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...Obama never really knew his biological father, who died in a car crash in Kenya in 1982, and his grandfather died in 1992, three years before his mother. But Obama's grandmother was always there. She took care of Obama when he was 10 and returned to Hawaii to attend school while his mother spent a few years continuing her anthropological research in Indonesia. At the time, his grandparents helped Obama get a scholarship to Punahou, an élite prep school on the island. All three of them lived in a small, two-bedroom apartment on Beretania Street in Honolulu...
...Dems, like any large organization, are a somewhat elastic group. Their numbers are made up of both casual supporters who attend the occasional party or campaign event and a dedicated core that devotes countless hours to the organization. While the group’s Dems-talk e-mail list reaches about 2,200 undergraduates, Dems President Jarret A. Zafran ’09 estimates that only about 200 students actually attend an event each semester...
...many as three nights from Saturday to Tuesday. Yesterday, the Dems bused about 70 people to New Hampshire, according to Jarret A. Zafran ’09, the club’s president. He said that after going door-to-door in Nashua, the students had the chance to attend an Obama rally at which Bill Clinton spoke. Both groups have been sending students to New Hampshire for several weekends since the school year began. “We’ve personally contacted upwards of 15,000 New Hampshire voters through phone calls and door-to-door efforts...
...that Bush administration officials tried to suppress public health reports, including one on the dangers of secondhand smoke, for political reasons. Carmona was also required to mention Bush’s name three times in each page of his speeches, and was even told he couldn’t attend the Special Olympics because the organization was supported by the Kennedys. Needless to say, Carmona was not asked to serve a second term...
...according to a report released Friday by the Wisconsin Advertising Project. The Illinois senator has regularly visited the state and Friday night appeared in Lake County, which is just outside Chicago and boasts a large black population. Obama's running mate, Joe Biden, is scheduled to attend a rally Saturday in Evansville, in the state's southwest corner, which is viewed as being among Indiana's most socially conservative regions...