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...perceptible shift in the public mood, and Ahern suddenly appeared vulnerable. The junior party in his coalition government demanded explanations. He vigorously denied any wrongdoing - "one mistake I've never made is to enrich myself by misusing the trust of the people" - but he finally admitted that the affair had become a distraction from the business of government...
...compressed, fast-moving primary calendar this election year, the Texas contest of March 4 may seem like ancient history. But since the complicated hybrid voting affair in the Lone Star State involved a caucus as well as a primary, the hotly contested counting of delegates for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton is still going on, and this past weekend both campaigns did all they could to try to gain the upper hand...
...Crimson’s only loss of the Mercer Easter Classic came in its fourth and final game—the championship game. The host squad earned a shutout victory in an eight-inning affair...
...WORTHY, Wayne County, Mich., prosecutor, in charging Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick with lying under oath about an affair with his chief of staff...
...ratings for the Tokyo Giants, in particular, have fallen several percentage points since live MLB casts became a regular morning affair in Japan (the Giants' biggest star, Hideki Matsui, defected to the New York Yankees in 2003). But Japanese baseball is far from dead. Seasonal attendance has actually increased in the past three years (by 5%), thanks to the establishment of interleague play. The NPB has also managed to hold on to a core fan base (though some would argue that it is the core fans who have stuck by the NPB). In 2007, the Japan Series drew over twice...