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Honoring Obama Your article naming President-elect Barack Obama as Person of the Year was insightful, interesting and original [Dec. 29]. After two elections in which it seemed the American people cast their vote for the guy they'd most like to have a beer with, your article illustrated why we as a country voted a different way this time. I'm proud not because we elected an African American but because we finally elected the smartest guy in the room. Erin Pagel-Mohr, Redlands, Calif...
Although Coleman’s lawsuit challenging the recount results may be legitimately founded, it exposes the emptiness of his earlier calls for Franken to concede the election. On Nov. 5, Coleman triumphantly declared “Yesterday the voters spoke, We prevailed.” He then cast doubt on whether a recount would be worth the time and tax dollars, going so far as to say he would “step back” if he were in Franken’s position. Coleman’s current lawsuit contesting the election results now reveals the hollowness...
Mohammad al-Rubeiy, dressed in a smart black suit and black tie, holding an armful of campaign posters, is feeling optimistic. He is campaigning vigorously to win a seat on Baghdad's provincial council on Jan. 31, when millions of Iraqis are expected to cast their votes in 14 of Iraq's provinces. He has passed out personal campaign cards, posters and mini pocket calendars with his name printed on them. He even hopes to hold an outdoor political debate with his opponents - the first in Iraq that he knows of. Says al-Rubeiy: "I got the idea from Obama...
...week before Heath Ledger's passing, Brad Renfro died. A poor kid from Knoxville, he was cast at 10 as the lead in a John Grisham thriller The Client, revealing a natural, winsome poise that made viewers of the hit film want to adopt him. Someone responsible should have. This sensitive waif starred in Bryan Singer's film of the Stephen King Apt Pupil, but over the years his rap sheet proved longer than his movie résumé. Constantly in trouble on drug-related charges, Renfro died of a heroin overdose...
...charges - essentially forgery and selling counterfeit money. In 2001, he became founding Imperial Wizard of the Southern White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. It launched chapters in Florida, Georgia and Ohio. Then, in 2005, it disbanded. His next act was the Sons of Dixie, and he drew a cast of mostly twentysomething disciples, including his 20-year-old son, Shane Foster. They set up a website to attract new recruits like Lynch, who could return to their hometowns and grow the operations...