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...only serious obstacle could be the same thing that helped Blanco edge out her upstart opponent in 2003 - the impression that Jindal is an overachieving bureaucrat who has little empathy for the poor in a largely poor state. A Rhodes scholar whose parents arrived in the U.S. from India just months before he was born, Jindal was selected to run the state's Department of Health and Hospitals by Blanco's predecessor, two-term Republican Mike Foster, at the ripe old age of 24. The Baton Rouge native guided the bloated department through a rough period of cutbacks, both...
...Even before Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, his previous opponent, opted out of a reelection bid, her popularity buffeted by what many saw as a dismal performance during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the painfully slow recovery since, polls showed Republican Jindal, 36, with a commanding lead in a do-over. And with weeks to go before the October 20 primary, and no big-name Democrat in the race - New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin and former U.S. Senator John Breaux both stepped aside after toying with the idea of running - many here are betting that Jindal will get the 50%-plus...
...Blanco used the image of Jindal as a cold-hearted numbers cruncher to her advantage with ads that many say turned the tide in the last election, and it has surfaced again in an emotionally charged spot produced by one of Jindal's challengers, Democrat Walter Boasso. In the ad, a middle-aged woman named Lynn McNiece, in a calm voice, barely concealing her grief and rage, tells of her mentally disabled brother who was evicted from a nursing home during Jindal's tenure at the state health department. "Bobby Jindal threw my brother out on the street...
...scoring just 14.7 points per game and ranking last or next to last in the Ivies in every major statistical category last year. Senior Tom Bennewitz has taken over starting quarterback duties after the departure of leading passer and rusher Mike Fritz. Two All-Ivy cornerbacks return in Chris Blanco and John Manning from a unit ranked fourth in pass defense last year, and nine starters return from the league’s worst scoring defense...
...DECADES, PILGRIMS flocked to the Christ of the Hills monastery in Blanco, Texas, to lay eyes on what founder Samuel Greene Jr. and his fellow monks claimed was a miracle: a painting of the Virgin Mary that wept tears of myrrh. In 2000, after a fellow monk was convicted of indecency with a male monastic student, Greene also pleaded guilty to indecency. When the compound was closed, investigators found eyedroppers and bottles of rosewater used to fake the tears that prompted donations. Last year Greene confessed to the ruse, and his sexual relations with teenage students, to his probation officer...