Word: arizona
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...with his Democratic opponent Barack Obama, is bringing energy policy to the forefront of the increasingly nasty campaign. In recent days, McCain has hammered Obama for his opposition to offshore drilling and his support of alternative conservation measures like inflating tires, while Obama has countered with attacks painting the Arizona Republican as a puppet of Big Oil. But both in Congress and on the campaign trail, the fight has turned into little more than a sound-and-light show, full of heated rhetoric but offering little chance for meaningful action, at least before it's clear who will...
...narrative, as a prisoner of war-turned-battle-tested Senator, has been eclipsed by the nation's Obama excitement. A Wall Street Journal poll last week showed that 55% of voters are more focused on Obama in this election, with just 27% of voters more focused on McCain. The Arizona Republican has been reduced to rattling off a list of issues he thinks will help him with voters: a temporary gas tax reprieve, more offshore oil drilling and an energy plan called "The Lexington Project," to name...
...been a very good baseball season for both John McCain and Barack Obama. A week past the All-Star break, McCain's home-state squad, the Arizona Diamondbacks, are leading the National League West. Obama is having an even better Major League year. His beloved Chicago White Sox are atop their division, and their crosstown rivals, the long-cursed Cubs, have the third best record in baseball. At Obama headquarters, there are dreams taking hold that both hometown teams might win a pennant, leading them to face off in the World Series on the eve of the election. Obama would...
...charges of sexually assaulting a girl under age 17. Five of his followers also face counts stemming from an April raid on the polygamist group's Texas ranch. Jeffs was convicted in Utah last year as an accomplice to the rape of a child bride and awaits trial in Arizona on similar charges...
Jeffs was convicted in September 2007 of being an accessory to rape for presiding over the marriage of a young girl and given a five-years-to-life sentence in Utah. He will face similar charges in Arizona; in Texas, more charges (apart from this week's felony) are likely to be forthcoming when the grand jury reconvenes in August. Texas Ranger captain L.C. Wilson, in charge of the investigation, told the San Angelo Standard-Times on Wednesday that while most of the 300 boxes of evidence gathered at the raid have been examined, an undisclosed number of terabytes...