who believe in a higher, supernatural power that leaves a material record of itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fraudulent Relics and the Brother of Jesus | 10/16/2008 | See Source »

...Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call on Oct. 7 put Feeney in 6th place on its top 10 list of most endangered congressional incumbents. The seat, House District 24 in Republican-leaning East Central Florida, includes portions of the Orlando metro area, Daytona Beach and Kennedy Space Center...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Florida Republican Tries to Survive Abramoff | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

...Obama campaign's release of the online video "Keating Economics: John McCain and the Making of a Financial Crisis" on Oct. 6th was the latest punch in an exchange of heated attacks between the two presidential candidates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Keating Five | 10/8/2008 | See Source »

...Term limits have roots in ancient Greece, where beginning in the 6th century B.C. many Athenian officials were elected by random lottery and permitted to serve only a year. Some of their Roman counterparts were also limited to serving just a single term...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Term Limits | 10/3/2008 | See Source »

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