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DIED. ELLA MAE MORSE, 75, ebullient, genre-defying vocalist whose Cow-Cow Boogie was Capitol Records' first million-selling hit; in Bullhead City, Ariz. Among Morse's other signatures were House of Blue Lights, Shoo-Shoo Baby, and Mister Five by Five...
...McCain-Feingold campaign finance legislation defeated in the Senate last week would not have helped Dole. That bill aims to ban soft money, unlimited donations to political parties. But it would have been a good first step toward cleaning up our electoral system. If Sens. John S. McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russell D. Feingold (D-Wisc.) can somehow overcome a GOP filibuster next time the bill is introduced, the next step should be to consider public financing of federal elections and primaries...
...quitting your day job and becoming a full-time cowboy is probably out of the question. But it is possible to try your hand at tossing a perfectly circled rope through the air over the head of a 1,000-lb. cow. At the Cowboy School, based in Pearce, Ariz., Bob King teaches novice cowboys (O.K., cowpersons) old-time roping techniques, plus how to handle cattle, transform a horse into a partner and manage land and water resources. A week ($1,250) includes lodging in an authentic bunkhouse and three squares a day of hearty grub. The week...
Jesse Gelsinger, 18, had good reasons not to sign up for experimental gene therapy. Though the Tucson, Ariz., teen was born with a rare genetic disorder that partly disabled his liver, his course of drugs and diet was working. The Phase I trial at the University of Pennsylvania, where doctors would pump a modified cold virus into his system to correct genetic flaws, promised nothing in the way of a cure...
...border-police officer, knows he'll be busy as he eases his Dodge Ram along his country's porous border with the U.S. Soon his headlights pick out four scraggly youths preparing to scale the 12-ft.-high steel fence that separates the town of Agua Prieta from Douglas, Ariz. As he slows the pickup, the teenagers scatter like rabbits toward the sagebrush. "Wait! Don't run! We're not here to arrest you," yells Macias. "We want to help you. The problem is on the other side...