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...happens all too rarely in the tightly scripted world of a big-time presidential campaign. In the first of what is going to be hundreds of packed Iowa living rooms that Hillary Clinton will visit over the next year, Dale Todd stepped from the crowd and introduced his son Adam, a 7-year-old scamp in a red sweater vest, who suffers from a tricky form of epilepsy that has defied every one of the half a dozen medications he has tried. The former Cedar Rapids city councilman told his neighbors that Clinton had pushed harder than anyone else...
...There's also the fact that kickers are sizzling these days, and the Bears and Colts sport the two of the game's best, Robbie Gould and Adam Vinatieri. Kickers are 42 for 45 on field goals this postseason - a 93% rate - and they often mean the difference between a post-season victory and defeat. So expect plenty of field goal attempts on Super Sunday, which means just as many chances for the snappers and holders to screw up in front of 140 million viewers...
...Molly was swept up by the New York Times to add some writing panache to the Grey Lady, but she brought more spice than the Times could handle. "Molly doesn't sand down," friend Adam Clymer said. Her legendary description of a community chicken killing event as a "gang pluck" was one wince too far for the Times, and she was back in Texas...
...ADAM M. GUREN ’08 of Los Angeles, Calif. and Eliot House Editorial Chair...
...Sheikh secured $14 million from his Chinese partners, Shenzhen-based Huawei, to upgrade his service. In total, the Somalian telecoms industry employs 65,000 people. "No taxes, no regulation, no bureaucrats - a total free market where we can do whatever we want when we want," says Sheikh. "Somalia is Adam Smith's dream...