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When Marion R. Holmes ’06 left her summer job in New Hampshire to start anew at a West Coast environmental education center in August, she was bracing for a change. But she was not quite ready for the uncertainty of being evacuated from her home less than two months later, a result of one of the several California wildfires that have raged through the southern part of the state this week. The fires have blackened some 645 square miles in seven counties and led to the evacuation of half a million people, including many members...
...whose reservations adjoin the Little Rockies mining district, says its surface waters are showing unacceptable levels of iron, arsenic, zinc and nickel. "Our biggest fear is that the [U.S. Bureau of Land Management] and the state will not have to provide enough money to run ... water-treatment plants after August 2008," says Dean Stiffarm, environmental liaison for the tribes. "There will be only enough funding to run them six months a year...
...accomplishments by persuading Cambridge City Council to rename the intersection in the family’s honor. She said she spoke to Councillor Brian P. Murphy ’86-’87 and he agreed immediately. The council passed a resolution to dedicate the corner this August. At Saturday’s ceremony, Frank Kramer, the store’s current owner, said that the tribute is not only a recognition of his family’s hard work but also a sign of the Cambridge community’s continued support for the independent bookstore. Although...
Huckabee's strong showing wasn't a complete surprise; he attracted attention in early August when he took second in the Ames straw poll. But that impressive finish wasn't followed by an surge of donations or endorsements. His approximately $1 million take in the third fund-raising quarter was the most he has raised so far, yet it was still only one-fifth the amount reported by libertarian long shot Ron Paul. And he has yet to break through outside of Iowa - in national polls, Huckabee tops out around...
...year-old Republican Congressman, won the Louisiana gubernatorial election, becoming the nation's first governor of Indian-American descent and the youngest chief executive of any state. Jindal took 54% of the vote in the state's off-year open primary, the first since Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, and became the first non-white politician to hold the state's highest office since Reconstruction. Jindal, one of the few young rising stars in the G.O.P. ran on a strong reform platform. "Don't let anyone talk badly about Louisana," he said during his Saturday night victory speech...