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David Plouffe, chief campaign manager of Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, addressed students at the IOP forum yesterday...
...rate of violent crimes has already increased in major southern trafficking locations like Phoenix and Atlanta, and U.S. officials have warned that the likelihood of border violence eventually spilling onto Texas soil is high. In February, two city councilmen were killed in Ciudad Juarez, and the police chief was forced to resign in response to threats that a policeman would be killed every two days if he refused to do so. In addition, the city’s mayor currently resides in El Paso, Texas—troubling for Texans who fear that violence will trail him and other Mexican...
...some 300 years, however, sugaring stuck close by that rural idyll. Early settlers in the U.S. Northeast and Canada learned about sugar maples from Native Americans. Various legends exist to explain the initial discovery. One is that the chief of a tribe threw a tomahawk at a tree, sap ran out and his wife boiled venison in the liquid. Another version holds that Native Americans stumbled on sap running from a broken maple branch...
...that big a bill for snail mail suggests that Clinton's campaign was relying heavily on tactics from the 20th century, while Obama was running circles around her by using the far more cost- (and politically) effective Internet. The Clintons, however, remain firmly behind the man who served as chief strategist for both of them. "Mark did a fine job for me in 1995 and 1996, during the government shutdown and my re-election campaign. He also helped the Democrats win House seats in 1998, when we were badly outspent and pundits predicted losses of 25 to 35 seats...
...more difficult than boarding a moving bus," says Vikas Kapoor, a former chief officer on a Hong Kong-registered container ship, of the frequent hijackings he witnessed and heard of in the Gulf of Aden during his stint onboard last year. "The pirates come at you firing rocket launchers. You can outpace them if you're a fast, high-decked container. Otherwise you'll have to slow down or risk being blown up. Then they'll bring out their ladders, climb onto your deck, guns in hand, and it's all over in seven to eight minutes." Describing the passage...